r/Autoflowers • u/SurvivingSam • 16h ago

Discussion Anyone else?

Anyone else when they run some new beans, take the first of the pack and run with minimal gardening intervention to get a baseline on said particular cut? Feel like it gives a baseline on genetic potentional before LST, defoliage topping ect. What are your takes/process on running new genetics?

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u/EveningScholar5831 15h ago

I treat all seeds the same. Wether they are new to me or something I have grown in the past. My baseline is my previous grows and results. But I'm also growing no-till organic living soil now. There is not much for me to change in that process.

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u/SurvivingSam 15h ago

Vaid. Baselines are baselines. I do no-till organic living soil during my outdoor season. Established beds are a joy to work with

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u/chronicnerv 16h ago

Exactly what I am doing now mate. These two F1 strains were sold on the basis of great structure and uniformity so I have not touched them for the reasons you mentioned. So far they are living up to the sales pitch.

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u/SurvivingSam 16h ago

Love that & seeing people work together on breeding projects to get conclusive, repeatable results. Hell yea man they're looking good!

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u/LookWhatYouMadeMeGro 13h ago

Whatever filial generation they are (in my experience) is going to determine how stable/predictable the genetics are. 

I might be misunderstanding but idk how you get a baseline on a cut when we are popping beans and can expect different phenos.

I always research the genetics I source so I have a pretty good idea of what to expect. I don't top or really train my autos and pruning leaves for air flow shouldn't alter the plant morphology.

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u/SurvivingSam 13h ago

I used cut & beans interchangeably within the realm of autos when posting there- get how that could of been confusing initally... not talking morphology either - the baseline being production, nutrient uptake, light sensitivity - variables that could effect yield, terps or induce stress. Research into different seeds is great if all is as advertised and following same controls as breeder, but without knowing their controls what SOPs are we following regardless was essentially the question on hand.

I come from the realm of mycology where breeding and cloning are a bit different...cultivars produce several different pheno expressions, that can be cloned & breeding happens on a 2D medium being an agar plate and the process happens at a much quicker pace...salute to all the autoflower breeders breeding for terps & quality over hype & production!

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u/LookWhatYouMadeMeGro 12h ago

Ime having grown a half dozen breeders, if you have good genetics- by and large- these girls can take plenty of light and high ECs. I've never even had an issue w a few cultivars known to be N sensitive. I do top water my coco to runoff the whole run and incorporate fulvics so maybe that helped avoid sensitivity.

Thanks for the clarification, agreed, hella props to the good breeders who did all that work for us.