ACTUAL AUTO FLOWER TIMES.....

What's up Roll it Upers.........anyone want to chime in on actual breeder info on strain times??? If you've ever harvested within the advertised time frame and or how long past have you taken strains past the advertised time fram????? Any info will be cool, actually wondering about this one. I have 4 Auto Hindu Kush at 38 days today they are in preflower if I stuck to breeders time line I'd be taking them down at 8 weeks which would be usless....OK people smoke on

man...it really depends alot on your enviroment,thats why breeder estimates are taken at face value.

light cycles and intensities,temps,etc

I got a 3x3x5 1/2 tent 600w hps.....temps stay around 75-80 RH 40-50.....345 cfm exhaust fan.....RO water.....GH Rapid Start, GH Flora Nova Bloom.....GH Cal-Mag....AN Bud Candy......ppm 300...PH 5.8-6.0

those have at least another 30days imo,whats your light cycle?

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johnny Its all about the seed.. Some will be quick some will be slow.. Just roll with em.. they look good FYI.. Hey i just noticed your tops see the baby leaves are they pig tailing? twisting? are they? if so that means you need to up your feed just a bit not much.. Hard to tell under HPS light..

What are your temps?

75-80........it's the light....those plants are about as healthy as their gonna get....they get feed/watered everyday....pretty soon twice a day

Soon as I switch to 2 feed/water a day I'm gonna up the PPM about 100

i've run one auto before. pulled it at 10.5 weeks....shit.

ive got 4 autos that are 12 weeks in and look like they have 2+ weeks to go.

i will never run autos again. the timing for me is all off. i prefer the photos. on my clones, the advertised flowering time is pretty close.

srt8666 said:

i've run one auto before. pulled it at 10.5 weeks....shit.

ive got 4 autos that are 12 weeks in and look like they have 2+ weeks to go.

i will never run autos again. the timing for me is all off. i prefer the photos. on my clones, the advertised flowering time is pretty close.

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Last auto i ran went a 100 days, this auto ww i got going now looks on track, day 33 button buds =) last auto didnt have button buds till day 50

Every strain I've grown has gone 12 to 13 weeks. One exception was lost coast Skunk by HSO.. They finish in about 10

Trichomes are the most reliable way to tell if it's done.

srt8666 said:

i've run one auto before. pulled it at 10.5 weeks....shit.

ive got 4 autos that are 12 weeks in and look like they have 2+ weeks to go.

i will never run autos again. the timing for me is all off. i prefer the photos. on my clones, the advertised flowering time is pretty close.

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I feel ya when these are done I'm shooting right back over to photos also

Resinhound said:

man...it really depends alot on your enviroment,thats why breeder estimates are taken at face value.

light cycles and intensities,temps,etc

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This and auto flowers do have something to tell them to flower. It is the tap root. The summers are 20-24 hours sunlight a day. You can only go down so far before you hit permafrost. When the root hits frozen ground it flowers.

The larger and deeper the pot, the bigger it will get.

please...please please please tell me where in the world, besides alaska, gets 24 hours of sun a day? i'd really like to see your answer to that

and no, larger and deeper pots does NOT mean it will get bigger. i've had mosters in 2 and 3 gallon pots...and tiny ones in a 5 gallon pot. i've got some in 3 gallon pots that are bigger and better than one in a 7 gallon.

Johnnygrows420 said:

I feel ya when these are done I'm shooting right back over to photos also

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had a bad batch of photo seeds and had no choice but to run these autos. sucks. i need the room and they, once again, are fucking everything up for me

i'm growing out

sweet seeds - black jack auto
dinafem - critical jack auto

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please...please please please tell me where in the world, besides alaska, gets 24 hours of sun a day? i'd really like to see your answer to that

and no, larger and deeper pots does NOT mean it will get bigger. i've had mosters in 2 and 3 gallon pots...and tiny ones in a 5 gallon pot. i've got some in 3 gallon pots that are bigger and better than one in a 7 gallon.

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Greenland, Finland, Russia parts of northern Canada n few more.

srt8666 said:

please...please please please tell me where in the world, besides alaska, gets 24 hours of sun a day? i'd really like to see your answer to that

and no, larger and deeper pots does NOT mean it will get bigger. i've had mosters in 2 and 3 gallon pots...and tiny ones in a 5 gallon pot. i've got some in 3 gallon pots that are bigger and better than one in a 7 gallon.

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I agree bro....these auto kush are only suppose to get max 14 inches with minimal branching......I'm using California Substrates Coco amazing stuff I have 2 in 2 gallon pots 2 in 3 gallon pots and they are all the same size

I think I'm 4-5 weeks past the 10 weeks for the seed info on my Automatic AKs (Have got a journal but can't be arsed counting the weeks lol). Chopped 2 and still got 2 running with maybe a week left.

I've read alsorts about pot size, I've read with autos it's a waste using a massive pot as they'll only get so big, I've read like stated above that the bigger the pot the better and also read you can grow monsters in relatively small pots with correct watering schedule. On my grow I used 2.2 gallon pots, when I pulled a plant it was nowhere near root bound, could see roots around the soil but was far from what i expected. My plants were very bushy and they all hit the 80cm max height on seed info with the 2 I didn't LST going past that. So I'd assume using bigger pots would of been a waste of space, soil and nutrients.

srt8666 said:

please...please please please tell me where in the world, besides alaska, gets 24 hours of sun a day? i'd really like to see your answer to that

and no, larger and deeper pots does NOT mean it will get bigger. i've had mosters in 2 and 3 gallon pots...and tiny ones in a 5 gallon pot. i've got some in 3 gallon pots that are bigger and better than one in a 7 gallon.

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I was stoned I left part of that out. Alaska yes. Also Siberia places like that.

You can have monsters in smaller pots but generally the bigger the pot the bigger the auto flower.

That is how auto flowers developed. Lack of a photo period.

Autoflowers are not for everyone.. Same as cars!! some like V8 some like V6 i like 4 bangers with turbos.. same goes for cannabis plants!!! Its very important to find your place with growing cannabis, and if you do better with photo plants then id suggest growing them.. I personalty Love the autoflower, and i can really get em big!! i also love a nice photo plant..

here are a few auto garden shots from last year..


I mostly grow mephesto Genetics and fastbuds American Autos.. my average auto takes 10 weeks.. 11 max!! I will cut off food and just feed water @ day 75 if she is still green to force her to eat her leaves and go ripe..










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