You make a great point. However, autoflowering cannabis has come a very long way. They now can be just as potent as their counterparts. For example, Afghan Kush Ryder has 22% THC
If these were all I had going, of course not. But now that these are chopped I'm putting my other 4 plants into 12/12 tomorrow: LA Haze X Purple Goo, Bubba Kush, Purple Goo X Shiva Shanti, and Early Girl (another autoflower but I figure it'll produce a little something on its own schedule even in 12/12). The Bubba Kush is by far the lushest, and I'm predicting to yield about 2oz from it alone.
Just a 400w hps, although it was a few feet above these plants the last couple weeks of their lives, because their sisters are all at least 2-3x that size. Earth Juice Grow for veg and Biothrive Bloom for flower. I definitely recommend these nutes, although they're pretty disgusting to work with. Anyway, 400w is all I need for myself, I'm currently less interested in huge yields as much as exceptional quality.
So they say! Have you smoked the evidence? I surely have, an as a full time grower/breeder....there is no convincing me. LOL.... In my experiance I grow PURE genetics from seed, 12/12 from start to fin in 65-70 days EASY! Pretty much regardless of the strain. You'll end up with better buds, take up the same rough space in the room as a Ryder. I grow Cola Clones also. A sea of 600ml pop bottle sized colas. All rooted and grown in 12/12 . These come off in 55-60 days. And I harvest every thirty days with the perpetual principals applied to this. I would love to teach these methods to stealth growers, and micro cab growers.
Man....I just pulled a 1/4+ pound dry from my 400w hps system took 58 days. Of krazy high quality buds, I'm primarily concerned with quality first....Yeild second. Come away from the dark side and come check out my plants. Here's a link. https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/380961-my-diy-400w-hps-stealth.html
That's a very cool setup, and beautiful buds. One of those plants looks almost identical to my Bubba Kush that just started 12/12 a couple days ago. Anyway, I'm not here to argue for or against ruderalis. I've been growing off and on for just 3-4 years now, and as I said this was my first experiment with autos. I've got no regrets that I invested $5 total for those seeds, and I feel like I have a more seasoned perception of how Cannabis grows and what it likes. Now, I've got 4 other plants in 12/12, and I'm loving the nugs I've got to chill on in the meantime. I simply have nothing to complain about except odor
.My friend got me to jump on the auto train, he's been growing em for the last year or so and they're just as dank as anything else we've grown. I just harvested my first auto and should easily pull an oz when she's all dry. I don't think thats bad for a lil over 60 days. Next year I wanna see what I can try and do with these autos outside.
