Post that Photo the an active thread....Club 600 is good....someone will chime in.
hello everyone I am a first timer as well as almost totally tech illiterate so I hope I can figure this sight out. lol
Hello there, ironic that I also just posted my intro and I had some questions on auto's . first is I was going to go that route for my first crop but was advised to just go with traditional type strains for lack of better words.
Alwayslearnin I learned to grow growing with autos and yes I think they are just as potent as photo plants. I had many friends who always grew and smoked photo plants and I got the same from them-go with the photos if your going to grow. When I finished my first grow and dried and cured my first crop I of course shared with a bunch of friends who had never tried autos-many who described themselves as "pot snobs". The general consensus was it was some of the best stuff they had tried and they were shocked an autoflower plant could produce that level of weed. Since then,i've produced a bunch of seeds from breeding and a great bunch of them went to those same friends to grow in their gardens. Now,i will say this,autos are NOT as forgiving as photos,they don't like transplanting and are prone to stunting. autos have a short life cycle and it is a one way street,if you screw up you will reduce your final yield. Photos definitely yield more per plant,although some of the super autos can definitely run with photos,there are some pretty impressive auto grows on AFN where I was a member for a long time. I love auto plants and probably will always have them in my grow room. I will say that I came here to RIU to learn to grow photo plants as well if not better then I know how to grow autos. I have a desire to grow some some trees lol and I've heard this is the place to learn how to do it,so here I am. If you choose autos to grow and you have any questions,feel free to ask and i'll do my best to help you out.
Thank you, I recently fell on hard times I'm a single dad raising two boys 9 and 6. one of witch has been a bit difficult as of late as a result I haven't been able to work due to being called by the school several time a week to come there and pick him up. it's not his falt he has something going on upstairs that I am determined to get straightened out he is 9 and I'm all he has and it's my job to help him.
I would paint that plywood white or cover it in panda film for light reflectivity back on your plants. I started in a 27"x27"x7' closet,painted the walls flat white,had a 4" intake hole on one side of closet for fresh air and had my carbon filter exhausting thru the ceiling into an attic. What are your temps like in there with that 1000w'er?Hey guys! I'm fresh to the site and happy to be a part of it! I'm from Canada, a personal medical grower under the ACMPR and am super pumped to see the feedback and future posts and info everyone has to share!
A little about my set up right now..
Currently in a closet, 4x3 and 6 feet tall with a 1000W HPS Agrolite on a 18/6 cycle and a wal mart fan circulating air around the area.
In a sense I made a box with plywood inside of the closet since it's a big closet and I use it for other materials also, the ceiling is unfinished so the hot air has a chance to creep out between the ceiling of the basement where the closet is and the floor of the main floor. The negative side is that the only way to get cool air in is to cut a hole at the base of the door opening the closet, if anyone has other suggestions please fell free to shoot away!
I have two plants in the area, one Critical Mass ("feminized") that I plan on training and turning into my mother plant since I'm not going to me limited to the closet in a few weeks. The other plant I have is a autoflower feminized Northern Lights by Greenhouse Seed Co. and is on day 54 of its life cycle. Unfortunately I didn't pay close attention to when it started to flower so I can't give an exact date on how many weeks into flower it is but my estimate is 2-3 weeks already.
I had to tie the NL down since the cola was 11" from the 1000W so now the plant is sitting around 1.5-2f away from the light on all tallest nug sites. Here's a pic of my setup!
Please if you have any suggestions don't hesitate to throw them at me! Constructive criticism is key in this and I'll take all I can get!! Just please don't be too too rude lol
PS: the other plants seen in the picture (lanky ass Critical mass, and a bagseed flowering and clones) are my friends who is picking them up today since he was out of town. I know I shouldn't have his flowering on my 18/6 but it's been there for only a day and it's being chopped down tomorrow
I think you could do a perpetual grow with autos and have it planned so you can harvest a plant or plants every week but I think your going to have to have a pretty good number of plants to do that. The average harvest time for any autos I grew were between 70-85 days and that depends on how you like your trichs-clear,milky,amber. That is a pretty big room,i can see all kinds of possibilities but its all up to you and how many plants you want to deal with. How many plants are you allowed to have?
Temps are In the 30's that's why I'm stressing out a bit.. I'm looking for dense nugs but i know that they'll be airy like that. Before the 1000w i had cfl equalling 125w but I knew that wouldn't cut it for dense nugs either..
I hate fact I'm so illiterate with technology how do I post my pics?
. You WILL develop a love for this very quickly once things get rolling