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Auto flower on 12/12?

Woodsman67

Woodsman67

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I have seen and heard many claim that an auto does fine on 12/12, just doesn't get as big. I started a new auto (Blueberry by seedsman, a freebie) with the thought I would try it on 12/12. I started with a different method of germ; directly in the pot. This is after a few fails from germed auto seeds not shedding seed caps or knotted taproot. It worked fantastic, using a humidity dome over the seed until it broke through the soil. I am just now getting into this unique flower and absolutely loving it. But, can it succeed in 12/12? Anyone experienced with this?
 

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That's a great pic - especially with the seed hull at the bottom. Your plant will do well - maybe you want to slow her growth a little - autoflowers are easily confused. By slowing her growth she'll be under the lights for a few weeks longer than what the seed producer says.

Wait until you have six nodes before topping - but before then - once she has maybe her third node - then look at which fan leaf is blocking a possible bud site. This will do 2 things - you get to monitor how she reacts to losing 2 leaves - does she pout or keep on trucking like it was nothing - second thing is you will see how fast those shoots you exposed come up. Then if you don't want to top - there are 3 more sets of leaves to snip off - one pair at a time until you have 8 shoots coming up with the main cola. Or if it's a bush - keep cutting
 
That is interesting, I love your sense of experiment. I know it will work, not sure what the comparable yield would be though. Hopefully you've done a control plant at your normal lighting schedule to use as reference. I still haven't grown an auto all the way to harvest, but I don't buy seeds online, so that kind of limits me to photoperiods.
 
I chose this seed basically because it's a fem auto, it was free and it supposedly has a super short (7 to 9 weeks) grow time. I don't top autos, at least not on purpose, I have done a few accidental toppings, noticed a reduced size in flowers between Sister plants. I do like learning and best way to learn is to do. Im wanting to interbreed a few plants and it would be convenient if auto and flowering photo will thrive together. Thanks for input!
 
I am finishing up a couple autos that went the whole distance at 12/12. One was fortunately mostly cloudy when I broke it, the other will be ready in another few days? The one was broken 2 days after the expected window opened, so that was cool. It also got sunburned during a light SNAFU. I have trimmed the premature-by-a-little LSx strawb cheesecake and it is drying and no one is going to see the yield on that one, lol. I like to experiment also. Unfortunately for this, my 2nd grow, I did all the experiments in about one month on the same plants. That is a very bad way to run a science project, LOL. The lemon skunk is plumping up and I'm kinda glad, because I had to transplant them both about 3 weeks ago. But both went from start to finish on 12/12.
 

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Before I got started with my 1st grow I was reading loads about12/12, 18/6 etc.. And my impression is that it is very strain dependant how autos like one or the other but that if you do 12/12 to leave out training or at the most top them once.
If it's convenient to run them 12/12 with photo periods I would just do it, I'm sure I'll end up trying it at least once in the future myself.
 
I have an auto that I'm growing on 12/12. I chose it because of the same reason as Woodsman. Free. It's just an experiment. Photo's are my true love. I've grown several auto's and I think the seeds from a lot of dealers are not very stable and the outcome is pretty dicey but I just had to grow one in a coffee container. Good growing to all !!
 

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I'm still learning on autos.... Grew some Northern Lights & White Widow autos from my last grow with my photos. Yes I'll be mixing some in my next grow.
 
I love growing the photos those autos are for quick needs less than 3month harvest vs 5month give or take. I will always grow photos before autos. I learn more by doing those photos having more training time.
 
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