Huge Autoflower

[Dan Dark]

Apoc i will take some of that and apply to my autos I just put in pots. Thank you!!


I've got a bit of an experiment. Now I'm wishing I gave a 7 gallon pot consideration.

Let me introduce Betty. She is living in a 5 gallon fabric pot in Coco

This is Edith. She is living in a 5 gallon fabric pot in Fox Farm Ocean Forest

This is June. She is in a 3 gallon fabric pot in Fox Farm Ocean Forest Soil

This is Norma. She is in a 3 gallon Fabric pot in Coco

4X4 Gorilla Glue grow experiment Begins!!!!!!!!

My Friend; your timing could not be better - seriously! I had just opened an email notifying me that the 4 strains of auto's I just bought are on their way! I am pulling up a seat now because I had planned to run a similar experiment. I have 5-7-10 gal fabric pots and a great flowering area that can handle some bushy ladies. I'll pull up my seat and watch these next few weeks and when I pop my own I'll use you as my vision of the future I'll be living in 3 weeks - how cool is that!

 

[Dan Dark]

This is for Autoflowers

These are the things I use religiously, I can't advise on substitutions, I do these things for every auto and they work every time across 40 or so crops.

Take all the Bro Science you've heard and discard it (except don't up pot that's legit, as soon as it's a seedling put it in the final pot you'll harvest from. Once again F* the bro science, use a 7 Gallon pot, the roots will fill an entire 7 gallon so using a smaller pot will get you less yield.

Lights (for a 3x3x6' tent) it's not optimal but I ended up with a ton of Mars Hydro Lights (Ts600 100w wall draw lights)

One 250w (I'm using Budget LED and harvests increased tremendously) Samsung LEDs with a meanwell Driver, I add one Mars Hydro to the Budget LED for a total of 350w per tent (I run 3 tents for simultaneous harvest, perpetual harvest you need 3 different nute mixes so I don't do that often) So one 250w Samsung LED and one 100W Mars Hydro.

Topping: I don't care about people who say topping will not increase a yield, topping when combined with LST will give you huge Colas (like 16 or more 1 ounce colas dry). Huge colas make me happy so I top at the 6th node. They get a little wild like mine at 6th node so you need a 6 foot tent.

LST: WHEN TOPPED AT THE 6th NODE, I start LST when they reach 6th node and I top the plant, I use pipe cleaners they run like $11 for 300 on amazon.

Pop a hole in your fabric pot directly in front of the limb and gently tie it down level to the dirt, you'll need to re tie the limbs down at like week 6 use your own judgement.


You are training your auto to accept nutrition hence the next section. Forget the soil bag saying it has enough nutrition for 6 weeks that's a lie.

As soon as your auto's go into the dirt use 2 grams Mega Crop Per Gallon. When you've used one gallon of Mega Crop on a plant the next gallon go to 3 Grams, 3rd gallon 4 Grams, 4th gallon 5 grams and hold at 5 grams until they start to flower. When Flowering (even pre flower) give 6 grams MC. When decently flowering give an additional 1 gram of Mega Crop bloom booster. Watch for the tips of the leaf if they burn back off the nutes a hair, I've never had one plant nute burn with this schedule, BUT if you go above 6 - 6.5gm of MC in the end you'll have lockouts.

Seedling feed 4 ounces of MC water in a circle around the plant, check in the evening to see if it needs a small drink.
as it grows a little up it to 6 ounces, then 8 ounces, jump to 16 from there. The idea is let it dry out but not wilt. When grown I give 1 gallon a day unless the pot is saturated then I skip a day.

I honestly don't care about all the "bro science" you read, I water 1 gallon daily after a month and generally harvest from 12-16 dry zips a plant. Mega Crop nutes really help here because you feed daily.

The secret sauce for huge autos once you reach 5 and 6 Grams MC/gallon. You'll have lights at between 12 and 18 inches from flowering plants so we start Cal/Mag.

THIS IS FOR PLANTS 5-6 weeks old in flower.

6 Gram Mega Crop
1 Gram MC Bloom Booster (when in flower)
PH up or down to 6.3 to 6.5 ph
4 drops Superthrive (Prevents deficiencies)
3 milliliter Cal Mag

No Apoc it's not that simple, yes it is it works every time.

Grab a $20 Lux meter:
10-15k Lux seedling with lights 24 inches from the plants. If they start to stretch use common sense.
35-45k veg
55-65k flower

65k is top end and watch for light burn, I wouldn't go above 60k without adding cal/mag and even then I'd watch for light burn. If your light is adjustable turn it down a hair from maximum to extend longevity, you can lower the light a little to compensate.

Elevate your pots cold floors are not good for your roots.

When they are growing good and getting big trim 6 fan leaves a week, if they are really hairy you can take 2 or three more but no more than 9 a week. This will keep them in veg a week longer. Once the pre-flower stop trimming unless a leaf obscures a bud then trim it.

But Apoc leaves are the powerhouse powering the plant you shouldn't trim them at all, My last two auto's gave 15 and 16 zips dry. I seldom get less than 12 zips even from a small yield plant so trim those 6 a week once a week, if it's to hairy trim another 3 like 3 days later.

Hope this helps.

Here's the mandatory Autoflower porn, that's a TV tray with tops, there were about 25 of those total.

...and thank you; for the guidance and the bud porn. wow, two green thumbs indeed!

 

[Plant Dad]

My Friend; your timing could not be better - seriously! I had just opened an email notifying me that the 4 strains of auto's I just bought are on their way! I am pulling up a seat now because I had planned to run a similar experiment. I have 5-7-10 gal fabric pots and a great flowering area that can handle some bushy ladies. I'll pull up my seat and watch these next few weeks and when I pop my own I'll use you as my vision of the future I'll be living in 3 weeks - how cool is that!

I can't wait!!! Come get me if i'm asleep. I'm about to call Irish Seed Bank again.. They were sent 12/7 and I still haven't gotten them. I really wanted to grow a variety of autos. I already had 5 seeds ( gorilla glue ) and decided it would be fun to run an experiment for Mars journal competition.

 

[Dan Dark]

I can't wait!!! Come get me if i'm asleep. I'm about to call Irish Seed Bank again.. They were sent 12/7 and I still haven't gotten them. I really wanted to grow a variety of autos. I already had 5 seeds ( gorilla glue ) and decided it would be fun to run an experiment for Mars journal competition.

I will, I have been waiting for True North Seed since late November! I received my shipping label form HGC and may get those by early next week. If it brings you any comfort I understand the USPS instituted service interruptions including segmenting mail from countries with significant Covid outbreaks. My tracking keeps changing day to day. Good luck - I'll let you know when mine arrive too.