Hey guys, sorry I've not been around recently, been through a bit of a shit time but I'm back now so lemme see if I can answer a few of your questions, even if it is a bit late. (sorry about that).
Hi Seraphim,
Do you have a
biobizz nute schedule for using light mix soil?
Hey Shroom,
Seraphim's off on business atm but I'll take a shot at it for you :)
Quite simply though, I have always followed this
BioBizz schedule to feed my plants and I've never had problems. I've actually often fed my plants a stronger mix than stated here when they look like they can take it. I've found it hard to burn my plants using the
BioBizz range.
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If that's not any help give me another shout and I'll try to help another way ;)
I'm not sure if I missed it or if the topic has not been covered yet, but I have a question about autos and the light cycle.
Do you grow them with 16 hours of light on and 8 hours of lights off? Or do you grow them with lights on 24/7? Or do you grow them with say 24 hours lights on while vegging and switch to 12/12 when flowering?
M8
Hey M8,
Technically, you can do whatever suits you best. Autoflower basically means they will flower in any light schedule.
For most of my grows I have done so on 18/6 from day 1 through to the day I harvest. But for my last three grows I have just done the whole thing on 24 hours seed/harvest as I couldn't be arsed to mess around with the lights and everything's grown perfectly and finished within 10 weeks from germination.
I've also grown like you say by having them on 24 during veg and then dropping down to 12/12 for flower. This does often affect your yield very slightly but it's a great thing to do if you have a bunch of photos you need to flower at the same time as growing autos.
I have some autos growing outdoors in the UK atm and we're getting less than 12 hours light a day and they're growing perfectly well. That's the great thing about autos, you can literally grow them on any light schedule you want.
I stand by the thinking though that plants need a short time to rest so they can do their thing so if I had to suggest the ideal light schedule, I would say 18/6 is perfect :)
You really shouldn't transplant autos.
autos grow a big tap root real fast that's why you start in your finishing pot you don't want to disturb that tap root which will shock the plant. Try this method and you won't go back it works great.
Great advice.... that's one of the things that trips a lot of people up. Everything goes well until they transplant and end up with a stunted plant. It's so easily done with autos.
There certainly are techniques for transplanting autos without any negative effects, I'm doing this a lot atm and my current plants, which were transplanted at about 5 weeks old are well over a metre and a half tall with a fantastic amount of flowering spots. But yes, I would have to agree, until you're comfortable working with autos, plant the seeds directly into their final home to avoid any heartache.
Nice advice dude :)
Do you have any advice on using biobiz topmax?
Hi Afghanbob :)
Easy peasy :)
From your very first feed of nutrients use TopMax at 1ml per litre, in every feed. And then at around the 8th week or 3 weeks before your estimated harvest, begin using it at 4ml per litre with every feed until you flush.
In the early days you may not think it's doing much but once the resin starts being produced you'll have it dripping off the buds. Once you start hitting it with 4ml's it acts as a mild bud hardener as well so your flowers will be rock solid come harvest time. Under-rated product imo, I love it :)
Right guys, I hope that's of some help. I'm back on form now so give me a shout if anyone needs anything. I'll try to do what I can to assist :)
Hope you're all having a great week so far.
Take care
