Got 4 auto seeds for free from the local hydro store cause I’ve never ran autos. Going to run one while I veg my spring grow. But those seeds won’t be here till Monday. Any tips on auto flowers?
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Plant them in the final pot.
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@StinkyPinky420 I have that same pack that you have, I haven’t grew that yet but very curious how it turns out for you. Any tips for autoflowers? Well I just harvested a strawberry gorilla Auto and a cookie gelato Auto that had to go under 1212 very early in life and I really believe it affected my yield, I got 20 g off of the strawberry gorilla and haven’t weighed the other one yet but I definitely wouldn’t recommend putting autos with photos under 1212 LOL
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The first few weeks are the most important. Make sure they get the best available light and never drop below 65°F. Temperatures in the 80s are best. Don’t train until you’re a month in and when topping, do your pinching in a way that removes as little as possible; don’t wait for a cola to grow for a couple of weeks but remove it as soon as you can see branches coming out from underneath.
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I’m not big on auto’s. I did some in two gallon containers. I was happy. Did some in one gallon containers also. 2 gallon worked better for me.
Good luck.
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I am currently in the middle of a harvest for 3 autos. One drying, one about to be chopped, another that is ~14 days out. I had good results with this grow - not breaking any records, but it looks like I will be well over 2oz with the first lady.
I went with 3 gallon cloth containers. I am going to try a 5 gallon bag next go around (which will be soon).
I my soil blend was: 2 parts Fox Farm Happy Frog Potting Soil, 1 part coco coir, 1 part perlite. I amended that with a bit of lime and some azomite. The first plant spead roots so thoroughly that I was able to remove the stump and the potting soil completely intact - the roots were threaded all through the medium - it was pretty rad. After 10 days, I fed silica until day 21 or so when I mixed in a 10/10/10 until around day 35 when I started feeding the girls the hard stuff - Flower Fuel which is 1/34/32.
I planted directly into the soil. My training was LST and didn’t begin until around day 25. All I did was pull down the branches and open them up a bit. Around day 35-40, I went hard with the clippers and removed all of the lower leaves and flower. Beyond helping with air flow, I was hoping that it helped the plant redirect its energy to the better, non-larfy buds.
Anyhow, treat the plants with kid gloves until they show their gender. Once they get large enough, they tend to be pretty tanky.
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Got mail today went ahead and popped 5 nl2. Also got the skywalker OG auto in soil today pics when she breaks ground.
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From Barney’s Farm… Skywalker OG Autoflower literally explodes into a pine-flavoured Christmas tree in a mere 70-75 days from seed. So July 11 +/-2 is your likely chop day.
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3 out of 4 nl2 are above soil. One did not germ and the other ain’t broke ground probably going to replace with acog fems from greenpoint
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4 nl2 broke found today!!
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Balcony Bagseeds
Front two are a cross between a supposedly platinum bubba male bag seed and a sausage smelling hash plant but I don’t see any bubba in it.
Ran one outside a few years ago and she tasted like sugar cereal. The back three are random bagseed from good I’ve found here and there.
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Just put 2 dancing lime in paper towels fingers crossed.
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Do you check your runoff PH for water in soil?
No I haven’t been checking my ph
I’m just trying to see if 5.9 is too low for soil and if so what could I do to raise ph