auto flowering?

[medigrower]

can anyone give me an in-depth definition?

[medigrower]

anyone?

[SunnyD]

It roots from the Ruderalis strain of the plant

Google Ruderalis

[medigrower]

ok, thank you. does anyone know exact strain names?

[stinkyattic]

LowRyder and its hybrids are true autoflowers.
MightyMite has a semi-autoflowering trait, in that it will initiate flower (I have not seen this myself but am looking for seeds atm) under slightly longer days than the 'standard' cannabis strains will.

Autoflower basically means that a cannabis plant will flower based on genetic age, not day length. This also means you cannot clone an autoflowering plant.

[medigrower]

thank you once again, why cant u clone?

[stinkyattic]

Because cloning requires that a plant may be held in veg indefinitely. But a Rudi hybrid grow sex parts when it is xxx weeks old, no matter what, not when you turn the lights back.

[medigrower]

sorry i should of figured that out. mighty might is available online correct?

[TheMetal1]

If this is a jack, but I have a somewhat related question :cool:

What happens when a plant shows multiple pre-flowers during, and continues to grow new ones, during veg? Basically, with this increasing pre-flower production... would they eventually swell into buds, or will they just remain pre-flowers until the lights are changed? Also, just to be clear... pre-flowers in veg are not a trait of an auto-flowering strain, correct?

[stinkyattic]

Right. Any sexually mature cannabis plant may show preflowers. They won't bulk up into buds; you have to truly flower for that.
MightyMite is not a true autoflower strain by the strict definition.
Look for a LowRyder instead. They are often available on Seedbay.