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I purchased some aurora borealis seeds from pacific seed bank, except 1 plant doesnt look like the others. The plant is much darker, fuller, seems to be more "bug resistant" and it already has colas coming in. The other 2 plants have the same coloring, leaf coverage and about the same size buds starting and much more prone to bugs. The plant in the middle was shorter than the plant on the far left last week and the plant on the far right got a bit stunted while it was a seedling but has kept pace after getting brought back and may end up being bigger than the far left as well.

They are all in 3gal pots get fed the same, watered the same everything. The only difference is that the greener one in question has worms in the soil that i added, didnt add many though like maybe 3-4 so they could reproduce while the plant grew.

I feel like the one plant isn't actually the same strain by how different it looks.
 

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Are they autoflower or photoperiod? Do you grow them only outside? If only outside, to understand your environment, where in the world do you live?

My guess is that you are dealing with 1 autoflower and 2 photoperiod plants. Possibly all of the same strain or the odd one out is a different strain as you suggest. Personally, I'd mark it differently so when all is cured you can test the end product and see if you can tell the difference.
 
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Gaudy said:
I feel like the one plant isn't actually the same strain by how different it looks.
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It might not be. Seed sellers have been known to make mistakes, or it could be a freebie. There's not much that can be done about it now, though, except to let it grow and enjoy the harvested weed. Variation is fundamental in nature.
 
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JIMKSI64 said:
I pop multiple seeds due to the genetic diversity of presentations. I want at least 4 look alike and 6 to keep so I will pop 9 seed. Seeds are like kids. Every once in a while everyone's lookin at the wife like 🧐🤔
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good to see you again. 🙂
 
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Randyy said:
This!

Of course there is always the possibility that the seller made a mistake, but it is not uncommon that plants grown from seed look and grow different.
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This is something i was considering, just didnt think it would be this... different.
If I could ever get clones to root I'd consider this for cloning just bc of how much better it looks.
 
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THCosmic said:
Are they autoflower or photoperiod? Do you grow them only outside? If only outside, to understand your environment, where in the world do you live?

My guess is that you are dealing with 1 autoflower and 2 photoperiod plants. Possibly all of the same strain or the odd one out is a different strain as you suggest. Personally, I'd mark it differently so when all is cured you can test the end product and see if you can tell the difference.
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They are autoflower, growing 100% outside from the moment i put them into the soil after germination. Location is SoCal, I hardened them off for about 2 weeks under a 30% shade cloth bc we get temperatures in the 100's F when in direct sunlight. The other day I read 112F on a digital thermometer I had sitting in the shade under one of the plants. All 3 seeds were pulled from the same pack. Dawn starts around 5am here and dusk is roughly 8pm.

Edit: I guess THComsic deleted their comment bc I dont see it anymore.
 
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Gaudy said:
They are autoflower, growing 100% outside from the moment i put them into the soil after germination. Location is SoCal, I hardened them off for about 2 weeks under a 30% shade cloth bc we get temperatures in the 100's F when in direct sunlight. The other day I read 112F on a digital thermometer I had sitting in the shade under one of the plants. All 3 seeds were pulled from the same pack. Dawn starts around 5am here and dusk is roughly 8pm.

Edit: I guess THComsic deleted their comment bc I dont see it anymore.
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My comment is still there, hehe.

If they are all autoflower, then it looks like the one on the left entered flowering a week before the others. Did its stretch first and now has settled. The others did their stretch afterwards and have caught up or surpassed the one on the left.

Just making an educated guess based on the images provided. The left plant obviously has many pistils at each bud site. The other plants don't seem to have as many, if any (hard to see).

You could also simplify it and just call it genetic diversity. Or we can try to understand what is actually different. Autoflowers have a range in time from seed to harvest, you may have gotten 2 on the higher end and 1 on the lower end.

Edit: Also wanted to mention that I asked about location since depending on how far north you are, a photoperiod plant may begin to enter their flowering stage at this time of the year. Which made me think the 2 on the right could be photoperiod and just about to begin flowering.
 
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THCosmic said:
My comment is still there, hehe.
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Dang I'm trippin, I can see it now, thats so weird.
THCosmic said:
If they are all autoflower, then it looks like the one on the left entered flowering a week before the others. Did its stretch first and now has settled. The others did their stretch afterwards and have caught up or surpassed the one on the left.
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oddly enough the plant on the far right stretched first straight out of germination for about the first week. It was waaaay taller than the others and then it started loosing color while it was still a seedling which i think stunted it.
THCosmic said:
Just making an educated guess based on the images provided. The left plant obviously has many pistils at each bud site. The other plants don't seem to have as many, if any (hard to see).
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you are correct in your observations.
THCosmic said:
You could also simplify it and just call it genetic diversity. Or we can try to understand what is actually different. Autoflowers have a range in time from seed to harvest, you may have gotten 2 on the higher end and 1 on the lower end.
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Maybe I should keep it simple and call it genetic diversity, but I would like more information on what you mean by low end and high end. I assume this is "quality"???
THCosmic said:
Edit: Also wanted to mention that I asked about location since depending on how far north you are, a photoperiod plant may begin to enter their flowering stage at this time of the year. Which made me think the 2 on the right could be photoperiod and just about to begin flowering.
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I was not aware of this but good to know. I was actually going to plant photoperiods but the time frame passed in which i felt like i could get a full outdoor grow so I changed to autoflower. I'm actually thinking about starting the photoperiods and then right around the time change move them inside to keep them on the right schedule.
 
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Gaudy said:
Maybe I should keep it simple and call it genetic diversity, but I would like more information on what you mean by low end and high end. I assume this is "quality"???
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Not quality, really. May affect quantity. What I mean is that autoflowers tend to mature after a certain number of days. Every strain has their average, but each seed will differ. For example, your strain's data says it would take 55-65 days. So you may have 1 seed maturing at the 55 day rate and 2 maturing at the 65 day rate.
 
#15
I prefer old school genetics for quality and quantity.

I just can't understand why everyone is so obsessed with auto's I mean, good genetics spliced with Ruderalis. There is a reason why Vodka sells better than greenage up there. I don't even by fems, cause they will herm, the Rude degrads good smoke. Hopefully it's a trend that will fade out. Regular seeds Photo, 365/5280! It's worth it to take the time.
 
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MileHiGhost said:
I prefer old school genetics for quality and quantity.

I just can't understand why everyone is so obsessed with auto's I mean, good genetics spliced with Ruderalis. There is a reason why Vodka sells better than greenage up there. I don't even by fems, cause they will herm, the Rude degrads good smoke. Hopefully it's a trend that will fade out. Regular seeds Photo, 365/5280! It's worth it to take the time.
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I dont really have an opinion, but im only growing auto's bc im doing so outside and the photoperiods wouldnt have the required time to mature properly had i planted them when i did the auto's.

I've been thinking about trying to get some old gen strains if i can find them and grow them over the newer stuff though.
 
#17
The NL, Sk#1, Flo OG, can be found. They are just very volatile seeds, an need to be babied I have found out. If ur in the UK, have you been to Attitude Seed? Check there, dig in look fer local😊, if yer not. ;)
 
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I'm back with an update, even the buds arent the same, and one set almost seem like they are done maturing. The pistils already started changing color but the bud is suuuuper small. Is this normal for some strains; is it done growing? Keep in mind these are supposed to be the same strain.

still growing.
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The other plant.
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#20
Autos. They start as a mini plant. Any problems hurt yield. Outside this year around me we had several 3 day periods with less than 4000 lux of light. That is pretty much total overcast.
I did buy 20 auto seeds and will not be buying anymore.
Last hold out in the tent for my first auto run. Other 3 in jars. Some in ash tray
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