Autoflowers in week 12 not all flower mature?

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H420247

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Hi,
I currently have 12 plants 4x watermelon zkittlez x wedding cake auto 3x wedding cake x gelato auto, 3x purple lemonade auto & 2 blackberries auto.
I am currently pulling out 850w from the socket using only various LEDs. I am currently using coco and feeding Advanced nutrients sensi grow and bloom with several of there amendments. And I have added bat guano, worm castings and used teas frequently.
This grow has been quite smooth. No deficiency’s, had a minor issue with gnats which I managed to control.
The problem I am having is everything seems like it’s in early flower? These autos spent an awfully long time in veg with no signs of flowers and recently have started flowering. I have trained them and lollipoped them. They seem healthy and strong and now full of bud sites. Does the delay in onset of flowers mean the yield will not be great?
I have grown with HPS and I have just made the transition to LEDs and I’m just unsure. All of my watermelon zkittlez have got some nice dense frosty buds which are decent in size but everything else seems miles behind. They are all now 12weeks old and I’m worried sick that I may be wasting my time with this crop
Thanks for the help guys.
 

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What are your lights on temps like? Anything below around 75f slows autos down. @ 68f this winter I was averaging 7-8 weeks veg with autos. Flowering was fairly normal though.
I've also had Amnesia SuperAutos that went just over 130 days start to finish. That was not temp related, just the strain.
 
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Tiflis said:
What's the actual wattage on that light ?
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I have got 3 koscheal 2000w they are pulling 240 each, a viparspectra600 pulling 95w and a ufo light pulling 130w.
The seed banks I have been using is growers choice and fastbuds? So the genetics is quite stable I have run them before? Do they look healthy? I feel like they are just growing so vigorously but I have never had autos run for this long?
 
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Tiflis said:
Blurple or not, wattage seems fine. I'd say genetics are at play here.
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is that necessarily a bad thing?
I’m just curious as I’m regards to the yield? Does the longer time in veg mean less time flowering?
Is there a way of telling I’m gonna have a crop full of popcorns or nice big juicy flowers?
 
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It also seems like everything I LST and lollipop and prune seems to slow the process right down not in the sense that it stunts it more like redistribute growth but nobody ever talks about this?
This is my last run with autos I think I’m going to go and grab some decent clones and go from there next time
 
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Tiflis

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Its only a bad thing if that is not what you wanted from them. Longer veg time does not mean shorter flowering, it just means that your plant will get bigger while it's vegging and possibly yield more in the end. Again, it all depends on what your expectations are. I have one Fast Buds J.Herer going and feel like its slow for my liking. I like them autos fast. Pistils at 3 weeks are welcome around here
 
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I don’t really mind the wait, I’m just wondering how I’ve managed to make them veg for longer? I’ve looked at all the strains I’m using on grow diaries and nobody has gone this long, saying that I haven’t seen any on there the same size as mine? Do they seem stretched?
 
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