Hey mikxy I’m a beginner I am currently running 2 of these myself and mine look totally different. Are you a beginner too? All of the information you have been given is right but applies more to photo strains where as autos are more delicate, autos to me are more delicate in my opinion because time is of the essence, the best proven method with autos is lst, as soon as you can start bending the plant pinning it down so the main stem is following the shape of the pot and keeping an even canopy i defoliate at 2 main times when she’s showing bud sites and when the bud sites are established and growing into nice buds. If it the leaves are blocking bud sites either tuck them out the way or if you have to just nip it off.
The reason we use lst as apposed to hst topping bottoming ect is because time again is against us with autos unlike photo period p you can top the plant and keep it in veg until it’s fully recovered where as autos flower according to age not a change in light.
You literally have about 4-6 weeks to create essentially a circular steam and even canopy using lst to tie the tallest branches down making the lower bud sites grow to the light where as photo periods would be bottomed and a sea of green, once your auto is in flower the branches become more brittle so it’s essential time used properly to manipulate the main stems while they are nimble in the veg state.
Iv only really know autos grown under led. Which allows you to have your lights close to your plants without creating light stress which can stunt your auto raise them as you see fit other wise if you have them faraway in the veg stage they will just concentrate on getting to the light and then establishing bud sites unlike with photos you control how long it Vegs according to how big you want your plant.
Autos take half the time to grow to photos, you plant an auto seed in the pot it finishes in because autos can stunt under stress and because they flower according to age there’s no time for it to recover properly
My research leads me to believe nutrients should be half dosed or even 1/4 dose with autos , once it’s burnt it’s burnt so it’s critical you take your time with nutrients. Measuring correctly it’s better to have to add more cos you can’t take it away.
There’s no right or wrong way to growing as long as the fundamentals are correct.
You see photo periods 7-12ft tall outdoors they need to be that tall to get enough light penetrating through to flower effectively to complete its life cycle
You can’t clone autos
The idea of growing inside is so you can grow all year round.
Every living thing has a life cycle and a way of reproducing. It’s basic science understand that and the last hour that iv sat here and literally spelled it out won’t have been a waste of my time. It’s better to take time to learn and understand what’s needed than to have all the gear and no idea being your own Guinea pig and it cost you as much as it takes for you to learn before you can get a plant to complete its life cycle as a minimum. By all means pass this bye but proofs in the pudding iv spent hours watching YouTube reading blogs to gain my knowledge and it’s paid off for me
There’s pros and cons of everything
Photos can yeild a shit tonne making it more suited to someone who wants quantity and turn over hence why you take cuttings from a mother plant and eliminates the seedling sapling stage that
1 takes about the same time to grow an auto seed to harvest
2 they’re like us they reproduce cos they will die eventually so you have males and females plants the male spreads the seed and the female produces the goods simple as that oh and in this case the males job is to spread its seed so far 1 male can turn 100 female to male and some hermaphrodite which has both like lady gaga if you get a bag of weed and there’s seeds in it it’s been near a male plant
Ha female plants get all sticky and sweet to taste like some women males get hard and jizz everywhere
So back to photo periods typically quantity over quality unless you know your stuff and can have both quality and quantity.
If your growing in doors it’s that simple your taking what the plant needs to it, not too much not too little like goldie locks and the 3 bears.
So autos finally cost a fortune guarenteed to be what says on the packet like everything in life if you got the money you can have the best on offer but if you can’t use it it’s useless init
Autos can yield a lot if you know how and has good genetics which your paying for still sound great?
1 photo can yeild more than 4 or 6 autos but autos if they’re any good will be a the content of up to 26-30% thc which is crazy right so it’s a quality over quantity if you got the money and grow enough to last you till the next crop is done then your into a winner
Oh ph and ec. That’s your homework report back in 3 days 😂
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