Auto flowering too early?

Gareth Jehan

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Oh right, so it won’t grow any larger? It doesn’t seem worth it as the yield will be so small? What do you think?
 

speedwell68

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The pot is way too small and you topped it, as said it is stunted. Get a 2 - 3 gallon pot. Germinate a seed on a paper towel. Fill the pot leaving an inch gap to the top. Soak the pot in plain water. Plant the seedling. Leave it in daylight for a couple of days, until you see green leaves. Then stick it under a light 24/7. When it grows up 3 nodes, bend it over gently and use a tent peg to hold it down. Then keep moving the peg every time it grows up a node. The idea is to keep it flat so the side shoots become tops. You may need more pegs as the side shoots grow.

Instead of using coco why not try some simple store bought compost, the type of stuff you'd use for tomatoes. You can use plain water for a couple of weeks and then slowly introduce some tomato feed, start at 50% and work you way up to full strength over a couple of weeks with a touch of epsom salts every other feed. Feed/water weekly or when the pot becomes light when you lift it.

I am on my 3rd run with Autos and my last batch was done using the method above and it has produced some of the sweetest weed I have ever smoked. Never top or repot an Auto and keep it super simple.
 

speedwell68

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The pot is way too small and you topped it, as said it is stunted. Get a 2 - 3 gallon pot. Germinate a seed on a paper towel. Fill the pot leaving an inch gap to the top. Soak the pot in plain water. Plant the seedling. Leave it in daylight for a couple of days, until you see green leaves. Then stick it under a light 24/7. When it grows up 3 nodes, bend it over gently and use a tent peg to hold it down. Then keep moving the peg every time it grows up a node. The idea is to keep it flat so the side shoots become tops. You may need more pegs as the side shoots grow.

Instead of using coco why not try some simple store bought compost, the type of stuff you'd use for tomatoes. You can use plain water for a couple of weeks and then slowly introduce some tomato feed, start at 50% and work you way up to full strength over a couple of weeks with a touch of epsom salts every other feed. Feed/water weekly or when the pot becomes light when you lift it.

I am on my 3rd run with Autos and my last batch was done using the method above and it has produced some of the sweetest weed I have ever smoked. Never top or repot an Auto and keep it super simple.
Like this...

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That is a RQS Royal Dwarf about 3 weeks from seed.
 
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twentyeight.threefive

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The pot is way too small and you topped it, as said it is stunted. Get a 2 - 3 gallon pot. Germinate a seed on a paper towel. Fill the pot leaving an inch gap to the top. Soak the pot in plain water. Plant the seedling. Leave it in daylight for a couple of days, until you see green leaves. Then stick it under a light 24/7. When it grows up 3 nodes, bend it over gently and use a tent peg to hold it down. Then keep moving the peg every time it grows up a node. The idea is to keep it flat so the side shoots become tops. You may need more pegs as the side shoots grow.

Instead of using coco why not try some simple store bought compost, the type of stuff you'd use for tomatoes. You can use plain water for a couple of weeks and then slowly introduce some tomato feed, start at 50% and work you way up to full strength over a couple of weeks with a touch of epsom salts every other feed. Feed/water weekly or when the pot becomes light when you lift it.

I am on my 3rd run with Autos and my last batch was done using the method above and it has produced some of the sweetest weed I have ever smoked. Never top or repot an Auto and keep it super simple.
Start a seed in a 3 gallon pot. Soak coco in plain water. Never top or up pot an auto.

You're full of fantastic advice lmao.
 

Smallbud

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Oh right, so it won’t grow any larger? It doesn’t seem worth it as the yield will be so small? What do you think?
You need to grow healthier plants, autos flower once they reach a certain stage of maturity, not being healthy means you hit that stage whilst it's still small and the end result is low yield.

Scrap it or don't but the issue is growing better. Getting light, environment and medium right is not easy. Experience is what you need and maybe some photos so that until that time comes you can at least grow bigger plants.

Unhealthy plants don't normally produce very good bud, unless you can get it green and healthy quick the bud will suffer.

GL
 

twentyeight.threefive

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It is very easy to take the piss. But it is less easy to offer some constructive advice. So what would your advice be?
I'd recommend new growers and those that still struggle to keep a plant healthy to grow photoperiods.

I'd recommend starting seeds in small containers and up potting them as they grow.

I'd recommend never using plain water with coco, it should always be moist and fed with nutrients.

I'd recommend LST for autoflowers once you get to the point where you can keep young plants healthy without issues.
 

DrOgkush

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You can do anything, but why bother when you don't have to? I've done it and I don't think my results were as good as they could have been if I hadn't.
A good seasoned Gardner will have no interruptions between transplants.
The shock comes from people waiting to long allowing the plant to have root issues.
 

speedwell68

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I'd recommend new growers and those that still struggle to keep a plant healthy to grow photoperiods.

I'd recommend starting seeds in small containers and up potting them as they grow.

I'd recommend never using plain water with coco, it should always be moist and fed with nutrients.

I'd recommend LST for autoflowers once you get to the point where you can keep young plants healthy without issues.
I agree with the first point. But the OP hasn't done that so may as well carry on.

I agree with second point, for photos, but not for autos. With Autos you have 30 days to get it vegged, there is no point mucking about with potting up. If you know what you are doing it'll be fine. But if you get it wrong, you have a stressed plant and lost vegging time.

Coco Coir is horrible stuff IMHO. It is horrendously bad for the environment. It is mostly produced in Asia and shipping it god know how far gives it a massive carbon footprint. The OP is in the UK. You can get some nice compost mixes off the shelf that suit autos really well. Jack's Magic is cheap and readily available in the UK or you can get seaweed based grow bags for cheap that weed does really well in.

It seems we agree on the last point too, because that is exactly what I suggested.
 
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