Outdoor Autos

Wiggy_21

Active Member
Hi
I've done 2 grows. My first was outdoor Feminised runtz that I had to move indoors mid flower cuz of weather.
Second grow was gelato 41 clones indoors.
I have to get rid of my tent now and want to try organics and autoflowers.
Anyone know bout growing autoflowers in the garden and using slow release nutrients.

Thank you
 

Humanrob

Well-Known Member
Anyone know bout growing autoflowers in the garden and using slow release nutrients.
That's what I do, works great. It's different than photos, some pros, some cons. The good part is how fast they can finish. The bad part is that I have found they are heavily impacted by temps, and if you have a cool spring it can stunt them. I start mine indoors and wait until things warm up and then put them out. I also grow them right in the ground, not in containers.

EDIT: I have grown them in containers, that works too, I've just found that some strains in the ground will really take off and get huge, so I put them all in the ground to give them that chance.
 

xtsho

Well-Known Member
Yes

Don't do it

Use real cannabis nutes not tomato nutes
Cannabis nutes and tomato nutes will both grow plants. Marketing has people thinking that they need these special nutrients to grow cannabis so they slap a fancy label on them and sell them for three to four times the price.

Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium, etc... Cannabis doesn't care what brand it is it just wants it like any other plant. You don't need these so called cannabis specific nutrients to grow killer weed.
 

BobThe420Builder

Well-Known Member
Cannabis nutes and tomato nutes will both grow plants. Marketing has people thinking that they need these special nutrients to grow cannabis so they slap a fancy label on them and sell them for three to four times the price.

Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium, etc... Cannabis doesn't care what brand it is it just wants it like any other plant. You don't need these so called cannabis specific nutrients to grow killer weed.
You need the correct ratios


Sooooooooo

There's that
 

rembrandt100

Well-Known Member
That's what I do, works great. It's different than photos, some pros, some cons. The good part is how fast they can finish. The bad part is that I have found they are heavily impacted by temps, and if you have a cool spring it can stunt them. I start mine indoors and wait until things warm up and then put them out. I also grow them right in the ground, not in containers
I am trying Auto's this year. What I am trying to work out is when to start them inside before they are able to go outside. Usually I start my regular plants the same time I start my tomato plants. Is 4 weeks too early?

Edit: I am at 43 degree lat about the same as Michi-can
 

MICHI-CAN

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I am trying Auto's this year. What I am trying to work out is when to start them inside before they are able to go outside. Usually I start my regular plants the same time I start my tomato plants. Is 4 weeks too early?
My method is end April in MI. And drop the second run 3 weeks later. 1 finish at peak conditions. And one as good if all is decent weather wise. Careful of spring storms. My biggest issue to date.
 

Humanrob

Well-Known Member
I am trying Auto's this year. What I am trying to work out is when to start them inside before they are able to go outside. Usually I start my regular plants the same time I start my tomato plants. Is 4 weeks too early?

Edit: I am at 43 degree lat about the same as Michi-can
I'm at about 45.5º, but I'm on the west coast so it's completely different. Hopefully someone closer to your zone can help you. I'm really lucky to have primarily dry sunny summers. I have to calculate for the wet and windy fall, and be done before it comes. I know the bad weather can start any time after mid-September, so I work backwards from there. I start them indoors mid-May, put them in the ground first week in June, and I'm done in late August while the sun is still relatively high in the sky and the days are still pretty long. Every grow season is somewhat unique. Cool nights can slow them down and make them take longer.
 

rembrandt100

Well-Known Member
Hi
I've done 2 grows. My first was outdoor Feminised runtz that I had to move indoors mid flower cuz of weather.
Second grow was gelato 41 clones indoors.
I have to get rid of my tent now and want to try organics and autoflowers.
Anyone know bout growing autoflowers in the garden and using slow release nutrients.

Thank you

Cannabis nutes and tomato nutes will both grow plants. Marketing has people thinking that they need these special nutrients to grow cannabis so they slap a fancy label on them and sell them for three to four times the price.

Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium, etc... Cannabis doesn't care what brand it is it just wants it like any other plant. You don't need these so called cannabis specific nutrients to grow killer weed.
Op I asked my question not to steal your thread but as it was related to Auto;s outside I thought why not. As far as I see it you are better off trying to match the right fertilizer with the plant you are growing, Last year I used Plant Prod 20-20-20 once per week for all my plants, 1 ground 3 in pots. I am not doing that with the Autos though. I intend to go with this for at least 1 auto that will be in a grow bag in the greenhouse for its entire grow.

Plant-Prod-MJ-Handbook-v.1.2-web-82029.pdf
 

Wiggy_21

Active Member
That's what I do, works great. It's different than photos, some pros, some cons. The good part is how fast they can finish. The bad part is that I have found they are heavily impacted by temps, and if you have a cool spring it can stunt them. I start mine indoors and wait until things warm up and then put them out. I also grow them right in the ground, not in containers.

EDIT: I have grown them in containers, that works too, I've just found that some strains in the ground will really take off and get huge, so I put them all in the ground to give them that chance.
I dont have the layout for ground planting. I'll deffo be growing in pots
 

Wiggy_21

Active Member
Op I asked my question not to steal your thread but as it was related to Auto;s outside I thought why not. As far as I see it you are better off trying to match the right fertilizer with the plant you are growing, Last year I used Plant Prod 20-20-20 once per week for all my plants, 1 ground 3 in pots. I am not doing that with the Autos though. I intend to go with this for at least 1 auto that will be in a grow bag in the greenhouse for its entire grow.

Plant-Prod-MJ-Handbook-v.1.2-web-82029.pdf
That looks like a rly good line of nutes but I cant get them in the UK. Most r bottle nutes.
Anyone in the UK that uses organic slow release? What do u use? What quantities per litre?
 

Wiggy_21

Active Member
Cannabis nutes and tomato nutes will both grow plants. Marketing has people thinking that they need these special nutrients to grow cannabis so they slap a fancy label on them and sell them for three to four times the price.

Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium, etc... Cannabis doesn't care what brand it is it just wants it like any other plant. You don't need these so called cannabis specific nutrients to grow killer weed.
What ratios do u use?
 

MICHI-CAN

Well-Known Member
That looks like a rly good line of nutes but I cant get them in the UK. Most r bottle nutes.
Anyone in the UK that uses organic slow release? What do u use? What quantities per litre?
Look into Gro more Sea Grow. Cheap. Should be labeled organic. And very happy here after years of use on everything. In soil it works. Cheap and just add water. Infinite shelf life.
 

MICHI-CAN

Well-Known Member
Do u just use that one start to finish only? Do u add anything else?
Coast of Maine Stonington blend Lobster kelp dry fert. And I use the general purpose and flower bloom. If you can read your plant? You can really push the Sea Grow.
 
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