Cannabis Seeds - Auto flowering Strains.

Submitted by Johnny on Thu, 08/09/2016 - 16:00

Cannabis Seeds - Auto flowering Strains.

Auto flowering cannabis seeds have increased in popularity over the past few years so here’s a quick guide to growing Autoflowering seeds.

Quite simply, Autoflowering cannabis strains will flower regardless of the light cycle they receive.

Non-Autoflowering cannabis strains or “photoperiod” strains require a change in the amount of light and dark to induce the plant to flower. Autoflowering seeds will automatically pass to the flowering stage without the need to change the light thanks to its Ruderalis genetics.

Cannabis Ruderalis and Light

Cannabis Ruderalis is unique because it flowers and actually grows bigger buds under 16 or more hours of light whereas most cannabis is photo sensitive and won’t start flowering until the light they receive is cut back to around 12 hours. Cannabis Sativas and Cannabis Indicas need to be blacked out for 12 hours every night; an inconvenient obligation.

Autoflowering cannabis seeds make growing much easier:

There is no need to change light cycle so there is no need for separate vegetative and flowering rooms

By removing the light cycle issue, Autoflowering cannabis strains are perfect for beginners or experts

Autoflowering strains will be ready from seed to harvest much quicker than standard strains

Seeds can be ready to harvest in as little as 55 days

Autoflowering seeds will vegetate for around 3 weeks and then automatically flower for around 5-7 weeks

Outdoors the cannabis plant doesn’t need to wait for the days to become shorter to flower so multiple harvests are possible in one outdoor season

Autoflowering plants reduced height makes them very easy to conceal and are ideal for balconies, terraces, or where space is limited

Traditional first generation Autoflowering varieties often lack punch in terms of flavour, strength or most importantly yield. The small stature and fast growing time was seen as key, which led to other characteristics being side-lined in the breeding process.

Cannabis seeds breeders have experimented with many types of Ruderalis varieties to create a range of next generation and “Super Autos”. These have increased yield (in some cases comparable to photoperiod strains), and have excellent aroma and flavour, plus they have drastically improved strength to match.

Top Ten Autoflowering cannabis seeds include: