Blaze & Daze
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Laughing Grass
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I've never really understood the appeal of autos. Having a plant tell me when it's time to flower. My young plants always look ugly due to neglect and mistreatment, and need some time to recover before flower.
TCH
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Speed is nice. That's the biggest thing I can see. That said, while I do believe they aren't easier, I do think they take some of the thinking out of the process with light schedule and timing crops and stuff. Plus it's fun to just toss a rando in an open space.
shnkrmn
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Beast mode. Nobody does it like this guy. https://www.facebook.com/reel/2110304399310780?mibextid=QcKNKE
Agree. They were free, so I am willing to be curious rather than dubious, haha. Although I usually get to the neglect phase in flower, haha
I always see people cutting their autos early because they're supposed to be fast.
I'm not expecting them to have a shorter flower time after stretch than a photo.
StareCase
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Can you VEG for 8 - 10 weeks for some really large ladies? Or is that a little too long?
TCH
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You can veg for 6 months if you want. I kept one for 9 months before flipping it to flower due to time and space restraints. Then that bitch ended up being a male!!! Hahaha
I did 8 weeks last run with blue mystic. She was just shy of a pound on her own.
RetiredToker76
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How many brain cells does it kill to switch a timer from 18-6 to 12-12? I mean I get there are noobs who have a sad plant, a week after germing, with 2 leaves asking if they should flower yet, but if they're THAT kind of noob I just point them at a Cervantes book and tell them to get out of my hair.
It's adjusting a single dial on a rotary timer or few buttons on a digital. We're not exactly programming a light switch rave on a DMX controller system. THAT would be lighting that requires thought.
Reminds me of the distillation grow job, they asked me if I could 'handle' a certain brand of industrial lighting timer. I replied. "Never heard of it, but I programmed a 256 channel DMX board running stage lights for 2 years. I'm going out on limb and guessing that timing a light show to snycronize with a live band over 2 hours is a bit more fidgity than switching a timer from 18 hours on to 12."
laddyd
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I have grown a few autos. Haze, Fast critical and Death star were ok. Cream, Back to the future II and OG cheese were a waste of grow space.
As the pundits have noted and I would concur, start them in the pot they will finish in. Loose loamy soil. They would probably do better in coco or hydro. I actually had the best luck in miracle grow. If you get one that starts flowering at 2 weeks old you're fucked.
As the pundits have noted and I would concur, start them in the pot they will finish in. Loose loamy soil. They would probably do better in coco or hydro. I actually had the best luck in miracle grow. If you get one that starts flowering at 2 weeks old you're fucked.
StareCase
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Until that first big gust of wind comes along ...
I dunno, some of those huge outdoor plants look like they can handle a bit of wind. Or did you mean the wind would bring everyone over begging for buds?
DarkWeb
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TCH
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When you cherry pick, yes. But if you take the whole sentence that I specifically wrote out to hopefully avoid the stock response of "18-6 to 12-12 iSn'T thaT HarD!!!" There are a number of things that cause stress over arrow, light schedule is just one of them.
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shnkrmn
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I always water seedlings in small pots from the bottom. The medium takes up what it wants and never gets too wet. I drain off standing water of course.I start everything in small cups. Less chance to overwater, and they seem to root faster...