Growing an Autoflower and a Photo in the same tent

Avering · Apr 23, 2020

Hey everybody, I would like to grow a single northern lights photoperiod plant beside my autoflower. What could I do to make this work? The autoflower supposedly should finish within around 75 days. This would be in a 3x3x6foot tent. I was thinking just do 18/6 light cycle for both plants, do some lst on the northern lights, and begin flowering her as late as possible, hoping that NL won't grow too big!

SheeshM · Apr 23, 2020

Best bet is to finish the auto at 18/6 lighting schedule while the photo is in veg. Flip to 12/12 to flower the photo once you harvest the auto. If you don't finish the auto before flipping the photo to flower, the auto will be under 12/12 and probably not yield as much as it would at 18/6.

2Hearts · Apr 23, 2020

Flower both with 14/10 when its needed, ive flipped photos on that schedule easy.

Just what id do im pretty sure there are a lot of options.

Avering · Apr 23, 2020

SheeshM said:
Best bet is to finish the auto at 18/6 lighting schedule while the photo is in veg. Flip to 12/12 to flower the photo once you harvest the auto. If you don't finish the auto before flipping the photo to flower, the auto will be under 12/12 and probably not yield as much as it would at 18/6.

Thank you!

SnidleyBluntash · Apr 23, 2020

Just make sure you don’t have them both in dwc and the roots grow tangled together and one is done before the other like someone I know.
Set the lights for the photo plant 18-24 hours on and just ignore the auto.
Someone I know had both in the same tent and flipped to 12/12 right as the auto began showing preflowers and both plants are roughly the same maturity.

Avering · Apr 23, 2020

2Hearts said:
Flower both with 14/10 when its needed, ive flipped photos on that schedule easy.

Just what id do im pretty sure there are a lot of options.

That sounds like a good idea too, in the middle between 18/6 and 12/12.. thanks!

Avering · Apr 23, 2020

SnidleyBluntash said:
Just make sure you don’t have them both in dwc and the roots grow tangled together and one is done before the other like someone I know.
Set the lights for the photo plant 18-24 hours on and just ignore the auto.
Someone I know had both in the same tent and flipped to 12/12 right as the auto began showing preflowers and both plants are roughly the same maturity.

Will do, thank you, just gotta let the auto finish then

WintersBones · Apr 23, 2020

Avering said:
Will do, thank you, just gotta let the auto finish then

I'm doing this where I've staggered my grow. i have a few autos that are 6 weeks old now, and then i just started a couple of photos a week ago, so the the photos will veg while the autos finish under 20/4, then once i harvest the autos in 3-4 weeks I will switch over to 12/12 and flower the photos. This allows me to maximize my space and power usage.

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