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Non-Auto autoflowering followup: RQS offers discount instead of seeds. Acceptable?

crackpothead
crackpotheadstarted grow question 1y ago
My photoperiod RQS Royal Highness under 18/6 light schedule, started to flower on its own. I suspect it's an autoflower sent by mistake. RQS said 'plants are living things and behave in different ways' and offered a 20 percent discount. I got it for the CBD. WTF. Acceptable?
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Shinsimilla
Shinsimillaanswered grow question 1y ago
Just a question. Would you want to grow their shit again after what happened? The cost of growing a free, shit seed is more than you paid for them. Just buy from good breeders and not these shit Spanish banks.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1y ago
you don't have to play with light schedule. A photoperiod will never flower under 18/6 schedule - never.... nor 16/8 .... 15/9 starts to get into a grey area and not all photoperiods will flower under 14/10 but some definitely will. We use 12/12 to guarantee to cover rare genetic oddities. if it started to flower in 18/6 there is no rational reason to believe it will stop. The length of uninterrupted darkness is the cause for bloom phase to start. It is a hormonal response in the plant. The hormone is only produced in darkness, hence the need for uninterrupted darkness for flower to start. If enough accumulates, flower phase starts. This absolutely does not accidentally or randomly turn into an autoflower without a fairly complicated multi-generation interbreeding process with a 'ruderalis" plant that is not a photoperiod plant, lol. RQS lied to you and were smiling while they did it.
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einamio
einamioanswered grow question 1y ago
It would be nice to have a diary to support your claim, without it I think a discount offer sounds reasonable.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 1y ago
The fact they responded at all is what I would consider a win! They could have blamed you and your methods..........20% off isn't too bad...............at least its something.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1y ago
I would expect to get what i paid for. It should be shipped for free, too. The mistake is RQS's and they should be responsible for their mistake.
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Lerome
Leromeanswered grow question 1y ago
Simple solution, stop buying RQS. Its been years and years of RQS proving over and over again that they are not trustworthy in customer service and quality of product. They also have questionable marketing strategies and are disreputed for buying websites like seedfinder.eu and using them for their marketing only, not updating them. leading into a dead end on the website.
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 1y ago
Most breeders would send out replacement seeds, especially if your running a diary on here. I'd push for another batch of seeds.
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Atulip
Atulipanswered grow question 1y ago
After my morning smoke and coffee, I remember I grew a RQS photo once, it went full blown male autoflowering... tossed my RQS beans after that one, that was about 10 years ago though.
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Atulip
Atulipanswered grow question 1y ago
The response sounds pretty awful. At minimum they should have re sent you the correct beans. I believe RQS is a white label reseller, so you're not really talking to breeders there, just a marketing department.
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