The 'What is wrong with Lowryder' thread =p

[stinkyattic]

To begin, a big disclaimer:

I have not ever, and do not currently, grow Lowryder or any of its relatives.

That being said, I want to give my several cents' worth of opinion about autoflowering strains in general.

Why would you want an autoflowering strain?
Well, that is the easy one.
There are a couple of really specific situations in which you would really benefit from growing one.
1) You grow outdoors above the Arctic Circle (or below the Antarctic circle, with the penguins, lol!). The summer days are extemely long, but by the time you wait for the daylight period to shorten, frost is not too far away... so you would benefit from a strain that you can get to start flowering right around the summer solstice and finish quickly.
2) You are ridiculously limited in space yet still want to do a perpetual-harvest grow, and you only have 1 room to do it in. In this case, it is also an appropriate choice. Perpetual harvests IMHO are the most satisfying grow setup!
3) You're a greenhouse grower in a temperate area, you don't have a darkening system, and you want to do 2 harvests per summer
4) You live in low latitudes and just want to keep pulling down crops all year regardless of light cycle

That's pretty much the list...

The drawbacks are the strains reputation for boring flavor and puniness.

And the seeds are outrageously expensive for the end result.

Another major drawback to remember is that you cannot as far as I have ever heard, cannot clone the beast. It sprouts, it flowers, it dies... the same set-in-stone life cycle that makes it flower earlier prevents you being able to clone it in veg and keep a mother vegging indefinitely.

Well that's it! Just a little ramble!

stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on 01-05-2007. The 'What is wrong with Lowryder' thread =p To begin, a big disclaimer: I have not ever, and do not currently, grow Lowryder or any of its relatives. That being said, I want to give my several cents' worth of opinion about autoflowering strains in general. Why would you want an autoflowering strain? Well, that is the easy one. There are a couple of really specific situations in which you would really benefit from growing one. 1) You grow outdoors above the Arctic Circle (or below the Antarctic circle, with the penguins, Rating: 5

[HiProGlow]

Thanks for explaining the benifits/negetives of growing lowryder. I can understand now why some people think it's lame. Peace!

[Shermania]

Yeah, I see your side. But I WILL be cultivating outdoors, and no I do not the time or the money to put into a good indoor system, let alone the fact that I don't live alone. I talked to a bunch of other people on different sites including corresponding emails to who I bought it from who all agreed that it was good for my situation.

Now I could take your advice over everyone elses even though you are less than nice. or I could go with people who actually try to give people good advice based on thier particular situation...

I'm not trying to start a drug cartel here, I'm more trying to see if I can even do it.

[stinkyattic]

Now I could take your advice over everyone elses even though you are less than nice. or I could go with people who actually try to give people good advice based on thier particular situation...
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Meh, read my sig. I'm a bitch on top of that.
As for the other bit, that's the funniest thing I've read all day.

[HiProGlow]

Geeze....I'd be careful StinkyAttic is well received and well loved on this site. Be kind, be tolerant and most of all show respect to everyone. I mean, I could lash out with crudities (word?) all day long but where would that get me? Concentrate on growing. I'm sure Stinky's advice on Lowryder wasn't meant to be an insult and I found it very informative because I thought I might give it a try one day and she saved me the trouble of having to do the research myself...don't you know that peoples' time is valueable? Oh yeah, and if you find women speaking to you as though you were a child and they were your mother it can mean only one thing....you need to grow up! So can the toe stomping please end? Peace!

[stinkyattic]

Awwww HiPro you give me too much credit!
And lol by the way I love the term crudities... it makes me think of crudites the food... what is it... a fancy term for a platter of raw vegetables with aiioli? lol
I can just picture you lashing out with a carrot stick... "en garde!!!!!" *poke*

My lowryder advice was actually not even directed at nOOb, it was intended for HiPro, who SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR IT!!! Durrrr.....touchy, are we?

The Lowryder debate is a very interesting one; it's a strain with rel pros and cons to it, and I just wanted to sort of lay them all on the table... Geez... do you think I do this for my health?

[HiProGlow]

LOL...ok, you can ignore my comment on the last thread....lol....still laughing about the carrot....and by the way, I only give credit where credit is due. Peace!

[Shermania]

It was coming from the other post. I have no problems with you at all. I love everyone. It is just the way some people respond to some of these threads sometimes is a little nasty... your first reply to my post seemed nasty. I was just defending myself... SORRY

[HiProGlow]

Don't worry about it. I guess I'm a little sensitive to the "sneaking around and hiding the fact that you smoke" thingy because I believe that if more people come out of the weed closet we'd be closer to legalization. It's a touchy subject for me. I hope you have a wonderful experience on this site, it sure has helped me. I hope you have a bountiful harvest and most of all I hope you can be your WHOLE self with the one you love. Peace.

[Shermania]

Thank you Hipro. I will work on my demons