Good few questions on autos....

Oldreefer

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Hi guys
I want to give autos a try properly, i ran 3 before under some whack chinese broken led light and pulled about 14g of each, usually run phenos in hydro (dwc) but last run hermied on me and i was pissee, currently have a Sea of green on but out of 64 plants i now have 27 left...once again hermied (no light leaks etc, just hermie prone strain i guess?)

Just curious on how well the autos do?
How close to the "seed to harvest" is really true?
How prone to turning hermie are they?
How well do they yield?
How do they react to topping (i know people have mixed opinions on this)
How good are they for sea of green style?
I'm looking at using BSB GENETICS sweet tooth strain, anyone have any experience with this?

I will be runningn 2x600w hps dual spectrum
1 x 1150w gavita pro de
Dripper system
3.8L rhizo pots (start to finish)
Biobizz all mix soil (went organic on last run and have 5 50l bags left over) so will use the nutes in the soil to run the veg (2/3weeks) then i will add shogun terra bloom along side rock resinator.
Having grown autos perpetually 15 yrs, I can give input on some questions.
Autos do well but it seems to be up to the grower...there's the primary variable.
Finish times are usually a bit + to advertised...check grow diaries for avgs.
Hermies are rare and usually from stress.
I top everything to control canopy.
I don't grow for yeild, only for variety so I always have 7-8 going perpetually.
I've only used soil less mediums such as BBLM, FFHF, Humboldt, pro mix etc
in 2-3 ltr pots, conservative feeds, under 12/12 multiple leds and expect 1 oz per ltr medium.
Yeah, I'm a bit different but it works well for me.
 

Bushbaby11

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Having grown autos perpetually 15 yrs, I can give input on some questions.
Autos do well but it seems to be up to the grower...there's the primary variable.
Finish times are usually a bit + to advertised...check grow diaries for avgs.
Hermies are rare and usually from stress.
I top everything to control canopy.
I don't grow for yeild, only for variety so I always have 7-8 going perpetually.
I've only used soil less mediums such as BBLM, FFHF, Humboldt, pro mix etc
in 2-3 ltr pots, conservative feeds, under 12/12 multiple leds and expect 1 oz per ltr medium.
Yeah, I'm a bit different but it works well for me.
Thankyou for the reply mate really appreciate it, I'm looking to put 36 plants under 2410w of hps/dual spectrum lights in 3.8L fabric pots, using biobizz allmix soil (will have enough nutes for 1st 2/3 weeks) then adding shogun terra with rock resinator during flower, would you say 2/3 oz per plant is doable under these lights and nutes?
 
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