Autos; what's the point?

whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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BarnBuster said:
That was/is my problem too as I have to guerilla grow on public land most of which has hunting. There are some swampy areas thst hunters steer clear of that I have wanted to try "swamp tubes" in but haven't yet cause I'm lazy. @whitebb2727 has had some good luck with autos and has tried the swamp tube technique I think.

edit: @thumper60 on tubes too

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=128065
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Yea. Swamp tubes work. So does floating rings with rocks for a floating hydro type thing.

Autos are great. I put them out in spring and they are done way before fall hunting season.

Autos hit 20+% thc now. They will get you high.

For autos the best in the business is mephisto gentics. Dinafem has some great sativa dominant autos. Buddha, not bigh Buddha has some good autos.
 
smokegreenshlt

smokegreenshlt

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whitebb2727 said:
Yea. Swamp tubes work. So does floating rings with rocks for a floating hydro type thing.

Autos are great. I put them out in spring and they are done way before fall hunting season.

Autos hit 20+% thc now. They will get you high.

For autos the best in the business is mephisto gentics. Dinafem has some great sativa dominant autos. Buddha, not bigh Buddha has some good autos.
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Ahhhhh that's what mephisto is...I thought they were rich people hiking boots
 
jerryb73

jerryb73

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Jimmyjonestoo said:
Do you start them first and transplant or what's your process? Always heard autos dont do well with transplanting but I have a few freebies laying around i was thinking of trying out.
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He would be the one to ask, I’ve ran them a couple times with zero success. I’ve tried transplanting, start to finish in same pot, different light schedules. Nothing worked for me. I do decent with photos considering my setup, but autos are a pain in my ass.. the last ones I did in a 3gal pot, after 2months they were seedling size still, trashed them. Hopefully you have better luck than me. I still have a few. Want them? Lol
 
Jimmyjonestoo

Jimmyjonestoo

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jerryb73 said:
He would be the one to ask, I’ve ran them a couple times with zero success. I’ve tried transplanting, start to finish in same pot, different light schedules. Nothing worked for me. I do decent with photos considering my setup, but autos are a pain in my ass.. the last ones I did in a 3gal pot, after 2months they were seedling size still, trashed them. Hopefully you have better luck than me. I still have a few. Want them? Lol
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I got like 3 freebies a while back and never had any interest in using them. Came across em not long ago and figured come spring I'd toss em in the woods somewhere for an early harvest. Only done guerilla a couple times and that was way back when I started.
 
ANC

ANC

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jerryb73 said:
Lol, I didn’t know what a swamp cooler was until this past weekend. I asked my buddy why everyone had ac units on their rooftop.
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They are useless if you have high humidity... They work quite well here, except for the using water thing.
 
BudmanTX

BudmanTX

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jerryb73 said:
probably why I hadn’t heard of them, I live in the humidity capital of the world..
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you do, should try in my area, not bad now, but the summers here....OMG...

i've tried a few auto's and in my area too and they don't work well

never really got the handle on them...
 
jerryb73

jerryb73

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BudmanTX said:
you do, should try in my area, not bad now, but the summers here....OMG...

i've tried a few auto's and in my area too and they don't work well

never really got the handle on them...
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Yeah, I’m sure it’s humid in Tx too. It almost never goes away here, like today..
 
whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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Jimmyjonestoo said:
Do you start them first and transplant or what's your process? Always heard autos dont do well with transplanting but I have a few freebies laying around i was thinking of trying out.
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Some I start direct in holes and some I start in solo cups. If you start them in cups or small pots you want to transplant to ground or final pots within a week to 10 days.

Autos take fine to transplanting. Be careful and don't break the roots.

Those biodegradable starter pots work good.

The key to big autos are big pots or ground and feed them veg formula start to finish. At least run veg nutes until strecth stops.

I've grown 3 footers in 90 days under t5 with dense nugs.

The xxl autos get 5-6 foot easy outdoors. Usually go 100-110 days. Some go a little less.

I would stay away from dwarf and low Ryder variety autos. They tend to be small and weak.
 
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