Yeah I think I’m going to stay away from autos in future as well. My goal was to start three then start three more half through etc all in the same tent so the autos seemed to make the most sense for perpetual growth in a single tent. But I killed two seedlings and now I’m only doing the single grow so I’ll likely switchThey will still get substantially larger. These two girls came out of the same pack of seeds and were grown under identical conditions right next to each other.
Autos do whatever they want which is why i stopped growing them. I need consistency. You can usually fill out a 5x5 tent with 12 of them pretty well but its still a gamble and for what it costs to run grow equipment, i really strive for 100% efficiency.
Both plants were good and the terp profile/potency very similar, but one was twice the yield.
1) yes it seems like a normal time to start pre flowering.So I have a few questions for the community.
1) does this seem like a normal time for pre-flower to start? The younger ones are about 3.5 weeks old
2) how much does an auto generally still grow and bush out during pre-flower and how long does pre-flower generally last?
3) are there any changes I can make now to maximize my growth and yields?
I would be waiting about a week before i saturated to runoff but i guess it depends on the medium. If the medium holds very little water, he can water to runoff now, if it holds a LOT of water, wait.1) yes it seems like a normal time to start pre flowering.
2) autos continue to stretch a lot during the “stretch” phase. It’s an explosion. You come home and it’s grown an inch. Hard to say how long it lasts.
3) I would start my LST sooner next time. I start my LST when the top of the plant can reach the edge of the pot. Or when I can bend it down with some candy cane shape wire.
I think you need to saturate the entire pot so the roots have wet soil to grow into. I only do full water after day 14 or 15 on my autos. I don’t water just around the stem. Sometimes they go for 5 days with no water in the early stages. No big deal. Your plants are big enough to saturate until run off.
That your toe knife on the floor?The girls are filling in and well into their “explode” phase I think. I’m not sure how much more they will grow but I’ve been doing daily LST/tucking fan leaves to expose more Bud sites and getting the canopy more levelled off. I’m not sure how much more LST I should do since I’m sure even “low stress” training is still some stress. Anyway here they are today.
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I used it to make holes in the rim of my felt pots to tie my limbs down. But if I botched it and cut myself I would just put some trash on it like Frank.That your toe knife on the floor?