Would you recommend autoflower seeds?

Crazytrain420

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Now I know auto flower plants are not known for massive yields or potency (just from quite a few Google searches) and my own experince I just recently grew 3 plants I'm curing the buds now but it was a terrible yield didn't get much out of em. But my real question is have you guys ever tried an autoflower and what were your results? Do they have potential under optimal conditions? I grew mine on a windowsill... I know but no £'s atm thanks
 

ebcrew

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Yeah i love autos. Im on an autoflower kick right now. Ive never had a terrible auto so far.

Ive grown Special kush #1, dark devil, PDXA, northern light auto, and another 1 or 2 i can recall right now.

Average yield was about 40g. I got 90g+ off one of the northern lights. Another one of the northerns had pretty bad bud, but a nice yield, that was on me though. Had a pH lockout of calcium.

Im pretty sure your bad experience was due to your windowsill grow.
 

justugh

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Now I know auto flower plants are not known for massive yields or potency (just from quite a few Google searches) and my own experince I just recently grew 3 plants I'm curing the buds now but it was a terrible yield didn't get much out of em. But my real question is have you guys ever tried an autoflower and what were your results? Do they have potential under optimal conditions? I grew mine on a windowsill... I know but no £'s atm thanks
autos are great .........the stories u heard are about the autos in the 1990s......new autos rock as for amount i get 4-8 oz off my autos (not Co2 enriching yet ) i got 26 oz on a hydro off a auto

yes when i open a shop i plan to use autos only .......i can keep them all in the same area under a 20/4 timing .....it reduces over head so much only counter is each plant is a seed ......so i have to breed my own at some point ........done right the plant is 90 bucks per 1000w now if u sell 1 oz for 300 u are already in profit for 2 more runs and some beer

i currently only do 3 plants a month putting out little over/under a lb depends on the strains i run
 

MonkeyGrinder

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Under an optimal environment yeah they would do just fine. Small plants and little veg time. You can pack quite a few in limited space indoors. One thing that a lot of people do overlook is that light leaks will do jack to autos during flowering. Like lets say if you didn't have the cash to get yourself a tent together or build a banging grow room. Just drop the $ on a HPS. SOG a bunch of Autos. Toss them in a spare bedroom or bathroom or whatever. As long as someone doesn't kill their plants via grower error then one successful SOG run under a 600 watter could easily produce enough product to supply the grower with his own smoke + enough to start investing into a more optimal setup.
 

abe supercro

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autos are great .........the stories u heard are about the autos in the 1990s......new autos rock as for amount i get 4-8 oz off my autos (not Co2 enriching yet ) i got 26 oz on a hydro off a auto

yes when i open a shop i plan to use autos only .......i can keep them all in the same area under a 20/4 timing .....it reduces over head so much only counter is each plant is a seed ......so i have to breed my own at some point ........done right the plant is 90 bucks per 1000w now if u sell 1 oz for 300 u are already in profit for 2 more runs and some beer

i currently only do 3 plants a month putting out little over/under a lb depends on the strains i run
Amish please explain this strategy better. I'm afraid you may be into something and I don't want to miss out.
 

thewanderer718

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Auto's are great for me because i have to do stealth grows, i have 3 in a cab now and the bud's are loaded on my wild thailand ryder.
 

justugh

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Amish please explain this strategy better. I'm afraid you may be into something and I don't want to miss out.
ok it is fairly simple ....if i can come up with it

with timing on 20/4 in flower 30 days is really 50 days in photos (12/12) .........now the fact that i can keep all the plants in the same area (they light both lights blue and red for whole grow just shorter distances between nodes i have notice

ok most autos are 70 to 110days (maximum 110days ) .....photo plants u need atleast 4-6 weeks of veggie then 2 times as long as u vegged in flowering (minimal 90 days 110) and that is a small photo

ok the money breakdown
cost of the seed...9 to 15 bucks per plant
cost of the soil .....15 to 20 bucks per plant
cost of the feed.....2.50 to 3 bucks (my feeds) per plant 40 for go box kit (12-14 plants) and fox farms powders 70 bucks (30-50 plants)plus other stackers i try out
cost of the power at 0.11 kw 20 hour on a 1000w 2.20 a day ( now u can divide that by 4 plants for a 5x5 area) 55 cents a day 73 days would be 42.9 bucks 100 days 55 bucks
cost of extra power .....depends on your room and u divide that by the number of plants
cost of propane 60 bucks for the tank but refills are 20 buck exchange .....my area tank should be 47 days (this is my next step ) ...but again this is whole room so divide by number of plants


now the yield is up to your skills i can max out the smaller strains u know 4 oz larger ones i gotten up to 10 oz in soil normally do 7-8

my method of keeping everything even and fair
3 times the cost of the plant is my price (when i have a shop it will be about same price with taxes)
1 times to recover what spent
2 times to double up for next grow
3 times for my time effort and chance of doing life (currently not 100% legal just defense in court if can prove have medical need )
so i charge 3 times what it cost to grow and round the number off for 20 bills


hydro is cheaper it about 70 bucks due to the fact u can use water .........amounts are higher too
 
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torontoke

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26 and 40 ozs off of autos???
Im thinking you guys are getting ounces and grams mixed up.
Theres no way.
Ive seen 10 foot outdoor photo trees that didnt produce that.

Autos are ok for tide u over smoke while waiting for your real plants to finish but i dont think id even want 40ozs of it personally.

To each their own and all that.
 

justugh

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26 and 40 ozs off of autos???
Im thinking you guys are getting ounces and grams mixed up.
Theres no way.
Ive seen 10 foot outdoor photo trees that didnt produce that.

Autos are ok for tide u over smoke while waiting for your real plants to finish but i dont think id even want 40ozs of it personally.

To each their own and all that.
well i was smart enough to keep it on it here.......proof
https://www.rollitup.org/t/call-it-hydro-exp-gone-mad-imput-wellcome-autoflowering-strain-gone-nutz.764237/

1 plant 110 days 4x4x6 tent filled
 

justugh

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i messed up on that plant and gave it way to much food ...........ppm in the 3000 range

i will not do hydro again unless i have a bigger room and a auto pher system set up
 

torontoke

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Well considering that most breeders bullshit their numbers on plant strain yield estimates and the highest yielding auto ive seen advertised was think different at 125 grams, my hats off to you @justugh that was a monster.:clap:
Ive ran a few autos here and there and been nothing but disappointed.
 

justugh

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Well considering that most breeders bullshit their numbers on plant strain yield estimates and the highest yielding auto ive seen advertised was think different at 125 grams, my hats off to you @justugh that was a monster.:clap:
Ive ran a few autos here and there and been nothing but disappointed.
want some help

i can tell u some good strains and tricks i know to get the best out of them .....if i can do it anyone can i showed my buddy zulu he was doing 4 oz by his 2nd grow
did auto yumbolt last month did 176 grams off a plant rated for 40 grams
 

taGyo

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want some help

i can tell u some good strains and tricks i know to get the best out of them .....if i can do it anyone can i showed my buddy zulu he was doing 4 oz by his 2nd grow
did auto yumbolt last month did 176 grams off a plant rated for 40 grams
How?
 

taGyo

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THC content is taken at a lab under super optimal conditions, I use it as a very vague guider. I more go on what I read and see in the forums then what the breeder says lol.
 
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