Nirvana Short Rider?

mfdiamond said:

I ordered 5 fem SR's 4/5 germed, 4/4 sprouted and they are now 9 days old and looking so far so good in 20/4 under my 400w hps in FFOF soil.

Is it necessary to switch to 12/12 for a few weeks cause i've heard of many people doing it with this strain?

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No, it should Auto Flower, my indoor SR grew and flowered just fine under 20 hrs light the entire cycle.

how long did it take to auto?

Well at this point I have had much different luck from different Nirvana Short Riders.

Some Finished 60 days from seed with about 23gs after cure

and some that I now have are taller than me and will prolly have 3 to 4 ounces on each one.

These tall ones are outdoors and almost finished, maybe 2 more weeks.

husalife said:

Well at this point I have had much different luck from different Nirvana Short Riders.

Some Finished 60 days from seed with about 23gs after cure

and some that I now have are taller than me and will prolly have 3 to 4 ounces on each one.

These tall ones are outdoors and almost finished, maybe 2 more weeks.

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That's real good to hear man! I ordered some reg SR seeds yesterday 8/19/2010 and some of those germination kits cause I suck at germinating
I can't wait it's a pc grow with cfls you can check it out in one of my posts (somewhere hehe). But I can't stop worrying when reading threads that say that the sr is actually tall and doesn't autoflower!
Is this really true? Have you grown it and if yes where? and what light?

GaZtehgrower said:

That's real good to hear man! I ordered some reg SR seeds yesterday 8/19/2010 and some of those germination kits cause I suck at germinating
I can't wait it's a pc grow with cfls you can check it out in one of my posts (somewhere hehe). But I can't stop worrying when reading threads that say that the sr is actually tall and doesn't autoflower!
Is this really true? Have you grown it and if yes where? and what light?

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I have grown it both indoor and outdoor. indoor I had it under a 150 watt hps and about 200 watts of cfls.
It did wonderful, fast to flower and packed a punch.

Outdoor this year it has grown to be taller than me with some nice fat dense nugs. I think you will like the strain.\

It just isnt very dependable on auto flowering for most of us.

husalife said:

I have grown it both indoor and outdoor. indoor I had it under a 150 watt hps and about 200 watts of cfls.
It did wonderful, fast to flower and packed a punch.

Outdoor this year it has grown to be taller than me with some nice fat dense nugs. I think you will like the strain.\

It just isnt very dependable on auto flowering for most of us.

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Sounds real good man! Thanks for the reply!!

No prob, all advice is from my personal experiance with short riders. I have finshed 4 and have 3 about to finish. Good Luck with yours.

i can't see the reason, why not to prefer the original top44 http://weedseedshop.com/cannabis-seeds/feminized/Top-44-Feminized.html , or even better the top skunk 44 (sativa dominant!!) http://www.headsite.com/top-skunk-44-feminised-seeds-625-p.asp ???
They are not autoflowering, but they have sorter flowering time! (so your lamp will be turned out for much more hours overall!)

Harvested one of my "Short Riders" Today, just the top cola alone weighed 6 ounces wet. very fat nugs all over. These may not have autoed like they should have but damn they are producing.

hell yea! i ma buy it

I'll harvest soon my SR. Day 66 from seed and still counting. I expected bigger buds but maybe they'll grow in future. I used only MH lamp on them since I have also some regular plants ( Aurora Indica ) with a 18/6 cycle.
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I just got mine! just started a couple seeds. I'm super happy with Herbies so far!

Were they quick to sprout up & how many days did you stay in vegi state before flowering started...you still on 18?? I would think even though they auto flower, cutting light to 12/12 would shorten the flowering cycle. My first time with this strain so wondering what to expect.

Here's my short riders at day 67 - i'm going to chop real soon... Like a couple/few days
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Hello fellow stoners!
Just a quick question.... Started my first grow last week and i have two shortriders that hopefully will autoflower and two aurora indica (not autoflower). Can i grow all four under the same light the whole period? I thinking about the light cycles and that i need to go down to 12/12 for the two aruoras. Is this going to effect my other two autoflower ladies in a bad way, or is it ok? What i understand the it will not effect the shortriders in anyway but i wanna be sure. Sorry for bad english!!!

Edit: Sorry for bump

I'm just now running short of my short ryder (Nirvana) after a year of mellow toking. I had trouble getting the light right--20-4, 12-12, 18-6. 12-12 to finish with about a light oz. from each of two. I must say, after a year in bottle, opening and closing, I up my eval: 8/10. For this year's grow I started with 2 Northern Light and 2 Skunkberry (from PeakSeeds BC), and 2 Jock Horror Fem (from Nirvana). The Skunkberry were both male, as was one of the Northern Lights. The other Northern Lights hermied at about 6 weeks. I had to flip the lights early when the Skunkberry took off, and I hadn't staggered the start times, so my Jock Horrors, much slower than the Skunkberries, only grew to 17in. Dumb mistake. But it's drying, and I'm still figuring an oz from each. And they're sticky and the smell is wonderfully dense.