The most Spellbinding-Inspiring-Rousing-Interactive & Fun Autoflower Plant and Seed Journal 2023

[LoveDaAutos]

For me one of the most enjoyable parts of growing is planning and preparing your next grow. Strain / Seed selection is part of that planning and I have a love/hate relationship with it. If I had just one strain the choice would be simple…I’ll grow that! But when you have multiple strains it makes it harder. If I start planning 4 weeks in advance my seed choices will probably change a dozen times.

About six months ago I made a new “weed” buddy. Up until he met me he grew only photo strains and was happy. Back in the beginning we did a small trade and I sent him extras which I usually do and these were Double Grape auto seeds. Well he grew two of them and fell in love with autos. He told me he wanted to buy a collection of auto seeds so I pointed him in the direction of Mephisto. The guy has more money then he know what to do with and spent nearly $500.00 on his first order. When they arrived he put up all the packs of auto seeds. A week later I get a package in the mail, he had sent me all the freebie 5pks he got with his order. Said if they were giving them away for free they’re probably not as good as the ones he paid for. So yeah, I agreed with him and told him I would do him a favor and take all those nasty freebies off his hands.

Between what he bought and buys and what I buy from Mephisto I’m getting a little collection of Meph freebies.

[LoveDaAutos]

But they are easily opened. What you need to do is say “you know what, I’m going to trust that guy LoveDaAutos” and grow some of my Strawberry Pie <----FastBuds crosses. I personally guarantee the Strawberry Pie seeds came out of a breeders pack and same with the strains I crossed it to.

[LoveDaAutos]

I acquired these auto seeds recently and have been wanting to try out some Atlas Seeds autos strains. These were the two strains I chose.

[ChefDGreen]

You dog, GMO auto? Color me green with envy

[HumblePie420]

@LoveDaAutos

and look for Reagent quality

I’m going to try my hand at making auto seeds myself this year. Why Reagent quality brother? What does that mean?

[LoveDaAutos]

Reagent-grade chemicals are typically free of contaminants that interfere with common tests. They are more pure so I figure better for the process.

[LoveDaAutos]

There is no try in seed making my friend only doing. Feel free to follow along here and ask any questions you might have if I hadn’t explained it well enough.

[HumblePie420]

I followed you over here from your other thread my man. Thank you

[Habitt]

When do you typically start selfing an auto? Is it similar across all autos or can it be different between strains? I picked up the new Aunt Ginny’s Elixir specifically for making seeds and crosses and I don’t want to mess up such an expensive seed.

[HumblePie420]

Great question.

[LoveDaAutos]

Reversing autos is the same exact process as reversing photos the only difference being when you reverse a photo you determine when the plant starts flowering by changing the light cycle. With an auto the flowering cycle is not light dependent meaning it will start flowering whenever it wants regardless of the light cycle. That being said…

If you’re reversing an auto you’ve grown previously you can refer to your notes and know that in the past they started their flowering cycle on or around day 30 so start treating that strain around day 25. I love autos but have only been growing them for about 2 years and in that 2 years of growing them I’ve kind of come up with what I consider to be (and this is just an approximation mind you) the average age of an auto when it starts flowering and the figure I go by is 25 days. So if I had no clue when to start treating an auto to reverse it I would start around day 20ish.

I would LOVE it if @ReikoX would chime in here as I see him as a very experienced auto grower. Not sure if he does a ton of reversals but can offer his opinion on maybe an average age autos start flowering.

[ReikoX]

I’ve done a few reversals, but prefer regular seeds lately. Generally I use CS, but the timing is similar. I usually wait u til the plant shows pre-flowers before I start to spray. I like to start the pollen recipient’s about three weeks after the pollen doners. This gives the flowers time to start opening around the same time as the females begin to flower.

[LoveDaAutos]

I just finished watching “Of Mice and Men” with John Malkovich. Such a great movie!

[LoveDaAutos]

A couple days ago I topped the HBMS plant and she took to it beautifully. This evening I did some leaf tucking together with some rerouting of a couple branches. Here are a couple few pics. Of course like I usually do I forgot to take a before picture. Now typically the bottom branches would be gone if I were just growing the plant to grow the plant for flowers. But since I am growing it to make some seeds I leave all the bottom branches on and will hope to make most of my seeds from those bottom branches leaving the top of the plant to produce usable flowers.

This next picture I think is more of a closeup of the plant showing how the branches are redirected to try to give them space / room as the plant gets larger.

To restrain the branches I use regular wooden skewers you can buy at Walmart or the grocery store. The green is that bendable wire with the rubber coating on the outside of it. If you use smaller pots that aren’t as doop you have to cut the skewers shorter. They hold very well and do a great job.

Another day or two and I’ll be looking to start treating the branch I want to try to reverse. Enjoy your Sunday!

[LoveDaAutos]

Heck you can’t see anything in that closeup picture. I have to put it in its own post.

[LoveDaAutos]

The HBMS is looking a little happier today then yesterday when I removed half a dozen leaves and tied her down.

[Pleasantrees420]

Looks good. I like your training technique with the skewers. Looks effective.

I can’t wait to see how the plant responds.

Happy growing

[LoveDaAutos]

Out of likes @Pleasantrees420 I can’t wait to see how it responds too.

[HumblePie420]

That skewer trick is a sweet hack my man.

[LoveDaAutos]

Thanks, it does a good job and are easily removed and moved if need be.