The Art of The Auto

[yuckyganjaman]

hey everyone i have auto easy ryders, do anyone know what the yeild and smoke is like at the end of the horrid wait
shes looking good though i have to say also i have sweet seeds big devil :/ anyone know what there like ?

 

[K21701]

Hi all,
I'm new to the whole growing scene and i have a couple of questions. I plan on growing some auto flowering buds. What lighting system should i buy? and would i be able to use this type of light bulb: Philips 400 Watt Clear High Pressure Sodium HID Light Bulb?

Also here's the link:http://www.homedepot.com/Electrical-Light-Bulbs-HID/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbw0z/R-100023589/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

notice i will not be growing a lot of plants, just for personal use.

Well if you are not looking to grow anymore than a couple of plants at a time then a 250w hps system will do the job

http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-HTGSupply-250-watt-High-Pressure-Sodium-Grow-Light.asp

 

[Rammzi]

I like autos too, mostly outdoors but for my first grow I wanted some herb asap so I went for some good quality seeds from Dutch Quality that, beeing 4 weeks old today, look great. Starting to show some reddish hairs but still got a week or so to go. Im not to worried about it timewise though. They are ready when they are ready.
I had quite alot of plants but I managed to get alot of males and weird looking little bastards that I killed, some of those were from other strains. Now all I got is two of those mentioned above, one LowryderxPurple something and two from an unstable, local strain.

They are grown in soil and I use this supermarket-value nute under a 600W HPS.

Your grow looks amazing bro.

 

[A.L.]

Well if you are not looking to grow anymore than a couple of plants at a time then a 250w hps system will do the job

http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-HTGSupply-250-watt-High-Pressure-Sodium-Grow-Light.asp

Thank you!! That is really helpful and a good deal on that system. I have a couple of more questions. What is the ideal ph level of the water for my plants? Also what type of nutrients should i use?
I have heard many people say to just use bloom nutrients. So should i just not use the grow nutrients? thanks for putting up with me

 

[K21701]

What is the ideal ph level of the water for my plants?

Depends on if you are growing in soil or hydro....Hydro is between 5.5 and 5.8 and for soil 6.0-6.5

Also what type of nutrients should i use?

That is a personal choice. I use Humboldt Nutrients....Oneness (this has your micro, grow and bloom all in one),and I add these during their blooming phase for a boost... Flavorful, Ginormous and Honey Hydro
This is the cheapest I have found them and they have great customer service and fast shipping: http://www.aghydroponics.com/Humbolt-Nutrients-s/542.htm

thanks for putting up with me

Not a problem...happy to help where I can.

 

[K21701]

Thank so much!!! If I have anymore questions I'll ask!

If you have anymore questions click on the link in my signature and it will take you to my Hempy grow thread and ask them there...I keep up more on that thread and you will get a quicker answer!

 

[j6s6u6]

Wow finaly made it to page 200 of this thread
I havent yet grown any auto flowers yet but I am reading everything I come across,lol...
I also just made my first purchase from Attitude,I decided on Green houses; Green-o-matic...
Mainlly because it was a little cheaper then most others,I paid like under $40 for 5 feminized seeds...
But I have read alot of good things about green-o-matic,although its a kinda new strain,I havent read many bad things
Most seem to autp flower on there own which is nice Either way I will report back when I get them,cant wait to start growing these auto's!

 

[teflondummy]

Welcome to the fold. I haven't used greenhouse seeds but I hear good thing about them. There is a video on you tube called strain hunters. The guys from GH go to the Himalayan mountains looking for new strains. Some of the fields are amazing

 

[j6s6u6]

Nice
I have been watching all these strain hunter videos all day,very interesting!

 

[BiteSizeFreak]

So I won't even claim to have read all 466 pages but I'm curious. From reading seed bank websites they say that its possible to get over 30g per plant, are they talking dry? If they are how big would a "typical" auto need before it was yielding an ounce or more. I'm thinking of an aero-auto setup but can't work out the sizing math cause I've never grown an auto. Thanks for any info!

 

[Montag]

So I won't even claim to have read all 466 pages but I'm curious. From reading seed bank websites they say that its possible to get over 30g per plant, are they talking dry? If they are how big would a "typical" auto need before it was yielding an ounce or more.

Too many variables to answer that question. It all depends on how much light, what nutes, temps etc. are used in the grow. Also, autos come in all sizes, from tiny little dwarf plants to medium sized plants that can really put on some weight. But there is more to the harvest than wieght. What about indica/sativa dominence? Will they live in a small or large space? Will you SOG, SCROG, LST or what? If you have limited space, autos are really the ony way to go.

 

[teflondummy]

The short answer to that question is, yes that is a dry weight they give you. It is a ball park figure. I have been doing a little better than the predicted yields for my strains.This plant was about 2 ozs dry.

 

[BiteSizeFreak]

The short answer to that question is, yes that is a dry weight they give you. It is a ball park figure. I have been doing a little better than the predicted yields for my strains.This plant was about 2 ozs dry.
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Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks! What strain is that and how tall and wide is that?

I want to do an aero-auto setup and I'm trying to figure out my spacing between plants so they have enough room but its not worth it to me unless I'm averaging at least an ounce per plant. Hence, my somewhat vague question.

 

[teflondummy]

It was close to two foot tall and took up a little over 1 and a half square feet in canopy space. check out my thread and you can see a few of them. I am not sure of the strain because it was part of a mix from short stuff seeds. I am growing blue himalayan diesel now here are a couple of those.

 

[Unicron]

Hey everyone, total noob here just leaning the ropes. This thread is great and I really appreciate all the info here. It's a little cumbersome with everything in one thread, so I had to skip half of it to be able to ask my question. Sorry if this was dealt with a hundred pages ago. Here goes...

I have four AK47 Autos going in a DR60 tent (24 x 24x 63). I have them under 8 24" HO T5 tubes. They are going like gangbusters at day 22 from popping. Here are a few more stats:

3 gallon grow bags
FFOF soil with about 15% pearlite mixed in
Lowlife genetics purchased from Attutude
Tiger Bloom for flowering
Light schedule is 20/4 now, had it on 24/0 for the first 14 days

OK, yesterday was day 21 and I gave them their first taste of the Tiger Bloom at 1/8 strength. The problem I am having is that I see no indications of flowering. They are really bushy and have been exceeding my expectations up to this point. It's taking all my will power not to throw them into 12/12 but I'm not there yet. This morning I set the timer to 18/6 but as I understand it this will make no difference. I was running all cool spectrum bulbs until last night when I replaced three of the tubes with 3000k warm ones. Again I don't think this should have any effect on veg time. I felt confident going with Lowlife genetics but now I'm starting to wonder. To further complicate things I also have a White Dwarf in there that is just getting to the end of week 2. If I end up having to switch to 12/12 it's going to mess that one up. Do I just need to be patient?

 

[midevil2323]

has anybody ever seen or grew auto lemon skuck or auto white russain.....had the seeds for a while ....just tryn to view it first

 

[K21701]

Hey everyone, total noob here just leaning the ropes. This thread is great and I really appreciate all the info here. It's a little cumbersome with everything in one thread, so I had to skip half of it to be able to ask my question. Sorry if this was dealt with a hundred pages ago. Here goes...

I have four AK47 Autos going in a DR60 tent (24 x 24x 63). I have them under 8 24" HO T5 tubes. They are going like gangbusters at day 22 from popping. Here are a few more stats:

3 gallon grow bags
FFOF soil with about 15% pearlite mixed in
Lowlife genetics purchased from Attutude
Tiger Bloom for flowering
Light schedule is 20/4 now, had it on 24/0 for the first 14 days

OK, yesterday was day 21 and I gave them their first taste of the Tiger Bloom at 1/8 strength. The problem I am having is that I see no indications of flowering. They are really bushy and have been exceeding my expectations up to this point. It's taking all my will power not to throw them into 12/12 but I'm not there yet. This morning I set the timer to 18/6 but as I understand it this will make no difference. I was running all cool spectrum bulbs until last night when I replaced three of the tubes with 3000k warm ones. Again I don't think this should have any effect on veg time. I felt confident going with Lowlife genetics but now I'm starting to wonder. To further complicate things I also have a White Dwarf in there that is just getting to the end of week 2. If I end up having to switch to 12/12 it's going to mess that one up. Do I just need to be patient?

If they are not flowering then why are you giving them tiger bloom? Just wondering...

Give then another week or so and if they still show no signs of flowering then switch them to 12/12 the rest of the way through...I had to do this with recently with my Bubblelicious that refused to flower and she is going to give me a great yield in another few weeks!!!

 

[StickyResin]

View attachment 1434142View attachment 1434140View attachment 1434139View attachment 1434138My Top 69 Autoflower isnt flowering yet but no worries..im thinking some nutes will kick start it. Its about 20 Inches tall !?!

 

[K21701]

How old is she?

 

[Unicron]

I gave them Tiger Bloom because I thought I saw preflowers on them yesterday. As it turns out it was just new growth. It was a very low dose so I'm not that concerned about it. I'm sure it was just one of many mistakes I've made. They seem to be very forgiving though. I'll give them another week. Thanks for the advice.