Everyone With Nirvana Auto Flower Issues Read This!

headshots420

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I've seen a lot of threads about issues with nirvana seeds auto flowering strains. For those of you that don't know or for those of you that are looking for help solving your auto problems. I am posting a Check list or tip sheet if you will provided by NirvanaShop. This comes directly from their website not from me..I too had problems with my bubblelicious auto flowering not autoflowering! They vegged for 7 - 8 weeks until i found this information..My problem was using veg nutes too long....Anyway i hope this helps.

"IMPORTANT NOTICE ON OUT OF STOCK STRAINS:

Time to cut the BS and inform you on what's really going on. There's a lot of nonsense doing the rounds about our decision to put four of our auto-flowering strains out of stock, so here's the truth, straight from the source.

Since introducing our four new auto-strains, reactions were mostly positive. We would like to stress that many of our customers have successfully grown these strains to their full satisfaction, as photos on many online cannabis communities will prove. There was one small batch of faulty Blue Mystic autos sent out, but we replaced seeds for the few customers that were involved. Lately, however, we have been receiving more and more complaints about a failure to flower in these four strains. This is why we have decided to temporarily stop selling them. We are currently doing some major quality testing to ascertain which batch or batches caused these issues. Since a lot of people still reported successful grows, and since testing is done regularly, we do know that not all batches were affected.

For all our customers who've ordered auto-flowerers from us, here's what you should do: First, don't panic! Rumour-mongers most likely have never even ordered from us, and are often not properly informed. Your seeds may very well turn out to have nothing wrong with them whatsoever.

Begin by making very sure that any problems you are experiencing with these strains are not due to grower mistakes! Common mistakes include:

- using nutrients intended for use in the vegetative period. If you're using these, the plant will not get the necessary nutrients to start producing flowers. Solution: switch to flowering nutrients immediately.
- using a 24/0 light cycle. The fact that auto-flowerers are not photo period dependent, like regular cannabis plants are, does not mean that being bathed in light 24/7 is right for them. Many growers make the mistake of thinking plants need to be exposed to light as much as possible to grow bigger, when the dark period is actually when plants use that built-up light energy to develop roots and leaves. (obviously, using a dark period also means far lower electricity bills and heat output). Solution: switch to an 18/6 or even 16/8 light cycle.
- using too high temperatures. Tying in with the issue above - if plants get too hot, flowering may be affected. Slightly lowering the temperatures simulates the ending of the growing season, thus stimulating flowering. Solution: carefully lower those temperatures.


The above should fix issues experienced with seeds from all good batches. If you believe you have received a bad batch, and you've tried the above solutions and still have problems, please contact us through the Help Desk and we will sort things out. If, on the other hand, you've been driven to panic over what someone wrote on a forum, we would urge you to verify that your growing conditions are correct with the help of the list above.

In the meantime, as mentioned above, we will focus on batch testing to find out which batches were affected, and on quality control to make sure this doesn't happen again. As a safety measure, all batches of these autoflowering strains will remain set to "out of stock" until we can be sure that the batches we have are flowering properly. Thank you for reading, and our apologies to all customers who were affected."
 

bSmokey

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i got 5 bubblicious right now that wont flower for shit. they've been in veg for 4 weeks and not the first pistil has came up. i have 3 ak 47 x lowryders that are already well into flowering.. i swapped the photoperiod over to 12/12 two days ago to see if i could force them into it. hope they dont drop balls....

p.s.... nutes are balanced, my temps are low e.g. 76-69, light was 18/6 until friday. :/
 

tingpoon

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i think thats some good advice because no matter what, u still do need a dark period - kinda like when u work out at the gym for like 5 days straight, u wont see muscle definition until u give urself a day of rest for the muscles to rebuild.
and overheating is prob one of the most common issues for newbs, its really important to not burn ur babies.
the dudes at nirvana who wrote this were pretty grumpy, u can tell by the tone of the writing hehehe
 

solosmoke

Active Member
i bought some jock horro aulto but never did alto .i had to put them under 12/12 but they where still all females but some kind of error with the alto part and i have 5 more seeds i dont know if there going to do the same ,but not a alto they sent me ,must been prob with breeders
 

bSmokey

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its a blessing in disguise. longer veg = more weight. so its fine with me. the breeders definitely messed up, but you gotta think an autoflowering plant is going against thousands of years worth of genetics, evolution, and the earths natural flow. so it doesnt really surprise me some arent working.


edit: also, i dont think nutrients have anything to do with them not flowering. if you're using a even balanced nutrient solution it wont make a difference, e.g. 6-4-4. Photoperiod and genetics are whats to blame.
 

mustangmaddi

Active Member
So I have some gorgeous Bubblelicious and Jock Horror plants in their fifth week. They're supposed to be autoflowering but I'm beginning to have my doubts. I'm using an 18/6 light cycle and just switched from a T5 grow light to a 1000 Watt Hg Bloom light. I just also introduced some FoxFarm Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom into the mix. I'm growing in FF soil with worm casings and bat guano (yummy). The temperature goes as high as 84 during the light cycle and gets down to about 68 during the dark cycle. I've got great circulation and I talk to the darn things every day (I'm not using a carbon dioxide tank so my incessant encouragement is all these kids are getting). Any idea when I should start seeing some flowering on these? They look like 15 inch bushes and if I don't get flowers I'm going to be soooooo disappointed.
 

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CHIEF PUFF PUFF

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hey mustangmaddi, I think you should switch to 12/12 light cycle. I had some auto blue mystic seeds and had to change the light cycle to 12/12 to get them to flower.
So I have some gorgeous Bubblelicious and Jock Horror plants in their fifth week. They're supposed to be autoflowering but I'm beginning to have my doubts. I'm using an 18/6 light /cycle and just switched from a T5 grow light to a 1000 Watt Hg Bloom light. I just also introduced some FoxFarm Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom into the mix. I'm growing in FF soil with worm casings and bat guano (yummy). The temperature goes as high as 84 during the light cycle and gets down to about 68 during the dark cycle. I've got great circulation and I talk to the darn things every day (I'm not using a carbon dioxide tank so my incessant encouragement is all these kids are getting). Any idea when I should start seeing some flowering on these? They look like 15 inch bushes and if I don't get flowers I'm going to be soooooo disappointed.
 

mustangmaddi

Active Member
hey mustangmaddi, I think you should switch to 12/12 light cycle. I had some auto blue mystic seeds and had to change the light cycle to 12/12 to get them to flower.
Thanks Chief! I turned the lights off for 24 hours two nights ago and they are on a 12/12 now. How long before you saw any real buds on yours? How tall were they and did you get useable buds from them? Sorry to pick your brain but this is a bit frustrating....
 

CHIEF PUFF PUFF

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Hey mustangmaddi, I think they immediately started flowering. My BMs were over 2 and 3 feet tall. I got about 2 and 1/2 ounces dry weight off them together. I'm starting these 2 blue mystics off 12/12 from seed.
Thanks Chief! I turned the lights off for 24 hours two nights ago and they are on a 12/12 now. How long before you saw any real buds on yours? How tall were they and did you get useable buds from them? Sorry to pick your brain but this is a bit frustrating....
 

Stipulus

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So I have some gorgeous Bubblelicious and Jock Horror plants in their fifth week. They're supposed to be autoflowering but I'm beginning to have my doubts. I'm using an 18/6 light cycle and just switched from a T5 grow light to a 1000 Watt Hg Bloom light. I just also introduced some FoxFarm Big Bloom and Tiger Bloom into the mix. I'm growing in FF soil with worm casings and bat guano (yummy). The temperature goes as high as 84 during the light cycle and gets down to about 68 during the dark cycle. I've got great circulation and I talk to the darn things every day (I'm not using a carbon dioxide tank so my incessant encouragement is all these kids are getting). Any idea when I should start seeing some flowering on these? They look like 15 inch bushes and if I don't get flowers I'm going to be soooooo disappointed.
I have a auto haze 2 and it had put out its-preflowers(female) and waited 2 weeks but nothing happened!!! Had it on 20/4 and it tool up most of my tiny grow space so I put it out at a friends farm....
 
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