Marcus_in_the_Darkus
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Last month a knowledgeable friend came by my place for a visit and to share genetics and he made a passing comment that stuck with me. He said that male cannabis plants have a tendency to autoflower when they are root bound. I hadn't heard this but it rung true, as I remember my Angel's Breath keeper male was throwing pollen in the veg cabinet under a 16-hour light regimen before I lost him. He was definitely root bound at the time. Then I thought about D4, the sole male from my run of The Doors last year, and how he flowered before all the females, and how at the time I simply chalked it up to his being a very early flowering male. Now that I think about it, that plant was definitely root bound when it started producing staminate flowers, so maybe it wasn't necessarily an early flowering male but maybe it was autoflowering due to it's small container.
Is this tendency a known thing? Does this mean that I have to be constantly cloning and replacing any males I keep if I want to keep them in veg?
Is this tendency a known thing? Does this mean that I have to be constantly cloning and replacing any males I keep if I want to keep them in veg?