Will my buds get any fatter? If so, how much longer until they're done flowering?

Thundercat said:

Big question here that I don't think any one asked or atleast I didn't see it. What light schedule is this plant on. As an autoflower plant I personally would have it getting atleast 18 hours of light. Its going to flower either way. I watched a auto scrog a guy did that was awesome, and he ran 20 hours of light all the way till harvest. He also had great yields. I've only ran a couple autos and they were grown in solo cups for a contest on here. They grew well under 18/6 light and matured nicely.

I think the other thing here, is the 65 days that you were told I think was still flower time even though it was an auto. I don't put much weight in the various harvest estimates, I just watch the plants. I'm guessing that if you counted the 65 days from about when it began to show pistils that you will have a nicely matured and frosty plant.

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Thundercat said:

Big question here that I don't think any one asked or atleast I didn't see it. What light schedule is this plant on. As an autoflower plant I personally would have it getting atleast 18 hours of light. Its going to flower either way. I watched a auto scrog a guy did that was awesome, and he ran 20 hours of light all the way till harvest. He also had great yields. I've only ran a couple autos and they were grown in solo cups for a contest on here. They grew well under 18/6 light and matured nicely.

I think the other thing here, is the 65 days that you were told I think was still flower time even though it was an auto. I don't put much weight in the various harvest estimates, I just watch the plants. I'm guessing that if you counted the 65 days from about when it began to show pistils that you will have a nicely matured and frosty plant.

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Thundercat said:

Thats half your problem right there. If this is an auto flower plant here are 2 basic things you need to know and should have already honestly.

1. You CAN NOT clone an auto flower plant.
2. Auto flower plants will flower no matter what the lights are on, so giving them more light allows them to grow more!

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Wilksey said:

Those pistils are still thick and white, and the calyxes don't look all fat and bloated yet, so they will definitely get bigger and gain weight. I'd say 3 to 4 weeks at least, but I've never grown that strain.

Check out some grow logs and note how the flowers start off as a bunch of white pistils, then as the bud develops, those white pistils start to go from looking like little white strings, to thin whispy white hair lookin' things, and then to receded brown / red "hairs". As soon as you see most of the pistils start turning brown / red, you'll know they're getting close to being done.

Regardless, your plants look very nice, and I'll bet they deliver some great smoke. Luck to you and your harvest.

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Thundercat said:

I believe those clones will either just die or form roots and immediately start to flower a tiny little nug.

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rcat said:

I would suspect they will begin to flower slowly and small then. I havn't done this, so I'm not certain exactly how it will go. Since the plant is on 12/12 light I suppose we can't even say for sure that it truely has the auto flower genetics. Its completely possible you got a freak plant or a mixed up seed that isn't truely an auto. In which case your clones should do just fine, and grow up nicely for you .

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Thundercat said:

Seems like you've been learning alot, and doing a good job .

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Thundercat said:

2. Auto flower plants will flower no matter what the lights are on, so giving them more light allows them to grow more!

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