Hours of flowering light

Hi i normally just buy normal seeds but was given a few different autos when i got my last lot, i no autos flower through age and not light and thats about all i no ! So fo you veg for 2/3 wk still using mh and flower obviously with sodium for amount of flowering days given ? Also ive always veg for 24 hrs and flour for 12 with normal seeds so whats crack with autos coz 1 of these seeds is saying leave light on at least 20 hrs aday in flour so my second question is because the flower through age not light can i just leave my lights on 24 hrs a day ?.

Linnylayden said:

Hi i normally just buy normal seeds but was given a few different autos when i got my last lot, i no autos flower through age and not light and thats about all i no ! So fo you veg for 2/3 wk still using mh and flower obviously with sodium for amount of flowering days given ? Also ive always veg for 24 hrs and flour for 12 with normal seeds so whats crack with autos coz 1 of these seeds is saying leave light on at least 20 hrs aday in flour so my second question is because the flower through age not light can i just leave my lights on 24 hrs a day ?.

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1) Change from the MH to HPS light when you see the flowering begin

2) Light hours is personal choice. Since it flowers regardless of light hours, the theory is that longer than 12-12 will delivery more energy, so more growth. I've seen some speculate though that if there is no down period the plant won't reach it's peak either. So again, your choice on if 24 hour or 18 hour or what ever. I don't think anyone has done side by side testing to see the difference between the same strain on different hours of light.
You may also consider the cost of your power, as going from 18 to 20 or 24 hours may not increase the yield (or not by much) but will increase your power bill.
Maybe even heat is a consideration too. If you have your lights off for a period (probably middle of the day or something) then it lets the room cool down a bit before starting up again. Depends if you live somewhere hot though.

Oh thats brilliant is that im running really low cost and have air con just in case so ile probably just try leaving them on 20 hrs then as this 1 strain stipulates that, you got any tips on good strains autos.

A few tips..........do not top an auto, lst is a winner.............7-1 light cycle the whole way = 21 light & 3 dark in a 24 hour period, which keeps an even temp..............silicone =good
Avoid repotting..............& check out Autoseeds, they only do autos.............good luck

Poontanger said:

A few tips..........do not top an auto, lst is a winner.............7-1 light cycle the whole way = 21 light & 3 dark in a 24 hour period, which keeps an even temp..............silicone =good
Avoid repotting..............& check out Autoseeds, they only do autos.............good luck

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Thanks will take a note of that site for the future and youse my freebies for now, they sound to good to be true really some of the autos ive seen for example super lemon haze auto grows faster and more weight according to the stats i seen so seems a no brainer but REALLY ? WHY aint everyone on them yet then or are they lol.

Autos are very hard to grow well, any set back & youll pay.....big time...........they are a specialist area , to get the best, dont listen to all the breeder talk............thats why , growers arnt all over em............most growers , dislike em

If U think 3 oz per plant is good , have a go, most dont even get that

Im very new to this done a couple of grows and learnt not to listern to stats and feeding schedules but 3oz a plant id be happy with at the min lol, im averaging 1 and abit first grow 2 second although 1 freak cheese bomb gave 7oz but i had heat issues and water temp etc but dialled in now, apart from a couple of tops and fims i just let them do there thing really, what you average and are you scrogging or out ? All sites seem to tell you pm2 but i just have big 20 litre pots so be more helpful if they gave grams per plant to me, just interested in your technique coz id love 3oz a plant at min, growing some incredible bulk which apparently is a monster yielder but start of wk 6 there nothing to shout about.