Autoflower Strains needs a newbie How-To sticky

Howdy folks,

I am new to autoflowering, and would like to find out some info. This area may concern strains only...but it is the only place on the board where I figure auto growers would congregate. I have searched the net for answers before starting this thread, but no luck.

So anyway, here goes:

-Already figuring on 20/24 lighting with MH. Do you stay with MH the whole plants life, or switch to HPS once they begin flowering? I have a UFO LED light and a small flourescent that I could use for the ones that aren't currently flowering, but it would be in the same 2x4 area, so the vegging plants would get all 3. Hopefully that wouldn't hurt them.

-Do they need a full 5 gallon pot, or would the shorter lifespan allow for a 3 gallon, say...?

-Some say they don't need the level of nutes that a regular plant would need, either for vegging or flowering. Is this true?

Well, thanks in advance for any help. Ya'll take care.

freddfish

I wouldn't worry about the additional lighting hurting the plants that aren't currently flowering.
3 gallon would be plenty enough, I would still give them general nutes and watering and switch to flowering nutes when theyre flowering.
they don't need the amount of nuted bc they have a somewhat shorter life span and this all depends on the strain.

3 gal for soil is fine for most autos,red wavelength light during flowering is good (hps).Autos generally use less nutrients,the majority of the time they average about 1.0 ec or so for me,but ive had heavy feeders that would take 1.6ec.Just depends on the plant and your enviroment.

cap master said:

I wouldn't worry about the additional lighting hurting the plants that aren't currently flowering.
3 gallon would be plenty enough, I would still give them general nutes and watering and switch to flowering nutes when theyre flowering.
they don't need the amount of nuted bc they have a somewhat shorter life span and this all depends on the strain.

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Thanks, good info!

So, would you change from MH to HPS when they begin to flower?

Resinhound said:

3 gal for soil is fine for most autos,red wavelength light during flowering is good (hps).Autos generally use less nutrients,the majority of the time they average about 1.0 ec or so for me,but ive had heavy feeders that would take 1.6ec.Just depends on the plant and your enviroment.

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Check. I am growing in soil (probably should have mentioned that earlier..) and typically nute up during veg and flower. You and a lot of othr folks have stressed going light on that though. I don't want to burn the roots with too many nutes.

I would but if mh is all u have then go with it. but I would invest in both bulbs

cap master said:

I would but if mh is all u have then go with it. but I would invest in both bulbs

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Well, I have them, so I I'll get them in action