My best guess about the autos & roots hitting bottom. It's a stress thing. I've seen weaker auto genetics that were "stressed" into flower. If roots bottom out, it may stress a plant enough to make it flower. Maybe?
It’s not getting rootbound in your smart pot because it’s not supposed to. The smart pot air prunes the roots, which I believe acts like topping a plant. That’s the way I understand it at least. I agree about your 3 gallon size though. In my experience, which is right in line with yours it sounds like) smaller containers flower faster than larger. I’ve got three HubbaBubbaSmelloScopes in my tent from Mephisto. The two that I did in three gallons are done and the five gallon has about another week. Little experiment I tried this go around.I also don't think ( at least for me ) I'd need anything bigger than a 5 gallon pot for autos. I've grown maybe a dozen autos and most were nowhere near root bound. Honestly a think 3's are about right for me with auto's. Here's one in a 3 that did well
. Starting early this year and I hope some of it reached the places we store water. Here it mostly runs off into ocean.:Glad you're passing that flushing info around. The anti-flush army is spreading to increase yields across the land!
I think that early auto strains were less stable, but even now, stress will send an auto into early flower (mine were heat stressed). Without stress, it is whenever the plant feels like it's mature enough to propagate. Fast strains will do that earlier obviously, but some of the Brooklyns went over 110 days (Preston
). Mine was down in the early 70s outside.
Now you tell me! Given how fluffy the ProMix is it I hope they survived okay
. The HP has mykos in it according to the bag and I forgot to add more this time. Next watering I'll add Great White. Diluted flower nutes would be next, yes?
Thanks! But now Norcali made me nervousReally nice roots on the clone
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I think up to 7 gal depends on auto strain as well
Hey like that you put holes in dudes of plastic cups fit better aeriation nice do you notice a difference by chance budHappy Saturday all! Started raining here around 6:00 last night and kept it up until around 10 this morning
I jarred up a couple of short branches of the AK-47 1.1.1.1 and it settled at 73%. Back on the drying strings they went. Maybe with the rain gone it will dry out a bit so I can cut them down and jar them with the dehumidifier. Oh well...the longer the dry the less the chlorophyll.
Oh, the sun just came out...that's nice!
It was time to plant the AK-47 cutting that rooted in the cloninator. I have no idea why one would root and the others don't even show root bumps!
Here was the cloninator this morning:
Here is the AK with the fishbone roots:
Some soil, then the cutting:
Then the rest of the soil, pack it down gently, and watered with water from the bucket. I get it really soaked since they are water roots. Grow baby grow! If it does, it will be AK-47 1.1.1.1.1.1
I cut a stem off the Sour G and put that into its spot in the cloninator, and labeled it such.
One last pic today...the Peyote Critical tap root is on a mission. Unfortunately, it's out of room so I suggest it put out other roots instead. It's not like it can grow south forever!
That's what I've got today! Let's see what you've been up to...
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Glad you're passing that flushing info around. The anti-flush army is spreading to increase yields across the land!
I had read that about ash color and I don't get it. My logs burn with white ash too. I assume it's related to how dry it is but I have no idea.
I think that early auto strains were less stable, but even now, stress will send an auto into early flower (mine were heat stressed). Without stress, it is whenever the plant feels like it's mature enough to propagate. Fast strains will do that earlier obviously, but some of the Brooklyns went over 110 days (Preston
Whether an auto will get rootbound will depend completely on how old it is when it goes into flower. If you have a plant that flowers at 50 days it could have used a bigger pot than one that flowered at 30 days. And felt pot plants may not get root "bound" because the roots don't ever circle the pot, but they do get so dense that the plant suffers from a lack of soil and a constant need to water.
HubbaBubbaSmelloScopes? Really?
I hope!TIme will tell. I'll save out some of what I've been feeding the AK and Sour G clones and dilute it down for the AK cutting and the Blue Treacle 2. It could probably use something besides distilled water soon. Thanks Norcali!
I always have cut holes in the bottoms so I can't say I know any different. Having those holes lets me know I've got good drainage and allows me to bottom-water if the roots need it.
Congrats on those great harvests Dutch! People...anyone who hasn't seen the beauties Dutchman is growing in his first time out go check out his journal!
