Very interesting stuff articsun! I live around 65N and ive had success in sowing seeds directly into the ground a couple of years ago (non af though). I think this was in late may/early june. I think i will try to plant my seeds just right when the nettles start to sprout, which is in early may when theres still snow in some places, just to see how they manage.
Ive read there was a finding not so long ago from a viking grave in sweden (gotland i believe) where they found cannabis seeds. I think it was from 500-1000 AD or something like that.
I think AFs from LR has a ridicilously short season, i mean my seeds were fully ripe almost 2-3 months before the snow came (pre vegged in my window less than a week), and i think IM pretty far up north
Do you think the super short flowering period of lowryders has been bred, or was it native in the original plants? The flowering time of Typhoon (which is semi-af, but some are true AF and has a 1-2 months longer flowering time than LRs) seems to be more "fit" to the seasons, at least in the middle- to southern parts of scandinavia.
EDIT: Almost forgot, Tanska who got the Typhoon seeds out on the interwebs has thyphoons running naturally, ie he leaves some plants in the winter and in the spring new seeds pop up by themselves when the snow melts and they start to grow. He lives in denmark though, where the climate is very mild compared to ours.
hey guys, sorry i havent updated this thread in a while...
Tampong, you mention something extremely interesting, and that is that the danish summer seems to be too long and warm for lowryders. I would say this indicates that the auto has its origins in an area even further north then Denmark. Personally i harvested my first auto on august 5th @ 70 north.
Also they grow larger and have higher yields in sweden and finland then in denmark... another important clue.
What else then autos would the 17 century cannabis farmers in the baltic region have grown?
Im going to make an outragious claim, my guess is that autos are remnants of an old far northern landrace variety.. furthermore i think that the ruddies that we see growing feral in the states today was brought there by farmers from the baltic region during the great mass migrations in teh 17th century.
I think autos have been cultivated in teh baltic region for centuries, possibly for milennias. If i was to make a bet on what strain was found in that swedish prehistoric grave, my guess would be an automatic variety!