Autos Outside?

Im on the east coast and every year i have to cut plants early/get mold with how cold and wet it gets later in the season. I plan on trying some autos outdoor this year so they finish sooner. Has anyone tried this or have any experience with this, if so please lmk thanks in advance.

Nobody has ever grown an auto successfully outside.

Yes, autos grow outside
I have seen it happen

They can take a long time to finish depending on nighttime conditions

Grown a few outdoors. They never got much bigger than this though.

Taken week 6 flower. All ended up little 2-2.5 foot dicks sticking out of the ground and yielded about 70-80g, but I only got direct sun for a few hours in the Arvo as there was units and trees blocking morning sun. Could probably far better with more sun.

They don't necessarily finish any quicker. That one above flowered for 11 weeks. Check out my wicked pest eaten leaves lol.

RiddSon said:

Im on the east coast and every year i have to cut plants early/get mold with how cold and wet it gets later in the season. I plan on trying some autos outdoor this year so they finish sooner. Has anyone tried this or have any experience with this, if so please lmk thanks in advance.

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That's what they were bred and cultivated for. Autos have no place indoors in a controlled environment IMO where photoperiod will always be superior.

Wastei said:

That's what they were bred and cultivated for. Autos have no place indoors in a controlled environment IMO where photoperiod will always be superior.

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Sure photos are superior, but there's no reason to make absolute statements like that.
There are plenty of reason one would consider growing autos inside.

1. You have heat problems, can't afford environmental control and running a light at full Intensity creates an issue, so you dim your light and can't reach DLI. Welcome to having an 18-24 hour span to flower, you can now reach DLI with your light dimmed.

2. Your environment is fine, but Your light isn't strong enough, and you can't reach substantial DLI at 12 hours while receiving adequate coverage. Welcome autoflower.

3. You can't guarantee that dark cycle won't be interrupted. Welcome autoflower.

4. You want to run staggered grows in one tent, having a few plants vegging while others flower. Welcome autoflower.

VincenzioVonHook said:

Sure photos are superior, but there's no reason to make absolute statements like that.
There are plenty of reason one would consider growing autos inside.

1. You have heat problems, can't afford environmental control and running a light at full Intensity creates an issue, so you dim your light and can't reach DLI. Welcome to having an 18-24 hour span to flower, you can now reach DLI with your light dimmed.

2. Your environment is fine, but Your light isn't strong enough, and you can't reach substantial DLI at 12 hours while receiving adequate coverage. Welcome autoflower.

3. You can't guarantee that dark cycle won't be interrupted. Welcome autoflower.

4. You want to run staggered grows in one tent, having a few plants vegging while others flower. Welcome autoflower.

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100% Agree. I grow Autos inside frequently.

RiddSon said:

Im on the east coast and every year i have to cut plants early/get mold with how cold and wet it gets later in the season. I plan on trying some autos outdoor this year so they finish sooner. Has anyone tried this or have any experience with this, if so please lmk thanks in advance.

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East coast here too, i grow Autos outside every year. I do it staggered 2-3 at the beginning of the season and about a month or two later ill start 2-3 more.

Drop seeds 3-4 weeks apart indoors prior to spring. 4/20 is my day here. As soon as strong enough and hardened off, move outside. 2-3 finished crops in the span of a photo grow outdoors. Smaller plants for sure. But just water and watch is nice. As well as a new taste mid summer and late summer wondering what the photos will taste like. LOL.

This is the only photo i could find of an Auto AK47 i grew last year. Brought it in because of a bad rain storm. I grew it in a DWC.
Terrible quality photo....

VincenzioVonHook said:

Sure photos are superior, but there's no reason to make absolute statements like that.
There are plenty of reason one would consider growing autos inside.

1. You have heat problems, can't afford environmental control and running a light at full Intensity creates an issue, so you dim your light and can't reach DLI. Welcome to having an 18-24 hour span to flower, you can now reach DLI with your light dimmed.

2. Your environment is fine, but Your light isn't strong enough, and you can't reach substantial DLI at 12 hours while receiving adequate coverage. Welcome autoflower.

3. You can't guarantee that dark cycle won't be interrupted. Welcome autoflower.

4. You want to run staggered grows in one tent, having a few plants vegging while others flower. Welcome autoflower.

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Sure! Whatever floats your boat man. Some just grow for fun, others to perpetually produce proper medicine to function years on end.

I'm not bashing Autos, I've been growing a lot of them but through the years. But I also think it's sad that the genetic pools get more and more tainted with the ruderalis genes because of people growing them mostly because of lack of knowledge and marketing.

Wastei said:

Sure! Whatever floats your boat man. Some just grow for fun, others to perpetually produce proper medicine to function years on end.

I'm not bashing Autos, I've been growing a lot of them but through the years. But I also think it's sad that the genetic pools get more and more tainted with the ruderalis genes because of people growing them mostly because of lack of knowledge and marketing.

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i definitely didn't think you were bashing autos, i just see people claim (a lot) that there is zero reasons to grow an auto inside period. They are quite handy in some scenarios, especially for people with limited lighting and environmental control. I prefer photos myself, and vastly prefer to grow outdoors, but its just not possible for me these days. However, I do strongly agree with the gene pool being muddied a little to vicariously by newer growers chucking ruderalis left right and center.

DirtyJerzey said:

East coast here too, i grow Autos outside every year. I do it staggered 2-3 at the beginning of the season and about a month or two later ill start 2-3 more.

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sounds good i was thinking of doing something similar