The Art of The Auto

[John Mondello]

Auto Berry is here. Lowryder has been one of the most successful strains of the decade. To spice things up Lowryder has been crossed with a mix of Blueberry and Grapefruit. The result is more flavour, more resin and we think a better effect than the original. The plant stays super low and auto flowers finishing in around 60 days from seed. The Auto Berry plant produces a wonderful berry fruit smell and taste. Outdoors plants can begin in March and be ready by May.



thats the auto berry i have running

 

[mossys]

see what I found this morning...mmmmm....more THC...that would be interesting.
Went to the web site to look it up with the translate..but there was no info...
isn't that frustrating...

FullD..wider than me hand..20 coms 8 inches across..on an AF...
that is a DC signature..

Confirmed Males in the left hand pot..ones with the hats..
The largest..that I showed you with the tape measure the other day is now 45 cms/18 inches across..
and 25 cms/10 inches high..stem fatter than my finger...

STUD MUFFINS......

I think they broke the soil on the 8th..so they are about 19 days old..
and they are just showing sex...
so I'm thinking that they will probably be 9-10 week-ers..
especially if I leave to amber.

 

[John Mondello]

the differences show more every hour it seems!

 

[John Mondello]

see what I found this morning...mmmmm....more THC...that would be interesting.
Went to the web site to look it up with the translate..but there was no info...
isn't that frustrating...

yes, i would say so... cant translate word for word?

 

[mossys]

the differences show more every hour it seems!

They certainly Do....
they move fast for small birds...
sex shortly..

Ah Widow..that is why my eye was drawn to it...
how do You find widow as a pain-killer...?
We used to have a canna cafe..it was shut down..boo

but the window was in the tailor mades smokes you could buy and rarely let me down on meds.

After smoking her was the only time we both Finished a 3 course chinese meal..
and nearly licked the plates...
Hellish munchies.

yes, i would say so... cant translate word for word?

no m8..there is just no info there.
They had a veg one..and a flower one..but there are these two other that look like some sort of late booster.
I'll see what I can decifer from the label..
and of course the N-P-K..

i'd keep both and keep running gens out and testing to what develops...

Yeah m8....

I got what I Wanted @ f1 straight out...
But it doesn't say that what I want is actually what is the Best in her.
Need to keep a set spinning..until I see what she is gonna spit out.

Selection Should be reasonably tight..
the Nigerians are supposed to be a Pure line..

so she was added to AF's..
so I could work with One pure cross...
(one where I couldn't wouldn't across an Afghan trait)...
against the AF (3 x cross genetic pool..)

IF that makes any sense to you.

I Know what I'm doing..I just don't know how to explain.

I always keep an eye out for dampening off..coz I am a notorious over-waterer myself.

Book is Wild Health..just go to google books...
More about every animals ability to self-medicate...and relating back to human health.
Well worth a read.

 

[John Mondello]

I find the same results as with you with the widow... wicked head buzz too! The med affect is really pretty nice.... honestly its been a while though... grew all satys this summer so thats what i been smoking... not as much med effect.... looking forward to the meds again... agreed on the "POWER-MUNCHIES" as well

yeah... just do a english/XXXX language dictionsry cross word for word...

I kinda get what you're saying on the genetics.. a little more elaboration woulnd't hurt as I'm desperately trying to leatn this part fast so I can generate my own seeds ASAP.

thanks for the book tip... I'll def check it!

thanks for the google books tip too!

 

[faesthetic]

not trying to be lazy here but i'm on like page 8 or so of this thread and i figured i'd just come out and ask my question instead of looking for the page it's covered..

i'm about to grow 5 sweet seeds 'speed devil' fem auto's. never grown autos before.

my question; you guys have some awesome fucking auto's, some of the best i've seen (4 oz auto!!) and i want to know your opinion on how and when to give them nutes, and what kinds you prefer and have worked well for your autos. ive talked about this in other threads but no one knows THAT much about autos, and this seems like the place to ask to get the info i need to get the last thing i really need for this grow, the nutes.

thanks in advance!

 

[John Mondello]

not trying to be lazy here but i'm on like page 8 or so of this thread and i figured i'd just come out and ask my question instead of looking for the page it's covered..

i'm about to grow 5 sweet seeds 'speed devil' fem auto's. never grown autos before.

my question; you guys have some awesome fucking auto's, some of the best i've seen (4 oz auto!!) and i want to know your opinion on how and when to give them nutes, and what kinds you prefer and have worked well for your autos. ive talked about this in other threads but no one knows THAT much about autos, and this seems like the place to ask to get the info i need to get the last thing i really need for this grow, the nutes.

thanks in advance!

Well, there's a ton of great info in this thread... I understand it is long... but def should read it through and through.. lot of collective knowl;edge..



that said... basic nute layout like this...

start in non-nuted soil or you'll get mostly males... the deeper the root space the bigger the plant and consequently the higher the yield...

if you start in a bland soil (like potting soil not nutes) in a plug in say (Fox Farms Ocean Forest or your preferred growing medium) you wont really need any nutrient but microrizial (check spelling) fungi def makes a dif... FF Root Drench is great! after 2-3 weeks you can use 1/4 the norm nute levels for flowering as you would for a photo sex for fems will show about 3 weeks
reccomened 20/4 or 18/6 lighting photo... you can run 24 stright through, but ultimately, yields typically are not much different between the 18/6 and 20/4 and 24/0 cycles, I'm told

tap root depth hitting bottom of pot as far as we can tell is what triggers flowering.. keep this in mind when selecting a pot... reccomended minimum 1 gallon pot.

that should get ya rolling

also yields will suffer drastically if you use a 12/12 photperiod for flowering!

 

[faesthetic]

alright, so ff's root drench is a nice nute for autos, i'll look into that.

also, if i'm using a 5 gal pot, would this cause my auto's to take longer to flower since the roots will have further to reach till they hit the bottom?

 

[John Mondello]

typically, not much change... consult mossys, fd, shroomy, or endorium on that... but basically, you only have their time to flower to get your size...

unless you've been blessed with a non-true auto... hopefully not.

J

 

[Endorium]

Flowering goes off time period on true auto's.
If your pot is bigger it will simply grow bigger. The more roots you have the more food it can soak up.
It wont effect the length of time if takes to flower. Bigger the pot the better.
I use Hydro myself which have massive areas for the roots to grow.

 

[teflondummy]

Wow mossy everything you post looks so lush. Do you have a soil mix or two posted anywhere?

 

[John Mondello]

Flowering goes off time period on true auto's.
If your pot is bigger it will simply grow bigger. The more roots you have the more food it can soak up.
It wont effect the length of time if takes to flower. Bigger the pot the better.
I use Hydro myself which have massive areas for the roots to grow.

thanks endi
J

 

[Bighill]

Well i am done giving advice.. You can only lead the blind so far. This site gives me a complex. You tell people some solid auto advice, then some one who doesn't even grow autos comes in says some thing totaly different. Then they buy that dudes talk.. lol i give up, for my own sake. That or i am only staying in 2 threads from now on.. The trolls don't seem to venture into true auto grower teritory.
You wonder why people are confused....

Anyways. Mossy those are looking mighty fine mate.. IS the vinegar and cal all you changed? They sure look like they are not suffering at all. The DC sure looks like it is adding some size to the mix, those fans are what i see from PK all the time.
I am closer to doing a mass germ on everything. I have the shell of the cab now..
That google url i gave you is only for previews.. I was reading away then it skipped to page 150 soem thing lol.. damn it eh!

 

[Endorium]

Here is my Auto. Think I have done well enough to give an opinion Bighill

 

[FullDuplex]

That or i am only staying in 2 threads from now on.. The trolls don't seem to venture into true auto grower teritory.
You wonder why people are confused....

Exactly the reason i left here and went to the other site. Then it went south in there so i came back.
And i have to agree with you they dont tend to come here that often and when they do they don't stick around long at all.
They see we dont buy into their game here. Just let the info talk for its self as well as the vibe

We "heart" you BH


With that being said here is what is getting me through till next harvest....

form left to right
Northern Lights, Royal Goo, Train Wreck, And Black Berry Kush
Hope you all are having a good weekend, stumbled across this all today

Be back a little later to talk i have some catching up to do around the house (and on here 2 pages over night)
Lady D has me running like a chicken with my head cut off.....

 

[b.R.]

form left to right
Northern Lights, Royal Goo, Train Wreck, And Black Berry Kush
Hope you all are having a good weekend, stumbled across this all today

Be back a little later to talk i have some catching up to do around the house (and on here 2 pages over night)
Lady D has me running like a chicken with my head cut off.....[/QUOTE]

Full D that lineup looks delicious.... that royal goo and blackberry kush definately causes ones mouth to water at the thought of rollin one up with that in it... have a good day

 

[mossys]

BH..who upset you m8..someone in another thread..?
tell Uncle Mossy and I'll go sort them out for you...

It doesn't p*ss me off usually..I've been married nearly 20 years...
I have a great "deaf ear"
And after growing AF's for 6 years..the Trolls don't annoy me..
I just wanna find out what bud they grow..so I can avoid it..

everyone has an opinion...just ask them to back up their opinion with a look at their girls..
usually has the desired effect.

Some People think they know them..other People Grow them..

People will follow the good looking..well grown girls..
and you know you have a Stable full..
hey ho..

We "heart" you BH

IS the vinegar and cal all you changed?

Yeah m8..it was the water all the way along.

Under FullD's guidance I tested it and at first we adjusted it with PH down..
(pool product)
It was better..
but I was still hitting visible cal build up in the leaves by around 7 weeks.

Then I tried the vinegar..and Woof..
back to vigor.
I am WELL happy with it.
It could still cock-up..let me test it through..
but..
the way it has improved the vigor already..says I'm Laughing.

Northern Lights, Royal Goo, Train Wreck, And Black Berry Kush

Where did you get that lot...have you been holding out on us...?

BTW...CONGRATULATIONS on that seed stash..mighty...
pocket full of Dreams m8....

 

[John Mondello]

well BH, I hope you're not upset with me... my advice comes from the guys in here who are successful and some from my own experience / reading. I'm only trying to help poeple out here, hope you're not upset with me.

On a lighter note... made a new fog vid...

[video=youtube;hppUcCr9eY8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hppUcCr9eY8[/video]
normal speed this time with a sequential photo up to today at the end... you can see how fast the room evacuates when the exhaust cycle comes on.

J

 

[43Hitman]

Here is some pics of my gals. There is a few that I would like some feedback on, they'll be obvious I'm sure.

Easy Ryder (AK47 x Low Ryder #2) Day 48 only gave a lite flowering nute once(1/3 strength) at day 40 and she did not like it. Just sticking with water @ 6.6 from here on out. I'm really struggling with the feeding process as when ever I do it, no matter how weak I make the solution, it seems to not go well.

Dinafem Roadrunner (freebie)- Day 52 showing some yellowing but since it's so uniform and not splotchy I have a feeling she's just feeding on herself. This is the only plant that I've given food to that actually like it and didn't seem to burn. She started really slow, I was actually one day away from pulling her when I noticed that she had perked up a bit. I'm glad I saved her as she is really pretty and I think is more of a Sativa dominant because of the way the leaves are few and lanky. If thats true I would love some confirmation on that. For my learning purposes.
White Dwarf- Day 59 I almost lost this plant but was able to save it with FD's advice about Epsom Salt and water mix. I've started flushing her yesterday and will prolly cut her with in a week. I'm hoping to pull an ounce but not getting my hopes up to high. In my next pic you'll see the difference in the size of the pot and what that does to the size of the plant. Same strain but plant is going to be a lot bigger.
White Dwarf Day 34. This plant started out fantastic but in the last 10 days she's been starting to yellow, and I'm a bit concerned. She's been getting 6.6 water exclusively. I gave her a light dose of nutes 4 days ago and it seems to have slowed, but I'm still nervous about the health of this plant. Any insight would be great. Sorry for the blurry pics, I can post clearer ones if need be.

White Dwarf- Day 14 very small pot I know, so she'll just be my little candy stripper. She's healthy though. From paper towel right to FFOF soil.
Sagamatha Star Ryder- Day 12 Seems to be doing well. We've all heard the horror stories about these not auto-flowering, but I remain optimistic. She went right from paper towel to FFOF soil. She's in a big pot so she should grow pretty big.

And finally a group shot of the girls in their environment. Humidity levels seem perfect and the temps are right at 80 degrees F at the tops of the plant and 74 at the base of the pots.

Crude setup to ventilate air. I have to keep the door open but it works decent. I wish I could keep dust and random shit (cat hair) from sticking to my plants though. I find myself inspecting the plants and picking off fuzz and shit all the time. lol