New to autos

Stealthstyle said:

I never really thought of growing autos as im kind of old school and thought ruderalis should not be mixed with good weed and auto plants were accidents and rejects back in my day( cant clone etc)

Anyway i have a blue dream auto freebie i want to grow and might end up growing it indoors.

What hours do i keep the lights at?
Can you srog them?
is the potency any good?

Anything else you can add would be of great help thanks.

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StonerCol said:

Lights can be 24/0 all the way through although some prefer to still have a dark period and do 20/4 but it isn't necessary. The flowering process starts around week 2-3. You can scrog or sog with no problems. You can also top some autos with no problem but some strains like it less than others. I've seen growers get over 10 ounces from 1 plant, but these guys were very experienced with autos. Potency can be right up there with photos; the fact that they are autos doesn't mean they are less potent.
Just remember that autos can't recover from stress etc as easily as photos. They usually take around 10-11 weeks to finish from day one, shouldn't be much more than that.
This guy knows how to grow autos:
https://www.dutch-passion.com/en/news-and-development/autonight-queen-autodiaquiri-lime-autocolorado-cookies-home-grown-cannabis-review/
https://www.autoflower.net/forums/threads/teetee-does-night-queen-daiquiri-lime-and-another-cookie.56120/

Good luck!

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hotshotisdashit said:

I agree with Everything you said except I don't think it's a good idea to top autos. Their life is short lived and any stress could do more harm than good. But you're right I've seen some people do well with topping autos but I'd never risk it.

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StonerCol said:

I think it might be worth doing on a strain a grower knows well. As you say, some really don't like it. Others don't seem to mind at all. They can be finicky buggers!

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