My autoflowers are already budding

I have two autoflowers, still inside and only about 3 - 4 inches tall. They've only been in the ground since about March 1, and they are already budding! What should I do about fertilizing? I'd like them to grow bigger; much bigger in fact. Should I switch off the weak Nitrogen nute I've been giving them and go to a Phosphorous nute? Any chance they will continue to veg even though they are flowering...?

Disappointed in autoflowers again.

Ziffy

bobbinweave said:

I have two autoflowers, still inside and only about 3 - 4 inches tall. They've only been in the ground since about March 1, and they are already budding! What should I do about fertilizing? I'd like them to grow bigger; much bigger in fact. Should I switch off the weak Nitrogen nute I've been giving them and go to a Phosphorous nute? Any chance they will continue to veg even though they are flowering...?

Disappointed in autoflowers again.

Ziffy

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Continue feeding veg nutes till after the initial flowering stretch is compleately done, then feed flower nutes for the next 3 weeks after, should be ready to start water flush after that to allow it to use up stored leaves, or feed till chop, whichever you normally do, they should grow to about double their size still

How old are they... What light/s etc..? Try moving light/s further to encourage stretching.
Gaz

They are only about 35 days old, still in peat pots and sitting in the window. they get bright sunlight during the day, and close to 12 hours of daylight per day.

Your auto"s are gonna flower from 3weeks to where your at, have you NO lights.? If wanting bigger your gony have to put at least sum cfls very close to plants.. Goodluck and happy growing,
Gaz

Sounds like you are disappointed with autoflowers because you do not know how to grow them

Noinch said:

Sounds like you are disappointed with autoflowers because you do not know how to grow them

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You may be very correct, but I don't have the facilities to have a grow room with lights and full apparatus. What I do have is teenage children in the house, and a barely consenting spouse. Every year I'm able to get photoflowers to 5 - 7 feet and autos to 6 - 8". Seems like a no brainer to me...

There's always someone on these forums who prefers to knock down the posting person, rather than offer any helpful suggestions

bobbinweave said:

You may be very correct, but I don't have the facilities to have a grow room with lights and full apparatus. What I do have is teenage children in the house, and a barely consenting spouse. Every year I'm able to get photoflowers to 5 - 7 feet and autos to 6 - 8". Seems like a no brainer to me...

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How do you get photoperiod to 5 to 7 feet with no lights etc.. what to do is just don't grow auto"s, or if you have sum more auto"s why not pop them n stick them outside 'guerrilla-grow' during summer.? Happy growing,
Gaz

I get photo's to 5 -7 feet by popping them in the ground early spring and letting them go. 6 months of outdoor growing is more than sufficient to get them that big. Unfortunately it's been too cold so far this spring. Christ, we got 6 inches of snow couple days ago! But yes, I will get them all outside as soon as possible; auto's and photo's.

bobbinweave said:

You may be very correct, but I don't have the facilities to have a grow room with lights and full apparatus. What I do have is teenage children in the house, and a barely consenting spouse. Every year I'm able to get photoflowers to 5 - 7 feet and autos to 6 - 8". Seems like a no brainer to me...

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bobbinweave said:

There's always someone on these forums who prefers to knock down the posting person, rather than offer any helpful suggestions

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Auto's need a lot of light, they need perfect conditions from day one because if you stunt them as you've experienced they will end up flowering very small and you will get barely anything off them.
If you're not in a climate that has a very sunny spring and summer then outdoor autos definitely won't be for you. In a lot of places you can get two auto grows done in one season, start of spring and then start of summer hell you can even grow them in autumn here however it sounds like they aren't getting nearly enough light when you're planting them or rain is stunting them. I suggest if you want another go at autos plant late spring near the start of summer and watch for a week of straight sunlight so they don't get stunted from over watering when they first sprout.

there you go

bobbinweave said:

I get photo's to 5 -7 feet by popping them in the ground early spring and letting them go. 6 months of outdoor growing is more than sufficient to get them that big. Unfortunately it's been too cold so far this spring. Christ, we got 6 inches of snow couple days ago! But yes, I will get them all outside as soon as possible; auto's and photo's.

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Lol, same weather here, autos only take 3 months from seed to harvest so outdoors if you plant in early May and again in early August you can have pretty good runs and still get 2 harvests per season, Amy earlier and it's too cold to get them to veg grow proper, they don't like to be colder than 50℉ so with such a short life cycle its best to not start them indoors early, more of an either indoor or outdoors kinda thing whereas starting indoors can help get a good jump on your photos

Noinch said:

Auto's need a lot of light, they need perfect conditions from day one because if you stunt them as you've experienced they will end up flowering very small and you will get barely anything off them.
If you're not in a climate that has a very sunny spring and summer then outdoor autos definitely won't be for you. In a lot of places you can get two auto grows done in one season, start of spring and then start of summer hell you can even grow them in autumn here however it sounds like they aren't getting nearly enough light when you're planting them or rain is stunting them. I suggest if you want another go at autos plant late spring near the start of summer and watch for a week of straight sunlight so they don't get stunted from over watering when they first sprout.

there you go

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Thank you!
I actually have two auto seeds left, so I'll give them another go in a month or so.