Autoflower Thread & Resource Guide

[Outdoorindica]

Big Devil seed cracked in under 24 hours after putting in a cup of water, its in the soil now. The Fast Bud didnt crack yet, but I put it in the soil anyway, I prefer to start directly in soil anyway, this is the first time I have germinated in just water. I hope they do really well, going out doors with these girls, and feeding them compost tea. I have them in Espoma Organic seed starting mix. After that I plan to mix whatever seed starting soil, in with some pro mix bx, about 1 part starting soil to 3 parts pro mix, the starting soil has dolomite lime in it, which should help control the ph level in the promix. Plus I dont just want to waste the soil I have by letting it sit around. I dont like the soil around here so anything I can replace the soil thats already in the ground with is a plus.

 

[cutman]

Hay guys, I'm kinda new at this auto grow thing and was wondering if anybody has gotten a hermaphrodite from Short Stuff Onyx. Purchased 10 reg. beans and only planted one. The herm. Besides picking off the male flowers, is there anything else I should do?

I would like to know as well, i have some AF Short stuff as well have it planed for a couple grows down the road also. Its Russian rocket fuel, 5 fem...

 

[Jews & Joints]

hi, i only have about 16" of vertical grow space so i was wondering if i should top it or lst it because i have seen with my own eyes the success of both methods on autoflowering plants but i do not know which would keep it shorter

Thanx

 

[NickNasty]

hi, i only have about 16" of vertical grow space so i was wondering if i should top it or lst it because i have seen with my own eyes the success of both methods on autoflowering plants but i do not know which would keep it shorter

Thanx

You can lst basically as low as you can get the plant so that is what I would do plus its less stress. The key is to start early so you dont have to fight the plant to get it to go where you want it to go.

 

[Jeffdogg]

hi, i only have about 16" of vertical grow space so i was wondering if i should top it or lst it because i have seen with my own eyes the success of both methods on autoflowering plants but i do not know which would keep it shorter

Thanx

Theres always the easiest method which would be squeezing and bending the higher tops to even out the canopy. The lst can be done successfully but have you successfully done an lst grow before? I personally wouldn't do either with an AF just cause anything in that sort you will stress the plant which can also hinder its growth therefore making your total yield ALOT less. But thats just my opinion (never said its a good one)

 

[WvMade]

Theres always the easiest method which would be squeezing and bending the higher tops to even out the canopy. The lst can be done successfully but have you successfully done an lst grow before? I personally wouldn't do either with an AF just cause anything in that sort you will stress the plant which can also hinder its growth therefore making your total yield ALOT less. But thats just my opinion (never said its a good one)

not true go to show me what ya got lst and go back a few pages from last check that awsome lsted autoflower

 

[Jeffdogg]

not true go to show me what ya got lst and go back a few pages from last check that awsome lsted autoflower

I dont think you must of read my post mate. Theres a reason I asked if he ever had successful lst grow. LST might be easy but it might not be easy for ppl at first and may in fact damage their plant then they just wasted their money and who is to blame? If he did lst before then right on run with it, but all i was doing was giving another option that might be easier for someone who is just starting.

Maybe in the future you will read posts more carefully and think before you speak. Momma always said that is the best practice anyway..

And if your refering to Reiss' pics theres a reason they look like that. He's a grand master grower. That dude knows his stuff, thats why his plants look awesome. Does a beginner know everything Reiss does? once again think before you speak..

And if he tops it (not sure about autoflowers) but the other plants I topped I would get 2-4 branchs trying to take the main cola spot and they would start shooting straight for the sky instead of branching out. So if height is a problem as I said before the best idea might be to squeeze the tall ones a few inch's under the main cola and bend them over.

 

[WvMade]

well your gonna lst an auto earlier the stems aren't going to be as tough? when plants are young it's prety hard to break them unless you wait until they are more mature before you start lst

Im not downing you in anyway or mean any disrespect but if you do enough research about lst then you should be able to tell when enoughs enough without breaking and shit happens people snap thats how you learn

not trying to start an arguement or make tempers flair and he prolly isn't gonna go Major lst for his first run anyways

So say what you want go ahead and flex your internet muscles

and like you said it's your oppinion and that was mine

 

[Jeffdogg]

well your gonna lst an auto earlier the stems aren't going to be as tough? when plants are young it's prety hard to break them unless you wait until they are more mature before you start lst

Im not downing you in anyway or mean any disrespect but if you do enough research about lst then you should be able to tell when enoughs enough without breaking and shit happens people snap thats how you learn

not trying to start an arguement or make tempers flair and he prolly isn't gonna go Major lst for his first run anyways

So say what you want go ahead and flex your internet muscles

and like you said it's your oppinion and that was mine

Indeed that might be so but if you look up you started by saying "not true" when I reommended the easier way for someone that didn't have alot of growing experience. I didn't start off by saying your post was "not true" or anything else, you went right out to try to disprove me and thats very ignorant on your part which is why I replied the way that I did. So there was no E-flexing as you say, just correcting your stupidity is all

So ya can take that to your little E-gym E-fight starter maybe next time just keep the fool mouth shut will ya?

 

[mastadj19]

right on my man, glad to hear you are approaching lift off.


Just wondering, is ur first package w/ jim still mia?

Sadly I have to answer that with a yes. I was looking forward to the Snowryders I ordered from him. Just confused on how the Attitude got it here in a week but that one is no where to be found.

 

[Jeffdogg]

Sadly I have to answer that with a yes. I was looking forward to the Snowryders I ordered from him. Just confused on how the Attitude got it here in a week but that one is no where to be found.

Cause The Attitude is the greatest

 

[WvMade]

well your right about one thing i said it's not true BUT you said

"wouldn't do either with an AF just cause anything in that sort you will stress the plant which can also hinder its growth therefore making your total yield ALOT less."

if you said i wouldn't do lst because if it snaps your screwed but i just don't see where slight bending causes stress i understand that it can but most of the time it improves yield so unless you start breaking shit i don't see what the problem is

and im not insulted by my stupidity and you can correct it as much as you want it's not gonna change my oppinion on lst with af strains



yea i like attitude also stealth shipping is the bomb the T-shirt was awsome

 

[showhard2handle]

Sadly I have to answer that with a yes. I was looking forward to the Snowryders I ordered from him. Just confused on how the Attitude got it here in a week but that one is no where to be found.

that blows, sad to hear that about jim, but just re-iterates that I will NEVER use anyone other than the tude, the whole tude, and nothin but the tude.

Good luck my man, just finished my cherry grow & enjoyin the fruits of my labors!!

Stay up & good luck

 

[Jews & Joints]

Thank you everyone for the immense help and no i have never done an LST before but everyone has to learn sometime so i think i might try it because even with evening out the canopy i am still worried that they will grow into the lights. As you can see in the pic of my little easy ryder it is only on it's second true leaf set and i think I am going to start the training after about the fourth set, does this sound right? or should i wait until i can see the length between nodes after it grows and make the decision then? I just don't want the plant to be too mature (hard stem) when i decide to begin the training.

Thank you so so so so much for the help everyone i really do appreciate it

 

[`SoA || Asi]

son of a B*^%h
We dont have molasses in NZ
and im near the end of grow should
i just spring water flush it or an other way

 

[nimbin1]

soa, you can prob find molasses at a local stock feed store.i had trouble finding it in oz than i remembered about buying it to feed to cattle on my farm. same stuff just way cheaper. hope this helps.

 

[Jeffdogg]

son of a B*^%h
We dont have molasses in NZ
and im near the end of grow should
i just spring water flush it or an other way

try looking in the baby isle at the store, make sure you get unsulphured if you find any

 

[Outdoorindica]

You can LST autos, I did that with my Diesel ryders and they turned into bushes. It was great, it took some work, I didnt actually tie them down, just worked with them through out the day, everyday, keeping them pulled to the side, and it turned out great, the side branches very quickly decide they are going to be tops too, and after a while they just stay that way. Its very low stress training I would say. Just pull the plant over and keep pulling it over, without snapping it of course, and the side growth will get more light and grow up really nice. As for lowering yield, I dont know, mine are seeded like crazy, which is what I wanted. But it doesnt make sense to me why it would, I guess the same reason when you top something the two tops come out smaller individually than the single top would have been. With one top most of the plants energy is spent on building it up, with multiple ones the plant is trying to build up multiple tops, so the energy is more dispersed through out the plant.

 

[cutman]

when do i introduce pollen to my plants to make seed?

 

[jimsremoval]

yeah how many weeks is that at? im ggrowing autoflowering lowrider original. and i want to know what it should look like about two weeks befor eharvest?

That was a little over 12" and yeilded 30g. she was a nice smoke

here are my latest autoflowers - AK47 x Lowryder2. There are over 2ft and have aboout 2 weeks left -