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[maddox420]

What up all I got 3 candy kush autos going about 20 days old and about 6 inches tall and at least 6 or 7 nodes at least hard to see days their extremely short and bushy im trying to LST them but the stem is so thick I just been trying to bend them a little every day would it be a good idea to cause them to stretch a little bit to get them opened up any ideas would be appreciated

 

[MysteryChild]

Try topping them

 

[maddox420]

I have heard that toping autos was a no no

 

[Tnelz]

Have only grown two autos and my understanding is don't inhibit their growth. Maybe that's changed though.

 

[maddox420]

Well since their life is numbered in a X amount of days anything that's stunts them or slows their growth in anyway will affect your yield thats why I think it is also bad to transplant them also well that's the way I understand it correct me if im wrong I can't speak from experience these are my first autos

 

[Tnelz]

Well since their life is numbered in a X amount of days anything that's stunts them or slows their growth in anyway will affect your yield thats why I think it is also bad to transplant them also well that's the way I understand it correct me if im wrong I can't speak from experience these are my first autos

I did transplant both of the autos I grew. I did it as soon as they showed preflowers. Did OK on both so not sure about that. If I were to grow another and I have a climax auto bean I'd do it in a 10l hempy. Easy and you get a ton of growth early. Think it would be awesome.

 

[maddox420]

Im in coco right now once I get my taxes im gonna get a rdwc setup I have always wanted to have a hempy though

 

[Tnelz]

I am in coco as well. New to it but I'm loving it so far. But been doing hempy for a while. Dwc without all the moving parts. Very similar all the way around the board. Would actually suggest hempy first.

 

[maddox420]

I'v got 2 grows with coco so im new also Im enjoying it to this my first run with autos so im learning as I go what size pots do you use for your hempys

 

[Tnelz]

I start in one qt containers 100% pearlite. And I've gone up to as little as one gallon containers but like 10ltr the best. Have two one gallons flowering now. It's a grow off between advanced and deep fusion series. Both grown in one gallon juice jugs. Here is a pic of the an. Lookin pretty good!

 

[maddox420]

Pretty nice how long you veg for

 

[Tnelz]

About three weeks from clone. Give or take a couple days. Once those roots hit the res it exploded. Only down side is watering twice a day.

 

[thunderfudge]

Red spectrum, if you're not using it already.nitrogen, maybe a little warmth to stimulate using that nitrogen, raising the lights maybe?

 

[maddox420]

That was exactly what I was thinking I got the lights about a foot off the plants and I just ordered 3000k bulbs

 

[MysteryChild]

I have heard that toping autos was a no no

I've topped auto's with success but feel LST is the way to go

 

[maddox420]

Im going to the spring store here in a few

 

[maddox420]

Never mind that though I was sending a text