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Having grown autos perpetually for 20 years, I'm always on the hunt for a new strain or two to change up rotations. Autos have gone through a tranformation in that time. Fastbuds became a fav, then Ethos , Tastebudz, Rocbud, 2020 mendocino, Night Owl, South Bay, and Mendel Bros....to name a...

A good ph meter and a cheap moisture meter may be the cure for your primary issues. With FFOF being a hot medium, overwatering can be a prob especially in larger pots. A moisture meter will aid in knowing "ROOT ZONE" moisture and a good ph meter will assure you're putting the correct type of...

I've had a FB GG in one or two cycles recently, with results that equaled most others I've grown. Wouldn't hesitate to run it again.

You're gonna get a bunch of suggestions/directions with that question. Just buy a moisture meter and you'll be good. Most growers over-water and never realize it from a dumbass finger stick. The medium should be moist to start with and 5 gal will take a while to dry out.

It's fine to top autos if done at the right time. If I top, I top above the 3rd/4th node, just at preflowering...my only purpose is to control the canopy. Since I use several lights in my grow, sometimes I'll let a couple do their natural thang. Even though I'm a 'bonzai' grower, in 3 ltr pots...

I run 12/12 for all my plants so my DLI/PPFD is gonna be diff. I use an app on my phone for dli/ppfd readings...may not be accurate but it does give ya a # to relate to health. With plants in mid flower to late flower, and with multiple lights, I run somewhere between 700-900 ppfd and 0-50...

Since I've grown autos for over 2 decades, I want to be kind but your results were caused by yourself. Appears overwatered or in a hot medium. When I started, I threw some auto seed in a friends winter flower room where they got virtually nothing but 12/12 light, in cheap ass soil and a spray of...

Get your dli/ ppfd lined up according to lighting schedule and you'll grow healthy plants. After I veg 3 weeks, every plant flowers under 12/12 , 50wsq ft, dli at 35-45 according to stage. Very happy with my results. Environment is another primary parameter to keep in mind.

My inkbirds and ac infinity controls kick start adjusting when my grow area reaches 82 or so....and it seems a constant heat, unchecked for a period is worse than intermittent swings. Over the years, I'd say heat and the lack of control of it has been the biggest nemesis to health plants plus...

Being a long time auto grower, I can say the primary issue that will affect an auto is heat. Switching up lighting schedule doesn't usually affect an auto as much as the dli/ppfd ratios for the schedule you're running. Get that right for your schedule and you're good to go....let'er rip tater chip.

A 4" intake fan is connected to a 4" pvc pipe that goes through the floor into a crawlspace. A Conical automotive filter fits at the end. Simple, maintenance free, clean intake air.

Plant something, smoke a joint and you'll figure it all out. Happy growing.

The best purple I've grown was FB Purple Lemonade...blackest was Sweet Seeds Black Cream.

Over the years, I've topped most plants mainly for canopy control in a perpetual grow. I often grow two or 3 of the same strain so I can leave one natural to compare yeilds, etc. I grow in 1 gal pots, so perhaps larger pots would be different, but I seldom see larger yeild on either, only a...

I draw air from a protected crawlspace through a 4 inch duct filtered through a conical automotive air filter like a round f150 filter.

Having grown autos along with photos for almost 2 decades now, I only smoke now to alleviate some medical maladies and so seldom smoke to get 'f'ed' up... just means I 'distribute' quite a bit to others often. Of those who partake my herbs, no one ever mentions much about quality I can apply to...

At one time, I sought 'purples' starting back years ago with joint doctor's purple gem....after finding potencies varying with 'purples' more than 'greens', I began reducing how many purple strains (and what breeder) I grew in perpetual rotations. Feedback from those I gift supports the...

Training is limited to simply topping and little bit of leaf tucking. In the past, I did grow in larger pots but now limit to small 3 ltr airpots for ease of handling. Since I only grow for quality, I'm happy with my yeilds.

Well said....growing perpetually as I have for 20 years, makes me happy that I grew up in a farming community where we never heard of soaking seeds or whatever else some seem to believe it takes. I've popped seeds that were in my possession 7+ years...o problem with my simple method...one that...

Damn, looks like I've been doing it wrong for over 20 years ....but bro-science is confusing and too much handling. I've been planting my seeds in prepared medium and smoking a joint. I don't think I'm gonna give up 99.9% germ. It really is as simple as that.