Alien x Triangle auto comparison by The Vault

Wow i'm running my light's on 18/6 but when i checked them today one spit out hairs ? I switched them to 12/12 (auto's i guess when they are ready they are ready)

why did you switch to 12 12? autos should be 18/6 up to 24/0. from my understanding, your going to kill your yeilds if you switch to less light. mine have been on 20/4 since sprout

That extra 1 hour you get daily will come in handy lol

hahahahahaha. thanks steff....im from another world, we have 25 hour days...we grow bigger and better bud cuz that one hour. ha. i'm baked

srt8666 said:

why did you switch to 12 12? autos should be 18/6 up to 24/0. from my understanding, your going to kill your yeilds if you switch to less light. mine have been on 20/4 since sprout

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Yes i caught it as soon as my high wore off a little bit (haha) switched it back to 18/6. i never run 24/0 because i believe everything needs to rest some (to each there own) but then again im new to auto's.

2 weeks in and throwing nice fuzzies out the bottoms of the pots time fo an up potting to finishing containers.

"Marijuana smoke fresh"

Love a healthy plant

Good luck on your grow

thewanderer718 said:

Yes i caught it as soon as my high wore off a little bit (haha) switched it back to 18/6. i never run 24/0 because i believe everything needs to rest some (to each there own) but then again im new to auto's.

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I believe in rest too. I think 20/4 is great for this auto. I've got some other photos in the same tent and they have been slow growing. I don't think they like the 20 hour days.

srt8666 said:

I believe in rest too. I think 20/4 is great for this auto. I've got some other photos in the same tent and they have been slow growing. I don't think they like the 20 hour days.

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Thanks i am gonna take your advice on that for the next two. I'm about to germinate them tonight.

Indeed the alien loves 24hr lighting. However i have 2 other auto strains in the same tent that are not so fond of it.

mine in the pics are 2 weeks on 24 hours and are about 2" tall. I'm using a couple 50W T5HO on them until Tomorrow when they're transplanted and I grab some clones from my 3 males under my 400W. Will have to run them under that instead of my 1K.

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2 weeks in and throwing nice fuzzies out the bottoms of the pots time fo an up potting to finishing containers. View attachment 3537721View attachment 3537722 View attachment 3537723

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Looks really good.

GrowJahsGift said:

mine in the pics are 2 weeks on 24 hours and are about 2" tall. I'm using a couple 50W T5HO on them until Tomorrow when they're transplanted and I grab some clones from my 3 males under my 400W. Will have to run them under that instead of my 1K.

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My alien didn't like my t5. It's an ipower 54w t5 I believe. Very slow. Seemed to love my led. Put it under 600w hps and it hasn't responded like I thought it would

srt8666 said:

My alien didn't like my t5. It's an ipower 54w t5 I believe. Very slow. Seemed to love my led. Put it under 600w hps and it hasn't responded like I thought it would

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Gonna run the 400 on super lumens think I get like 440W total of HPS lighting guess I'll see what 5 will do under that gonna be adding some more white poly to squeeze out some more lumens.

did you just post that your going to transplant the auto? everything i've read says dont. so i didnt. heard it shocks them too much, they cant recover or dont have time to recover. i'm not an expert, just curious

Yeah I've also read that... Didn't have space to start them in the bigger pots. I'm used to seeing my photo girls only get held back 2 days at the most so I'm gonna go for it and see what happens. I'm guessing I'll lose an inch or 2 of height but really this grow is just to hopefully change my outlook on auto flowers. Best thing about this comparative is we will get to see what method is most effective.

this is very true grow....i have never seen my girls get stunted from transplants, but 2 days isnt really much. i lost all faith in autos after my first try. i've lost like 7. they say put them in their final pot, so i did and they dried out or drowned. my mistake. so i used just one alien seed. it has restored my faith, plus now i know how to keep them alive lol. i will only run autos when i have like 4 or 5. having the 20/4 schedule is screwing up sending others to flower. so i think autos are great to run by themselves, or in a veg tent that you dont care about sending others to flower.

i'm loving my grow. 5 gallon smart pot, coco/perlite, my version of h3ad formula. light pruning once i saw hairs. now shes a bushy bitch who should give me a pretty good yeild. i was planning on running the others in different pots/lights to see whats best.

And seems okay? Plenty of bud sites

well hell, i guess i really dont know shit about autos lol. transplanted twice and its fine? jeez. shows you that not everything you read is true. by all accounts (what i've read) your alien shouldnt be rocking. looks fine to me. looks just like mine at that age

Yeah her first transplant was from the seedling tray, to the outdoor pot which ended up been infested with bugs so moved her to the blue bucket.

It was either get eaten alive or transplant, if you transplant the correct way there shouldnt be any ill effects.