autoflowering question?

i have my autoflowering plants on 12/12 at the moment but i am thinking of giving them a few hours more light, say a 16/8. would this affect them in any way.......

You need to look at the stickies dude. Although you may get lucky enough and get someone to bottle feed you........

What strain are you growing? Autos can be a little finicky and some of the new genetics off-kilter. What made you decide 12/12? How old are they? Any pics? Are they flowering right now? 16/8 should be fine for an auto at any stage, their lifespans are so short you really want to maximize light, most do 20/4 or 18/6, sometimes all the way through. At the same time, some find that their plants do require a change in light schedule and don't flower like expected, and that's typically when you'd switch to 12/12.

Buuuut, additionally, some people just go with 12/12 flowering and have success - and others go 24/0 the whole way. Haha, there are a bunch of ways to do it. Shouldn't affect them though, autos aren't all that responsive, if at all, to changes in photoperiod. At least they're not supposed to be, if the genetics are right, seems like they're still working out a few kinks with these autos.

16/8 should be fine, though.

by the way, i wouldn't call this a plant "problem"

watchhowIdoit said:

You need to look at the stickies dude. Although you may get lucky enough and get someone to bottle feed you........

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whats a sticky??????????????

feelingreen said:

by the way, i wouldn't call this a plant "problem"

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the problem is i have one regular plant in my nft system with 3 auto's and the regular is in flowering also!

I wouldn't worry about how changing the light schedule would affect your auto, then, that's the beauty of autos, they'll take just about whatever light schedule you throw at them. If, however, you have a regular strain, I would worry about that one - if it's already flowering, changing the light schedule from 12/12 to more light is going to completely throw you off and it would most likely revert back to veg., knowing you're growing it with a reg. strain that's flowering, keep the 12/12. Are your autos still going through their short veg cycle right now? If possible, I would move your autos somewhere where they could more light if it's still early in their growth cycle, otherwise you should be ok.

nah,my autos are flowering also but i just wanted to know the max amount of hours you can give light to a plant in flowering. i know everybody does 12/12 but i know i read somewhere tha 14/10 and shit like that was ok but the fact everybody does the 12/12 i didnt wanna take the chance.