Club 600

billcollector99

billcollector99

Well-Known Member
Heads Up said:
Has anyone else heard/read that autos should be flowered on a 20/4 light schedule? It kind of makes sense since autos flower when they are mature enough and it has nothing to do with photoperiod. Why not give them twenty hours of light, seems to me you would get a bigger harvest than a 12/12 schedule. This is response to you Dez and the one or three others who grow autos.

Discuss?
Click to expand...
I have had good results growing autos at 20/4 the 4 hours of dark gives them a little rest time, but they are still getting a decent amount of light as far as duration. They can even be flowered at 24/0 if they are true auto's.
 
billcollector99

billcollector99

Well-Known Member
Ph is 5.9 on those buckets and nutes are synthetic, same nutes that i use Hydroponix - X-Nutrients, I agree they need to be changed to darker buckets, and that the water level is too high. So in your guys ipninion do you think they will rebound if it was the h202 that did thew damage?
 
P

potfarmer297

Active Member
what's up 600, it's been about 70 pages since i last posted on here.............had lots of shit to do....and could not keep up anymore.............so.....I'm helping out some one with a huge as tent and i wanted to know how in the hell do i setup the 8 inch fan and filter combo with the easycool 8 hoods.......the filter is so freakin huge that i dont think can be put inside the ten so i was wondering if there is any other posiible way to set it up...............I've seen a video on youtube in which the guy had the filter outside the tent with the fan attached to it and sucking air from inside the tent but they didn't have the air cooled hood...............so any suggestions????
 
bassman999

bassman999

Well-Known Member
potfarmer297 said:
what's up 600, it's been about 70 pages since i last posted on here.............had lots of shit to do....and could not keep up anymore.............so.....I'm helping out some one with a huge as tent and i wanted to know how in the hell do i setup the 8 inch fan and filter combo with the easycool 8 hoods.......the filter is so freakin huge that i dont think can be put inside the ten so i was wondering if there is any other posiible way to set it up...............I've seen a video on youtube in which the guy had the filter outside the tent with the fan attached to it and sucking air from inside the tent but they didn't have the air cooled hood...............so any suggestions????
Click to expand...
looks like you have 2 choices...1...hang the fi;yer from the roof supports inside the tent...2... put the filter outside the tent and have fan mounted on the filter sucking from the light out through the filter...I have heard this method you lose some power from the fan though. I have never used a filter, so I cant say for sure.
 
jigfresh

jigfresh

Well-Known Member
potfarmer297 said:
what's up 600, it's been about 70 pages since i last posted on here.............had lots of shit to do....and could not keep up anymore.............so.....I'm helping out some one with a huge as tent and i wanted to know how in the hell do i setup the 8 inch fan and filter combo with the easycool 8 hoods.......the filter is so freakin huge that i dont think can be put inside the ten so i was wondering if there is any other posiible way to set it up...............I've seen a video on youtube in which the guy had the filter outside the tent with the fan attached to it and sucking air from inside the tent but they didn't have the air cooled hood...............so any suggestions????
Click to expand...
You could have a duct from inside the tent running out the tent, into a box you build that will hold the filter (outside the tent). The box would have to be airtight, then have a duct leaving the box back into the tent and into the lights, then have the fan pulling everything at the end, and exhaust out the tent again. Make sense?
 
DST

DST

Well-Known Member
It probably won't be as efficient use of the filter, but I guess you could have the fan on top of the filter outside of the tent and then attached to the cooled hood.
So/
< represents airflow

<Fan<Filter<ducting into tent<hood<inside of tent.

Morning everyone.

Peace, DST
 
socaliboy

socaliboy

Well-Known Member
Heads Up said:
Has anyone else heard/read that autos should be flowered on a 20/4 light schedule? It kind of makes sense since autos flower when they are mature enough and it has nothing to do with photoperiod. Why not give them twenty hours of light, seems to me you would get a bigger harvest than a 12/12 schedule. This is response to you Dez and the one or three others who grow autos.

Discuss?
Click to expand...
Considering darkness help bud and crystal production, keeping even a auto flowering strain on a 24/0 light cycle probably wouldn't benefit your yields.
 
DST

DST

Well-Known Member
that's probably true, but HeadsUp said 20/4, not 24/0.....I can't imagine many plants are going to be too happy never having any dark so I agree. I think with the Autos or Ruderallis crossed plants that Northern hemisphere lighting schedule are probably more in tune with their needs.

socaliboy said:
Considering darkness help bud and crystal production, keeping even a auto flowering strain on a 24/0 light cycle probably wouldn't benefit your yields.
Click to expand...
 
Heads Up

Heads Up

Well-Known Member
I would also go with the method DST is suggesting, that way the only thing in your tent is the ducting, the filter and fan are outside of your tent.

I personally don't grow auto flowering plants. I tried them once and I'll stick to regular old seeds, it's just something I seem to recall reading...maybe from Jorge Cervantes?
 
DST

DST

Well-Known Member
From my understanding HeadsUp, they are crossed with ruderallis based genetics, which are not normally as common in the Worlds central belt MJ friendly growing area. So they are use to longer day light hours and shorter dark periods. However I would have thought that they don't need 20/4 lights the whole time. I would imagine as they get maturer that the amount of light can be dropped. But hey, I have never grown them and probably won't so all a bit of gob dribbling on my side.
 
Heads Up

Heads Up

Well-Known Member
Same here DST, I don't see the sense in growing an auto when with another few weeks you could have a big plant. All I was trying to do with the auto subject is share some info I've read with those who do grow autos.

My first batch of guano seems to be coming along nicely, there's a nice foamy head on top of my five gallon bucket.
 
DST

DST

Well-Known Member
Oh aye, a nice foamy head eh!!!! lol.

Autos I am sure have their place in the growing market, I just don't realy understand them either. If you want bud that badly, get feminized seeds and grow a plant 12/12. It's interesting to see how people have jumped on the hype though. Saying that though, I think for growing outdoors in Europe they are ideal. My plants flower far too late and don't get the benefit of nice outdoor sun....well not with the current climate change happenings anyways.

ok guys, siging off, laters DST
 
Hotsause

Hotsause

Well-Known Member
So today Between playing Battlefield 3/ Chopping the Chemo/ and a Doctors appointment in this SHITTY COLORADO SNOW i have to fit some sleep in lol but we shall see im feeling a 48 hour day coming on
 
3eyes

3eyes

Well-Known Member
DST said:
sounds like botrytis. I would worse case make some hash after freezing it, then use the hash to make butter.
Click to expand...
Botrytis it is Sir, i'm not sure if freezing it will kill the spores but it can't do no harm, so hash it then butter it is the way forward as there's no way i could bring myself to throw out over an ounce even if it is fecked :)

Just read an article that says to soak affected buds in gin or vodka to extract the thc and kill the mould, so i'm thinking if i use propan to make oil it could possibly turn out nice again (hopefully)
 
billcollector99

billcollector99

Well-Known Member
I wasnt trying to say anyone was wrong, just posting based on my experience. I have grown Autos on both 20/4 and 24/0 with good results from both. I have also tried growing them on 12/12 and it didnt turn out so well.
 
DST

DST

Well-Known Member
No worries Bill, I just think giving light 24 hours a day just isn't energy efficient. There are a lot of things that can be done, but being efficient for me is fairly important. If a plant gives the same on a lower light regime with less energy used, then that is ideal.

Nice lump of bubble Ithopkins, kind of puts my 6 grams to shame, lol....inferior lump complex coming on, lol.
 
tip top toker

tip top toker

Well-Known Member
DST said:
No worries Bill, I just think giving light 24 hours a day just isn't energy efficient. There are a lot of things that can be done, but being efficient for me is fairly important. If a plant gives the same on a lower light regime with less energy used, then that is ideal.

Nice lump of bubble Ithopkins, kind of puts my 6 grams to shame, lol....inferior lump complex coming on, lol.
Click to expand...
I've vegged in 18/6 and 24/0, price isn't really an issue with my little cfl, but i don't relly notice any real difference between the two. I only go 24/0 if i have some clones to keep warm.
 
whodatnation

whodatnation

Well-Known Member
Heeeeey 6ers :-) Im trimming some soil plants today/last night and getting ready for the final phases of my ak grow :-) this one is going on 10 weeks now... The only thing I can think of that extended the time of the flowering is the training I did in the beginning, otherwise they've been happy as clams )))) < those are smiling calms lol.

Smoking on various types of dank and enjoying the first snow of the season, inside and toasty of course :-) lights are keeping my place quite comfortable. I'll do some updating later on.... Wow its taking me fooooorrrrreeeeevvvvveeeeerrrrr to type.
 
bassman999

bassman999

Well-Known Member
So I guess my Purp Dragon with the bugs went into shock causing deformed re-veg looking buds. looks like shitty ass weed! The other one looks awesone and has over 1/2lb on it maybe.
I just wonder if I can chop off the shitty buds and reveg it and if it will recover for next spring?
Better to chop off branches or just the buds, and should I shorten it?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top