CannaOnerStar
Well-Known Member
I keep reading on these forums about people popping bag seeds and getting autoflowers from them, quite often plants out of which only some autoflower and some not.
The thing is that autoflowers are not very good for commercial grows, also if the seeds were always from pure autos, the seeds also would be all autos.
If the seeds were a mix where a photo is accidentally pollinated by auto, or other way around. Very very rare if any of these seeds would be autoflowering.
However because these so called fast strains are already a mix between autoflower and photo, if you were to self it, out of those S1 seeds, theoretically to my understanding, there should be relatively good % of autoflowers, maybe like 1/4th to half.
Because its so easy to lie about what strain you are growing and selling and if these fast strains can make higher crops in the same time. Could it be that some if not many commercial growers are growing these fast strains and selling the weed as regular photo weed that is really a different strain?
I mean i have heard that it is common for growers to lie about the strain when selling their crops. So if someone is growing some fast version of GSC and can crop more than with gelato, but regular gelato is more valuable than some fast flowering strains and sells easier to dispensaries for higher price, well i could see someone doing that.
But the question is that can these fast strains actually be good enough quality and crop fast enough to make bigger yields in same time than photos?
The thing is that autoflowers are not very good for commercial grows, also if the seeds were always from pure autos, the seeds also would be all autos.
If the seeds were a mix where a photo is accidentally pollinated by auto, or other way around. Very very rare if any of these seeds would be autoflowering.
However because these so called fast strains are already a mix between autoflower and photo, if you were to self it, out of those S1 seeds, theoretically to my understanding, there should be relatively good % of autoflowers, maybe like 1/4th to half.
Because its so easy to lie about what strain you are growing and selling and if these fast strains can make higher crops in the same time. Could it be that some if not many commercial growers are growing these fast strains and selling the weed as regular photo weed that is really a different strain?
I mean i have heard that it is common for growers to lie about the strain when selling their crops. So if someone is growing some fast version of GSC and can crop more than with gelato, but regular gelato is more valuable than some fast flowering strains and sells easier to dispensaries for higher price, well i could see someone doing that.
But the question is that can these fast strains actually be good enough quality and crop fast enough to make bigger yields in same time than photos?