Big Newbie: Can you help me find the right strain?

[WhatWouldBobDo]

Only one way to find out

Thanks mate

 

[Wastei]

So after reading and doing a ton of thinking and taking the advice mentioned here, I think I’ve narrowed it down to:

Blue Dream Autoflower
Zkitllez (probably the Autoflower version, although the CBD version looks interesting)

Also on the short list, perhaps after I try those two, would be:
Cali OG
Harlequin

Sound reasonable?

What's the reasoning to choose autos instead of photo period plants starting out?

Cheers and all the best of luck!

 

[WhatWouldBobDo]

What's the reasoning to choose autos instead of photo period plants starting out?

Lack of experience mostly. But I’m also concerned about vertical height from a sativa.

I grew about 20 years ago. Everything was much different back then. LEDs were just hitting the market, and most used MH and HPS combos (with massive heat issues), fans sounded like jet engines, and the genetics I used were less than stellar. The plants I grew all turned very leggy, and I had a challenge learning topping techniques and controlling vertical height. Probably undersized lights didn’t help. But the plants that I did get to finish had some stellar resinous bud.

I know that I don’t need a high yield, or high THC content.

So, I wanted to start off with an autoflower, at least to get things going and dialed in. The yield off one plant, even an auto, should be more than I need for some time. Pop a seed, toss it in 20 hour light cab and good to go (mostly).

I was actually thinking of running one single autoflower start to finish to dial everything in. Once done, I’d start another autoflower, and halfway through start a photo fem, that way the auto should finish around the time I flip from 18/6 to 12/12. And should result in about 3 different strains to try out over a 6 month period, if all goes according to plan.

 

[Wastei]

Lack of experience mostly. But I’m also concerned about vertical height from a sativa.

I grew about 20 years ago. Everything was much different back then. LEDs were just hitting the market, and most used MH and HPS combos (with massive heat issues), fans sounded like jet engines, and the genetics I used were less than stellar. The plants I grew all turned very leggy, and I had a challenge learning topping techniques and controlling vertical height. Probably undersized lights didn’t help. But the plants that I did get to finish had some stellar resinous bud.

I know that I don’t need a high yield, or high THC content.

So, I wanted to start off with an autoflower, at least to get things going and dialed in. The yield off one plant, even an auto, should be more than I need for some time. Pop a seed, toss it in 20 hour light cab and good to go (mostly).

I was actually thinking of running one single autoflower start to finish to dial everything in. Once done, I’d start another autoflower, and halfway through start a photo fem, that way the auto should finish around the time I flip from 18/6 to 12/12. And should result in about 3 different strains to try out over a 6 month period, if all goes according to plan.

If you want to save some time and money you can always run photo period plants with 12/12 from start to finish to keep plant size down and finish as fast as an auto.

 

[WhatWouldBobDo]

If you want to save some time and money you can always run photo period plants with 12/12 from start to finish to keep plant size down and finish as fast as an auto.

I hadn’t considered that.

What would be the advanatage of running a fem photo at 12/12 from the start over running an auto on 18/6 or 24/0 from the start?

 

[Wastei]

I hadn’t considered that.

What would be the advanatage of running a fem photo at 12/12 from the start over running an auto on 18/6 or 24/0 from the start?

The obvious one is electrical cost, the other ones are you will find a more stable genetic pool in photo seeds and you can find something you could possibly keep for the future.

 

[WhatWouldBobDo]

The obvious one is electrical cost, the other ones are you will find a more stable genetic pool in photo seeds and you can find something you could possibly keep for the future.

Hmm . . . that gives me alot to think about. I’ll have to read up on yields and quality of product grown on 24/0 with autos vs 12/12 from the start with photos, among other things.

I was also trying to find a seed vendor that had all of the things I was looking for, to make ordering simpler. If I don’t stick only with autos of some strains and photos of others, I should be able to broaden my seed bank search.

thanks so much for the ideas!