New to Autos

[Woodsman67]

Hey all. Follow up to some previous posts, I experienced an MS exacerbation and made it through most of the plants I had growing thanks to my family. I ended up with several grams of oil and flower to get me through awhile. But it's running low. I started some auto flowers in late March, I'm amazed at the progress. I'm seeing some autos advertise as super fast, 60 to 70 days start to finish. Is this realistic? I am including a picture of my first auto grow. It's a Blue Dreams, a White Cheese and a Grand daddy purple by MSNL. The GDP I broke off trying to LST, it only has 4 armatures and almost has the mass of the other 2.

 

[vostok]

To the best of my knowledge Autoflowers should be harvested by day 60
the Ruderalis gene don't mess at all with vegging at best you have 14 days of veg before the first signs of sex show

Hence to get he same volume( as photos) you are enticed to grow more... buy more seed
so its vip for new auto growers to get into breeding even Collidial Silver soon after their first harvest
and avoid wasting cash

my best advice with Autos is not over feed

good luck

 

[Woodsman67]

I am definitely making my own feminized seed. That's coming over the winter

 

[SoOrbudgal]

Hello Woodsman67 nice to hear from you again and glad your feeling better. I have a couple friends with the MS and MJ helps them they tell me. Autos are pretty fun i'm really getting into them now also just mostly for the love of growing anything plant wise. You take care and keep us updated on those autos.

 

[Woodsman67]

SoOrbudgal thanks! I missed the interaction and the sharing. I love growing plants in general as well, it's always my go to therapy.

 

[Mrblu]

Im getting ready to try some 60 day autos. Will they flower if kept under 18+ hr of light, will they get seeds ?

 

[Rwise]

Autos will flower in 3-5 weeks at 24/0, they do not need a dark cycle, they go by age.
Edit IF you have a hermie (or a male), or get pollen from outside they can make seed /Edit

 

[Rwise]

Autos come in many different flavors, some can finish in 56 days (squat little 18" plants) while another takes 120+ days (gets 48" tall and flowers from 21 days). I add 2-3 weeks to what the producer claims they do, but I like amber! Most seem to finish around 90 days, do read the claims the producer makes, just add 2+ weeks for the amber if you like that..

 

[ChefSheri]

Hey, Woodsman67 , I have a Blueberry at day 68 that I could chop right now, but like Rwise , I want a little amber on mine so she'll wait another week or two. I've also got two Amnesia Haze autos (all popped same day) that will take another month, at the very least. Sativa dominant is a slow-assed grow, I've found. They also outgrew the tent (6ft.) two weeks ago, even after I topped and trained the hell out of them. You should see the rigged up mess that used to be the spare bathroom -- just glad I had a couple extra lights laying around. Moral of the story: Take 8-10 weeks as a loose guide for when YOU want to harvest. The 10-12 weekers, settle in, get comfy, and keep an eye on your trichs. Not hard for me right now; they're at eye level!

 

[JDU]

Good to see ya feelin better. Btw- your 1st autos look way better'n mine!!