1st grow in 25 years - CKS autoflowers!

Thanks man! I wouldn't feel right....I'm not really a "newbie" per se.. Though it's been a steep learning curve with all the available tech these days, I'm pretty sure some of my old 'skills' and experience came into play on this grow..

Okay, thanks to everyone for chiming in on my question! I've never had this quality of genetics or grown autos before. I think that I just find it hard to believe I'd see any more vigor than what I'm already seeing by turning off all the lights. As you can see, I'm seeing pretty awesome growth now with 24/0. I'm partially concerned that if I go completely dark for 4 hours that the built-up CO2 will go to waste as photosynthesis only really occurs when there is available light for the plants to use. My thinking was that since autos aren't particularly sensitive and wouldn't require total darkness, that they'd consider a sudden/massive reduction in light to be "nighttime." In nature, total darkness is a very rare thing anyway, right? I do have a 4 hour period in which the big blurple and 4 COB's are off, along with the ventilation. During veg, I turned off everything but the blue/whites..similar to moonlight...and during flower, I'm planning to just run the 2 x 660nm reds and the two 700nm reds...Martian nighttime. That is a reduction of wattage from about 2600w (800w actual) to under 100..but hopefully adequate enough light for the plants to utilize the bonus levels of CO2 they get during that period. Reckon that'd be enough rest for them? I want to 'keep my pimp hand strong' and crack the whip on them every day since there are such precious few days to max them out. When my ventilation is off, by the 3rd hour CO2 builds up to 1300+ ppm from the two exhale bags so it really seems like I need to keep at least SOME light on them. When the ventilation is running, I can't get my CO2 ppm's above 1000 ppm. I considered adding a 4th timer to the equation solely to operate my exhaust fan and have it go off every 3 or 4 hours for 1 hour so as to increase the daytime CO2 ppms, but ridiculous temperature issues this summer have changed my mind. (maybe only possible in colder months) Thoughts??

“The harem”!!! LOL. Looking good dude and must be the music! I’d echo some of the points made re: light sched. And provide at least a few hours of darkness. That said, definitely get these as much light as you can and results will show. Welcome back and good luck - CKS has treated me quite well the last year or so. 👊👍👊

I have a few medical issues otherwise I’m all thc. Just got a CBD Cream& Cheese from Seedsman seed bank that is good with both CBD &THC so that is germinating as we speak. 🏻Hopefully she’s good.

Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Good job 👍🏼🌬️🌲🌬️🌲🌬️🌲, well done

Bravo 👏🏻 Girls look beautiful 👍🏼

Wow bro you killed it for your first grow in 25 years wowzer jenkies lol hoping mine do half this good like literally half this good with the royal dwarfs i know they'll be on the smaller side gonna do lst on them not sure bout topping just unsure of myself and don't want to hurt them lol

Holy shit man good grow I'm growing the same strain from cks and hope I get a quarter of what u got congrats the bud candy really fattened the buds right up might give my ladies some

Que lindas auto amigo , haz probado fem? si puedes pasa por mis diarios con like jejeje saludos y buenos humos

Great job man, those are very nice Buds!

DUDE OMG FAIRY LIGHTS FOR SILVER BACKS 10/10 sick technique

Right there with you except only 420 for about 30 years. Can’t say that CBD has given any more medical help, thc always works😀 A new girl I’m starting has high amounts of both CBD and THC. So 🏻, either way gonna keep smoking & growing 👍🏼

There is still an advantage of giving plants a dark cycle, even autos. Personally I usually run my autos under a 20/4 light cycle. That works well for me. Good luck!

Good looking seedlings, coming along nicely ;)

How was the weed20 years ago ?

Playing classical music for your plants. I LOVE that. Welcome back!

running CFL underneath the canopy 😲 if you do we need pics man, that's awesome

Nice info to start ;) good luck with the grow ;)

Let me start by saying BRAVO 🌬️🌲👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻 On the yield nicely done. The ELL rule is 1. no smELL, meaning your set up is hidden 2. no sELL- self explanatory 3. no tELL- loose lips sink ships. Absolutely no one knows about my girls, GD community is the only place I share because of it being anonymous. That really hard because I would love to show off how awesome my girls are. There are a # of potential problems if not down with the ELL rule. As far as the spin trimmer- I hand cut manicure the “primo” buds, the spinner used on on every thing else. I feel that all of the trim in the spinner is used for making oil/edibles and I use a little brush to dust out all of the triches. So when used like that, I feel like the only things wasted are your time and efforts by Not using. If you ever decide to try, harvest won’t suck as much😃

Love growing up until I start flush. That’s gonna be a plus for LST vs scrOG, many less buds to trim. Roll with the ELL rule so just me no help. Use a spinner for the popcorn 🍿 that helps but still a lot of work.