Autoflowers indoor - It really is that simple

richard rahl

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This is my little project. Got a diesel berry and a polar express from auto seeds in my pc grow. About 12 days right now.
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HighLowGrow

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Lol. I started in a pc with cfls across the top back in 2009. That's funny shit. I soon realized that I needed to go bigger. I now use it here and there when I'm germing seeds. You will need to do some lst in there for sure. I got OK fluffy buds out of it. Good luck!

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FennarioMike

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I run a White Widow auto from Crop king Seeds in the corner of my veg tent and keep it on a 3 week rotation. I harvest 1 every 3 weeks. On average I get 1/2lb dry, trimmed yield. it started as an experiment to play with an auto and now I love it. My main crop is photo and this is just extra - but i keep it super simple and it just grows like crazy.

My setup:
Coco
5 gal smart pot
Drip feed 3x a day drain to waste
Canna Coco A&B
Various beneficials
2 - 300W Viparspectra

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richard rahl

Well-Known Member
I run a White Widow auto from Crop king Seeds in the corner of my veg tent and keep it on a 3 week rotation. I harvest 1 every 3 weeks. On average I get 1/2lb dry, trimmed yield. it started as an experiment to play with an auto and now I love it. My main crop is photo and this is just extra - but i keep it super simple and it just grows like crazy.

My setup:
Coco
5 gal smart pot
Drip feed 3x a day drain to waste
Canna Coco A&B
Various beneficials
2 - 300W Viparspectra

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Nice, makes me feel better about my 2 vipar300's lol
 

richard rahl

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I guess I shouldn’t be giving advice about those lights. I know nothing about them. I was thinking cfls.
Hell no problems here man. I had it higher, dropped down a bit since i had no stretch. I have more sockets, and actually added another daylight yesterday, heat is my issue with adding more. My temps rose a bit when i added the box to raise them. I think ill be able to add another one once i take the other tub out. But yeah im right there with ya on adding as much light as my temps can stand. I actually rearranged a bit too. Ill get another pic tomorrow
 

FennarioMike

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FYI - if it was me I’d get the lights a bit closer. 4-5 inches from the tops. It also looks like you have an extra socket. Look around for a cfl or another led and screw that sucker in. Slam the lights on them if the temps are ok.
Agreed. I keep my LED's super close to the top like 4 - 8"
 

HighLowGrow

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Kinda off topic - Chopped a BKR f4 at the base 4-5 weeks ago which was a party cup thing. It had a few leaves below my cut. Just been splashing it here and there with nutes to see what happens. It's under the 400 24/0.

I saw those long white hairs and thought screw it and dipped that sucker in a film canister of BKR f4 pollen today. We'll see what happens.

Revegging and seed making. hmmmm Maybe Revegging autos have a purpose.............."MICRO BREEDING" LOL



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Huskybudz

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This thread makes me feel better about my autos. I have a 315 watt cmh and grow in 3 gal fabric pots. I think i read too much on here and worry about every little burnt leaf or brown spot. The buds look looks good smell good and are sticky as hell so what am i worrying about, right? Do you find that with the nutes less is more? I am using the nectar sample pack and want something easier. I also feel like they grow better when i feed in smaller doses.
 

FennarioMike

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This thread makes me feel better about my autos. I have a 315 watt cmh and grow in 3 gal fabric pots. I think i read too much on here and worry about every little burnt leaf or brown spot. The buds look looks good smell good and are sticky as hell so what am i worrying about, right? Do you find that with the nutes less is more? I am using the nectar sample pack and want something easier. I also feel like they grow better when i feed in smaller doses.
It entirely depends on your medium. I grow mine in coco and feed 3x a day with a drip system. Because the coco drains so well, and they are in smart pots, they don't get root bound and the plant keeps expanding. But because it drains so well, it doesn't retain much for water and nutes - so, the frequent feeding.

If you are using soil then it depends on what type of soil and what sort of nutrients are already available in it. A good soil with the right amendments doesn't need nutes at all - again, if it has the right amendments in it. A very basic soil will need more nutes.
 

HighLowGrow

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This thread makes me feel better about my autos. I have a 315 watt cmh and grow in 3 gal fabric pots. I think i read too much on here and worry about every little burnt leaf or brown spot. The buds look looks good smell good and are sticky as hell so what am i worrying about, right? Do you find that with the nutes less is more? I am using the nectar sample pack and want something easier. I also feel like they grow better when i feed in smaller doses.
I always have a few leaves especially down low that need to be pinched off. I also have a few spots on the leaves here and there. Ya don’t worry about the small stuff.

If they look good, smell good, and is to your satisfaction, you are good to go.

As to the nutes- I run these three:

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I use FFOF soil and don’t need to use these nutes until white hairs show. I just use 1-4-5 pretty much after that. (Early bloom area on the chart).

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