Auto's in Air Pots

THCBrain

THCBrain

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Hi all, for those who have grown autos in air pots could you give me some tips and advice. I'll be doing the Alien x Triangle strain from The Vault. All I know about autos is they don't like being transplanted! What I thought I would do is 1 in a 22L air pot and 1 in a 20L standard pot and see which it prefers...
 
Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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Auto pot's have square pots that sit on the valves to open them airpots are round with loads of holes in for air pruning.

auto pots VVV


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THCBrain

THCBrain

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I think you have miss read what I put autos in air pots.... auto flowering strains in air pots
 
Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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totally sorry man, half asleep/stoned.

on your original point. it really doesn;t matter. a normal photoperiod plant you would pot up at least three times and finally about a week to 10 days before flip to let them develop root structure. with auto's they flower straight away under 18/6 they'll only grow so much root whether you put them in a huge pot or small. airpots are a good way to grow anyway no curling.
 
THCBrain

THCBrain

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Thanks dude ill be running them alien X triangle from the vault I know they're not going to be big plants I just wanted to get the best root structure I have 2 air pots at 22.5 litre and a spare 20 litre normal pot I only have a small flowering room and ill be running my hybrid in a dwc at the same time another question can I do what I would normally do with normal photos as in top and lst?
 
Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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Those are huge pots for autos. how much light are you using?

I personally wouldn't top or LST them as you would normally do both in veg and there is no veg with autos.
 
THCBrain

THCBrain

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I will be using a 600 hps.. so what your saying is just grab a pot drop the bean in a leave it obviously give it nutes and water...
 
Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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That's basically it. you should see plenty return from 3 plants under a 600. you'd definitely be better using 3 DWC's yieldwise
 
THCBrain

THCBrain

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Yeah I thought about the dwc way. I didn't want to put all my eggs in the same basket it's my first attempt at dwc so if it goes tits up I'm screwed...
 
THCBrain

THCBrain

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Oh no man my current grow ends this month apart from drying and curing lol I have my next run set up I'm running the hybrid X northern lights x northern lights but I entered that comp on here so ill be receiving 5 (or I think 5) auto beans for free so just want to get the most I can out of them
 
THCBrain

THCBrain

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You'd never find me at the seedbank checkout with autos in my basket either I prefer to have the opportunity to switch lights and timing schedule. But I see why they'd be a good idea for people just starting out to gain knowledge
 
Don Gin and Ton

Don Gin and Ton

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yeah true that, I think the extra time to end weight ratio is better with normal photo periods is better. You can get normal strains that finish fast these days and put out.
 
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