The Great Auto Showdown

[FunkyButtLovin]

I just went to do a little topping on some young Lemon and Strawberry Cheesecake autoflowers and noticed pistils on 1 of the SC plants. She was just a seed in a package only 20 days ago! They grow up so fast... Anyways, I hope this doesn't mean that she is starting to flower already at only 3.25" tall but I guess if she is that just means we'll be smoking sooner. I'm new to autos, is this normal? 2gal pot

A poor shot of the pistils


Here she is from the top down

[alltatup]

YYCannabis I don't grow autos: the over-achieving plant is C99 by G13 Labs, the tallest one I ever grew.

[YYCannabis]

I just snot laughed looking at that plant on the right. It’s not that there is anything wrong with the plant. But for some reason my stoned brain made me think of the kid we all knew in school...the “over-achiever teacher pleaser” type...”pick me! Pick MEEEE! Look over here!” 🤣
What strain? Auto?

[JohnEmad]

Day 66 for my autos, Cream Caramel auto from sweet seeds is packing on the flowers. about 3.5/4 weeks into flower,
The two NLX's are doing their best to catch up but as sativa dom. strains they act and grow a bit differently.

[Rwise]

yes it did,,,must be hung up somewhere,,,

[oldjarhead100]

I was out of town yesterday and today I see no news letter did one come out ?

[oldjarhead100]

during the outdoor grow we found the same thing with 10 gallon bags if you put them on a plant riser that will stop

[Retodd]

So, I pulled her out tonight to prune some and noticed all the roots on my lap. I looked under the bag and seen this. Shit! I now know why so many ppl use really large bags. I need to transplant soon!
✌🏻🙏🏼

[alltatup]

Great job, johnE!!!

[JohnEmad]

Took a bit of persuasion to get this stalk to bend but she reluctantly agreed. Taped the joint to safeguard it and tied the top for future bud growth. Gained back 10 inches.
Thanks for the help gang.

[JohnEmad]

Yup, Convinced I need to bend that one into shape...lol. Thanks for the pictures and ideas alltatup.

[alltatup]

JohnEmad RagWeedDWC What I had to do wasn't exactly super-cropping a couple of grows ago. Some of the colas just kept going after the 3 week stretch, so I bent them and tied them down; they developed a joint where they were bent and like RagWeed says, the buds grew beautifully all along the horizontal part of the cola.



I suspended them from the ceiling with suction cups and the green wire. I didn't get any foxtailing; I checked the light with my lux meter to keep them in the good zone and out of the bad zone.

[JohnEmad]

Hey RagWeedDWC, I had a look at your grow and see what you mean. That JH is out of control...lol! Yup time for me to gently bend that main cola as it is just 2 weeks into flower. Either she accepts it or not...

[RagWeedDWC]

Currently having the same problem, started super cropping out of desperation. Tops were getting burned bad, little white castles on the top. Its scary but it does do the job. Benefit is that all the buds above where you bent, start growing up also, almost like you planted it.

[JohnEmad]

Hi SoOrbudgal, I originally wanted to grow a couple auto flowers in their natural growth patterns and topped one as a comparison. I didn't think they would get so tall but this one has just kept going. It is into flowering but still slowly stretching. I hate to bend that main cola now and possibly stunt the flower growth. I guess I will have no alternative if it continues to grow as she will either enjoy the closer position to the lights, burn the top or I will bend it over and tie it down. Rather then have it burn that will be the choice I suppose.