torontoke
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Ain't that the truth.
My 8hr flowering experiment
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ThcGuy
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I had poor results with a few Autos as well and I won't use them again. I also had hermie issues with feminized seeds so I won't use them either. I prefer regular seeds from now on.
torontoke
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I have always had crappy luck with autos.
Being fair I never leave them under 20/4 light so they never get very big.
I prefer reg seed as well because of the selection more then anything.
Now I'm stuck with a bodhi seeds addiction
torontoke
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Pollen chuck Rd 2
Back row: space monkey, grandpasbreath,false teeth, rku/s
Front row: lucky charms, false teeth, rku/s
Got one more lucky charms to go in tomorrow and fingers crossed these are all ladies.
I'll paint pollen onto the space monkey and lucky charms lowers and I'm done breeding til the dank Sinatra are big and ready
Back row: space monkey, grandpasbreath,false teeth, rku/s
Front row: lucky charms, false teeth, rku/s
Got one more lucky charms to go in tomorrow and fingers crossed these are all ladies.
I'll paint pollen onto the space monkey and lucky charms lowers and I'm done breeding til the dank Sinatra are big and ready
whitebb2727
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I thought of doing something similar. I flower with t5. I use 4ft 8 bulb. Thought of going to a 12 bulb. Basically 4 bulbs then 8 then 12. All 12 would be on only for 5 hours or so.Ok, this concept has my attention!
Want to run an idea by you adventurous experimenting types - you are running an 8 hour lights on period....
What if those of use who run a typical 1000W hps hung over a 5x5 were to hang say 2 4ft T5's (one on each side of the hood), run the T5's for 4 hours at lights on and then have the 1000W come on for the next 8 hours with the T5's dropping off a half hour or so after the big lights come on. This would effectively keep us in a 12 hour cycle and greatly cut energy use.
Any thoughts on what the outcome might be from those who have been doing these light cycle experiments?
Angus Hung
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Ive got the itch too
torontoke
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Very smart idea
Should work perfect
I've got 7 bodhi strains in my veg tent.
I've been tryin my damnedest to work through my stockpile but I finally see light at the end of the tunnel.
Then I can focus on my bodhi chucks
whitebb2727
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It looks like you used a bloom feed on it. That stunts auto flowers and quickens flower.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Angus Hung
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Nice work im one the first month of a big pheno hunt with more cow bell. that i crossed with another more cow bell a few grows ago
i popped about 400 seeds.. and am working off about 250 keepers.. i have just flipped a male oregon lemon to breed with a bunch of bohdi strains/
Angus Hung
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Ive got a few other strains i crossed with more cow bell, if your into trading a few when your all finished.?
torontoke
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Ur wrong sir but that's ok
Those outdoor plants got no food at all.
It's just me and autos
Like Cher and sonny bono
whitebb2727
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What strains? I've run more fem seeds than I can count with only one or two herms.
With a good breeder fems don't have a higher chance of herming.
Auto flowers can be tricky but there are things that can tint them. There are things that extend the veg time and grows them bigger.
whitebb2727
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Ah. Then deficient caused the yellow and purple.
There are ways to grow them bigger.
To each their own though.
torontoke
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These were a gift tbh
I didn't realize they were autos til they stopped growing under glr and I went and double checked the package then said screw it and threw em outside.
I'll get a couple weak sauce doobies out of em and live n learn.
Not my cup of tea.
Autos needing 20hours goes against my whole way of growing
ThcGuy
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I grew Dutch Passions Master Kush feminized years ago, they grew huge outside but bananas through out all the bud on all my plants, I also grew Dutch Passion Mazar, outside again and had a few bananas, not as bad as the master kush but they were still there.
The auto seeds were all grown in a green house and none of them got very big at all, I don't remember all the strains but they were all from Green House Seeds, I think they were White Widow, Lemon Skunk (I think, not sure) and a couple others, none of it impressed me.
Both of these grows were outside and the a long time ago 15+ years ago for the feminized and 5+ years ago for the autos.
I don't doubt breeders have gotten better with these strains but I can't afford to experiment so I am sticking with the regulars for now.