Smokeytit90
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Plants got a bit stressed and the pistils turned brown before any bud is actually developed
Will these recover or throw out new pistils ?
Will these recover or throw out new pistils ?
When autos get stressed and pistils prematurely brown do they recover or new growth ?
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Budzbuddha
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Temperamental little bitches sometimes …. Run photos
Autodoctor
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Can we see pictures
OldMedUser
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I'm no auto expert but I had 10 growing out in the garden this year and down to 5 now. 4 were auto regulars and two were male then the girls would not bud up so I chopped then down for the compost. 5' tall sativa looking bitches. One of teh all CBD ones just would not grow worth a shit so it went long ago. The two of that same strain are not budding up well so hardly worth cropping but I want the CBD so they'll come down soon.
The best are the Mazarilla suto fems. Only 30" tall for 2 and 20" for the 3rd in a pot but the two in the ground are building some impressive colas.
They all got stressed as hell with the heat dome in June and heat wave most of July. Very odd for this far north but the Mazar seemed to love it.
If you're not seeing fresh white hairs soon then either wait until the trichs are all cloudy then crop for what little you can get or say fuggit and toss 'em.
Chief_Broom
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I won’t be buying auto flower seeds anymore.
I can see where auto flowers have their place in the home grown cannabis market, but for me they are kind of a waste of time an effort. I can even see an outdoor grower like me running autos, but I like to grow 3 or 4 females to harvest during my outdoor growing season.
If I’m going to commit to spending 5-6 months growing a few plants outdoors I want them to maximize their time in veg an then get as big as possible in flower. Running photos has always given me big plants for the time and effort. My experience running autos left me with cute little bonsai pot plants that yield a fraction of what I’m used to getting per plant.
I can see where auto flowers have their place in the home grown cannabis market, but for me they are kind of a waste of time an effort. I can even see an outdoor grower like me running autos, but I like to grow 3 or 4 females to harvest during my outdoor growing season.
If I’m going to commit to spending 5-6 months growing a few plants outdoors I want them to maximize their time in veg an then get as big as possible in flower. Running photos has always given me big plants for the time and effort. My experience running autos left me with cute little bonsai pot plants that yield a fraction of what I’m used to getting per plant.
twentyeight.threefive
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To each their own obviously, but if you give them a chance again try LST. In my experience if I've spent any effort on an auto they became nothing but monster bushes. Even the one I have now is a decent size and it's just grown on it's own without training.
Chief_Broom
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I can believe much of what happened to me had more to do with my set up than with the auto seeds I ran.
Where I’d usually have a few plants as tall as me or taller covered in big colas I’ve got a couple of plants standing at 18” - 24”, totally covered in buds but will have to do some serious fattening in the next few weeks if I’m to get more than an ounce or 2 per plant.
Autodoctor
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I usually get around 6 ounces a plant off the autos I grow, space cookies, wedding cake and northern lights in 5gln fiber pots. I don’t do any training on them.
Smokeytit90
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Sometimes I think not doing any training is the healthiest and quickest route .. lst training through out just seems to delay the process further and further and sometimes it can just hinder it especially an auto
Chief_Broom
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The ones I’ve got are outdoors getting mostly full sun. They went in the ground (raised bed) as seedlings beginning of June. They don’t look anything like what autodoctor posted.
I honestly don’t think I did anything different than when I run photos? My yield off of indica dominant photo strains run in my outdoor setup yield 1/2lb to 1 1/2 pounds per plant (counting larf an all usable flower). Those are actual numbers I’ve run previously. I’m not sure on my yield yet with these autos but I don’t see more than an ounce or two per plant.
I honestly don’t think I did anything different than when I run photos? My yield off of indica dominant photo strains run in my outdoor setup yield 1/2lb to 1 1/2 pounds per plant (counting larf an all usable flower). Those are actual numbers I’ve run previously. I’m not sure on my yield yet with these autos but I don’t see more than an ounce or two per plant.
DrOgkush
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Don’t worry. And don’t beat yourself up. As you can see. Your not the only one who ran into some finicky autos. A lot here had their share as well. I realized autos have no margin for error and with me personally. When I failed them was because I fucked up when they were babies and they stress flowered I guess. Ended up with a gram and 4 months of growing. But I know where I made a mistakes. Treated them like photos So my next auto run will be approached completely different
PopAndSonGrows
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If i ever mess with autos again, it'll probably be outdoor. I feel like I could probably get two solid grows outdoor in one year.
Indoor though, fuck autos IMO. They take too many light hours, which bumps my heat, which bumps my bill because i need to run the a/c more, AND run my lights like 5-6 hours more per day. Even with LED lighting that shit adds up. Dunno about y'all, but I am always trying to keep my overall costs down, otherwise I might as well just buy weed.
As far as premature pistil browning, shouldn't necessarily be a big deal. It's not like all the pistils stay white thru flower anyway, many turn dark and curl back as the buds continue to develop more calyces and spit more hairs.
Indoor though, fuck autos IMO. They take too many light hours, which bumps my heat, which bumps my bill because i need to run the a/c more, AND run my lights like 5-6 hours more per day. Even with LED lighting that shit adds up. Dunno about y'all, but I am always trying to keep my overall costs down, otherwise I might as well just buy weed.
As far as premature pistil browning, shouldn't necessarily be a big deal. It's not like all the pistils stay white thru flower anyway, many turn dark and curl back as the buds continue to develop more calyces and spit more hairs.