First grow, please help!

Hello, i am starting my first grow with a combination bubbler/drip system i built. I ordered some autoflowering hindu kush, but i dont really know what light and/or water cycle to put them on. I heard 20/4 would work from seed to harvest. Please help!

Here man try this link out it helped me out a great deal with my system. Will do wonders for you in terms of different nutes and when to use them through the different stages. Good Luck!

Marijuana Growing - - NUTES!!! What To Use and How to use em!

no0 wayy man the best thing for seedling till atleast 2 weeks into veggin is 24 hrs a day untill its 2 weeks in then throw it on 18/6 and to harvest use 12/12 n u should have ur self sum bomb ass budd ima not really sure wit bubler drip systesm cuz ima soil man myself but those r the light cycles i use n they worked fine everytime

even though it skips the veg period?

You're not skiping the veg period that way. I do 18/6 from sprout to the time I switch to 12/12 for flowering. You should browse through the grow facts and stickies...it has all the info on hoe to get up and going.

the seeds are autoflowering so i would go with what u recommended ninjavitis. those hours sound about right.

I didn't know auto-flowering strains needed a different light schedule....are you sure about it?

ninjavitis said:

even though it skips the veg period?

Click to expand...

just run them 12/12

maybe 24/0 to start, but for flower no matter what you need 12/12 i think.

could be wrong.

see, thats what i thought. everything ive read has said to change up the light cycle. but the website i ordered the seeds from suggested 20/4 or 18/6 from seed to harvest since it was autoflowering. here are some pics of my setup, btw. It has two airstones in the reservoir and a 130 gph water pump. I ordered the seeds on 5/17, so i still have to wait a little bit. Also, can anyone for sure tell me about the water cycle? Do i just use the flowering schedule?

Well they're gonna flower no matter what the light cycle is so I wouldn't worry about it, go with what the sight reccomended. Either way I doub't it'll make much of a difference.

ok, thanks. additionally, i am using general hydroponics nutrients. do i use the veg cycle for seedling stage?

lights should be on 18-6. if you used 12-12 your yield off of each plant would be tiny

yea i agree with toker ace, ninja... remember that lowryder 2 i was growing? it had like 3 sets of leaves and a shitload of seeds already. well that was on 12/12 so i think toker is right about this one.

awesome. thanks for the input
i think im going to use water during the seedling stage then use the nutes when it starts flowering. should i water them the regular 4x a day still even with the different light cycle?

Wow, everyone recommended 12/12 during flowering for automatics. Why?? It will flower perfectly on 20/4. Why would the website give out false information, i bought the auto mixed seeds and mine said 20/4. I'm sure it will flower under 12/12 but why not give it more light. I'm going 24/0 for 1 week then switching to 20/4 for the remainder of the grow.

I've been growing lowryders for the last 3 months and i personally like the 18/6. my females showed at day 21 and my male at day 18. my plants thrived using that light setting but to each their own Peace

Agreed, i'll go with 18/6 cause i read you get bigger buds. hey smurf, how often did you water them?

Ok, i read up on flowering water cycles and kind of modified them for a longer light cycle. tell me if this will be alright or kill my plants.

4am light on water 15 minutes
1pm water 15 minutes
9:45pm water 15 minutes
10pm light off
1am water 15 minutes

??