so what i understand here is that you didnt get the autoflowering trait passed down??
good because i would like to only incorporate the taste of the llowryder and not the autoflowerness
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umm yes the autoflowering will pass on to some of the offspring (sorry not reading the who.e thread again) but from what i remember you were using two strains with ruderalis genetics in them wwerent you.. a lowrider and an autoflowering strain.
your chances in getting a lot of good continuous seed imho is going to be low as i think you are working with shotty genetics to start with.
anyhoo its all about how the traits mix whats dominant and whats recessive. another factor is what both parents will coontribute. you may get a lot of autoflowering and you may get duck all.
all i know is yiour using two poor straijn choices for a breed. a worst case scenario you end up smoking something thast might as well be hemp.
the opposite is also possibl though highly unlikely and will require breedig with test crosses etc if you want to ensure thatthe potency stays.
ruderalis is known as ditch weed and is basically the cannabisthat has been growing wild generally from old hemp farms that have avoided eradication.
they are short plants hense you breed for lowriders and they can also flower by age and not photoperiod hense your autoflowering. generally having low thc count they sometimes sport a decent count this is what the breeders use. aslthough this particular plant was a good one it still comes from the same shitty gene pool as the rest and has all is flaws hidden away under this nice outer coating you purchased from a seedbank. (dont worry a breeders lowriders should still be potent ass there likely the first cross per se and the disadvantages wont show up untill later breeds. bearing in mind if you do shit right and make all the right choices you could stay away from them altogether and keep them hidden and maintain potency etc. but this will require a lot of work.
it is for this reason that breeders preffer not to work with them.
to get an idea of your crosses you have to fgure out what genes are recessive and which are dominant.
i think theres a strong chance in this cross you will start leaning towards the ruderalis genetics
more than likely from the first cross but then again possibly not. i dont work with ruderalis so all my knowledge here is from the brief experiences ive had and a lot of what ive read. ( a friend of mine crossed a good indica, ruderalis and sativa for his own strain this strain is still going good and potent but imho he was lucky. he has added more indica genetics at certain points and managed to retain the autoflowering trait so yeah he done well = the point im getting at is some good can come of ruderalis crossing/breeding i suppose though
i just personally dont like ruderalis genetics one single bit if there genes enter too far into other gene pools it could wreck things for everyone in the future) why dont people start working on other strains without losing thc and potency im sure it could be done over time.
also
have you read up on punnet squares and what not??
if so do some research into plant breeding theres a good link in my sig and theres also one by sic. hes found a part of greg greens book and posted it on here somewhere in the breeding section
. they will help you figure some of your questions out for yourself.
anyhoo hope that helped
j88
p.s
indicas flower fast and generally fairly short.... just food for thought
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