Autoflower question
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james.aurora
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I'm not really an experience grower but autoflowers have no veg stage, they pass directly into flowering. it will gain height as it flowers but will remain short.
darkdestruction420
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it should of. how often did you water? kind of looks like a n def. from overwatering to me.
CaptainCarnival
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autos stay short and flower right away but ive heard that if you run them on a 24/0 cycle youll get your best results
You hurt yourself by not transplanting into a small pot first.
When seedlings first go into dirt the plant uses most all it's energy growing a rootball to support the plant.
Until the roots hit the inside walls of the pot you will see little or no growth above ground.
That is a mistake here because autos sprout, grow, flower and die in just 2-3 months. You put the seedling
directly into a 3+-gallon pot right off the bat so she is wasting weeks building a much bigger rootball than
necessary. Better to put the newly germinated seedling into a solo cup for 10-14 days, then into another smallish 4-inch pot
for 2 more weeks. By going into slightly larger pots you aren't wasting so much time growing unneeded roots.
BigSteve.
PS -- This is an advanced situation for a new grower so this is what I would do. First, it's too late to TP into a smaller pot
so leave her where she is. Autos do not veg, you know, they go straight from seedling to flowering mode. So most
authorities say to use a 20/4 light schedule for all autos. In this case though you want to slow down the maturation process
as much as possible so your gal can grow before flowering. So turn the lights to 18/6 instead of 20/4. The longer light period should
push her to grow more than with the lights at 20/4.
PM me if you have any specific questions. Good luck, BigSteve.
When seedlings first go into dirt the plant uses most all it's energy growing a rootball to support the plant.
Until the roots hit the inside walls of the pot you will see little or no growth above ground.
That is a mistake here because autos sprout, grow, flower and die in just 2-3 months. You put the seedling
directly into a 3+-gallon pot right off the bat so she is wasting weeks building a much bigger rootball than
necessary. Better to put the newly germinated seedling into a solo cup for 10-14 days, then into another smallish 4-inch pot
for 2 more weeks. By going into slightly larger pots you aren't wasting so much time growing unneeded roots.
BigSteve.
PS -- This is an advanced situation for a new grower so this is what I would do. First, it's too late to TP into a smaller pot
so leave her where she is. Autos do not veg, you know, they go straight from seedling to flowering mode. So most
authorities say to use a 20/4 light schedule for all autos. In this case though you want to slow down the maturation process
as much as possible so your gal can grow before flowering. So turn the lights to 18/6 instead of 20/4. The longer light period should
push her to grow more than with the lights at 20/4.
PM me if you have any specific questions. Good luck, BigSteve.
RollupRick
Active Member
From about a weeks time onwards, you'll notice explosive growth as flowering kicks in. All 3 of the auto's I'm currently growing seemed small, then within days showed remarkable growth. Right now (week 4/5) they're about a foot to a foot and a half (above soil) tall.
bullwinkle60
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Autoflowers veg for aprox two to three weeks then start flowering. They typically stay on the small side.
RollupRick
Active Member
Yeah but not that small. Most of my plants are 3" tall on day 3 from breaking soil. Depends heavily on the strain, but if everything else is in order, your lights at right height etc, you should give her a week or two and see how she goes, as from this point on it should start getting interesting.
Dwezelitsame
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autos start to flower wk 3 most wel on the way by wk 5
love light need 18/6 or 20 /4
hate 12/12 and will show you in production that they hate it
i have seen sum runts finish at like 8 inches most finish at about 18 iinches
after they show stretch a little then buddage
give them just water or vitamins and root shit no food first 2 wks
then in wk 3 give about 1/4 strenth food
work yo way up to about 1/2 strenth and max out there no more
autos hate full strenth nutes
autos hate transplant but i sumtimes start in red cups transplat about wk 3
i stop feeding wk 7 give just water an mollasses til trichs tell me its finish
never go by calender if said 8 wks dont chop just because 8 wks are up
glucktoya
I an I
love light need 18/6 or 20 /4
hate 12/12 and will show you in production that they hate it
i have seen sum runts finish at like 8 inches most finish at about 18 iinches
after they show stretch a little then buddage
give them just water or vitamins and root shit no food first 2 wks
then in wk 3 give about 1/4 strenth food
work yo way up to about 1/2 strenth and max out there no more
autos hate full strenth nutes
autos hate transplant but i sumtimes start in red cups transplat about wk 3
i stop feeding wk 7 give just water an mollasses til trichs tell me its finish
never go by calender if said 8 wks dont chop just because 8 wks are up
glucktoya
I an I