8 week strain question

Rootbound420

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Have you had an 8 week strain actually finish in 56 days? I see a lot of these 8 week strains ready by day 65-70 but not before then. Any experiences that can be shared?

Sweet Trainwreck Auto 50 days old 8 week strain no way it'll be ready in 6 days not a chance still a few weeks left on her.
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conor c

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Have you had an 8 week strain actually finish in 56 days? I see a lot of these 8 week strains ready by day 65-70 but not before then. Any experiences that can be shared?

Sweet Trainwreck Auto 50 days old 8 week strain no way it'll be ready in 6 days not a chance still a few weeks left on her.
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Some do yes but its usually pheno dependant and everything has to run right but such a thing exists for example the old top 44 was said to be ready super quick in reality most are 8 or 9 weeks under hps the old hashplant used to have 8 weekers in there too but again most went longer so its pheno dependent plus the earlier phenos yield less than the longer flowering ones as well as being a bit less potent in most cases too its best to just get between 9 to 12 weeks bloom time with most stuff you will encounter in your head as the standard also clones flower a wee bit faster than seedplants too so worth bearing that in mind too
 

Rootbound420

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Appreciate the comments guys! But Im looking for personal examples of autos finishing in 8 weeks. I don't really need help just wanted to hear some personal experiences and pics of you have them.
 

conor c

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Appreciate the comments guys! But Im looking for personal examples of autos finishing in 8 weeks. I don't really need help just wanted to hear some personal experiences and pics of you have them.
The ones that finish that early wont be worth smoking id bet as they would be more useful as a breeding tool i think the old lowrider1 thats kinda tiny is almost so quick but it was weaker vs #2 and all the later better/more potent autos i dont think ul get one so quick worth smoking tbh
 

conor c

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Basically just marketing amp ups what it seems. The pic I posted is a week from their 8 week seed to harvest mark and the pistils habe barely started turning orange no cloudy trichs at all. Thinking another good 3 weeks which is would be 10-11 week mark.
Yeah breeder times arent bang on some are closer than others id just wait till the plants tell me there ready vs a timeframe
 

conor c

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Same here I check triches usually.
There one good guide not all there is tho ignore the ones on the leaves watch the ones only on the buds and also wait for the buds to swell up good and all the pistils to recede/shrivel up when your assessing ripeness i myself prefer at least 20% ambers with indica ish stuff as a minimum too but thats personal preference really
 

Rootbound420

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There one good guide not all there is tho ignore the ones on the leaves watch the ones only on the buds and also wait for the buds to swell up good and all the pistils to recede/shrivel up when your assessing ripeness i myself prefer at least 20% ambers with indica ish stuff as a minimum too but thats personal preference really
I go for all cloudy and 15% amber never tried for any other percentage. What kind of difference with more amber is it more couch lock or racy head high?
 

odessa

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I go for all cloudy and 15% amber never tried for any other percentage. What kind of difference with more amber is it more couch lock or racy head high?
I don't go for a certain percentage. I just wait until there are as few clears as possible. I am kind of growing and figuring this all out. So far what I have found is smell, taste, potency etc are very strain and pheno dependent. We can help or hurt them, but I have had great and stinker from the same seed pack in my environment which isn't ideal by any means. Just my experience.
 

Nutty sKunK

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Have you had an 8 week strain actually finish in 56 days? I see a lot of these 8 week strains ready by day 65-70 but not before then. Any experiences that can be shared?

Sweet Trainwreck Auto 50 days old 8 week strain no way it'll be ready in 6 days not a chance still a few weeks left on her.
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Well day 56 is start of week 8 and 62 is the end. So 65-70 ain’t far off if you’ve seen folk do it.

Quickest maturing plant (I harvested earlier than usual due to no smoke) was taken down day 70 for me.

Here it is day 62 week 8 (6 days)




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Rootbound420

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I have no experience with autos but I've read that pot size has an influence on finishing times . Smaller pot quicker finish . Any truth to that ?
I've grew 4 Afghan autos awhile back 2 in 5 gallon and 2 in 3 gallon and not much difference they were almost identical and all got chopped same day. But I have heard that a lot as well just never had hard proof on the subject.
 

coreywebster

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I have a strain of gelato taking 6 weeks.

Problem is though, as frosty and sticky and aromatic as the buds are they're the size of peas. So it yields shit.
Never seen anything like it before.

The odd thing is though, the first grow with it I pulled 30oz off a single plant scrog and the buds were like grapes, which is still the smallest buds I'd seen in my growing life, I looked at it with despair, thinking I'd be lucky to pull 10-12 oz , but all in it got me to a fraction over 30 and I was happy as a pig in shit.

But every round since has been tiny tiny tiny buds that seem to totally miss the growth stage and jump right to maturity.

It really is the weirdest thing I've ever seen.
They're all from the same clone under the same light, same nutrients.. it's bizarre.

Currently I'm waiting on lots of clones rooting, to try and SOG it, one last ditch effort to see if I can't get something worth continuing it, because people love it , its like rocks and it finishes 4 weeks before anything I grow.

Edit. And I mean 6 weeks from changing light cycle
 

Rootbound420

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I have a strain of gelato taking 6 weeks.

Problem is though, as frosty and sticky and aromatic as the buds are they're the size of peas. So it yields shit.
Never seen anything like it before.

The odd thing is though, the first grow with it I pulled 30oz off a single plant scrog and the buds were like grapes, which is still the smallest buds I'd seen in my growing life, I looked at it with despair, thinking I'd be lucky to pull 10-12 oz , but all in it got me to a fraction over 30 and I was happy as a pig in shit.

But every round since has been tiny tiny tiny buds that seem to totally miss the growth stage and jump right to maturity.

It really is the weirdest thing I've ever seen.
They're all from the same clone under the same light, same nutrients.. it's bizarre.

Currently I'm waiting on lots of clones rooting, to try and SOG it, one last ditch effort to see if I can't get something worth continuing it, because people love it , its like rocks and it finishes 4 weeks before anything I grow.

Edit. And I mean 6 weeks from changing light cycle
I read this all the way through like no way possible until I read the edit at the bottom makes more sense but how is the smoke? I had a thai stix auto or something like that I stunted the shit out of and only got to 7inches tall yielded a whopping 5g dry but man to this day it has been the best tasting, smoothest smoke.
 
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