Growing Caramelicious auto fem

@Fun_Growin, Thanks man it helped allot. What i did is i put the other bigger plants (in the other diary) in total darkness for 24-36 hours. Then when i put the light back on i could easily see that most of my plants had these little balls on the side of the nodes. No one had any "hairs" as u say. So i presumed they were all males, unfortunately... Now all i have now is this diary and will update on monday when week 3 begins. Take care and have a nice weekend!

@Juicegrower, My reason for saying if your just starting out DWC is a bad idea because it's the fastest and most precise system, if you do something wrong it goes wrong fast, where as Soil or coco you can possibly recover from a problem, DWC will DIE FAST! But it sounds like you have already ironed out the kinks to DWC, so that's great 👍🏻 As far as sexting your plants.. you have 2 options that I know of, clone your plants, take notes on where they come from, after they root Flower the clones to see how they sex toss the "father plants" or wait till they root, flower your plants, toss the boys and their clones... Hope this helps

@Fun_Growin,@Fun_Growin, Thanks man. I just finished a reply to u, but it dissapered for some reason. No, this is not my first dwc grow. ive done this a couple of times now, and if u check out my other diary where i grow aurora indica, u can see my growth much further ahead. I would like though, to know ur reasons for this statement. Pros and cons. Also, if u would like to help me in an other way, please check out the diary im talking about, and please help me sex them. Cause i was stupid enough to buy regular seeds last time, and i just can seem to get the sex right om them... :/ Much appreciated man and have a nice evening!

@TomatoloverBoy, Thanks allot :)

@AllGrownUp,I got p 300 it’s aswome I think you got p 150

@TomatoloverBoy, I would like to know too. Looks like p150- one of Amazon's finest grow lights.

@Sgtoso, Thanks :) U know, ive just been viewing another grower with the same plants do exactly what ure saying. Before next water change, ill have tied down the tallest ones. And once again, all creds to u on the defoliation and lollipopping! Take care!

@Juicegrower, it's not scientific but the first time I grew Auto Caramelicious from MSNL I ran them on 24/0 schedule with a 300 Watt LED Rolandro (formerly Mars Hydro). The plants seemed to be more fragile with this lighting environment. This was my first grow, so I may have messed up the nutes but I did follow someone elses plan very closely. This second auto grow I'm on now I decided to go 20/4. Still giving rest but really pumping the light quite a bit. Much less stress on this plant this time but I'm also using a different method with my own super soil. So it's not an apples to apples comparison. This is totally my opinion and only based on one grow, but I think with an Auto if you get a super hearty strain or just a seed / plant that is super strong then I think lots of light is fine but if it's one that needs care I think a rest allows the plant to rejuvenate and strengthen against issues and potential disease.

@Juicegrower, You can probably bump the light schedule back up once it starts flowering for a week or two. At that point the plants' roots don't expand as much anymore so the extra darkness might not be needed. The next time I run autos I'm going to hit them with 18/6 until flowering starts and then I'll try bumping it up to 20/4. My reasoning is to give the roots extra grow time early on when it is needed. My CMH light is pretty intense even at 315w. I still like to give the plants a rest daily. Constant light might stress them out in my case.

@Sgtoso, NP mate! When it comes to LED compared to HID or any other it works basically the same. The big difference is the wattage output and use. I've also read the same as u, that the lighting schedule gives little or no gain. Either 18/6 or higher. My previous statement was more based on starting a discussion with u, which has happened :) I'm thinking: if the plant has no negative benefits from having a 24H lighting schedule, then why not keep it? The cost for me, running a 200W LED, is close to non. But that being said, I've changed it now so that the plants have a few hours of total darkness. Like u proposed. As u can see, the plants a thriving now. And this might be your contribution :) Thanks for your continuous discussion and motivation!

@Sgtoso, Thansk allot mate! Just wait and see when i update next time. They've grown HUGE! I'm sick atm so i will update either tomorrow or Wednesday.