oh man, dude...i just grew a plant for 10 weeks in a box under 18/6 and harvested it (autoflower!!!)
Congratulations man!
Why? Autoflowers are intended to be under 24/7 light.
Autoflowers "can" flower under 24/7 lighting, but in my opinion, some sleep definitely does good for them. No need to be a slave driver.
Whait so you are warning people that an Auto-flower, autoflowered? Thanks for the warning that it does what it is supposed to do and next time you should read before spending your money I guess.
That's kind of what I'm trying to say, only I was a little less to the point.
This is on my top 10 dumbest threads list.
I agree with you completely. thought I would try to help everyone out here that's having difficulties understanding what an autoflower is supposed to do.
My main problem with this plant is how small it is. I've seen the pics of them being over 20" and bushy. I grew mine under pretty good conditions and it only made it to 8". Are Autoflowers different and keep growing or does it stop and flower like most plants do when they flower?
all strains of marijuana nearly double, if not triple in size when they flower. Your autoflower is no different. It will grow like a beast from here on out now that it is in flowering. Let her do what she does, you won't be disappointed.
I didn't buy these to put under 24/7 light. I can get better production out of any plant than these indoors by just letting them grow a few more weeks before flowering. What I wanted was a crop that can be harvested multiple times outdoors during the summer but their small size just isn't worth anything to me. I guess they appeal to the 150 watt crowd but certainly not for a serious grower.
You definitely can plant these at staggered intervals and they will flower based on their age, giving you harvests every so often (determined by your planting intervals.) and like I said, she definitely isn't done growing unless she is somehow stunted... Auto AKs are some of the larger/higher yeilding strains too, so you may have gotten some poor genetics. I have seen some outdoor autoAK grows with 24" plants easy in the journals, in fact, cutman is doing one right now... Check that out.
as for the "serious grower" comment. I'm here helping you understand what you bought before you bash it for no reason other than simply not researching a product before you bought it. And I'm sorry for offending "serious growers" like you who are growing "a few auto AKs"
I think theyre supposed to "explode" with growth and get alot taller. I dont know how tall most peoples are at flowering. I would think they coulda got a little taller in 3 weeks then 6 inches. But I havent grown autos yet. I think theyll get alot bigger tho still.
Yeah, from what I have seen, they do about 50-75% of their growing while they are flowering anyway.
hope I could be of some help. If there's anything you're still unclear about, just ask (nicely). And I'll be happy to oblige.
