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Autoflower that did not autoflower

psyphish

Well-known member
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I have a question about genetics. I originally bought Black Creek Gardens - Spyder, it's an eight generation Sputnik 2.0 autoflower.

I grew the seeds and made some of my own with a male and female I got from the pack. Since then I've grown multiple plants from the seeds I made and they have been completely uniform, same smell, same structure, same colors and they have always autoflowered. However I found a plant from the seeds that DID NOT autoflower, I kept it in veg for a couple of months and turned the huge plant into cuttings. I am now flowering the cuttings and so far they appear very similar to the autoflowering plants, but their smell is a bit stronger, same, but stronger.

My question is, what exactly are the genetics of this plant, is it a Sputnik 2.0 or something completely different, since it's apparently lacking the ruderalis part of the genetics. Should I still call it Spyder? Also, why would a plant suddenly lose it's autoflower trait?

Here's a picture of one of the buds, it's been about a week and a half since the pistils started to appear and about 2 weeks since I switched to 12/12.

 

vostok

Active member
Veteran
its a 'backstep' a freak, and no big deal, many members bitch about an odd auto flower plant not flowering on cue, some not flowering at all, understand that the gene thats does this auto flowering thing is recessive, or not dominant, cross a photo with a auto, the photo will win everytime.

Like me your practical studies are way ahead of your theoretical work, get the book, memorize the book..

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