Growing Autos at 12/12

CptTripps

CptTripps

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Hey gang. I've been working on a perpetual grow with Autos for 3 months now. Planting 2 pots every 3 weeks or so. I've got 10 plants in the tent right now.

I JUST learned from the seedbank that 3 of the plants I have in there right now weren't autos, and were misrepresented on their site as such. I sent them an email last week asking, because after 4 weeks in the tent, they haven't started flowering yet. They apologized for the mistake, and that's all well and good, but I've got 3 photos and 5 autos in my tent right now. Rather than chop them down, is it possible to grow autos at 12/12? I'm assuming yield won't be as much, but if I flip the lights now, I can keep these three plants that have gotten quite large, while I've been waiting for them to flower.

Thanks for the help. I'm pretty upset, but mistakes happen...
 
Jelimafish

Jelimafish

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Oof, that is a crappy mistake but at least you are handling it well. You can grow autos at 12/12 so flipping now should have them all finishing roughly at the same time. Good Luck!
 
CptTripps

CptTripps

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I've got 2 Bruce Banners at 5wks
2 at 3 weeks
2 White Widow Autos at 2 weeks
2 Blueberry at 2 weeks.

So if I flip now, the girls at 3, and 2 weeks of veg will likely suffer the most.

I'm working on a way that I may be able to get an old tent up and running and put them in there at 12/12 so I don't mess up the other autos I have going right now. So this may not be a lost cause. I'll just have 3 Bruce Banners in a 3X3 in flower. I've got a TSW2000 that I'm not using, so I may be able to make this work after all.
 
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BuddingHorticulturist

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CptTripps said:
Hey gang. I've been working on a perpetual grow with Autos for 3 months now. Planting 2 pots every 3 weeks or so. I've got 10 plants in the tent right now.

I JUST learned from the seedbank that 3 of the plants I have in there right now weren't autos, and were misrepresented on their site as such. I sent them an email last week asking, because after 4 weeks in the tent, they haven't started flowering yet. They apologized for the mistake, and that's all well and good, but I've got 3 photos and 5 autos in my tent right now. Rather than chop them down, is it possible to grow autos at 12/12? I'm assuming yield won't be as much, but if I flip the lights now, I can keep these three plants that have gotten quite large, while I've been waiting for them to flower.

Thanks for the help. I'm pretty upset, but mistakes happen...
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Can you top and LST the photo plants til the autos are ready to harvest? Not sure how much space you have.
 
CptTripps

CptTripps

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BuddingHorticulturist said:
Can you top and LST the photo plants til the autos are ready to harvest? Not sure how much space you have.
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4X8 tent with 10 plants in it.

Alright....I think I found a solution.

Used a spare TSW2000 and my 3X3 drying tent as a "flower tent" until these girls finish, and then it can go back to a drying tent. Since these were the plants up next to flower, it'll work out perfectly.

So I can keep my 4X8 humming along with autos, and this 3X3 with 3 photos in flower.

I had a plant drying in the 3X3, but I moved it to cardboard boxes for the time being.

Crisis averted. Sorry gang....I just needed to think that through for a few hours and find a solution.
 
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BuddingHorticulturist

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CptTripps said:
4X8 tent with 10 plants in it.

Alright....I think I found a solution.

Used a spare TSW2000 and my 3X3 drying tent as a "flower tent" until these girls finish, and then it can go back to a drying tent. Since these were the plants up next to flower, it'll work out perfectly.

So I can keep my 4X8 humming along with autos, and this 3X3 with 3 photos in flower.

I had a plant drying in the 3X3, but I moved it to cardboard boxes for the time being.

Crisis averted. Sorry gang....I just needed to think that through for a few hours and find a solution.
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All good man! Glad ya got it figured out!
 
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