I found out once I stopped trying to hard my autos got alot bigger if I don't tip them they can get over 6 foot tall. I tip them at the 6th set of branches then leave them alone . I personally use a minimum of 27 litre lots with just using Yates seed raising mix and powerfeed bottled fertilizer. I also recommend trace elements folar feeding feeding it gives the plants a boost. Hers a pic of my gorilla cookies auto 10.5 ounces dry . Cheers bob
How to get bigger autos
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Lincoln's Daddy
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I saw my autos jump in size as soon as I started using earthboxes and self watering bases. Try getting some grow dots and recharge... ac infinity self watering bases and some fabric pots. Give that a try. 3-5 gallon fabric pots are fine. 2 table spoons of grow dots per gallon of soil. Top water for first 2-3 weeks or until you feel the root system has reached the bottom of the pot.and don't forget, some autos just don't get big. If they start flowering in the first 2-3 weeks... they will most likely stay under 2ft tall.
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DoubleD5374
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Autopots or dwc ftw!
My 9 gallon auto pots with coco loco , and canna coco nutes / produce two 1lb autos “boss battle speed run seeds “
seed to finish in 75-80 days if I recall correctly . Here’s some pics of how they did for reference . This was under a kind x750 , on a porch that was no warmer than 65 degrees all winter - so I definitely had root growth slow down and could’ve been even better . I eventually got the ac infinity heater and would point it at the bases , because the floor they were on was a non insulated porch floor . In northern ny in dead of winter .
The porch was heated with a propane buddy heater which also fed them massive amounts of co2 . The best pictures got cut off “only allowed to post 10 . But if you want to see them at the finish line , pm me . I had to go back through 2k photos to find em
My 9 gallon auto pots with coco loco , and canna coco nutes / produce two 1lb autos “boss battle speed run seeds “
seed to finish in 75-80 days if I recall correctly . Here’s some pics of how they did for reference . This was under a kind x750 , on a porch that was no warmer than 65 degrees all winter - so I definitely had root growth slow down and could’ve been even better . I eventually got the ac infinity heater and would point it at the bases , because the floor they were on was a non insulated porch floor . In northern ny in dead of winter .
The porch was heated with a propane buddy heater which also fed them massive amounts of co2 . The best pictures got cut off “only allowed to post 10 . But if you want to see them at the finish line , pm me . I had to go back through 2k photos to find em
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hostagecs
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few things i've noticed when growing autos, if you transplant you will prolly get lower yield, pot size imo also effects end game yeilds. I try seed into small solo size cups and when i get my second set of leafs its into 5 gallon or bigger, from day 1 to do 30ish imo impact yields the most in autos, if you neglect plant, expect the same, you can do everything right and still get small yields, you also play the genetics lottery. not all autos like the same ph or soil comp from my experience, the first 2 weeks is when i watch plants like a hawk, then the last 3 weeks of flower, the middle time is important also, but not as much to me
