Another auto question?

I am going to need to supplement the stock this summer due to a crap last run and am planning an auto grow. I have a few questions before starting though. I have narrowed the list down to Think Different, Red Poison, Blue Mystic and Red devil. I am planning on starting them in a week or two as soon as my run is finished. I will be using 10 gallon grow bags with a blend of soil, manure, water retention beads, and time release nutes. My grow room is to small to start them in the bags so is it ok to transplant them after 20 days from 2.5 gallon pots? Also I will be leaving them for a week at a time so was thinking of a wick system. Has anyone used it. Also out of my choices anyrecommendations would be appreciated but speed is a big factor as well as quality of smoke. Thanks for all the help in advance!!

I've ran T.D. before and it's a good yielder with a good buzz. I start mine all the time in solo cups then transplant up. If you do it right at the right time it won't bother the plant in my opinion. I know others say not to transplant, but hey I like not doing what others do.

What he said on the Think Different...I've done 7 and I'm runnin another 7 now, very good yielder! Excellent smoke too....I hear as lonf as the roots don't hit the walls of the pots and also not to get root bound you can gently crack the pots away and insert into the grow bag. But havin said that by 3 week's in I highly doubt you will nit disturb the roots and shock them and you will lose valuable grow time!!

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Well I guess I could start them in the bags and cover the floor with plastic to catch water runoff, thats a pain lol. I really need to get them done middle of summer though. Whats the total time from seed that you have experienced with the TD strain? I have heard its one of the longer ones. I was hoping 10 weeks which would be end of July.

waterdawg said:

Well I guess I could start them in the bags and cover the floor with plastic to catch water runoff, thats a pain lol. I really need to get them done middle of summer though. Whats the total time from seed that you have experienced with the TD strain? I have heard its one of the longer ones. I was hoping 10 weeks which would be end of July.

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I don't keep track of time because then I tend to pull them early when the time say's they're ready not when the flower tells me. I do think it took closer to 3 full months though. Maybe @beaves IOW will pop back in being he has more experience with this strain. I'm trying for the same thing you are with the auto's for july. I've all ready have some started and hope to have 20+ out and in by aug 1.

I really have to watch the weather here. Typically not recommended to go out before end of May but I can hope! The ice just went out yesterday on the lake where I live lol.

In my experience they take a full 12 weeks from going under lights to the day of harvesting....that said I have chopped down on week 10-11 and although it was perfectly fine when dried I still think I could of pulled more off than by leaving them another week-3 weeks, also the quality would of been better for sure but again I had some very good feedback from the batch I pulled early!

Basically if time is not a factor then be patient and wait a bit longer but there's not a problem pulling it slightly early at around, say.... week 10 earliest and get some really good smoke.

Also what is your setup? What lights are you usin and wattage? What soil and nutes will you be usin?

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do not start autos in red solo cups autos are suppose to go into the final pot as soon as seed sprouts, no transplants no shock

This is what most growers do, they plant directly into their final pots as not to disturb the roots and cause shock that stops the plants growth, however it is possible and with care, can plant in solo cups etc and transplant into their final pots/bags providing the roots are not disturbed at all, even the slightest can cause shock

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Well i was going to use T5's HO due to heat and as for dirt, compost, sheep manure, perilite mix, to start. Time release flower nutes to finish as i have a large amount to use up. So maybe best to start them right in the bags and deal with the run off somehow. I will by the look of things be starting around first couple of weeks in May, when my present run of Kosher is done. Also may do two strains, one being TD.

In all honesty I have never used CFL's, time release nutes or grow bags so I have no experience with that, hopefully someone can jump in with some knowledge and give some advice??

If u germinate in the first week of May then hopefully you can harvest around the end of July if everything goes to plan! Mine should be done by the last day of May good luck mate

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I'd just start in the final pots.. why chance getting any less bud? A pain in the ass laying plastic now maybe.. but in the end you'll probably be happy that you endured that small inconvenience. Good luck!

Thats what I'll do probably. They will probably suffer some trauma when I move them any how as its a boat ride to the final spot lol. Its the ultimate gorilla grow! I've used the time release nutes and bags with great success before in regs so I can only hope lol.

We'll if you have experience with it then you will know how it works etc so it should be fine....autos aren't that different from regs, they aren't fragile it's just because of the predetermined life span that you can't fuck about with them as much as regs

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anybody telling you that autos cant be transplanted needs to spend a little less time barfing up stuff theyve read onforums and practice transplanting lol not hard to do correctly at all.

Ok so it just got complicated lol. Yes lots of experience with regs but a few years ago, its a lot of work outdoors lol. I do have some experience with transplanting though as all my outdoor grows were from clone started indoors. I'm thinking i wont need the trimpro table for this one though lol. We used to pull 50-60 plants from the swamp but this one I'm hoping 10 nice plants! Still going with the TD but will look for a bit quicker strain as well! Also I swore years ago that I'd never buy a dutch passion seed due to a blueberry hermie thing but hopefully they have that issue solved with the TD strain!

everyone begs to differ on this, i know some long time growers in michigan and other reps that would SUGGEST not transplanting most autos are suppose to go into there final pot, the only person who cant start a seed should re evaluate there growing stand point, transplants or straight into there home, seeds will grow its about a quick stunt transplanting

Yup that was the whole point of this thread really. I have read that it was best to start in final pot but was kinda hoping things had changed or it was strain related. Again logistically its a pain but i will work around that if its deemed detrimental re- pot. I guess with everything pot related there's differing views on how its done. Sometimes passionately lol.

Yea I agree with you there! At the end of the day I think a grower should try out as many ways as possible and find what works for themselves personally and gain hands on experience, some people may have had a bad experience with one thing and swear against doin it and another will have done it correctly and then you have the difference of opinions!

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