Auto Growers Unite: A Community Thread

TheGrow17 said:
I have a couple seeds that i don't plan to pop anytime soon. Any ideas on how to properly store them ?
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Cool dark room. not in closet or tight spaces.
 
TheGrow17 said:
I have it in a paper bag right now in a cabinet. Is it safe to put in a pill bottle and store in freezer ?
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Whatever you do, don't put them in the freezer!!!!!

Seeds have a certain water content and as the water freezes it expands and very sharp crystal form breaking the cell walls. That's why fruit and such like goes all soggy and limp when you freeze it.

Pill bottle is good, but as long as they are kept cool, dark and dry it doesn't matter.
 
Jimdog said:
hey all just about to start my first autos, do you start them in your pots you're going to finish in ? or do you start in a smaller pit and transplant? was wondering if the stress from the transplant slows the autos down very much
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The general consensus is not to transplant them. I'm also growing my first auto and I did not follow this advice. I not only changed pot, but changed medium as well. I started my seeds in soil and then changed to clay pebbles. However I left the soil intact when putting it into the pebbles and then flushed repeatedly to try and remove as much soil as possible and then put it into top feed hydro. My photo period seeds however, were taken from their sprouting soil and then washed in water before being transplanted into hydroton. The auto didn't slow down at all, but the photo periods were stunted by at least a week to 10 days.

I am not recommending you follow what I did, merely demonstrating that transplanting doesn't always have to be detrimental when done carefully.
 
greengostarr said:
The general consensus is not to transplant them. I'm also growing my first auto and I did not follow this advice. I not only changed pot, but changed medium as well. I started my seeds in soil and then changed to clay pebbles. However I left the soil intact when putting in the pebbles and then flushed repeatedly to try and remove as much soil as possible and then put it into top feed hydro. My photo period seeds however, were taken from their sprouting soil and then washed in water before being transplanted into hydroton. The auto didn't slow down at all, but the photo periods were stunted by at least a week to 10 days.

I am not recommending you follow what I did, merely demonstrating that transplanting doesn't always have to be detrimental when done carefully.
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thanks a bunch!
 
greengostarr said:
The general consensus is not to transplant them. I'm also growing my first auto and I did not follow this advice. I not only changed pot, but changed medium as well. I started my seeds in soil and then changed to clay pebbles. However I left the soil intact when putting it into the pebbles and then flushed repeatedly to try and remove as much soil as possible and then put it into top feed hydro. My photo period seeds however, were taken from their sprouting soil and then washed in water before being transplanted into hydroton. The auto didn't slow down at all, but the photo periods were stunted by at least a week to 10 days.

I am not recommending you follow what I did, merely demonstrating that transplanting doesn't always have to be detrimental when done carefully.
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Some debate on that in regards to the roots having too much room in let's say a 5 gallon pail instead of starting them in a solo cup (with drains), then moving up to a 1 gallon and once the roots fill the container moving it up to a 3-5-10 or whatever size pail. I've tried a 3 step uppotting and a 2 step one so far but it's not like I have tried them along with a single pot for 100's of runs to stand on a podium being able to say for a fact that one way is better. It's fun to experiment though.
 
Eeko said:
Some debate on that in regards to the roots having too much room in let's say a 5 gallon pail instead of starting them in a solo cup (with drains), then moving up to a 1 gallon and once the roots fill the container moving it up to a 3-5-10 or whatever size pail. I've tried a 3 step uppotting and a 2 step one so far but it's not like I have tried them along with a single pot for 100's of runs to stand on a podium being able to say for a fact that one way is better. It's fun to experiment though.
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so you have started them in cups then transplanted ? I just always do it with my regs so would like to stick to it if I can.
 
Hey I got two blueberry autos growing. And it's my first time growing and I've been looking at the ways you guys top and fim the plants to increase yields. But I read that it's not good to do so with autos.. any tips tricks and information on this would be greatly appreciated thanks
 
Osothedon said:
Hey I got two blueberry autos growing. And it's my first time growing and I've been looking at the ways you guys top and fim the plants to increase yields. But I read that it's not good to do so with autos.. any tips tricks and information on this would be greatly appreciated thanks
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You can top an auto but some strains take it better than others. My Tutankhamen has taken it a lot better than my Amnesia.

You can see my topping in my grow journal: Mariwannna's First Grow - Indoor - Soil - T5 - 1000W HPS - Five Strains - Auto
 
Osothedon said:
Hey I got two blueberry autos growing. And it's my first time growing and I've been looking at the ways you guys top and fim the plants to increase yields. But I read that it's not good to do so with autos.. any tips tricks and information on this would be greatly appreciated thanks
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You can, and SHOULD my friend.
It's done all the time with amazing results each time.

Check out this 420 thread.

It's full of people doing amazing things with autos.
 
Its not what you do with an auto that affect them... its the stress they get from what you do that will have an effect .
Transplanting auto's cause damage to the tiny hairs on roots which almost always causes stress... topping auto's can be timed so it minimises the stress and thus they may react better... basically stress slows auto's growth rate and unlike foto's they cant recover the lost time to grow and that hurts overall yield and size.

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