Autoflowering Yield?

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Trackr

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I'm looking into Autoflowering and everyone says they finish a cycle within 11 weeks.

Compared to this, my current cycle takes about 20 weeks from cutting to harvest and I get about 100 grams from a 5 gallon pot in soil.

So, how much would I get from the same 5 gallon pot with autoflowering?
 
tokingtiger

tokingtiger

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I grow like you and get about a qp per plant, I have gotten some free auto seeds and get about an oz from them. They are faster but much smaller than you, (and I), am used to growing.
 
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Trackr

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switch said:
5 months?! what strain is that?! You must be vegging for ages.
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2 weeks to root
8 weeks to veg
10 weeks to flower

Equals 5 months

tokingtiger said:
I grow like you and get about a qp per plant, I have gotten some free auto seeds and get about an oz from them. They are faster but much smaller than you, (and I), am used to growing.
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An oz out of the same container that yielded 4 oz?

So, autos are quicker but yield less?
 
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bigsteve

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You don't use 5-gallon pots for autos. Here's why - we figure a gallon of pot-size for each month a plant will be in that pot. My indicas veg in 4+ weeks and flower for 6 weeks. I get the same oz/plant using 1 1/2 gallon pots. If you put an auto in a 5-gallon pot it will take forever before the plant fills the pot with roots. Only after the roots fill a pot will the plant take off in vegetative growth. You will get a slightly larger plant with the big pot at the expense of nearly doubling your time. By using the smallest pot that you can you save time. Good luck, BigSteve.
 
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az2000

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Trackr said:
So, how much would I get from the same 5 gallon pot with autoflowering?
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I use #3 round containers. They're commonly called 3 gal, but they hold 2.5 gal of medium. I go 12-14 weeks with my autoflowers. I've gotten as much as 6.5 oz from a plant.

The common advice is to plant directly in the container you'll flower in because autos don't have time to recover from transplant stress. But, if you're good at transplanting, you can start in a smaller container. Experienced auto growers do this, they just don't recommend it because a lot of newbies start with autos and they'll mess up the transplant. I've always started in my #3s. I was thinking about starting in a #1 (quart size?) next time and see if transplanting makes a difference.

Hope you enjoy your auto. They're fun. You can get 2 growing in a 2x4 tent, sharing the light, harvesting one each 6 weeks, introducing a new seedling.
 
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