Question about my auto La Diva?

[kentuckyboy]

My La Diva has been growing out of the soil for 24 days now. I haven't seen any signs of female pistils yet, and I was under the impression that I should be seeing them soon. This is my first auto-flowering strain, so I don't really know what to expect. I'm growing the La Diva under a 400w mh right now 24 hours a day. I also just started an OG#18, AK-47, and Blue Cheese. They just sprouted yesterday. I don't really know what to do because I want to veg my 3 younger strains for a bit before I switch to the HPS, but I don't know if using the metal hylide while the La Diva is flowering is a good idea,. I have heard of several people growing from start to finish with HPS bulbs, but I haven't heard of anyone using a metal hylide in that way. What do you all think about this subject? And what do you think my best choice is for my situation? Here are a couple of pics of my La Diva that I took earlier today. Your thoughts will be appreciated.

 

[jb5355]

I got one pretty deep into flowering under a 400 watt mh and its doing just fine. Mine was showing pistils at 6 inches

 

[vilify]

my la diva also started flowering at about 6 inches.

i was running 18/6. try changing your light down a few hours for a week or two and see what happens.

 

[kentuckyboy]

Thanks, I just switched to 20/4, so I hope that is a big enough change. It was started on that light regime last night. It looks like it is about to start flowering just by the way the new growth looks. Still no pistils and this is day 29. It's about 9 inches tall now too.

 

[vilify]

Nice. Good luck.

I checked out your grow a few days ago, looking really good.

 

[kentuckyboy]

Nice. Good luck.

I checked out your grow a few days ago, looking really good.

Thanks buddy...I'm trying! LOL! I'm hoping that this grow turns out even better than my last grow of Pineapple Chunk, Super Lemon Haze, and White Widow. The White Label WW turned out to be some midgrade weed while the PC and SLH turned out to be the best weed I have ever grown before and was some top shelf smoke. That last grow was my first indoor grow ever and it also was the 1st time I had used seeds that I had bought online since I don't live in a MMJ state. I really don't think I can go wrong with the strains that I have going on right now, and I have plenty of confidence that I can grow them to harvest w/o any life threating problems to the plants. My goal is to get 9 ozs dried off of the 3 photoperiod plants. My last grow I got 2 ozs off of the SLH, 2 1/2 ozs off the PC, and 3 ozs off the WW. The La Diva is my first auto, so I just want it to flower out, so I can get something to harvest off of it.

 

[kentuckyboy]

Thanks again people. It's been 2 days since I switched the timer to 20/4, and I noticed the female pistils today. I guess 24/0 isn't the best choice for auto's. I just wanted to say thanks one more time. Peace!