The Art of The Auto

For the strain I use the breeder recommends 24 hour light the whole way through. The seem to be doing ok and never heard of resting them for a day?

nice post! love the citation...

J

Nobody said to rest them for a day....said to rest them once a day....what strain are you growing?

Endorium said:

For the strain I use the breeder recommends 24 hour light the whole way through. The seem to be doing ok and never heard of resting them for a day?

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no... resting once a day... not resting for a day...
anyway... thats pretty much spot with everything I understand.
excepting nutes eraly on... but micro fungi... yup.. n molasses... can vouch for that.

Growing LA diva(delicious seeds). They spefically say to grow under 24 hour light the whole way through. Its had amazing reviews all over the place for this auto strain

FD im doing a Psiren f3 grow (beans germinating now) do you mind if I periodicaly add photos of the grow to this thread. il start a thread on Psiren when we get a auto forum here

La Diva cannabis is a new strain from the Delicious Seeds, a unique cross between a Blueberry and a Diavolo with distinct autoflowering characteristics. This strain has a surprising new aroma and a new colour that can bring a variety into your cannabis garden at any time of the year. Autoflowering characteristics grant La Diva cannabis the ability to completely flower without the need for reduction of day-light hours. Her cannabis seeds grow consistently well and finish under 24 hours of light - from sprouting to harvest - in 7 weeks, although you can achieve similar results with 18 hours of light per day.

Don't get me wrong your girls look great, just think that everything needs a rest period once per day....

i concur... try not sleeping... for your whole life...

John Mondello said:

i concur... try not sleeping... for your whole life...

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I agree %100 sleep is a good thing and if you can shave of a few pennies if the power bill so you can invest in some deff autos is a great idea in my books

Endorium said:

Been told several times on this thread to leave it at 24 hour lighting. They seem to be doing ok? ANyone else have a thought on this?

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Endorium you won't hurt your plants on 24/0 but you will get the same sorta results from 20/4 or 18/6 (depending on temps, if you need the extra heat during night periods go 20/4, if not go 18/6)

The only thing you'll do is save abit of electric, it won't actually hurt your plants having them on 24/0.

On standard plants that go by photoperiods there needs to be a dark period to help root growth and release gases etc but on Auto's it doesn't seem to matter if you have lights on 24/0 (i have done some on 24/0 as a test to compare with my usual 18/6, the yeilds were the same pretty much and the root system looked the same on 24/0 as 18/6)

Zootime said:

Does anyone know if auto's are more susceptible to bugs?

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Zootime, i've had Thrips a couple of times with my autos, don't get any pesticides if you have bugs, go find some ladybirds!!

I can't speak highly enough of Ladybirds, they are amazing things when it comes to bugs in your crop! The only problem is they like frying themselves on your lights, you have to keep adding them to your growroom just to keep the numbers up!

Even if you have bugs bad, the Ladybirds will control the numbers even if not completely killing them off

FullDuplex said:

Sounds to me that you have ran into the same issues as a few of the other guys on here.

My first question is where did you get the beans from?
If it was nirvana they have had multiple reports that
there autos are not auto flowering.

If you have had them for over 4 months and there are no signs of flower
they need to go into 12/12 to get the flower stage going.
I say give it a try at 12/12 for a week and see what happens.
If they are photo period girls and you have vegged for 4 months
there gonna be BIG.

Thing is if you have one flowering already at 18/6 going to 12/12 will diminish the yield on the auto. So there are some things to consider if you dont have two rooms

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They were from Attitude the seed co is called short stuff here is a link
http://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/short-stuff-seeds-super-cali-haze/prod_2416.html
also I failed to clarify I have had them in veg. for two months the description said four months from seed to harvest. I do not have a camera right now but the nice one is 1.5' x 1.5' and dense the one that is flowering is 8 inches x 4 inches ...

I think every living thing needs a rest period..
But..
having said that..
I have grown @ 18/6..20/4 and 24..
and I have to say..I have found very little difference between them..
probably 20/4 would be my preference.

From a pollenation point of view..on an AF x long season roll..
I have had one of the semi-af males come through @ 18/6..
and spoiled a mass germ..
and @ 20/4.

Never got one through 24 hours light...Yet...

and give them a kiss for me as they are sexy ladies!

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Slayer545 said:

Zootime, i've had Thrips a couple of times with my autos, don't get any pesticides if you have bugs, go find some ladybirds!!

I can't speak highly enough of Ladybirds, they are amazing things when it comes to bugs in your crop! The only problem is they like frying themselves on your lights, you have to keep adding them to your growroom just to keep the numbers up!

Even if you have bugs bad, the Ladybirds will control the numbers even if not completely killing them off

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a lil contribution on this... lady bugs need lots of fresh water... if you can mist your plants a couple times a day this greatly increases their survival rate... be careful though.. they can reproduce like crazy... ea can lay 50 to 100 eggs... not a bad thing but people might get suspicious when ur whole house is full of ladybugs! trust me! lol

if you can mist give them a couple of small cups of water place strategically in your space... they'll thank you for it by eating the pests!

J

mossys said:

I think every living thing needs a rest period..
But..
having said that..
I have grown @ 18/6..20/4 and 24..
and I have to say..I have found very little difference between them..
probably 20/4 would be my preference.

From a pollenation point of view..on an AF x long season roll..
I have had one of the semi-af males come through @ 18/6..
and spoiled a mass germ..
and @ 20/4.

Never got one through 24 hours light...Yet...

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Lol... Love the way you ride your dragon sir... a true wizzard!
J

Ironhead, I'll be very curios to hear how those come out... I've been trying to re-find this one not remembering what it was called... thanks! I definetly want to look at this for an outdoor Sativa Auto!

Love the way you ride your dragon sir... a true wizzard!

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We used to have a Fantasy thread for the hybrids..Green dragon Tips for growing..so I had a collection

very nice...

Totally Mad..


HBC..on the seed thing..
some Girls are known for their distinctly colour seed..
and..
I did start trying to catagorise them..
But..
there were so many variations..I gave up.


FullD...I got a mango......

Do you remember the amount of males you pulled out (i know thats a long shot)
reason i ask is because of Dargo's comment about pre ferted soil.

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dargo's comment is Right.
I didn't get male dom in those pots because they had little ferts and they had been well flushed..
But..
when I germed into pre-fert compo I got 90% male dom..over 5 pots..and different genetics.

BTW..JM is using that name..
But..
I was thinking..
Durrty Little Secrets..
Durrty..(how I like my girls..) Little..(AF)..Secrets...(coz they never come out of the closet...)..


You put the thought into my head...so have you got any thoughts.

(Only problem with our Eden project is that everybody uses that one...)

justparanoid said:

Here is a link to my grow journal. They are a easy plant to grow and do not require large amounts of nutrients. The main cola developed quite nice and turned out 17 inches long. Was quite yummy and good smoke for how quick it grew.

https://www.rollitup.org/cfl-growing/316025-jps-cabinet-grow.html


JP

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Thanks alot for that man, I'll def be looking in on this. Just as soon as i've caught up on the 5 pages worth posted here since last night!!!
It's crazy how quickly this thread speeds along