Debate: Are autos or photos better for beginners?

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Boatguy

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Ive only grown a few freebie autos, a single outdoor season. They were in small pots, grew and flowered quick.
Quantity's were minimal. But surprisingly fast and pretty tasty.
Why do you object to the idea that stressing any plant by trimming, bending etc slows down growth?
 
twentyeight.threefive

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Boatguy said:
Ive only grown a few freebie autos, a single outdoor season. They were in small pots, grew and flowered quick.
Quantity's were minimal. But surprisingly fast and pretty tasty.
Why do you object to the idea that stressing any plant by trimming, bending etc slows down growth?
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I don't object to what you stated. Stress is stress but low stress barely effects healthy plants.

The majority of growers on here have issues keeping plants healthy. I guess I've just been lucky, all my autos have been trained, transplanted, and huge(comparatively).
 
garybo

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
i don't have a problem with autos...mostly, but if you want to learn how to grow, you need to start with photoperiod plants and get that down. if something is going wrong with an auto, you have very little time to fix it, if you grow photos first, you get the experience to know what is wrong with your autos in time to do something about it
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Well said Roger, I'm one of those you reference about having very little time to fix it.
 
DrOgkush

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Training does not slow growth down if your not injuring the plant. Autos require training if your trying to push out maximum yield. I don’t know who or what made you get that idea. But training is very important in all both photos and autos if your trying to maximize yield ina short amount of time. I aggressively train when I’m trying to make up lost time lol.

You have any idea how much of a yield I’d lose if I didn train and allow to grow natural.
 
Budzbuddha

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GoatSoup said:
Autos are generally shorter that photos.
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Not true …
You can see the apical cola poking out and regular LST on mid / lowers. Layered peat mix with DTE Bio Live

Not sure why all the drama about autos vs. photos … Autos are getting More refined than they were say 20 or more years ago.
Good Breeders can work the line generationally for better stability…. I always CS lower branches on any strong strain I grow that way I can self some S1 seeds from same plant and keep line …. Plus keep money in me pocket. There are pros and cons of both versions but it’s how well you can grow that dictates the result. Autos are always overthought ….

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twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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DrOgkush said:
Training does not slow growth down if your not injuring the plant. Autos require training if your trying to push out maximum yield. I don’t know who or what made you get that idea. But training is very important in all both photos and autos if your trying to maximize yield ina short amount of time. I aggressively train when I’m trying to make up lost time lol.

You have any idea how much of a yield I’d lose if I didn train and allow to grow natural.
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The fact that he thinks untrained plants would out yield trained plants is just laughable.
 
garybo

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kwigybo88 said:
Seriously what benefit is there?
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I may be way off base on my thinking, but after this season loosing over 30% of my photo's due to mold, and the fact that mold season starts in mid August here in Florida, making the plants age 4 months old and still another 2 months to go.
Now, if those plants were auto's, they would have already matured, harvested and dried before mold season even starts.
Anyway, that is the way my mind is operating.
Spark up
 
Budzbuddha

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Actually you can train Any plant …. I remember once buying a caged shrub that grew like some guy holding a beer.
Shrub filled out frame , some trimming then add beer bottle to armature … topiary. You can grow bonzai … both cannabis and whatever. Bought mom some of those stupid upside down tomato bags ( should have kept them to play with. )

You can also make SINGLE COLA grows with SOG
 
Budzbuddha

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garybo said:
I may be way off base on my thinking, but after this season loosing over 30% of my photo's due to mold, and the fact that mold season starts in mid August here in Florida, making the plants age 4 months old and still another 2 months to go.
Now, if those plants were auto's, they would have already matured, harvested and dried before mold season even starts.
Anyway, that is the way my mind is operating.
Spark up
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I feel ya … regional temp differences and humidity will be an issue in “ tropical “ like areas.
Lived in Georgia for a spin ( military ) absolutely hated the humidity … sit under shade tree STILL dripping sweat.
Cali is no paradise either. Usually the opposite in RH … dry as fuck / high heat ( more transpiration ) mold still happens with some.

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