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Dendrophilly

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Grizzly purps from blim burn,
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Emerald triangles lemon haze, should straighten out soon;
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The spanish diesel im a little worried about,
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wil2279

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They are all autos.
I didn't even realize that emerald triangle offered autos. I have their blackberry og photo seeds. I am pretty sure that at some point I am going to do a scrog with photos periods... At least give it a try. I have always wanted to do a scrog and see that screen full of buds. It looks so awesome when it is done right...
I have a few really nice sounding strains to try it with when the time comes.
Cookies Kush
Raspberry Diesel
Cookies Haze
Blackberry OG
Cheese
Ice
Blueberry OG
 

JaGrower

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Here in a few weeks I'll be growing some Mandarin xl autoflowers and was wanting to know if anyone knew how many of those I can grow in a 5x5? I'll be using roots organics original soil and 5 gallon smart pots. I have a 1000w mh/hps air cooled hood with mh for my first 3-4 weeks and hps for when I'm going to flower. Maybe I have that order flipped but I am just hoping to get all the help I can especially since this will be my first grow ever by myself. Thank you in advance to everyone who reaches out!
 

Sofa King Smoooth

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Here in a few weeks I'll be growing some Mandarin xl autoflowers and was wanting to know if anyone knew how many of those I can grow in a 5x5? I'll be using roots organics original soil and 5 gallon smart pots. I have a 1000w mh/hps air cooled hood with mh for my first 3-4 weeks and hps for when I'm going to flower. Maybe I have that order flipped but I am just hoping to get all the help I can especially since this will be my first grow ever by myself. Thank you in advance to everyone who reaches out!

In a 5×5 space, 9 or 16 is what works for me. Veg til roots out the pot, about 3-4 weeks then flip if photo, if auto just let em do their thing.

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9 in 4×4
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9 in 4×4
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16 in 5×5 (3 gal pot but 5 will fit, 9 for 7 gal pot)
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9 in 4×4
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9 in 4×4
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16 in 5×5
 
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JaGrower

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I'm most likely going to start off with 4 of the Mandarin xl auto, I built a lazy Susan for my plants to sit on so I can rotate plants to the front to water and defoliate. the top is about 4 foot 8 inches across so how many plants could I fit on there without suffocating them and still get a good yield?
 

Sofa King Smoooth

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I'm most likely going to start off with 4 of the Mandarin xl auto, I built a lazy Susan for my plants to sit on so I can rotate plants to the front to water and defoliate. the top is about 4 foot 8 inches across so how many plants could I fit on there without suffocating them and still get a good yield?
With a heavy indica hybrid like Northern Soul from seedsman can get 100g dry from each plant with 3 wk veg, 1 wk transition, 8 wk flower. 12 weeks sprout to chop from seed. In a 4×4.

Have only done the 16 in a 5×5 in #3s on a 12/12 cycle from seed with bagseed as a test. Pulled average of 40g per plant dry. Also had the lights dimmed down to 80% output of flowering spectrum: 3 lights × 250watt=750watt of 1200 available.

Have a better idea when the next 16 finish. Running approx 975 watt this go.

Almost forgot, have 4 × 24 watt UV-B run 30min per day at midday since seed.
 

Dendrophilly

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You said its an xl and your going 5 gallon, so I expect larger plants. They should be quite large. I was going to suggest 9 plants but think they will get bigger than regular non-XL auto flowering strains. Also from my experience HID lights can have plants larger with greater node spacing. If you think your not going to do your plants justice and they will not fill out to be as large as I think they will, then you'd be better off running more to keep your space filled out. Also it sounds like you have a single light source so maybe you dont want all your plants hugging the walls of your tent with one in the middle.
 

Dendrophilly

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I just googled your strain and the first thing that pops up makes it look like you could fit a lot more plants than I expected. They look really short, quick and fat. Maybe do some research and get info from people who have direct experience with what you will be working with @JaGrower

Head over to the auto flower . net sweet seeds sub forum, or use google to find some grow journals.
 

wil2279

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I don't have any personal experience growing the Mandarin XL But it is a strain that Mr. Canuck has grown on his Youtube channel. If you are going to LST them I would think you could at least do 9 it a 5x5 Possibly as many as 13-16. But if it were me, I'd just go with 9 for now and see what you end up with. I am pretty sure to get max yield, most people would cram the tent full in a sea of green style grow but if you give your plants a little more room i personally believe that you might get slightly less but also I believe you will get more from each plant because the sides and lower canopy will be getting more light. you never see a monster yielding auto being grown in a crowded tent. They are always in a tent that looks like they could have grown twice as many plants as they did grow.
 
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