Bushmaster run with autoflowering strains

**VTECommie** · 06-04-2012, 06:09 PM

Does anyone use Bushmaster on their autos? I have a decent amount of experience growing, just ordered a bunch of strains from the tude and got 4 autos for free. (La Diva, Afghan Kush Ryder, Flash Babylon, Blue Mammoth) I am growing these out right now while my DP/BK/KK/MK mothers fill out a bit and was wondering if Bushmaster does any good for autos. I grow fully aeroponic and usually use Fox-Farm nutes plus one week of bushmaster and 4-5 of bloombastic. I get great looking buds with a little foxtailing and gobs of trichome production with the Bloombastic so I am going to use that, but I couldn't decide if the Bushmaster would help or harm the autos. Considering they have such a short time to fill out I thought it might not be a good idea. I have no space constraints as I am only growing these 4 plants instead of more and really wanna milk these autos for all they've got. So if you have any experience using Bushmaster on Autoflowering plants please check in.

(I have been using Bushmaster for a long time and don't have cancer. I don't want this to turn into a thread about hating on PGR's. I got enough organic loving friends that give me an earful. I would also prefer people with experience or specific insight, not guesswork.)

Thanks

**VTECommie** · 06-05-2012, 09:52 AM

19/5 lighting schedule...cuz im unique lmao

**VTECommie** · 06-07-2012, 01:46 PM

Nooooooone? The way I see it, bushmaster is a vertical growth inhibitor. I don't know that much about auto-flowers but it seems to me that they don't have very defined veg/flowering periods, which means that much of the vegetative growth actually occurs right around when flowering starts. the BM could hurt yields by limiting this growth and focusing the energy on bud formation. I would think that waiting until the third week of flowering instead of the second and using a light dose of BM would help. Anyone else have any ideas?

Half the questions in this forum are about yields and flowering times, two things that noone will know without growing the seed. Yet for some reason those threads are 5 pages long and this one, which is specific to auto's and somewhat interesting has no responses. Am I missing something? lol

**Rcb** · 06-07-2012, 02:09 PM

i would try to use it week 2-3 of its life. They will veg for a couple weeks before flowers start to crack, if anything use it on 2 of them and not on the other 2 and report results. Ive never tryed BM on autos yet, now you got me interested