Internode Question

johnkallaha

johnkallaha

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Hello, im growing about 13 plants AK47 and theyve all just started flowering. Its outside and im afraid the internode distance may not be the best. Its an autoflowering strain and i only got like 5 internodes. Even though they just recieved their white hair patches they are glimmering with crystals all over the now stinky babybud.

However, im wondering, is 5 internodes okay for an autoflowering? theyre supposed to yield 30-80gram(1-2.5 ounces) and im just not sure what its supposed to look like. How much can i expect? Im going for around 2 ounces.
 
johnkallaha

johnkallaha

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well, 2 zips tells me nothing. A zip can be 1 5 gallons or 2 oz.

Like, mobile phone sized zips?

I swear to god, i have no idea how much these yield. Its my first grow almost.
 
olimmilo

olimmilo

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Very new to autos. From what I read there on track. They should start to flower after 5-8 nodes.
 
GOLDBERG71

GOLDBERG71

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This is one of the reasons I don't understand why people choose AUTOS. You really have no control over the plant. Once they start flower that plant is out of your control and awaiting their death sentence. (You chopping them down) Not just in the case as we are talking about here but really of all aspects of the grow. You're really just along for the ride. There are many ways this can cause problems at least scheduling. Where as if they were regular seeds and you wanted more vegetive growth you'd simply keep the lights on for 18 hours until you reached your goal. Yet if you're in a rush you can also change the clock from any point after sprouting and it will happen as fast as possible. My primary question would be what if one of these plants turns out to be your ideal keeper? Even if you were lucky enough to pop another seed that was the exact same pheno you'll still have the same problem. However, this strain I have the non auto AK47 and if it's roots reach the bottom of the pot. I'm not even talking root bound it will begin flowering. Which makes it difficult for me to keep a cut on hand. It is actually a lot of work for this strain. I actually like it but I'll never buy it again. Because when I buy genetics I want to decide when I'm done with it not the plant.
 
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johnkallaha

johnkallaha

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GOLDBERG71 said:
This is one of the reasons I don't understand why people choose AUTOS. You really have no control over the plant. Once they start flower that plant is out of your control and awaiting their death sentence. (You chopping them down) Not just in the case as we are talking about here but really of all aspects of the grow. You're really just along for the ride. There are many ways this can cause problems at least scheduling. Where as if they were regular seeds and you wanted more vegetive growth you'd simply keep the lights on for 18 hours until you reached your goal. Yet if you're in a rush you can also change the clock from any point after sprouting and it will happen as fast as possible. My primary question would be what if one of these plants turns out to be your ideal keeper? Even if you were lucky enough to pop another seed that was the exact same pheno you'll still have the same problem. However, this strain I have the non auto AK47 and if it's roots reach the bottom of the pot. I'm not even talking root bound it will begin flowering. Which makes it difficult for me to keep a cut on hand. It is actually a lot of work for this strain. I actually like it but I'll never buy it again. Because when I buy genetics I want to decide when I'm done with it not the plant.
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Thanks for your post Goldberg. However, there is one important thing you dont know about.

Were i live there is a similar climate to that of Canada. Same as mid Sasqatchewan (dont know how thats spelled). When the light cycle is 12/12 here its simply to cold to grow anything. In the winter the natural light is perhaps 5 hours of daylight and 19 hours of darknkess. In the summer, sun barely sets. It just goes down, and up again 2 hours later, creating 22 hours of daylight.

This makes it impossible to grow anything thats not autoflowering outside. Therefore, we use, real autoflowering strains aswell as hybrids that simply is photoplants but they dont flowering on 12/12, they flowering on perhaps 14/10, making us able to harvest early-mid autumn with these plants.

I would never grow autos indoors and ive only done regular ones indoors.
 
GOLDBERG71

GOLDBERG71

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Good points I couldn't comment on. I'm inside and didn't make it clear. My buddy grows outside and his plants "flip" before the light reaches 12/12. He tells me when outside temperatures play a bigger role in causing the flip. Right now it's about 13.5 hours of daylight and his girls are in the stretch now. And they'll finish end of sept. early Oct. The length of daylight here on Oct 1 will 11.75 hours. So there seems to be some truth in what he said. However, it sounds like it still won't change your situation.
 
sunny747

sunny747

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Autos can be unpredictable. in my experience they don't grow the same as a photo. I have an auto going and it vegged really slow. Now it's in flower and starting to shoot up. I guess you never know, but You'll probable do ok with them.
 
mr sunshine

mr sunshine

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johnkallaha said:
Thanks for your post Goldberg. However, there is one important thing you dont know about.

Were i live there is a similar climate to that of Canada. Same as mid Sasqatchewan (dont know how thats spelled). When the light cycle is 12/12 here its simply to cold to grow anything. In the winter the natural light is perhaps 5 hours of daylight and 19 hours of darknkess. In the summer, sun barely sets. It just goes down, and up again 2 hours later, creating 22 hours of daylight.

This makes it impossible to grow anything thats not autoflowering outside. Therefore, we use, real autoflowering strains aswell as hybrids that simply is photoplants but they dont flowering on 12/12, they flowering on perhaps 14/10, making us able to harvest early-mid autumn with these plants.

I would never grow autos indoors and ive only done regular ones indoors.
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Light deprivation!
 
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DarthBlazeAnthony

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sunny747 said:
Autos can be unpredictable. in my experience they don't grow the same as a photo. I have an auto going and it vegged really slow. Now it's in flower and starting to shoot up. I guess you never know, but You'll probable do ok with them.
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I'm inclined to agree. I'd say pop some normal seeds then determine the sex later. Is this wrong?
 
johnkallaha

johnkallaha

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There is actually one interesting thing about autos tho. That is, they can be faster at flowering then photos can be.

Dinafem has strains that flowers in 50 days. Thats pretty damn fast... but this one probably yiels like a quarter ounce
 
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sunny747

sunny747

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I have never weighed my harvest. Mostly because I don't have a scale that is accurate and I really don't care at this point. Post a pic if you can. When I buy an 8th from the collective I think about how little pot is in the small container. You should likely yield close to a full 32 oz mason jar from each plant even if the plant is a runt. Or close to it. That's a lot of pot, comparatively.

This little monster yielded about 1/2 of a 32 oz jar. This is an unknown auto strain. The genetics were crap and it was my first grow. This plant never got taller than ten inches or so. If you are growing for personal use you'll have enough pot to last you a year or more with all of those plants. If you're planning to sell the crop then you probably won't get a very good price unless the quality of weed in your area is crap. It takes a long time to be able to grow Top Shelf buds. My friends describe my weed as decent, but I give it to them for free so to them it probably is decent. I compare it to Mexican brown weed.

This is a 2 gallon pot.

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