Thanks for the info, yeah I can't keep them in the veg section in flower. I spray garlic and chilly for pest management....How much of a difference is there in yield btw the 2 light cycles? You lose quite a bit of buddage?
Pennywise Does SOG Pheno Hunts Fall 2018
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Personally I have no reference myself of how much a plant loses from 18/6 to a 12/12 cycle but in from what I understand the general is as follows:
Disadvantages
- Increased stretching – If you give your autos only 12 hours of light each day and 12 hours of darkness then that can promote some unwanted and excessive stretching so you need to get your autoflower as close to the light source as you possibly can when those lights are on. And you should also give them complete darkness in the night-time so that the plant doesn’t try to stretch to the light that leaks in your grow room trough some openings.
- Slower growth – If you give your plants less light they will grow slower and won’t produce as many new branches and leaves so you will end up with a smaller plant and less leaves / branches and fluffier buds.
Longer growing cycle – Some autoflower strains will take longer to mature if you give them only 12 hours of light. And I have seen plants that need more than 30% longer growth time to get to the harvest stage when grown under 12/12. - Less yield – And ultimately when you are giving your plants less light then they will give you less yield and that can be a big drawback to many growers. But sometimes 12/12 is your only choice and even with less yield from a single plant you are still getting at least some buds and you can also grow more plants to compensate this decreased yield.
That helps heaps! Yeah i'l rather decline the offer and not waste someone's potential yield
Good info on autos!
Looking good PW
Looking good PW
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I added more nitrogen and iron so they’re greening up now, I’ll be keeping a mother Chem for sure.
Nice I just bought 5 Canuk autos of northern lights fem dropping three when home
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Northern Lights is a killer old school strain you'll like it.
Keep ya posted bro see what these lights can do autos I will keep in 3x3 along side anything blue that turns out @Preston9mm sorrt bro not having hood luck with getting these girls to shoot taps.
But I like the look of theses seeds I got autos today good Indica skunk linage .
Then my thc bomb and widow bomb are going in big bright light tent 4x4 lol I transplanted the girls felt blue cookies runt still see no roots anywhere in pot.
Maybe today if not I’ll be throwing her way behind blue dream got transplant but behind and saw roots not many but some .
Hope these autos are strong germination liek bomb seeds
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Give them a chance before you toss them.
I feel like I have bud but I’m a listen to you lol
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Are they autos?
Yup northern light autos fem
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Cool, let's see what they do.
Let’s get these seeds to go in these jiffy pots should I only water ? The jiffy pellets?
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Keep them hydrated and they will be fine in the jiffy pellets.
I am interested to see how he does with the jiffy pellets. I know most of you guys love them but Newty and I have much better germination rates with the paper towel method (or rockwool for that matter). I get close to 100% that way. Maybe I will learn something.
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I've used rockwool and they have a tendency to hold too much water, I use paper towel for seeds.
Yeah depend on my tap roots of I get them this time . Shells crack no issues but getting the taps to come lately is issue like I am on tilt. If not tap after two days or so I will just take seeds and put in pellet and say next best chance lol
Rockwool can hold too much water but I have never had an issue with it. Going forward with trying out DWC I can't really see too many other options than the rooters.
Well best of luck to you this time around.