Auto Grow 250W MH/HPS

Hey all...It's about time I started a journal and also get some posts going in here. This is my third grow. I used a two ft T5 and cfls for my first 2 grows, now I stepped it up to a 250w digital MH/HPS to get a lil more out of my plants. I also have a small grow tent I'm using.

Anyway, I'm about 3 weeks in with a Afghan Kush Ryder, an AK47 Easy Rider, and a frebbie Roadrunner all autoflowering seeds. I used the T-5 for the first week and then changed to the 250w MH and have had that on a 18/6 light cycle for two weeks. I just changed to the HPS a few days ago. BTW I'm using FF Ocean Forest soil and just fed them for the first time today a half strength dose of Age Old Bloom. It's organic and was recommended to me from the guy at the hydro store. I also have Kool Bloom in powder form I might try to use to fatten them up later. Also gonna use molasses a little later on.

I'm looking forward to sharing this grow with everyone..Hopefully I'll make some friends along the way. I love looking at other people's threads so if you are growing anything I'm am, please feel free to share and show me how you're doing. I would love to check it out if I haven't already.

I'll post some pics up tomorrow of the 3 plants. Any other questions or comments let me know. Thanks BigJ

Here's the pics from today..The first two are of the Roadrunner, second two Afghan Ryder, and the last two are the Easy Ryder. I forgot to mention that they are all feminized also, if that wasn't obvious seeing I have only 3 plants.

They're 23 days old and I should be seeing some flowering starting soon on the Easy Ryder and Roadrunner..The Afghan Ryder I'm worried about.. I've read alot of threads about it keep growing and growing. It's pretty big for 3 weeks and bushy as hell. I don't know if I have to initiate 12/12 on it to get it to flower or what. I guess I'll see what happens. If anyone else has any suggestions on what I could do, or has grown it before, I would love some input. Thanks.

I think your plants look great.
Short node spacing, nice green color, they look very healthy. I never tried autoflower strains so I am going to keep an eye on this one.

im doin a tent grow as well. trying to do at least ten female autos under 600 watt mh/hps and a couple cfl for side lighting. does anyone know of a good auto kush that is potent?

Thanks Cruzer for the compliments, Hopefully these autoflowers work out well..If they do I could see myself collectinig pollen and making seeds definitely next time around.

Kushy- I know that the auto ak47 has had some good results. Check out the Attitude seed bank. Great site with a lot of different options and strains.


I still need advice with the Afghan Kush though. Has anyone put this auto strain in 12/12 to get it to flower, or does it just take a lot longer to start flowering? My other 2 plants are starting to get some hairs...

cool this is my first grow. i started out with a 90w led ufo what a pease of junk it started to kill my casey jones clones. thats when i went with 6 24" t5 they shot back up and are doing really good. i have had them under t5's for about 4weeks. this weekend i orderd a 250w hps. to start flowering. cant wate to see what it does. i will post some pics soon

Greg1919a4 said:

cool this is my first grow. i started out with a 90w led ufo what a pease of junk it started to kill my casey jones clones. thats when i went with 6 24" t5 they shot back up and are doing really good. i have had them under t5's for about 4weeks. this weekend i orderd a 250w hps. to start flowering. cant wate to see what it does. i will post some pics soon

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Cool man keep me posted on how you're doin. Do you have a thread going?

Things are going good, the roadrunner has really taken off and the easy rider has too. Both shooting pistils out all over. The afghan still about the same, bushy, no signs of flowering yet. Just fed them again today the age old bloom half strength.. Will post pics prob tomorrow.

Here's the pics for today..the roadrunner really went crazy and stretched out a bit all the lower branches almost as tall as the top, the ak47 still is short and stout but widening up getting all the preflowers exposed to the light, the afghan still is stout and bushy, not much of a change.

Just read a bunch of shit about the Afghan Ryder in a some other forums...seems that there was some packaging error and people werent getting what they were supposed to. Who knows who got what but it sounds like it sure has hurt World of Seeds as a whole though. Guess they've had a lot of complaints.

Anyway, I might just top this thing and try to keep it smaller. Only got about 4 feet to work with at the most and I wasnt planning on fucking around with big plants anyway. Looks like it'll be a good time to mess around with Uncle Ben's topping technique.

hey big raw j thatnks. i am a lady here in chicago an im startin a grow cuz kush here is like 500 an oz my lil bro says. i wanted to go with the kush u got from world of seeds but are they really autos? if not ill go with lowlife auto kush unfeminized and diesel ryder. is the auto ak tasty? i here the diesel ryder is the shit

Big Raw J said:

Here's the pics for today..the roadrunner really went crazy and stretched out a bit all the lower branches almost as tall as the top, the ak47 still is short and stout but widening up getting all the preflowers exposed to the light, the afghan still is stout and bushy, not much of a change.

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looking good i am going to do some lowryder 2 x ak47 on my next grow. i wonder how close it is to your ak? check on your progress later

have u heard of auto kush from lowlife? are they known for good results an good luck on ur current grow. i just ordered the complete tent set up from htgsupply the 48 one. i got a six hundo watter mh/hps. ill use the blue for 3 weeks an the hps for 6 or 7. does that sound good u think?

yeah i think i might stay away from the auto afghan till world of seeds gets it togetha. i think i will go with the auto kush from lowlife or auto akxkush

kushykushkushy said:

hey big raw j thatnks. i am a lady here in chicago an im startin a grow cuz kush here is like 500 an oz my lil bro says. i wanted to go with the kush u got from world of seeds but are they really autos? if not ill go with lowlife auto kush unfeminized and diesel ryder. is the auto ak tasty? i here the diesel ryder is the shit

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Hey girl, yes I think kush is up on the list as far as weed goes. As far as the afghan ryder i got idk what's going on. They def arent like the other 2 autos I have goin now. If you have the time and the space, I've heard they get big and dank, but it wasn't what i wanted. I just wanted 3 smaller autos, shooting for maybe a oz a piece. I havent had the ak im growing now but have heard good things about it as far as quality and yield. I would go for it or the diesel or the blueberry auto. Those look awesome.

kushykushkushy said:

have u heard of auto kush from lowlife? are they known for good results an good luck on ur current grow. i just ordered the complete tent set up from htgsupply the 48 one. i got a six hundo watter mh/hps. ill use the blue for 3 weeks an the hps for 6 or 7. does that sound good u think?

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Thanks for the kind words kushy. I think you could grow qutie a few plants in a tent with a 600 as long as u got good ventilation.

closetkiller said:

looking good i am going to do some lowryder 2 x ak47 on my next grow. i wonder how close it is to your ak? check on your progress later

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Thanks for stopping by. You're grow is looking good too man. I think you got the same seeds as the one I got closet. That's the easy rider ak47xlowrider right? I got mine from the attitude. http://www.cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk/lowryder-seeds/lowryder-easy-ryder-aka-lowryder-2-x-ak47/prod_442.html

Lookin good man! Love the fat sativa leaves!! can't wait to see the buds, I wish I would have got a better auto strain like this with higher trichome levels. The blueberry isn't bad but I wish I would have at least got ak47xblueberry, all these other auto strains look much more resin coated.

diet103 said:

Lookin good man! Love the fat sativa leaves!! can't wait to see the buds, I wish I would have got a better auto strain like this with higher trichome levels. The blueberry isn't bad but I wish I would have at least got ak47xblueberry, all these other auto strains look much more resin coated.

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Thanks for stopping by man. Yeah I'm excited to see what I get. Both of them seem to be getting pretty wide with the lower branches coming up to the light.

I saw that ak47xblueberry today on attitude and really want to try that. Also want to try those diesel ryders. It's funny how we can't wait to finish one thing and already looking for others to grow when we don't even know what we got...at least that's the way I feel.