AoE is a nice, relaxing , evening after dinner smoke. I honestly figured that it would be better than Bramley Beast. However, BB was exceptionally strong. I feel ya about the seed buying sickness lol. I've got a bunch of really great photo regular seeds, but I keep falling for the free 5pk with purchase deals from Mephisto. I really love the turn around time on their autos. Both those last 2 were ready in 70 days or less.
Sorry for quoting years old post: one advantage of autos is to be able to flower with a bit less watts. Longer lights-on hours means you can use a little less watts per area; longer hours compensates total light DLI. If you have a hard time maintaining temps in your growspace this can be really usefull, but it can just aswell mean that you need to add some heating when dealing with modern efficient leds. Not having to maintain complete lights out at night is another thing, if your tent is dodgy.
Anymore, there isn't alot of difference in quality between a Photo and an Auto. What was true even 3-4 years ago has changed. Now, it's pretty much down to Phenos and not strains. I've had several great Autos that were as good as any photo I've grown. For me the big advantage is time. I've had several autos that were ready to harvest in 65 days +/-. Even quick flowering photos have taken 8 weeks minimum to finish after flipping to 12/12. Autos are also easy to live with. Light leaks , no problem. You can use 1 grow area to start plants, and run all the way to harvest. You can run so many more strains in a year too. Potency on autos has risen to the point where even heavy users are finding it hard to tell the difference. I run both autos and photos. I just love cannabis, and , variety of it. People like Autopotamus on YT are consistently pulling 1+ pounds per plant. His biggest is 26 zips. It's down to what works for you. If I find a great pheno photo, then, I'm cloning that plant for as long as I want. That's the biggest advantage of photos for me. But I can always find room for a couple Mephisto autos in my clone vegging space. If it gets somebody growing their own then I'm for it.
I ran 2 MBAP x InB last year, and they were very strong, knock you out smoke. I'm planning on running InB if I can ever get around to it. I've bought into so many of the free 5pk drop deals , and all have been worthy.
Yes I was surprised by the potency of that one. It knocks me out hard. Even after smoking Ripley's OG, I still went higher. The same with the Bramley Beast. I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. I swear, I have a decent tax refund coming. A 4x4 and a 500w Mars Hydro would sure help me run more strains. I feel low if I get less than 4 varieties to smoke.Aye it’s lovely smoke! Perfect for the evening or a day of doing nothing. Few strains can make me feel as euphoric as that one does
Yea too many seeds too little time/space lol
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I always keep the sticky traps and the vinegar, sugar, soap traps too. The environment is really conducive to gnats here, plus there are 2 chicken farms and several fruit orchards all within 2 miles of my house. Plus a produce farm right down the street. They use the chicken crap for fertilizer and we have had swarms of fungus gnats the past 2 years. Coco is much better from what I hear, but it's not immune to them. Hell, there's a few guys on the fungus gnat thread here that have had issues with them in hydro! But, it is pretty rare. In soil, they're a plague sometimes. I have learned a few good tricks like pre-amending the bottom 1/4 of the soil and bottom watering. That's helped more than anything else. Thanks!
