First grow week 4

[Xcardplayer]

Hi,


Week 4 growing some autos, My first grow, read so much about training before i started growing i just couldnt help my self. How do these look at the 4 week mark? I have them under a p900 hear at pot dirt of 81% running 1100ppm co2..

Green75 You were my insperation.

 

[Xcardplayer]

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[Green75]

They look very nice man..good and healthy as well..good job

 

[Xcardplayer]

Thanks, what should i expect going foward? Should i just let them grow from here?

 

[GanjaGed]

Don't know much about Auto's but those are some fine looking plants you've tended there.

 

[Daskahn]

So from what I know about autos.. first they very by strain.. so can't be to precise without knowing the strain..
so anywhere from week 4 to week 10 they should start developing sex(light doesn't really matter with autos.. but when you see them start to develope sex switch to 18/6 this will help them begin bud production.. after your switch it's basically a race to the finish line.. they are basically the same as normal plants just they flower at a certain age instead of when the lights change

 

[GanjaGed]

Really? I was under the impression that you didn't want to flip light to 12/12. Most seem to do everything in the 24/0 to 18/6 range.

 

[Daskahn]

That is the general thought.. with auto flowering plants yes.. I would lean toward the 18/6 so the plant has a rest period and to allow the plant to do its thing however many people are crossing these plants so I hold on to the belief that longer dark period are needed but not necessarily always. I corrected my previous statement

 

[Green75]

I train till the stretch..

 

[Sammy]

NICE! I hope you got plenty of room in that tent I'm in the middle of harvesting 4 lemon Haze autos three of them got over 5 ft tall. I kept them in the flower room on 12/12 and they got that freaking big.

 

[Xcardplayer]

What are opinions on switching to 12/12? every thing i have read says keep them 16/24 hours of light from seed to harvest?

 

[Xcardplayer]

I have an 8x8 tent, my idea was to take half of it and flower these plants and use the other half sedlings and veg, That was assuming i kept every thing on a 20x4 schedule.

 

[IanHale]

You'd need a tent within a tent to split the space like that.

 

[Green75]

Autos do very well on 24 hr light schedule.. Never need darkness.. vegetating photo. Plants do not need Darkness either.. stronger bigger plants and stronger healthier roots

 

[Daskahn]

Some people argue plants do need to "sleep" but I guess not all

 

[Green75]

Well im not going to argue with them... Just speaking from my own experience... I've grown a bit of weed

 

[GanjaGed]

Interesting article on plant's needing to sleep

http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/our-modern-plagues/do-plants-sleep

 

[Xcardplayer]

thanks green

 

[Xcardplayer]

not if you keep every thing on the same light schedule, sounds like you can with autos

 

[Daskahn]

Interesting read