Ok u understand what I do, I run autos under a full spec led, when they top off and are in full flower I stop the food, switch to bloom base and agent and change the spectrum of my light from full spec to bloom, this greatly enhances your flower and will give your flower structure, if you use a good medium I recommend fox farms ocean forest add pearlite 3 to 1, make shure you use clay pellets or growstones, good drainage is imperative, plant your seed in the pot you intend to grow in, your seedlings will do a rapid little growth spurt and then stop, at this point it will grow relatively slowly topside while it develops it's root system, at this point you should start training your seedlings useing a fan and wind in my opinion this tricks your seedlings into thinking there new environment is windy and if they don't lay down there root systems they will get blown away this is called heavy stress training or hst, I will tell you a trick I take the plastic off a bread tie now you have a nice little wire, make a loop in the wire around your seedlings stem stick other end in dirt this will hold your seedlings in place while you train, if you don't understand I can send you a pic, once your root system develops your plant will go into a growth spurt, your auto depending on strain should start to flower between day 20 and 30, depending on strain your auto should top off and be in full flower between day 45 and 60, at this time you know what I do, autoflower plants are easy to burn so I only feed base this is controversial and not advice, but with good medium and the fact that all i want is my auto to top and be in full flower this is what I do, the magic happens after I switch my plant to bloom, the pic I uploaded is northern lights at day 40, in full flower and about to top off, note size of plant, note health of plant, no burn, no fade, no spots, no mold, no eagle clawing no nothing but a very healthy plant with multiple bud site's ready to rock, ps you can buy a timer at home depo for 5 bucks, I give my autos a bit more rest I run them 16 on 8 off more controversy but it works for me, now you should have a rudimentary idea of an autoflowers mo, although if you want to feed food fine, you want to run yours 18 on 6 off fine, you want to complete your grow under just full spec fine, I'm trying to give you a general idea and what works fine for me and my methods and my lights may not give you the same results, my best advice is don't cut corners it takes awhile to get the hang of it but it's a blast, if you want help I will try and walk you through it, SNOLEPERD
