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autoflower, extended veg time, due to mainlining "topping,training" and stable genetics and pot size ?

Diips
Diipsstarted grow question 19 days ago
Could you in theory manipulate the veg time of an autoflower, by doing main-lining "lots of topping, training" with good genetics, oversized pot, 24 hour lights and good timing ? Ive experianced a few plants staying long in veg, without showing signs of stress or stunt.
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Setup. Strain - Autoflowering
Techniques. SoG
Techniques. Main-lining
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BlocZ
BlocZanswered grow question 19 days ago
Yes I found a solution for that, I applied it in my diary, if you want to go and see. I read somewhere that an auto plant starts flowering when its roots touch the bottom of the pot. The taller your pot is, more it can grow 😉✌️
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 17 days ago
I don't think their is a lot of proven info this works well. I bet its highly strain specific. But test it out. I try to only grows autos outdoors, in doors its mostly photoperiods, better control and easier to manage.
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NiceCrits
NiceCritsanswered grow question 18 days ago
I grew some 2Fast4buds in to grow tense, one boosted with CO2 and temperature, the other normal. In the normal environment, plants had preflowers after four weeks and took about 10 weeks total. In the CO2 environment, plants had pre-flowers in just over seven weeks and took about 13 weeks total.
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gottagrowsometime
gottagrowsometimeanswered grow question 19 days ago
NOOOOO. There is no auto seed thats the same You CAN'T try fix genetics. You can give them the best environment and pot size, proper nutrition. And the chances of getting a higher grown pheno.. Typically no stress, and a big pot. DWC or something. Mainlining or topping stresses autos.
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001100010010011110
001100010010011110answered grow question 19 days ago
The problem with that is consistency. It may delay it sometimes, and other times it may not. Might even cause it to flower early. Removing leaves can delay it. I doubt it's an effect that works 100% of the time. 24h is not relevant by itself. That could be good or bad. DLI, daily light integral, is what matters. It doesn't matter if you max that out over 12 hours or 24, you'll get the same yield. You cannot force a square peg through a round hole on this issue. How much CO2 and how well you controll temp/rh will determine how much light you can provide per day and hours of operation is just 1 factor in that equation. The wiki on DLI is sufficient to get the gist. If you wan to control such things, just grow photoperiods, lol... why complicate it needlessly?
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MindFlowers68
MindFlowers68answered grow question 19 days ago
Well you can do it and let us know how it goes. Maybe we will learn something... I personally would just grow a photoperiod. especially if you want to mainline. I have given autos a chance and i can see where they are usefulll but for how i grow, theirs just too much variability. its really a roll of the dice ever time. Sure maybe someone got it to work once but tat does not mean that all autoflowers are going to respond the same way.
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 19 days ago
Just grow photoperiod plants and then you can control when flowering will occur.....without having to do strange things to autos in the hope you get an extra week or two of veg..............autos are bs in my opinion.
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AsNoriu
AsNoriuanswered grow question 19 days ago
one never grew bigger than 100g plant, other is faking diary for meme event. https://2fast4buds.com/news/main-lining-technique-to-increase-your-cannabis-yields if most popular manufacturer here, says no in his article, most probably its true .... growdiaries.com/diaries/129716-grow-journal-by-asnoriu 250 g plants in fully organic grow, no stupid topping or especially stupid mainlining....
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AsNoriu
AsNoriuanswered grow question 19 days ago
no. in rare cases you can get monster, but heavy training sessions are not for autos. 18/6 is optimal, girls need rest too, there is max dli you could put efficiently, rest will cause troubles. if you want all hst go with photoperiods.
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sunshinegroww
sunshinegrowwanswered grow question 19 days ago
Yes you can ive done it
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