So Sunday will be the start of my 5th week with a BigBud auto. This is my first ever grow and I haven't killed her yet and I am unsure if she is producing as she should. Being new I want to pump her full of nutrients but know this will kill her. I was planning on adding 1/4 strength Beastie bloom starting in 5th week but can't find a schedule for nutrients in coco for autos. I want the best results but slap don't want to kill her. Any suggestions
End of 4th week. FF nutrients and chaching
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Michael Huntherz
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Don’t mess with those P boosters until you have some harvests under your belt. Autos are just plants, no special nutrients needed. High P is a myth, joke, shitshow....so is flushing.
Also, fuck autoflowers forever... unless you live near the arctic circle and grow outside you are victimizing yourself off with mostly garbage genetics and high electric costs, for literally no reason. Want buds fast? Grow SOG.
These are my opinions, which should not bear mentioning. I have very good, very specific empirical reasons for these opinions. If anyone wants to argue about it, please consider yourself the winner in advance. Arguing on the internet is for suckers. (I do it all the time, trying to quit)
Also, fuck autoflowers forever... unless you live near the arctic circle and grow outside you are victimizing yourself off with mostly garbage genetics and high electric costs, for literally no reason. Want buds fast? Grow SOG.
These are my opinions, which should not bear mentioning. I have very good, very specific empirical reasons for these opinions. If anyone wants to argue about it, please consider yourself the winner in advance. Arguing on the internet is for suckers. (I do it all the time, trying to quit)
Thanks for the advice. I never heard of a auto flower until I went to order some seeds. I was unsure I'd get the seeds so I ordered the cheapest seeds they had just to see if I would receive them. I did get them and they are autos so I figured why not try and grow them. My real goal is to grow the strains I like and to get good clean buds. I have order skunk #1 and 4. I like the old style stunk
Michael Huntherz
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Welcome to the wacky world of growing! There is a ton to learn, sorry if I came in a little hot. I assumed too much about your background, there’s a lot more jargon than I expected in this hobby. Feminized Autoflowers are a seed marketer’s wet dream but not great for the consumer, ultimately. Again sorry if I came off like a super-jerk. I get fired up sometimes.
Its all good brother. I am unsure about this auto and the reason for growing it over a regular plant. We will see if she puts out and how good it is if she does but I got some regular white skunk growing with her. My plan is to find the strains I like the keep some mothers and clone off that. This is the plan and we will have to see how that plays out. Hope to become a master grower
Michael Huntherz
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Awesome plan!
Autoflowers will flower regardless of the photoperiod, they are a hybrid of a Cannabis species that does not normally produce THC. In my opinion they are harming the genetic stock that we have developed over the centuries. I consider them an abomination.
Wild C. ruderalis lives in norhern latitudes with a short growing season, so it will flower after a certain amount of time, whereas species C. sativa and C. indica require a reduced period of light to trigger flowering. Selective breeding has been done to work the autoflower genes into THC producing strains of Cannabis. Typically the only benefit of this goes to the seed companies, selling more seeds. They make claims about fast time to harvest that get people excited, but it is all illusory
You can flower photoperiod plants quickly, too, just run 12/12 from seed or barely rooted clones.
Cheers!