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What does auto-flowering mean? Q: I noticed you're selling an autoflowering strain. What does auto-flowering mean, exactly? Q: Wow, I found out Nirvana is now selling different auto-flowering strains. Tell me more! A: Auto-flowering means that you do not need to kick-start the flowering period artificially (by changing your lighting schedule from 24/0 or 18/6 to 12/12) - plants will start flowering of themselves after a number of weeks. Effectively, the plants skip most of the vegetative stage - as soon as they've outgrown the seedling phase they'll start showing sex and flowering. This does mean auto-flowering versions of our regular strains will give smaller yields, because they don't get as big, but on the plus side, you can harvest multiple crops per year because they finish so quickly! Auto-flowering strains are ideally suited for SOG/SCROG growing methods. When a strain is auto-flowering, it usually has a Cannabis Ruderalis ancestor. Cannabis Ruderalis strains are short plants that grow wild in Europe and central Asia. Auto-flowering strains are ideal for guerilla growing: just leave them in a secluded area and check back after a number of weeks for hassle-free growing! You can also leave a plant in a (sufficiently sunlit) window provided you haven't got nosy neighbours. ;-) NEW: Now that we've added four brand spanking new auto-flowering strains to our catalogue, the grower with a need for speed has even more options. Our auto strains are about 1 to 3 weeks faster than non-autoflowerers. Authored by: Nirvana. This question has been viewed 2275 times so far. Click Here to View all the questions in Technical Terms category. File Attachments There are no attachment file(s) related to this question. How helpful was this article to you? Select a Vote 5 - Very Helpful 4 3 - Somewhat Helpful 2 1 - Not Helpful User Comments There are no user comments for this question. Be the first to post a comment. Click Here Related Questions What do Sativa, Indica and Ruderalis really mean? What's a Sea of Green? What does F1 mean? What does the 'height' specification mean? What are cannabinoids? What's a hermaphrodite? What is a cotyledon? Additional Information Article Number: 54 Created: 2009-09-18 1:16 PM Rating   Article Options Print this Question Email this Question to Friend Export to PDF File Export to MS Word del.icio.us Bookmark Digg It Furl It Subscribe to Article   Search Knowledge Base
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