Anyone else notice Autoflowers seem to be leafy as hell?

budman111

budman111

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Psyphish said:
Autos are fast and yield well. These days they have nice terps and potency as well, at least the Mephistos I've grown did.
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Not as fast as breeders want you to believe is what I have seen here, the running joke with the 60 day wonder strain is actually called 120 day wonder, that's 4 months from seed to harvest and I bet i can get 10 times the harvest with photos in that same time period, noobs just think autos takes away all the work.
 
Nutty sKunK

Nutty sKunK

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budman111 said:
Not as fast as breeders want you to believe is what I have seen here, the running joke with the 60 day wonder strain is actually called 120 day wonder, that's 4 months from seed to harvest and I bet i can get 10 times the harvest with photos in that same time period, noobs just think autos takes away all the work.
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Breeders times imo should be looked at as optimum conditions/phenotype.

Running a top quality light and hydro is going to give you much quicker results than poorer lighting/soil grows.

Fastest one I’ve had is 9 weeks (chopped it a week after the photo on the 10th but very little change. Had a calcium deficiency but price you pay for soft water and running a strain for the first time.

Usually come in the 10-11 week mark for me in soil and 600w MH/hps.
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Darox

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I like autos, some of them yes you will get very leafy canopy, others its more stream lined. Most of that though comes down to the strain your growing. I have no doubt you can probably get more from a photoperiod but Autos are known for faster turn arounds.

You can keep them on a 18 on and 6 hours off schedule and they still flower compared to having to swap to 12 / 12 for photoperiods.
 
Wizzlebiz

Wizzlebiz

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Shape Shifter said:
Auto enthusiast defensiveness in 3...2...1....

I've never grown an auto. Probably never will. I don't see the appeal. Maybe for outdoor?
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Biggest reason for autos for me is discreet small plants that I can pop 6 of and keep well hidden from jackals trying to steal my hard work.

A secondary reason is growing outdoors light cycles become an issue.

I dont want to wake up at 6 am to move my plants out. I keep them locked up at night.

There are some great reasons to want autos tbh.
 
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