WalterWhite810
Well-Known Member
I'm starting a new thread because ive got a lot of bad reviews on autoflowers and id like to share my experience with you guys.
I've been growing autos for a little over a year now and ive grown dozens of different strains. My first experience with autoflowers i was a little disappointed. It took me two months to grow from seed to bud but i had these little ass 6-7 inch plants with barely any bud. I was growing in 1 gallon pots. After much research i realized that since i was transplanting and growing in such small pots i was stunting the growth of the plants. Autoflowers have a predetermined life span so if its supposed to go from seed to bud in 70 days, if you transplant and shock or stress that plant its going to interfere with its grow cycle.
So finally after i reallized what i was doing wrong i immediately fixed the problem, i started growing in 3 gallon buckets and i stopped transplanting them, i just put them straight into a 3 gallon and let it do its thing. I got much better results this way, i wasnt getting the yield i hoped for but still it was pretty decent for an auto. I had almost given up hope completely, im like these autoflowers are a waste of time and the smoke isnt really that good either. (By the way i was growing New york city auto at the time from pyramid) So after i harvested my plants from my 3 gallon buckets i was anxious to see what my yield was, i was getting anywhere between 15 grams to a little under a ounce from these autos. Which isnt bad when your growing 20 of them but still it could and should be better when you factor in light, bucket size and many other things.
By this time i had completely made up my mind that i wasnt going to waste any more time with autos, i was getting low results with mediocre smoke. The only thing that impressed me was the time frame on the autos, i could practically have a harvest once a month when bud grows that quickly. I wanted to give them 1 more go, i picked different strains this go around, i wanted to pick some of the ones with the highest "Tested" thc content and with the highest yield. So i chose 3 different strains and i got them all from single seed centre. I went with the Afghan kush Ryder from worlds of seeds , Ak-49 from vison and northern lights from speed seeds.
They all ranged from 20-23% thc content and i thought this was pretty high for an auto.
I decided to grow the Afghan kush ryder in 7 gallon geopots, i put the ak-49 auto and northern lights in 5 gallon home depot buckets and i drilled holes in the side to mimick air pots and maybe stop plant circling to allow better root growth. I upgraded my light system, i was using 400 watt mh to veg and 600w hps to flower, im still using 400w to veg but now i use 1000w to flower. After germination i had a total of 22 seeds that germinated, 7 afgan kush ryder, 9 ak-48 and 6 northern lights. I fed regularly, once a week, i also watered once a week as well, i tried to give at least 3-4 days in between watering because i came to realize that autos love a wet/dry cycle. I used Foxfarm grow big, fox farm tiger bloom, molasses, rhino skin for these super thick ass stalks and branches im loving, cali mag of course and few other Humboldt county nutes.
I'm not 65 days in and im surprised like a motherfucker i must say! I dont know if its the different light or the bigger containers but i must say i have autos now that are about 3-4 feet! and surrounded in resinous buds, I have a few ak-49 plants that i can say without a doubt that ill be pulling more than 2 ounces, the afghan kush plants are about 1.5 feet tall but super bushy the whole plant is practically one huge bud, im starting to see the very dark red hairs appear, im very anxious for this batch to be done. As said before i have 22 autos growing and if my calculations are correct ill be pulling 2-3 pounds just from the looks of it. I could be wrong but i grow normal strains to and i must say the buds on the ak 49 plants are much bigger, the afghan kush ryder buds are bigger than my hand. Ive completely regained hope with these autos and when i chop in 15 days ill give you guys the final update with pics and everything! The ak49 will be my best yielder by far. They say its one of the stronger autos so im hoping its some good bud.
Leave me some feed back and let me know what you guys think!
I've been growing autos for a little over a year now and ive grown dozens of different strains. My first experience with autoflowers i was a little disappointed. It took me two months to grow from seed to bud but i had these little ass 6-7 inch plants with barely any bud. I was growing in 1 gallon pots. After much research i realized that since i was transplanting and growing in such small pots i was stunting the growth of the plants. Autoflowers have a predetermined life span so if its supposed to go from seed to bud in 70 days, if you transplant and shock or stress that plant its going to interfere with its grow cycle.
So finally after i reallized what i was doing wrong i immediately fixed the problem, i started growing in 3 gallon buckets and i stopped transplanting them, i just put them straight into a 3 gallon and let it do its thing. I got much better results this way, i wasnt getting the yield i hoped for but still it was pretty decent for an auto. I had almost given up hope completely, im like these autoflowers are a waste of time and the smoke isnt really that good either. (By the way i was growing New york city auto at the time from pyramid) So after i harvested my plants from my 3 gallon buckets i was anxious to see what my yield was, i was getting anywhere between 15 grams to a little under a ounce from these autos. Which isnt bad when your growing 20 of them but still it could and should be better when you factor in light, bucket size and many other things.
By this time i had completely made up my mind that i wasnt going to waste any more time with autos, i was getting low results with mediocre smoke. The only thing that impressed me was the time frame on the autos, i could practically have a harvest once a month when bud grows that quickly. I wanted to give them 1 more go, i picked different strains this go around, i wanted to pick some of the ones with the highest "Tested" thc content and with the highest yield. So i chose 3 different strains and i got them all from single seed centre. I went with the Afghan kush Ryder from worlds of seeds , Ak-49 from vison and northern lights from speed seeds.
They all ranged from 20-23% thc content and i thought this was pretty high for an auto.
I decided to grow the Afghan kush ryder in 7 gallon geopots, i put the ak-49 auto and northern lights in 5 gallon home depot buckets and i drilled holes in the side to mimick air pots and maybe stop plant circling to allow better root growth. I upgraded my light system, i was using 400 watt mh to veg and 600w hps to flower, im still using 400w to veg but now i use 1000w to flower. After germination i had a total of 22 seeds that germinated, 7 afgan kush ryder, 9 ak-48 and 6 northern lights. I fed regularly, once a week, i also watered once a week as well, i tried to give at least 3-4 days in between watering because i came to realize that autos love a wet/dry cycle. I used Foxfarm grow big, fox farm tiger bloom, molasses, rhino skin for these super thick ass stalks and branches im loving, cali mag of course and few other Humboldt county nutes.
I'm not 65 days in and im surprised like a motherfucker i must say! I dont know if its the different light or the bigger containers but i must say i have autos now that are about 3-4 feet! and surrounded in resinous buds, I have a few ak-49 plants that i can say without a doubt that ill be pulling more than 2 ounces, the afghan kush plants are about 1.5 feet tall but super bushy the whole plant is practically one huge bud, im starting to see the very dark red hairs appear, im very anxious for this batch to be done. As said before i have 22 autos growing and if my calculations are correct ill be pulling 2-3 pounds just from the looks of it. I could be wrong but i grow normal strains to and i must say the buds on the ak 49 plants are much bigger, the afghan kush ryder buds are bigger than my hand. Ive completely regained hope with these autos and when i chop in 15 days ill give you guys the final update with pics and everything! The ak49 will be my best yielder by far. They say its one of the stronger autos so im hoping its some good bud.
Leave me some feed back and let me know what you guys think!
