Pakistan Ryder question

I am growing Pakistan Ryder auto flowering strain with some other non auto flowering strains. Right now outside I am getting 14 hours of light on and 10 hours off. My Pakistan ryder is about 8 inches tall but not too bushy and I just topped it and it is creating two tops now. It is 18 days old from seed and it is already showing pistils on the top but not the bottom.

My 1st question is... Since my plant is showing sex now, should I continue feeding it nitrogen or start hitting it with Fox Farms Open Sesame. I feel like if i start using the open sesame now it will make the plant just a few big nugs, but if I continue to feed it nitrogen and little amounts of p and k would this make the plant continue to grow more? I just watered with Big Bloom and Grow big which is high in nitrogen hoping the plant doesn't start to bud yet. What is my best option to keep this little girl keep growing and not start budding?

My 2nd question is... Is my plant average size for 18 days? is it showing its sex really early and is it going to be a runt because of this? (like just a couple little colas?)
My 3rd question is... will 14/10 light effect the yield as apposed to 18/6, 20/4 or 24/0? I know more light means more bud but with non autos they bud during sleep and autos bud whenever I think. How much do you guys think I am going to yield?

1st off you should not top autos (slows there growth down)... your 1st set of questions... cant help you with the nute questions as I grow with supersoil and only use plane water for mine... I can tell you, you are not in control of when a auto buds it buds when it buds and thats it, thats why I tell people they have to get then as big as fast as possible before they start to bud... 2ed questions...8" at 18 days is on the small side in my book...my 2 strains show sex at day 12-14 and will be 10-12" tall..then they stretch for the next 10-14 days as they start to bud that is another critical time for size development... 3ed questions...yes...less hours of light= less yield... as for as size of your yield that can very greatly so that is a question you will have the answer to when its done & dried... these pics were taken at day 16 you can see there size...

Scyntra said:

1st off you should not top autos (slows there growth down)... your 1st set of questions... cant help you with the nute questions as I grow with supersoil and only use plane water for mine... I can tell you, you are not in control of when a auto buds it buds when it buds and thats it, thats why I tell people they have to get then as big as fast as possible before they start to bud... 2ed questions...8" at 18 days is on the small side in my book...my 2 strains show sex at day 12-14 and will be 10-12" tall..then they stretch for the next 10-14 days as they start to bud that is another critical time for size development... 3ed questions...yes...less hours of light= less yield... as for as size of your yield that can very greatly so that is a question you will have the answer to when its done & dried... these pics were taken at day 16 you can see there size...

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What strain is that? My master kush non auto's are 24 days old and are 24 inches tall by 24 inches wide. So I already felt it was slow.

It was only 1 seed, the other seed is lowryder #2 and Lowryder Easy ryder and like 3 Northern Lights auto flower, these are all a way smaller but are also way younger.

I was just wondering if anyone knew how fast this particular strain grows.

I also know that when you see the first signs of pre-flowers you should start feeding it more p and k then n. I was just wondering if I kept giving it more nitrogen, would it continue to boost size.

I will probably start giving it open sesame after the next watering.

I topped it at day 14, so if you look at it from my point of view mine is only 2-3 inches behind yours, it stopped growth for 12 hours and then continued growth the next morning. But obviously it will not be growing up anymore since I topped it only out. Yours are way bigger yes but also are much more stretched. My nodes are spaced no more than an inch from each other. Also it depends on whether you started your seed in your final containers. I started them in a liter container and moved them into a 5 gallon, which would stunt there growth until there tap roots have successfully reached the bottom of the container. Then leaf foliage growth continues and the roots start to spread out as the new leaf growth comes in. Two factors here may have kept my plants away from being maybe 2-4 inches taller...

Can you let me know your average yield and I will compare it to mine when I harvest and dry it within the next 60-70 days.

those are RRF-F5's and RRF x Purple Jems F7's... and I start in 32oz plastic glasses and I use 2gal pots with supersoil to finish... average yield for mine is 1-1 1/2 oz a plant for single cola plants, little more for bush phenos...

Well then shit I am hoping I get around 6 oz's of my 6 auto's. Then when that bud is done by non autos will be done and I should have maybe 1-2 pounds or more .

Even if I could get 4-5 ozs of them that will be a perfect amount to last me till my other ones finish, dry and cure.

Looking at an early christmas here!