subject: Lowryder Is The Original Auto-flowering Strain. [print this page] Originally cannabis seeds were simply available as a regular seed. From regular seeds when they are grown you get both feminized and male plants to which most will remove all the males. The first break through in cannabis technology was in 1998 when feminized seeds were discovered by Dutch Passion. Feminized seeds are or at least should produce all female plants so are more desired. Approximately 6 years later a UK company found and developed a new innovation in strain technology known as auto-flowering cannabis strains. The UK Company quickly founded the Joint Doctor brand and in 2005 the Lowryder cannabis selection was released.
Auto-flowering strains turned the cannabis community upside down. This new technology meant that you could grow cannabis with any amount of light and no need for a light cycle. Typically plants need 18 hours of light and 6 hours dark to grow and they need 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark to flower. Also with standard genetics plants take time to grow and then have a set time typically 8 weeks to flower. Auto-flowering Lowryder seeds will go instantly into flowering the day they are planted and typically will finish in 10 weeks from the day you planted the seed regardless of the conditions they are grown in. This new phenomenon has opened new doors to the way cultivators think and instantly became a big hit.
The advantages of using autos are mostly found in the outdoor climate if done correctly. The reason for this is that in many outdoor climates there is a very little window for growing as the days are simply not long enough and the seasons end very early. Rainfall will kill many cannabis varieties but with Lowryder it is different. The cannabis ruderalis genetics in Lowryder have the unique traits that require any amount of light and also because ruderalis are generally low in THC the plants are highly resistant to mould. Mould is one of the biggest killers of outdoor grows as rain on THC is the perfect place for spoors to develop and will kill a crop fast. Outdoor Lowryder grows can be very efficient and it has been known in some countries that you can achieve 3 crops outdoors every year as an autoflowering plant will finish in a set time period close to 3 months regardless of how much light it receives.
Auto strains come in very many different names and offer all different kinds of advantages and differences. There are many new hybrids that offer higher levels of THC than typical ruderalis strains but an estimated 90% of all automatic strains available today will contain genetics used from the original Lowryder or the upgraded Lowryder #2. Breeders have used Lowryder #2 to cross with other strains to form their own varieties but the original from Joint Doctor is present in every single one of them.
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