First time grow! Help please

[noobgrow10111]

so this is my first grow with an autoflower seed which is MK Ultra auto fem seed
I have good soil and a 450w (true 200w) viparspectra led light i know it’s not the best light but it’s all I have to work with. I need advice and lots of it as going from photo to auto is a big difference and have only grown one plant before so please I am a noob with growing so any advice with my first auto grow would be fantastic, thanks.

 

[EL Connoisseur]

so this is my first grow with an autoflower seed which is MK Ultra auto fem seed
I have good soil and a 450w (true 200w) viparspectra led light i know it’s not the best light but it’s all I have to work with. I need advice and lots of it as going from photo to auto is a big difference and have only grown one plant before so please I am a noob with growing so any advice with my first auto grow would be fantastic, thanks.

I think you should 1st research and then u should start the project.. now the time you have for learning and reasearching has a limit and with the auto this limit is harder..

 

[noobgrow10111]

I think you should 1st research and then u should start the project.. now the time has a limit and with the auto this limit is harder..

Done a bit of research but just wanting to make sure I can get as informed as I can with any tips or tricks I guess with what and whatnot to do but I definitely know a little bit. Still haven’t popped the seed so no rush

 

[CQCQCQ]

I just harvested six AF plants, one Purple Kush and five Early Miss. I got 1.5 dry oz. from the big plants. Nice and sticky.
You have a small window to top (pinch off the top to grow two tops). Definately bend the budded arms horizontal to get the side buds to convert to top buds. Some plants bend better but slowly work at it. The more light the better. I grew them under 1.5 K watts and 900 watts LED. Nutrients help, natural or bottled but you need to feed if you want it to grow for you. Two of my plants would not bloom. Extremely healthy at 4 feet but even two weeks at 12-12 failed, would not bring on buds. AF genes are not perfect. Easy grow. Many pictures on Why Not's grow.
Bigger pot gets a bigger plants then bigger crop. I used a 3 gallon fabric which is just enough, the 5 gallon pails grew bigger.
Your water is important. I Brita filter and age mine. PH can kill a seed before you get going. Check it. Use quality bottled to germinate?
AF does not need complete dark to initiate flowering. 18-6 is good, fast too. Even 24 works.
Flowering you can use temperature to maximize trichome? production. 10f difference dark and light periods.
I ran my light time between 7 PM and 7 AM, cheapest time for hydro.
A fan is important.
Go ahead and ask away. The grow blog covers a lot.

 

[5BY5LEC]

Do yourself a favor and get a decent light. That 200w is not going to bud anything worth putting your effort into.

 

[OPfarmer]

so this is my first grow with an autoflower seed which is MK Ultra auto fem seed
I have good soil and a 450w (true 200w) viparspectra led light i know it’s not the best light but it’s all I have to work with. I need advice and lots of it as going from photo to auto is a big difference and have only grown one plant before so please I am a noob with growing so any advice with my first auto grow would be fantastic, thanks.

Need more info? You want to grow chem or organic? What is "good soil"? Some Subcool super soil or Rev's TLO recipe you have been fine tuning for 6 months? Or does good soil mean a bag of Fox Farm?

It's hard to share opinion without more info.!

Your light is small so either way you are not going to want to grow a beast. MKUltra auto sounds like a smaller stature plant so that's a good thing with your smaller light. Keep your light tight to the canopy.

I am an organic farmer, so not the one to give chem growing advice.

I would suggest an organic hands off grow in a 3 to 5 gallon fabric or air pot. Plant the seed water it a little, keep the light close, depending on your soil you may need to add something at flower, maybe not.

Make sure you got plenty of airiaton in your soil, lots of chunky Coir or Big Perlite. I am in the less is more camp. Plants are fucked up and or killed by people loving them to death.

Unless you really know what your doing, I would suggest not stressing an auto during veg. Remember autos have a present clock. A little LST on main leader, if you must fool with the plant to even out canopy. Remember small light not too deep of penitration.