The Great Auto Showdown

[Retodd]

Since we had to harvest early the iced grapefruit came in at 116.34gr. We’re not complaining at all. It’s dry, so just need to cure. My friends are already asking when it’ll be ready...lol.

 

[LurkingInTheGrass]

What's wrong with Lurking? 😁

 

[Colombo]

Very nice grow and finish Retodd ! Just over 4 ozs and the buds look super ! Good Growing !!

 

[oldjarhead100]

I feel you OC Autos can be a lot of fun to grow but they can be frustrating as well ,I am going to try them one more time beginning in September ,I think they do better in fall and spring ,but any little slip up and boom there stunted ,but they look amazing from here .

 

[oldjarhead100]

Spidermite what light do you use , that is very good looking plant for being a runt, damn its bigger than any autos ive done I was using 300w leds and couldn't get over 2 ounces per

 

[oldjarhead100]

Spidermite what light do you use , that is very good looking plant for being a runt, damn its bigger than any autos ive done I was using 300w leds and couldn't get over 2 ounces per

 

[oldjarhead100]

that middle picture looks like a plate of cookies after being passed around mmmm delicious

 

[oldjarhead100]

I was trying to take a selfy to show the height of the plants but it looks like I picked the plant up lol so my wifes girl friend came over so I had her take picture a picture I'm 6 foot 3 inches

 

[Spidermite]

Looking very nice.

 

[s62]

Those autos look amazing, almost manifolded? How’s you get them to be so stout? What kind of training?

 

[Ardek]

This sounds like so much fun, and while I'd love to join, Im going to be in the middle of Dry, along with the fact I really enjoy non-auto.

But I can't wait to follow this

 

[Retodd]

It’s called auto showdown, because that’s what we did over the winter. We’re continuing our photo grows on the same page. Welcome to our own little piece of heaven here Ardek

 

[Spidermite]

Uggg I just typed a long comment and then lost it. Uggg lol

oldjarhead100 those were started under 1000 watt MH and then at 3 weeks switched to hps. The only training I did was to top once and then spread out the main growth tips. After 3 weeks all I did was remove any leaves blocking light and that was at about 6 weeks old or about 2 weeks prior to harvesting.

The shape and thickness of the plants is just from genetics. Fast buds has several strains that grow in that shape. Girl scout cookies, star dawg, rhino Ryder, blue dream, and their berry strains. You can fit 6 to 8 of those strains in a 4x4 area and get on average 4 plus ounces per plant. So with 6 about a pound and a half easy per 4x4 area. Better growers can expect even higher yields.

As far as the thickness of the stems and trunk I do add silica and use fix farms trio when needed but they do not require much.

 

[Mr.furley]

And not everyone grew autos in the Showdown.

 

[SirSmksAlot]

I made the decision to start my flush on the fruit punch. All trics are cloudy with a few amber. I figure after a 7 to 9 day flush they will be where I want them.

 

[ocgreen]

Looking good! Are those autos? Photos? Or a mix?

 

[Canuck147]

Best looking 'green' house I've seen.

 

[ocgreen]

Great info as always. Thanks Spidermite and Obi-Wan

 

[ocgreen]

Hey oldjarhead100 are you saying your electric bud trimmer only cost 200? If so would you mind sharing the make/model?

 

[ocgreen]

Love to see you're making it a true family business. I'm trying to encourage some of our younger generation to go to school for something similar