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| Cannabis Species |
Their are 3 predominant species of cannabis, Indica and Sativa that have been breed over generations to have a high THC content and predictable growing patterns, and Ruderalis, named after the German named “ruderal” meaning weeds by the roadside. Many in the cannabis growing community disregard the Ruderalis species, however it's high content of CBD as well as it's extremely fast growing time may come to be beneficial in the medical marijuana industry.
Ruderalis is thought to come from
Sativa, having thin leaves much like the Sativa, but in contrast only
growing a foot in height, while the Sativa is the tallest of the
cannabis species. The origins are thought to be from Russian
cannabis growers where the flowers that escaped outside the
plantation seeded and started growing as volunteers. They adapted
attributes to survive in the climate such as shorter in length and
quicker growing time, losing the attributes that weren't helpful to
survival such as high THC content. The ability for the ruderalis to
flower without photo-activation makes it unique and necessary for the
long days without sunlight in far north climates.
There are reasons to integrate the
ruderalis species into the medical marijuana industry:
• Faster Growing time
• Humidity Resistant
• Auto Flowering (light not
needed to flower)
• Intense light yields many
trichomes leading to high amount of CBD
• Mold Resistant
• Drought Tolerant
Some Popular Cannabis strains have
already utilized the Ruderalis species. Neville Schoenmaker, founder
of Sensei Seeds, created Ruderalis Indica, Ruderalis Skunk and
Four-Way, hybrids that were created in hopes of autoflowering.
Sensei Seeds comments that the auto-flowering was not completely
successful. Canadian Growers in British Columbia have cultivated the
strain Mighty Mite for it's auto-flowering and quick growing, a
popular ruderalis hybrid. A hybrid of Mighty Mite but more potent is
Guerilla Gold which has a semi auto-flowering uniqueness. FIN-314,
also known as Finola, is used for hemp cultivation and has a very low
government acceptable THC amount and high in Cannabinoids.
A well known grower named the Joint
Doctor took a Mexican Rudy known for it's auto-flowering and mixed it
with a Northern Lights and a Williams Wonder to create the Lowryder
strain. This popular Lowryder is used by many to create an
auto-flowering strain that produces high THC. The auto-flowering is
a recessive trait and therefore a consistent behavior of
auto-flowering has yet to be achieved.
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Source:
http://www.seedsman.com/en/cannabis-ruderalis
