Hello Stich.Let me first say that you are one of my few heros!You have changed the world for the better with your work and not many people can say that.Since you know the development of modern autos better than anyone,I was hoping to find out how this major genectic flaw got built into these strains. I am talking about the fact that for the first two weeks they act like hothouse orcids.Both parent stocks are very hardy at this age and can out compete other weeds for light and water. Think how the rudiralis needs no human intervention to start outside and photos are pretty tough also. Yet when bred together they produce offspring that must be babied for two weeks, and ANY small problem stunts them so much it is better to throw them away and start again.I grow outside and am doing a run of autos and photos where every thing is the same, soil,light,water and everything excect I had to start the autos inside. To make it fair I mixed both breeds with the indoor setup even though I could have started the photos in the bed.The first group of 18 had no problems and right now are neck and neck in the field. The second group at one week in the nursary got overheated when a sketch book covered the air intake. They quickly needed water and I forgot to adjust the ph and hurt them even more.Yet at the same time the photos in this room took the licking and keep going.This weakness can only be seen as a genectic flaw. Any trait that can be measured can be made stronger or weaker in future generations. So either this has not been an issue if you are growing inside or no one has tryed to fix it.I put 100 freshly harvested seeds in a bed this spring and one finally germed and right now is doing great.She is a white widow auto and right now has moved to the top of my breeding program.I have a relitive who has a p.h.d. in plant genectics and I have been waiting for a great question to ask and this may be the one. The last time I spoke with him he was telling me all about tissue cultre and how this could be adapted to pot.What are your thoughts about this gentic weakness. It is a honer to be able to ask you a question.