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saubees49

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yeah my next experiment is probably gonna be metal halide to veg and hps to flower. i started them in plastic dixy cups and transplated into 5 gal pots after about 2 weeks so i know my pots are big enough. whats the most youve yielded off an auto?
 
blimey

blimey

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Actually, I think the most important thing for autos is starting in your final pot, then pot size. Sounds good, I would do mh then hps but I start seedlings under the same 400 with extra cfls for them.

@dirtysouth420: I'm not sure, you need to ask a hydro person.
 
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saubees49

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yeah i kinda jumped the gun a lil. shoulda done more research on autos but the transpant didnt seem to affect them much. do you have any suggestions on a good soil mix? id like to try guano bc everyone i know swears by it. i also jumped the gun on the soil im using. Miracle grow moisture control .21 .7 .14...seems ok but ive read alot of bad stuff about MG
 
blimey

blimey

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I'd go way light on nutes then and only add really add nutes if they look deficient. If your talking about mixing your own soil a lot of people swear by subcool's recipe in the organics section. I'm going to be trying my own mix soon with organic dry fertilizers you can buy at home depot.
If your just talking about soil to grow in get roots organic potting soil if you can or fox farms ocean forest is more widely available.
 
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saubees49

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yeah i found out the hard way with the nutes but luckily on a bagseed plant. i used the recommended dosage and the leaves curled way up started rolling and turned yellow. i removed the top few inches of soiland replaced it and flushed her with the next watering and she perked back up so ever since ive been takin it easy on them. Fox farm ocean forest is what i was planning on but i just wanted to get someone elses thoughts on it. Do u know if i can mix guano with that?
 
blimey

blimey

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You can... I wouldn't... I just switched to roots from ocean forest. Ffof is pretty good when used with the fox farms trio of nutes (grow big, big bloom, tiger bloom). I would add 2 tbs of dolomite lime per gallon though. It helps to buffer the ph because the peat gets acidic as time goes on.
 
crazyhazey

crazyhazey

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im also on this quest for info on the best auto, ive found deimos is a great yielder as well as white and red dwarf are potent, but they seem to come out a bit shorter.
the best yielders ive found to be shorts stuffs oynx, mi5, blue himalaya diesel and anything else with that stretch of a sativa. also low life as well as joint doctors ak are said to be good but i can only find fems at the moment, im only trying to grow the autos that will grow up to 2 to 3 ft outdoors in 5 gallon pots.

i also am not settling for these companies that only offer auto fems, i want to breed them as soon as i can further improve the potency through backcrossing with same strain parents or new strains if i want to expand its gene pool.

what i have not seen yet is a headband or and og auto, i think cali connection's missing a good advantage but the auto family wont be recognized until the potency and yield is significant, i want to be able to make an auto that will grow faster than its photo parent on 12/12 from seed to have proof the advantage of 24/0 or 18/6 light time in opposed to having a veg cycle, or a prolonged one that requires a change of light to flower.

i would also include the iranian auto flower, but its true just a short season rather than an auto. this could be a desired trait so we could clone strains while allowing them to flower at a slightly lower time than veg.
 
blimey

blimey

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What is the advantage of having to run your lights longer?
And I think an og auto would be pointless because you can't do much training to get a decent yield.
 
troutie

troutie

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the point for me is that i grow in a cold enviroment and rely on the lamp heat for 23 hours a day ... but other good reasons for auto growing with longer light shedules are .. you can start or introduce plants into a single grow area at any time so you can harvest every 30 days if you want..(shorter if required) autos tend to be smaller so space is not so much of a problem and you don't have to have separate grow areas for veg/bloom... and the list goes on and on ...its horses for courses... if it dont suit ya ... dont do it ... if it does happy day's!..

oh and on another note ... everyone who's had a toke with me has loved the smoke ... not one has ever guessed its an auto ... in fact a few have said its the tasty bit they've had for years (that could also be down to being soil grown which makes a massive difference with quality) its all gravy my friends
 
blimey

blimey

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Besides the heat which is easily remedied you can do all of that with 12/12.
The advantage of autos is you can get multiple harvests outdoors and they are more resistant to environmental factors than most photo period plants.
 
troutie

troutie

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blimey said:
Besides the heat which is easily remedied you can do all of that with 12/12.
The advantage of autos is you can get multiple harvests outdoors and they are more resistant to environmental factors than most photo period plants.
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i did say the point for me was .... heat ... and stagarded harvests ... so yeah what i said
 
crazyhazey

crazyhazey

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blimey said:
What is the advantage of having to run your lights longer?
And I think an og auto would be pointless because you can't do much training to get a decent yield.
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more photosynthesis = more light production, much like 18/6 is more rapid than 24/0. and og and headband autos would be great if the auto parents genetics werent noticeable in the pheno. and breeding could help yield of an og strain, just need a good cross.
 
crazyhazey

crazyhazey

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troutie said:
the point for me is that i grow in a cold enviroment and rely on the lamp heat for 23 hours a day ... but other good reasons for auto growing with longer light shedules are .. you can start or introduce plants into a single grow area at any time so you can harvest every 30 days if you want..(shorter if required) autos tend to be smaller so space is not so much of a problem and you don't have to have separate grow areas for veg/bloom... and the list goes on and on ...its horses for courses... if it dont suit ya ... dont do it ... if it does happy day's!..

oh and on another note ... everyone who's had a toke with me has loved the smoke ... not one has ever guessed its an auto ... in fact a few have said its the tasty bit they've had for years (that could also be down to being soil grown which makes a massive difference with quality) its all gravy my friends
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and if you were growing organic, all my friends say the same when i bring my "colorado" bud home :lol:
 
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Bonzo Mendoza

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DSB65 said:
Nirvana short rider....
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Nirvana has so many shills spamming the pot internet about how great Nirvana crap is that, for me, it is hard to believe anything I read about any Nirvana product.

The plants in his photo are from 2009 - unlikely same gnetices now. Nirvana Short Ryder are just Low Ryder ripoffs
 
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