The Art of The Auto

I would imagine the the pure mountain air enhances any smoke.

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Oh does it its almost as if it makes the taste roar as well as the sent stronger. Love being here.

I'll bring some photos when I figure out how...

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You know that i will be awaiting these, i miss the patio my friend i really do.

yeah. i grew a couple of these af strains. here is my diesel ryder

Yesssir! My favorite music festivle is in missouri, Swchagstock.. and they have a special halloween campout called SpookStock.. well its sooo fun, if you make it past the road blocks and into the private property of freedom. Its wherer I realy realy wanna be this halloween, but im way to broke. yet all my video games cover that... fallout:new vegas, fable 3, sims3 console... My crops will acompany me thru some strange and wonderous andventures this holliday season

mlmmintz said:

yeah. i grew a couple of these af strains. here is my diesel ryder

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nice, I just put soem diesel ryder to germ.. hop'n shes ready for some sexy baby makin!

43Hitman said:

Subbed. Great thread FD, I am quickly falling in love with Auto's. I have a White Dwarf, AK47 x LR#2, and a Blue Himalya going right now. My WD is about 8 inches and she is doing great. I can't wait to taste her goodness.

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Thank you sir and as i mentioned before i am here to bring out the truth of the autos as well as provide a place to share the info that we all have experienced. Good luck with the strains that you have listed. Would love to see a group shot some time.

malicifice said:

Wow very cool! Is there anyway to determine a auto from a non auto? I also read that you should not top or clone auto's. Is that true?

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Yes there are a few ways to tell a true auto. One is the flower time to light schedule. If a true auto is put into 24hrs of light or any light regimen it will show sex in about 2 weeks some sooner than others but in my experience its 2 weeks or less. Every auto i have popped and i mean every one has showed sex on or before the 2 week mark. There has not been a lapse in that at all.

You can top an auto but that comes back to the life time of them. If you top it it does have an impact on the plant, but it will recover. The only thing is that this will effect the final yield as it used the little veg time it had to "repair" its growth. Cloning is useless as the clones are the same "age" as the mother they came from. Autos work off of age rather than photo period to begin flower.

SmokeyDeHerb said:

Hey all, first off +rep to FD for starting this thread. it's been an enormous help to me as this is my first grow and i chose auto's due to space and budget limits. Read some pretty negative stuff about autos so this is a god send.
Here's the small print on my grow - Northern light auto, seeded in a 10inch deep tub with 12 litres of houseplant compost. 125w eco light cfl all housed in a 60cmx60cm secret jardin grow tent. 24 hour light for 2 weeks then moved to 20/4. Not massive but like i said, space and budget limits. Still has to beat paying £150+ per ounce!!!
I think i may have messed up a bit tho as i noticed after 2 weeks that the fan leaves near the top were blocking light to the branches below, so i cut 4 of them off. Reading the thread from the start turns out not the best thing to do but hey you live and learn... My question is this, is it worth trying to ScrOG an auto or is the size and veg period to small to gain any benifit?
Here are pics of what i've got so far, the 2nd and 3rd are 13 days in, 4th and 5th 16 days and the last was today day 18

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Looking good seems that you have done well with them and they like what you have done. about the trimming you should be fine as long as you left enough on the plant for it to recover. Usually in the last two weeks of growth i will remove a few fans early to allow the lower buds to get some light as i finish the flush. Things should balance out for you with them. Keep us updated on them

GL

ultimatelysoothed said:

+ REP thanks man this thread helped me out with my first auto flower grow. They came out great and sold me on autos, going with a different strain next time, my only complaint was the leaf to calyx ratio was too high.

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Glad that we could help. If you want a better leaf to calyx ratio get you hand on some LR#1 or #2 genetics and i promise you you'll be impressed.

mlmmintz said:

yeah. i grew a couple of these af strains. here is my diesel ryder

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Looking great!! Keep up the good work would love to see how these turn out.

crazytrain14 said:

you might want to think about scrog. there have been alot of people having problems with their nl auto from nirvana. they actually stopped selling em cuz they havent been autoflowering. keep us informed on when they start to flower.

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Thanks crazytrain, I'll give it a go if she gets tall enough. Been nearly 3 weeks now and she's only 5 inches tall- is that normal?
I heard about the problems nirvana were having, I ordered my beans back in July so not sure if they'll be affected but i'll keep posting with updates on how she's doing. If she doesn't auto can I veg as long as I like then switch to 12/12 like a normal one?

hi been reading through this thread and wondered if i could post a pic 2 see if everything was "alright" with my auto? i've been on 20/4 for nearly 7 weeks but i've still got loads of fluffy budz, how long do you guys find the auto (its a bonkers) normaly take on adverage, just a rough time? it said 7-8 weeks on the pack but i'm thinking at least another 3-4 weeks? this is my 1st try at autos.

thanks in adavance,

fingerez

FullDuplex said:

Looking good seems that you have done well with them and they like what you have done. about the trimming you should be fine as long as you left enough on the plant for it to recover. Usually in the last two weeks of growth i will remove a few fans early to allow the lower buds to get some light as i finish the flush. Things should balance out for you with them. Keep us updated on them

GL

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Thanks FD, thats's reassuring to know. I'll ask the same question of you as i asked crazytrain, if my AF's don't flower (i bought them from Nirvana) should i just veg them for as long as i like and then switch them to 12/12? Also, is it worth going to 12/12 anyway if they start to show flowering or should i stick to 20/4?

Thanks in advance

Outdoor Pot..in pots..on the patio.

You know that i will be awaiting these, i miss the patio my friend i really do.

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I found out "how to"..was dead impressed with meself...ha ha...

I'm cleaning the patio off...ready to jeyes fluid it..paint..then spark the grow cupboard up.
I want more of the Black-line DC F3's up for January/Feb to see if it is low light/cold induced colour.

Heres a little treat from one of the valleys i used to hang out in that i returned to today for a toke.....

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Cheers my m8..most appreciated.
Beautiful spot for a smoke.
Very much like I have been seeing back in the UK...
with the leaves falling
but...
I didn't see much blue sky.

You took BudWider...I was wondering what you were toking...
I was on ALF#3 in the UK...sent in advance.
Worked well.
8 grammes in 4 days..and that was me on rations...

Before I grew my own..I was getting through an ounce every 4-6 weeks..
it was all I could afford..
now I couldn't afford my habit if I had to exist on bought bud.

as provide a place to share the info that we all have experienced

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Can we put the Hybrid info here....
it makes sense to have all the AF info together..so it is all in one thread...
or should we start another one for it..?

My crops will acompany me thru some strange and wonderous andventures this holliday season

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Get me toker photos Anon...purleese.......
I need to see photos of Canna worship...it is my religion.

Halloween is my canna-harvest festival night..
Bud altar...
incense...
candles..
bud selection the lot..
so I will be celebrating with you. ...in the glass house.

nice, I just put soem diesel ryder to germ.. hop'n shes ready for some sexy baby makin!

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With what..?

great thread dude, i decided to try some autos myself got 2 goin lowlife ww and ak-47 only on day 4 right now(journal in my sig) glad i found this thread +rep

well thats what am planin on doing when spring comes around or can they be grown year round outdoors??

mossys said:

I want more of the Black-line DC F3's up for January/Feb.

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ME TOO!! I want some of those when they are ready....

mossys said:

Can we put the Hybrid info here....
it makes sense to have all the AF info together..so it is all in one thread...
or should we start another one for it..?

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I think we should start another thread for it......It is a hybrid thread with your beautiful creations ya know, so it needs to have a home of it's own...this thread is about autos in general....JMO..

She still hurts my heart.



AF's outdoor February..
But..
they had been brought to sex under lights.

thats fuckin crazy shit right thurr

thats fuckin crazy shit right thurr

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no..that is Babylon..(in the AF version)

La Belle Noche..in Non-AF..

Deep Chunk x ALF#3

On going project..for the Hybrid Thread...

Take it easy on em' mossy!! Dont think they ready for that yet.....lmao!!

But, jesus effin christ..<sorry lord...i still love looking @ that plant! Straight eye candy!!! What did she taste like again???

Awesome thread! Sub-ed for sure. Been trying to decide if I want to go auto or not. This thread just made up my mind...almost. One question I haven't had a straight answer to, and can't find: Can an auto be grown in an aero system similar to a StinkBud system, or are they more strictly for dirt? I already built the aero, but space is limited and I like the shorter period of auto. I can scrap the aero, but I've witnessed the excellerated growth it produces and would like to try.

Nice thread. I'm tired of the photoperiod people jumping on auto growers' nuts. If you don't like them, don't grow them. Here is my 60 Day Wonder. I'm in a party cup competition, so that's why she's still in there.
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