Light for AutoFlowering Strain??

Wajimaya

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Hey RIU, Just germ'd a royal red dwarf which is a autofem. I need to know what type of light cycle i should use and since im going with CFL's, whether i should be using the 2700k the whole time or use the 6500k for the first few weeks.

Any help would be great, Thanks!
 

Desr

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18/6 or 20/4 i would use 6500s until she starts to flower...or maybe even mix em up..
 

Liveforeverordietrying

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I'm suprized you would germinate the seed without knowing how to care for it, but your takeing that step now, sohere we go...
24 hours of light the entire cycle.
Use metal halid for vegitation for about five weeks depening on the plant, until you see hairs start to form.
Switch to HPS high pressure sodium lights for the rest of the cycle keeping it on 24 hours.
8 to 11 weeks depending on the strain and your harvesting dank bud!
Good Luck!
 

Wajimaya

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18/6 or 20/4 i would use 6500s until she starts to flower...or maybe even mix em up..
Thank you!




I'm suprized you would germinate the seed without knowing how to care for it, but your takeing that step now, sohere we go...
24 hours of light the entire cycle.
Use metal halid for vegitation for about five weeks depening on the plant, until you see hairs start to form.
Switch to HPS high pressure sodium lights for the rest of the cycle keeping it on 24 hours.
8 to 11 weeks depending on the strain and your harvesting dank bud!
Good Luck!

Sir, I am making sure I have my notes correct. And I am using CFL's.
 

Liveforeverordietrying

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Not real familiar with cfl's myself. My brother inlaw uses them on a normal indoor soil grow and he loves them. I assume my method would work with cfl's as well. 24 hours of light has always worked great for me.
 

doser

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my first plant was a red dwarf. Really stinky. Just lettin you know cuzz if that's an issue, you had better plan for it. Really stony bud and may be the best tasting smoke ever. Got 3 z's off a ten inch plant that I topped for four. I had no idea of what I was doing. vegged and flowered outside. very fast start to finish. Highly recomend the strain. Just not quite big enough for my purposes. It was a free seed so that's how I ended up with it. Didn't even know it was an auto.
 

Wajimaya

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my first plant was a red dwarf. Really stinky. Just lettin you know cuzz if that's an issue, you had better plan for it. Really stony bud and may be the best tasting smoke ever. Got 3 z's off a ten inch plant that I topped for four. I had no idea of what I was doing. vegged and flowered outside. very fast start to finish. Highly recomend the strain. Just not quite big enough for my purposes. It was a free seed so that's how I ended up with it. Didn't even know it was an auto.
Haha yeah I got it as a free seed as well. Thanks for giving me some info on the strain. I'll have to buy some extra ONA and frebreeze air freshener =)
 
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