Autoflower v regular seeds

Linnylayden · Apr 30, 2017

I got some auto seed free with my last purchase and reading the stats on the pack they seem to grow quicker and good weight so im thinking of trying them as its a no brainer high yield and quicker growing cycles, im just wanting to know if there as good as they sound ?

smokiemcbowl · May 1, 2017

Linnylayden said:
I got some auto seed free with my last purchase and reading the stats on the pack they seem to grow quicker and good weight so im thinking of trying them as its a no brainer high yield and quicker growing cycles, im just wanting to know if there as good as they sound ?

A lot of people trash on autos for many reasons. I could go on and on with a list but forget that lol. Autos are pretty good to go and definitly have a special spot in the grow world and are getting better.

Dont listen to the breaders times. Theyll give u a rough ball park time frame but thats about it. Most will take a few weeks longer but still finish before a photo period would. They also wont yeild like a photo but for a plant going to full maturity in under 3-4months is pretty impressive to me. Since they are on a set biological clock your looking at 1-3oz a plant depending on how well you do. You can yeild more but dont expect it on your first few runs lol I THINK i finally broke the 1oz mark this time around with a single plant.

The quality of autos is also something that is improving quickly it seems. Id say a good majority of breaders have auto strains that can easily compeat with regular photo bud.

Once you have a dialed in set up and figure out how they grow they literally become set and forget plants. Just water every few days and let her do her thing.

They are pretty simple to grow, they feed light (1/4-1/2strength feeds), still pack a good punch, and the fact that you can harvest early and quicker make them a good choice. You might spend a little more in electricity to run them 18/6 but thats easy to work around. I think that people who just totally bash autos have never given yhem a fair chance. Just like any other cannabis plant... You show her love and shell love you back!

Give em a shot and try a few runs! I think youll have fun with em!

Linnylayden · May 1, 2017

smokiemcbowl said:
A lot of people trash on autos for many reasons. I could go on and on with a list but forget that lol. Autos are pretty good to go and definitly have a special spot in the grow world and are getting better.

Dont listen to the breaders times. Theyll give u a rough ball park time frame but thats about it. Most will take a few weeks longer but still finish before a photo period would. They also wont yeild like a photo but for a plant going to full maturity in under 3-4months is pretty impressive to me. Since they are on a set biological clock your looking at 1-3oz a plant depending on how well you do. You can yeild more but dont expect it on your first few runs lol I THINK i finally broke the 1oz mark this time around with a single plant.

The quality of autos is also something that is improving quickly it seems. Id say a good majority of breaders have auto strains that can easily compeat with regular photo bud.

Once you have a dialed in set up and figure out how they grow they literally become set and forget plants. Just water every few days and let her do her thing.

They are pretty simple to grow, they feed light (1/4-1/2strength feeds), still pack a good punch, and the fact that you can harvest early and quicker make them a good choice. You might spend a little more in electricity to run them 18/6 but thats easy to work around. I think that people who just totally bash autos have never given yhem a fair chance. Just like any other cannabis plant... You show her love and shell love you back!

Give em a shot and try a few runs! I think youll have fun with em!

Linnylayden · May 1, 2017

Ha right im defo giving them a go next on the bavk of one of the strains it says give 20 hrs light, can u just leave the lights on 24/7 if electric cost no issue ? Also i no i i switch to 12/12 for flower currently but hows it work with the autos as in they flower with age dont they so how does it work with my hps and sodium lights do i just give blue light till i see a bud then change my bulbs to red.

Poontanger · May 1, 2017

Theres a thread on here by a member called Highlowgrow have a look at his thred called Autos it really that simple, heaps of imfo there you need to know
Autos can be very fickle, & any setback will cost at the end , good luck

smokiemcbowl · May 1, 2017

Linnylayden said:
Ha right im defo giving them a go next on the bavk of one of the strains it says give 20 hrs light, can u just leave the lights on 24/7 if electric cost no issue ? Also i no i i switch to 12/12 for flower currently but hows it work with the autos as in they flower with age dont they so how does it work with my hps and sodium lights do i just give blue light till i see a bud then change my bulbs to red.

Yeah 24/7 will work but i think plants need some "sleep". 20/4 and 18/6 are supposedly the best and as far as 12/12 it will work but you will lose in yeild.

As far as the lights that should work just fine. You can even run just the hps the whole grow if you wanted to and not have to change anything.

Linnylayden · May 1, 2017

Poontanger said:
Theres a thread on here by a member called Highlowgrow have a look at his thred called Autos it really that simple, heaps of imfo there you need to know
Autos can be very fickle, & any setback will cost at the end , good luck

Yeh i heard they were abit sensitive ive got all my levels dialled in so should be ok fingers crossed, ile give that article a read later thanks for the info.

Linnylayden · May 1, 2017

smokiemcbowl said:
Yeah 24/7 will work but i think plants need some "sleep". 20/4 and 18/6 are supposedly the best and as far as 12/12 it will work but you will lose in yeild.

As far as the lights that should work just fine. You can even run just the hps the whole grow if you wanted to and not have to change anything.

Oh yeh i wasn't planning 12/12 just saying what ime use to doing, ive always veged 24/7 and tried 18/6, and 24/7 deffo better for me in veg so i might try 24/7 in flower, have you tried these dual spectrum bulbs ? Ive not but shop say there ok and there like inly £12 where im paying around 30 for each mh/hps.

Diskokobaja · May 1, 2017

I had sylvania dual bulb.. they are good.. i wouldnt go under 18hrs of light..i keep mine 20/4 ..

Amnesia Purple 12 weeks for 2 oz+ of decent smoke..

Linnylayden · May 1, 2017

Diskokobaja said:
I had sylvania dual bulb.. they are good.. i wouldnt go under 18hrs of light..i keep mine 20/4 .. View attachment 3934171
Amnesia Purple 12 weeks for 2 oz+ of decent smoke..

Ive just been looking at auto strains i got some freebies but need a few more to fill space ive got dr kriplimg jumping black dash, purple haze, world of seeds affhan kush, g13 auto diesel im just mentioning on off chance youve grown 1 of them, is that amnesia purple short stuff seeds ? Its only one i saw but im finding out lots of different companies do there own version of type of seed, gonna get 5 of them cant beat a proper review rather than a seed site description, its says 9 wk for that plant you said so is it exactly as smokiemcbowl said dont listern to the grow time cycle ? You say 20/4 light for youtself would you not advise 24/7 then ? Thats what i do in veg for normal seeds you see and seems to work better than 18/24 cycle and with autos not needing the 12/12 photoperiod id of assumed more light the better.

Diskokobaja · May 1, 2017

Many people do 24/7 ,but i like to give them little rest,I would reccommend AKR fast vrowing,good yield,decent smoke,but it smells like wooow!! if you live in illegal state dont walkaround with this stuff in pocket.. Amnesia purple is 9 week strain but if you wanna good smoke and yield chase the trichs not the breeder times goven.. i can reccomend dinafem,fastbuds,dutch passion,mephisto as good genetics..

dirtWeevil · May 1, 2017

I actually like autos, but growing photos 12/12 from seed will give you the same results with less light in the same amount of time. When you plant an auto in about three weeks it'll show flowering signs, about eight to ten weeks later it'll finish if everything goes just right. With 12/12 photos in three weeks flowers show, eight to ten weeks later its done. The beauty of autos is that they allow people in places with short seasons or long days to grow outside. Another great thing about them is being able to get a crop much sooner outdoors, which is where I think the misconception of their lighting speed comes from. With photos outdoors flower doesn't start after three weeks so until the auto flower trait was captured you had no control over when flowering began outdoors

Linnylayden · May 1, 2017

dirtWeevil said:
I actually like autos, but growing photos 12/12 from seed will give you the same results with less light in the same amount of time. When you plant an auto in about three weeks it'll show flowering signs, about eight to ten weeks later it'll finish if everything goes just right. With 12/12 photos in three weeks flowers show, eight to ten weeks later its done. The beauty of autos is that they allow people in places with short seasons or long days to grow outside. Another great thing about them is being able to get a crop much sooner outdoors, which is where I think the misconception of their lighting speed comes from. With photos outdoors flower doesn't start after three weeks so until the auto flower trait was captured you had no control over when flowering began outdoors

Diskokobaja said:
Many people do 24/7 ,but i like to give them little rest,I would reccommend AKR fast vrowing,good yield,decent smoke,but it smells like wooow!! if you live in illegal state dont walkaround with this stuff in pocket.. Amnesia purple is 9 week strain but if you wanna good smoke and yield chase the trichs not the breeder times goven.. i can reccomend dinafem,fastbuds,dutch passion,mephisto as good genetics..

dirtWeevil said:
I actually like autos, but growing photos 12/12 from seed will give you the same results with less light in the same amount of time. When you plant an auto in about three weeks it'll show flowering signs, about eight to ten weeks later it'll finish if everything goes just right. With 12/12 photos in three weeks flowers show, eight to ten weeks later its done. The beauty of autos is that they allow people in places with short seasons or long days to grow outside. Another great thing about them is being able to get a crop much sooner outdoors, which is where I think the misconception of their lighting speed comes from. With photos outdoors flower doesn't start after three weeks so until the auto flower trait was captured you had no control over when flowering began outdoors

Ive always just bought smoke but been trying doing it myself past yr so just experimenting abit really as they were freebies then go bk to normal unless im well impressed, my favourite plant so far barneys critical kush nice smell yield and quick i ordered it again and the idiots sent me barneys cookie kush and i couldn't be bothered sending bk so hope its a good one

Linnylayden · May 1, 2017

Diskokobaja said:
Many people do 24/7 ,but i like to give them little rest,I would reccommend AKR fast vrowing,good yield,decent smoke,but it smells like wooow!! if you live in illegal state dont walkaround with this stuff in pocket.. Amnesia purple is 9 week strain but if you wanna good smoke and yield chase the trichs not the breeder times goven.. i can reccomend dinafem,fastbuds,dutch passion,mephisto as good genetics..

Ile try out both light schedules to see for myself im in the experimenting stage now i got basics down to a t, you sold me on that akr just googled it as id not heard of it so ordered 5 of them and the amnesia happy days

Diskokobaja · May 1, 2017

dirtWeevil said:
I actually like autos, but growing photos 12/12 from seed will give you the same results with less light in the same amount of time. When you plant an auto in about three weeks it'll show flowering signs, about eight to ten weeks later it'll finish if everything goes just right. With 12/12 photos in three weeks flowers show, eight to ten weeks later its done. The beauty of autos is that they allow people in places with short seasons or long days to grow outside. Another great thing about them is being able to get a crop much sooner outdoors, which is where I think the misconception of their lighting speed comes from. With photos outdoors flower doesn't start after three weeks so until the auto flower trait was captured you had no control over when flowering began outdoors

I only grew 2 times in my long rich 18mnths carrier

so I will state only that I read when I was investigating 12/12 from start (I wasnt satisfied with potency of my first grows) ,and It says that foto will still have at least two-three weeks of veg then going in pre flower,so its like a whole month before real flowering, sutoflowets at least new ones are starst preflower at 16 days,so by third week they are in flowering...give that most of photo strrains are 60 day flowering you have full 90 day cycle,and you have a lot of 11 week af. strains,with you can pull off 3 oz easy..i read that photo runed 12/12 f.s hardly give you more than 2 oz.. correct me if I'm wrong..

Diskokobaja · May 1, 2017

Linnylayden said:
Ile try out both light schedules to see for myself im in the experimenting stage now i got basics down to a t, you sold me on that akr just googled it as id not heard of it so ordered 5 of them and the amnesia happy days

I think you will be satisfied.. always start light feeding..

Linnylayden · May 1, 2017

Diskokobaja said:
I only grew 2 times in my long rich 18mnths carrier so I will state only that I read when I was investigating 12/12 from start (I wasnt satisfied with potency of my first grows) ,and It says that foto will still have at least two-three weeks of veg then going in pre flower,so its like a whole month before real flowering, sutoflowets at least new ones are starst preflower at 16 days,so by third week they are in flowering...give that most of photo strrains are 60 day flowering you have full 90 day cycle,and you have a lot of 11 week af. strains,with you can pull off 3 oz easy..i read that photo runed 12/12 f.s hardly give you more than 2 oz.. correct me if I'm wrong..

Im pretty new on the growing and trying different strains till i dial in on what i like, but yeh by my third grow im just over 2 a plant average barneys critical kush gave me 3 and quarter average and increasing my yield each time so going in right way, had a couple of 5oz plants cheeses bomb by bomb seeds in the grow but had another 4 of the same strain that only averaged 1 and half its a bit of a lottery from seed aswel im gonna try a mother plant in future.

JDMase · May 1, 2017

Check out my HSO black dog and Kings Kush grow journal, at the start i run through my previous auto run, I got way more than1-3oz and it was my first time growing them, second actual time growing anything and I had tons of issues. I used the Lucas KISS method and over fed them a lot too, heat stress you name it.

Linnylayden · May 1, 2017

JDMase said:
Check out my HSO black dog and Kings Kush grow journal, at the start i run through my previous auto run, I got way more than1-3oz and it was my first time growing them, second actual time growing anything and I had tons of issues. I used the Lucas KISS method and over fed them a lot too, heat stress you name it.

Well thats good to no you got everythimg dialled in now i went through the same problems reservoir tempertures and roo temperatures, humidity etc finally got everything running smooth now though only co2 left i could add to improve and will try that in the future

i overfed my first lot going off the bottle guide on levels, well hurt them second grow with nutrient burn it delayed there growth drasticall but got hang of it now, and thanks for the unfo ile look at your journal later.

Linnylayden · May 1, 2017

Diskokobaja said:
I only grew 2 times in my long rich 18mnths carrier so I will state only that I read when I was investigating 12/12 from start (I wasnt satisfied with potency of my first grows) ,and It says that foto will still have at least two-three weeks of veg then going in pre flower,so its like a whole month before real flowering, sutoflowets at least new ones are starst preflower at 16 days,so by third week they are in flowering...give that most of photo strrains are 60 day flowering you have full 90 day cycle,and you have a lot of 11 week af. strains,with you can pull off 3 oz easy..i read that photo runed 12/12 f.s hardly give you more than 2 oz.. correct me if I'm wrong..

Ha im same with the grows i had the system 6 years and on my fourth, loving learning all new techniques if i tried half as hard at school id of been fine

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