They on veg?
The New Autoflower Topping Thread
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Osothedon
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Yes sir
Osothedon
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And they are autos and I read they don't really have a specific light cycle they bloom regardless. But just want to double check I can run them 4 days of light until I return. And if a Led can withstand running four days straight, as I just bought it and would hate to come home to a busted Led and dead or dying plants
Plants will be fine, i dont know about the light. Should be fine though, you have a timer?
Osothedon
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Nah no timer haven't gotten that professional yet. So the led would be running for about 85-90 hours straight.
Id say you're safe
Osothedon
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Alright thanks
handjive4mota
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I wouldn't know a fim from a tuna sandwich, stop it.
OK, now i understand about the fimming thx.
My new question if i top now at the 4th node(They are at day 24, and haven't went into flowering yet) is all it going to do, is slow down and extend the overall amount of days till harvest? OR will it reduce the yield of the harvest?......I'm not worried if they take longer to harvest to get more out of them
Topping will increase the yield
handjive4mota
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not too sure about that, at this point the only thing for sure is that the sun will most likely appear when it normally does. if it don't
oh well. So I have topped & mangled about 24 autos this spring, the queen has taken pretty good pics, see if I am able to post, damn
you people that understand & can use this high tech stuff so easily make me envious. what ya'll take for granted(being & growing up
in a high tech environment & having it become like 2nd nature) confuses the living shit out of some of us old farts. it ain't because we
are stupid, some of us just ain't wired like that, can't change cause our brains don't get it, the process has too many possible outcomes.
Bla, bla. so Ms. pennywise, SweetSue, people watching auto flower thread and whoever give a rats ass, what about this.
will be harvesting autos for the next couple of weeks, once I have 20 of the 5 gal containers freed up I would like to plant all 20 of the containers with Quarter Pounder seeds from Canuk seeds. already have the semillas in my hot little hand and beezo4o4 is gonna grow a few back
east somewhere. so of the 20 plants at my place I/we need to keep 3 probably as control, if ya'll would PLEASE tell me how to mutilate the others I'll
be more than happy to do a grow journal and perform the mutilations to your specs(crazier the better). wtf got nothing else to do, definitely will do what
sounds like fun. will not change H20 schedule, nute schedule or any other schedule that requires decision making about those types of things, that shit introduces too many variables. Marque de handjive only mutilates indiscriminately in summer grow, gotta be simple.
Topping and lst is really simple. Start a journal so we can follow and we'll be there to guide you through everything.
handjive4mota
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I'm not trying to to be a smart assed whiney little bitch, but don't need guidance, need directional support. Know what to do, want to do mutilations
per ya'lls specs. I got the space, time, semillas all from the same batch & breeder, $$ & experience to perform any thing ya'll may
want to try with topping, fim, & whatever else, the only variable will be where, when & how to mutilate the little bastards, mutilation only . I want to do this to satisfy my curiosity & yours & just sorta hide & watch. of course this is outdoor so won't fuck with lighting
schedule, that can be figured out by knowing start dates, stop dates bla bla someone here can figure day lengths from my lat & long
if they ever want to duplicate lighting conditions. clueless in las cruces, sleepless too.
So, I've been reading this excellent thread. My plan is to grow autos and until I read it here, I didn't know it was possible.
One of the cautions I have read here indicates that some strains are easier to top than others. I assume that's because they have a somewhat longer veg period, thus giving the plant time to recover and start new tops.
If this facility is strain-dependant, that's fine, I get that, but what about the differences within a batch of seeds from the same strain?
I've never used autos... my experience was with photos and clones, thus all the plants were identical.
But with autos, we would be dealing with a batch of seeds that might have differing characteristics, within the same strain. Right?
Comments, please?
One of the cautions I have read here indicates that some strains are easier to top than others. I assume that's because they have a somewhat longer veg period, thus giving the plant time to recover and start new tops.
If this facility is strain-dependant, that's fine, I get that, but what about the differences within a batch of seeds from the same strain?
I've never used autos... my experience was with photos and clones, thus all the plants were identical.
But with autos, we would be dealing with a batch of seeds that might have differing characteristics, within the same strain. Right?
Comments, please?
It appears that way to me Danolo, got two Blueberry Kush AF from Nirvana. Both popped out of the ground on the same day, one has been starting to flower for a week now. The other was going to do some LST on it and broke the top off. It wasn't even close to flower like the other. But the one I broke the top off of has stayed in veg all this week and is really getting a bush look to it, it appears to me that the one that's budding out is at least two weeks ahead of the other.
handjive4mota
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no expert here, they will be here soon. We have 5 auto varieties in multiple containers. Each variety is planted in 2 x 5 gal. and 1 x 20 gal, total of
3 containers for each variety. All seeds of the same variety came for the same supplier in those little containers they send seeds in. different growers may have supplied the seed, who knows. The differences in appearance, shape and size sorta tells me that what you
are thinking is correct or nearly so. I think the genetics etc. is so crazy on some of them that they are real happy to get a dope plant
and not a peyote button, I'd be happy either way. My concern is for that for medical purposes I would believe that people like SweetSue, Pennywise & others
wouldn't care about looks per se, but want a "seed" of whatever variety to perform consistently with THC, CBD percentages etc.
I look for consistency of product, don't want to under/over med. others.
yyc420
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Happens with autos the same it does with photos from what I've seen. Different phenos , same strain.
It actually happens with a lot of fruit and vegetables. I learned recently that apples are not planted from seed.
In order to get that same Macintosh Apple each and every time you go to the store, they graft the orchards. If they didn't, although they would all be the same strain of Apple, they would all show different characteristics.
It actually happens with a lot of fruit and vegetables. I learned recently that apples are not planted from seed.
In order to get that same Macintosh Apple each and every time you go to the store, they graft the orchards. If they didn't, although they would all be the same strain of Apple, they would all show different characteristics.
The problem is most strains these days are basically hybrids made from hybrids made from hybrids. You can end up with several genetic expressions (phenotypes) from the same mother. If you want homogenous plants you'll have to find plants that have been inbred selectively for multiple generations. You can also look at seedbanks like Ace that carry landrace, heirlooms or pure strains. Im starting to like the landrace and simple crosses from Ace. If you look at my PCK x Erdpurt ( Evie) you'll see a Pakistani Chitral Kush landrace crossed with (Afghani x Afghani). Its 100% indica and im hoping its rather homogenous. We'll see soon.
yyc420
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Lol hybrids from hybrids from hybrids. Funny but on point.
Lol just trying to make a point .