Opinions please (outside grow)

SoFloJo

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Hello All, was hoping I could get some opinions on my plant here. She is about a month and 1 week old.. I'm in south Florida and usually we don't get much "cold" during the winter months. This year however we had almost two weeks worth of 40-50 degree stormy weather in the middle of the first month of growth. Was just wondering how you all thought she looked, I'm afraid she is stunned and not growing properly due to the drastic weather change. She is also, TrainWreck autoFlower
 

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Budzbuddha

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There is other things afoot with this auto .

Something went south during its SHORT veg stage which runs from about week 2 - 4/5.
Usually at around 30days it preflowers ( like your stage now ) .... It will continue to flower.

What kind of light are you throwing at her ?
What kind of light schedule ?
Nutes ?
Medium ?

I have a hunch but want to know a little more.
 

SoFloJo

New Member
Thanks for the reply! When first planted I left town and forgot to move her pot so she sat with only maybe 9 hours of direct sun. I got back and she has been getting around 12 hours of daylight outside in direct sunlight. Soil based is jut something I mixed together with an organic soil mix and a high grade manure. Was trying to not add any extra nutes until later in grow, but I may have went wrong in that direction too. So, is she done for?
 

Budzbuddha

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Ok ... You kind of answered it ... Autos do not perform very well at 12 hours of light.
They thrive with longer light schedules like 18/6 or longer. She also probably stressed outside during those colder temps .

All you can do now is keep her indoors put a few CFL around her to give her 12/12 of
" constant " light , then 12 hours of dark , doing this to get some flower growth out of her.
 

SoFloJo

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That's what I thought too. I read somewhere that they can sometimes go into flower and back into veg again? Is this true at all?
- So for my next try, I shouldn't get autoflower for outside due to the short veg period, right?
 

Budzbuddha

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No ...they cannot go back to veg . Only regular photoperiod seeds can be stressed , cut , revegged , mothered or whatever you want. Autos are " seed to harvest " type , meaning they are genetically hardwired to move from veg to bloom ON ITS OWN.

So giving autos as much daylight as possible ( some do 24/0 or 20/4 with lighting ) , but i prefer the 18/6 light schedule - this schedule is what you would be on to veg plants anyways , so you could grow AUTOS with PHOTOs together and move the regular seeds to a bloom tent ( 12/12 ) and leave the autos happily at 18/6 and they will perform well.

Autos CAN be grown outdoors but is related to the season as winter time has normally shorter days and it will impact plant. I do AUTOS indoors so you can grow these anytime of year !
 
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