Autoflowering cannabis seeds, as the name would suggest, produce plants that flower automatically – without the change in light cycle. Unlike conventional cannabis plants, it is the age, not lighting that determines when autoflowering strains produce their flowers. The key to creating autoflowering strains is a lesser known variety of cannabis called ruderalis . Ruderalis is found growing in the wilds of the colder regions of the world, such as Russia and China. Unlike sativa and indica, ruderalis does not rely on light to flower, but simply flowers with age. The main drawback of ruderalis is that by itself, it produces low yields of weak marijuana. It was not until recently that breeders used their ingenuity to combine the genetics of ruderalis with sativas and indicas. This produces varieties of cannabis that still retain most of the power and potency you would expect, but with the added bonus of the ruderalis’ autoflowering properties.HOW LONG DO AUTOFLOW…