Autoflowers....make me a believer please

[Chemichael]

Based on time and efficiency and space - I am going to attempt to focus on mainly Auto variety in the future. Im going to keep and clone some specific breeds that I enjoy that arent, but those will be more of projects as opposed to churning buds month after month. If the light cycle stays relatively the same, one could start autos in the clone / mother tent- and after a month, toss them in the flowering tent with the other autos at different phases of growth. So at all times, a steady rotation of ones coming up for harv, and ones going in, etc. Now I wish I could speed up time

[oldsmoke]

Im in the UK and forced to grow Autos between September and May, its too cold to have the lights off for 12 hours where my tent is, so I leave the lights on 24/7.

Horses for courses

[rockman]

Agreed! I recently moved an autoflower seedling from 3 inch to 6 inch, then to final pot in a very short time...each time noticing that roots were so close to being cramped. Thinking that I would be better off going in as seed directly to final pot (even though I'm a very careful transplanter). Cheers! 🌞

[RogueDaytona]

I think topping an AF will be ok, but don't expect harvest@ 50 days. After numerous AF grows I found that topping does work, but adds time, and hydro growing for AF produces bigger bounty by far then soil does. BUT......soil is so much more tasty! I like to use Kind Soil for my organic grows, soil comes in 5 lbs. bags and is 18.00 US$ shipped from Mich. Good growing to all, and spread the word.....

[Speedygreen]

Indoor autos can be great. Theyre best used (imo) outdoors b4 the choppers run lol.

[NebulaHaze]

Yes, transplanting has its pros and cons. If you start your plant in a small container like a solo cup they grow faster at first. If you transplant them carefully, and before they outgrow their pot, they'll just plain grow faster than if you start them in their final container. But if you're transplanting there's a lot more that can go wrong! If your plant overgrows the pot or gets transplant shock you might be going through a lot of trouble for nothing. With autos you have a very tight schedule so not a lot of room for mistakes! When I grew autos I started mine in Rapid Rooters, and then after they germinated I put them straight into 3-gallon pots, which worked great. I think they would also do well being started in a solo cup, especially if you have experience and make sure to transplant before the leaves get wider than the cup, but it might be easier to just start them in their final destination

[insomniaczzz]

Green75, I guess there are pros and cons to starting from onset in final container versus several transplants. Certainly would be less work.

For us, one reason for the transplanting is that we start seedlings and grow through vegetation in our basement. We go from to solo cup to 2 gal bucket to finish veg cycle. We then do the final transfer in 5 gal buckets upstairs in the garage which is where the grow tent is. Give them a few more days of veg in new container and then switch to 12/12.

I am going to do it differently with the autos.

[Green75]

It seems that given the time restraint of autos, that once seed has outgrown solo cup, should go right into final container. No extra transfers. Or should sprouted seed just go in final container and skip the solo cup?

Not sure why people even bother with transplanting...I plant seeds and rooted clones right in their death pots.

Never once had a problem...ever

Easy not to over water...and that is the only concern

Of course I'm in coco loco...not hydro

[insomniaczzz]

It seems that given the time restraint of autos, that once seed has outgrown solo cup, should go right into final container. No extra transfers. Or should sprouted seed just go in final container and skip the solo cup?

[insomniaczzz]

Critical Jack Herer from seed to harvest 76 days final weight 12 and half ounces you have to love autoflowers this was 4 plants

Super awesome!!! Can't wait to get my autos delivered so I can get started.

[NebulaHaze]

I'd say that the best auto-flowering strains are as potent as any photoperiod strain (all the Dinafem auto strains I've grown were very potent, for example). But if you get autos from an inexperienced breeder they can sometimes be not that potent because they are too closely related to their wild Ruderalis hemp ancestors, which didn't produce a lot of THC It seems like you get the best results with strains that are 6 or 7+ generations away from a wild Ruderalis plant! At that point they've retained just the auto-flowering characteristic, and most of their genes for bud growth come from photoperiod strains!

[Mañ'O'Green]

A problem with calling it "Super Soil" is that there is a commercial product here in California that has nothing to do with the composted soil you are referring to. There needs to be a way to distinguish it. http://www.supersoil.com/smg/gosite/SuperSoil/home

[NebulaHaze]

Wow, looks great!

[Green75]

Fuckin beautiful

[HillBilly420]

Critical Jack Herer from seed to harvest 76 days final weight 12 and half ounces you have to love autoflowers this was 4 plants