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by Michael Coffey
Amazing Accelerated Life Cycle of Autoflowering
Cannabis
Where did autoflowering cannabis originate ? Why does it grow so quickly ? Auto expert and enthusiast Michael Coffey dives into the wonders of the outlier known as Cannabis Ruderalis .
Before we discuss the life cycle of autoflowering cannabis , it ’ s important that we clearly define exactly what kind of weed we are talking about , or at least try to . The confused and oft repeated origins story we are familiar with tells us Cannabis Ruderalis comes from Siberia , was discovered by the Russian botanist Dmitry Janischewsky in 1924 , and is more or less regarded as a ditch weed with one redeeming feature : an ability to flower without a critical photoperiod . More recent conventional cannabis history picks up the story in the early 2000s with the emergence of Lowryder , and the first generation of commercially available auto hybrids . Stories that the genetics escaped from a 1970s University of Mississippi experiment are still floating around the internet amongst various unconfirmed tales of similar escapes from Ottawa . Nobody really knows . All we can be sure of is there are too many holes in the story , and we haven ’ t really done much to uncover the truth . We can handle the truth ; we just never got around to looking for it . Until now . If lockdowns are good for one thing , it ’ s desk research , and I ’ ve gone deep to discover the truth . In fact , I ’ ve been balls deep into scientific cannabis studies for weeks now and I ’ ve uncovered an inconvenient truth . It ’ s best to face up to it right now and you don ’ t have to take my word for it . Okay , here it is from the men of science with impeccable credentials in a 2015 study called “ The Genetic Structure of Marijuana and Hemp ”: “ We conclude that the genetic identity of a marijuana strain cannot be reliably inferred by its name or by its reported ancestry .” Not convinced ? Well , this will absolutely blow your mind . You know how everyone knows all ruderalis is low in THC and is basically hemp . Everyone is dead wrong . A recent attempted reintroduction of industrial hemp to Siberia turned out to be a disaster . The Siberian Times reported on October 9 , 2013 , “ We planted seeds of various types , with and without fertilizers ,” noted Nimazhap Badmayev , a scientist involved in the project . “ Our climate is extremely continental , with low precipitation . So , the plant adapts itself to our dry climate by increasing the concentration of THC ( tetrahydrocannabinol ).” Hemp turning into cannabis in Siberia of all places . The scientist continued , “ No matter how much of this nice foreign hemp you plant , our local conditions will force it out .”
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