Question about autos

[bmeuptoo]

For those of you that grow autos on a regular basis, the question is why. This is my first venture into autos and the plant seems small in stature and it still takes quite a while to grow. Maybe it's just the particular strain, GG4, but I am now on week 11 and 4 days and it looks like I have another 3-4 weeks to go. Is this "normal"? The buds are getting sticky and filling out, but they're going to be small. On the other hand, I have an Orange Sherbert that is 9 weeks old and over 3 feet wide. Both are indoor grows sitting together. Just wondering.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

Here's a couple answers for you.

Now 4 weeks 4 days so about 7 weeks behind you




Not enough? Go look at Farmbuck's 7 week autos for more...

Yes photos will almost always be bigger and probably produce more product but will not do it near as fast on average. It's a compromise. I did it because I had a couple months to fill before I start my next photo run.

 

[Farmbuck]

I'm growing GG4 autos for the very first time. Here some pics at day 1 of week 7. Hope it will help you.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

Some say you can't top or train an auto...Here's living proof above ^ Might have slowed them a couple days but not much!

 

[TOKABIGONE]

Got in just before you Farmbuck, lol!

 

[Farmbuck]

Darn !! lollll

 

[Gingerbeard]

Hey bmeuptoo . Here are a few more things to consider.
It is very possible to get bum seeds from the best seed banks. I'll bet my next dab that you didn't get your seeds the same place as these other good people. It is also very possible that your GG4 strain is not the same as other GG4 strains. Not all growers are 100% legit about what seeds they're actually selling. My last harvest produced a plant with nice looking flowers but not a single trichome or smell that I could find. The others were nothing spectacular but the one was a real bummer.
Take a look at other growers' grow information at the bottom of their posts. You aren't growing like anyone else. Different soil, nutes, light, atmosphere, breeder. Some of these old heads have been growing for many years. They have their poop in a group.
If you grow different strains in the same tent, there will be differences. I got so excited with my last seed purchase that I wound up sprouting four strains. I can't remember which is which but one grows tall and the another likes a SOG. It takes plant training to get things to grow evenly.
So, buck up! You have produced the best you are able to produce. You will smoke or process it. You will be on the fence whether you are satisfied. It'll get the job done, but leave you with the feeling that you could have done better.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

well said Gingerbeard, proving my point that you are better off choosing a few favs in regular seed so you can truly grow your own. Self reliance and a steady supply of the good stuff. Who's to say you cant on occasion stray out to sample something new, right? LMAO you come up with some of the best one liners I've seen so thanks, I do like to think my poop is in a group! Unless it's cuz the toilet won't flush!

 

[Gingerbeard]

Outhouses rarely have plumbing problems.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

Very true, first 12 years of my life with the monkey ward catalog in hand. We complained a lot when they went all glossy paper. Dad said the indoor toilet was for women except when it was below zero and snowing sideways! He got tired of paying the septic pumper I guess. 7 males 2 femaies in the house, lol.

 

[bmeuptoo]

Thanks, those are much bushier than mine. Now I'm waiting for these to finish. They're beginning to fill out, but they, just look like dwarf's compared with yours..

 

[bmeuptoo]

Thanks Gingerbeard, for the encouraging words. As TOKABIGONE said, after I grow these autos that I rushed into buying, I'll probably stick to photos mainly because I've been successful at cloning. I'll find something I like and continue with clones. Thanks again guys! I am learning a lot from the forum and the main site.

 

[Farmbuck]

Ahhh the old "bécosse" of the past..! Now imagine you two how I felt going outside in the wee hours of the morning during the freezing winter time here in the great white north. Now imagine again how my behind felt at -40F in January. Damn cold !!!

 

[Fjeff]

Week 7 of my 2 autos

 

[Gingerbeard]

Farmbuck I most definitely will not feel your behind at -40° or any other temperature.

 

[dilvish]

Many strains come in both Auto or Photo. There isn't any real difference other than size IMHO. Autos tend to grow slightly faster and smaller. That's it in a nutshell but of course there could be many variables in this particular grow. Growing conditions, breeder of seeds, age of seeds etc. all play a part.

 

[Farmbuck]

That was 60 years ago mon ami. Do you remember the white stuff we used to cover the smell ? I can't recall the name.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

Nice job! I'm at week 5 and still stretching with tight nodes go figure! As they fatten they will stack tight! I'm happy with progress of my first auto.

 

[TOKABIGONE]

It was lime Farmbuck

 

[TOKABIGONE]

The part I hated was hovering over a big brown cone covered with black flies....never lingered long!