I Am New To Growing And Have A Few Questions.

[Lsonsn]

I am new to this forum and new to growing. I bought feminized auto flowing seeds. I am not sure of the strain. The plants look great but they are only about 9 inches tall and already have hairs and looks like they are flowering. They have been growing for about 2 months. I was giving them about 12 hours of outside sunlight, then about another three hours of inside LED light, low wattage. I Now I leave them outside. Is it normal to be flowering when they are so young and small? Can I top now, or are they too small? Will they grow much more while they are flowering, if they are flowering? Should I purchase feminized non-auto flowering next time? Sorry for all of the questions, but I am confused and trying to learn. I attached a photo of one of the plants. Thanks for any help!!

 

[G gnome]

I highly recommend u do some research b4 u grow some more plants.

 

[str8smokn]

At least know what the strain name is.
Auto start to flower after the 3rd week of growth usually,they need atleast 15 hrs of good light to produce solid buds(strain dependent).
You do not top Autos ,you tie them down to open them up.
Do some reading there's a good thread on here .
https://www.thcfarmer.com/community/forums/auto-flower-strains.102/
Check em out.
STR8

 

[Lsonsn]

Thanks alot for pushing me in the right direction!!

 

[Michiganmeds]

I think that they are close to being done at 8 weeks

 

[Lsonsn]

Thanks Michiganmeds. I have a lot of reading and learning to do. Fun stuff!!

 

[Mari420]

Never top when its starting to flower! I am a total newbie, but I have been getting help from some friends who grow. They told me never to cut the plant when it's switched over, it can stress the plant out and make it grow funky.

 

[Lsonsn]

Thank you mari420. This is a great site. So much support!

 

[Mari420]

Thank you mari420. This is a great site. So much support!

anytime. Autos usually are done by 3 months, so they do stay smaller. but I've never seen one this small. Maybe the constant moving of the plant stunned its growth. The soil you're using could also have stunned it, but once its flowering, plants go through about 2 weeks of stretching (:

 

[Lsonsn]

I have been doing a lot of reading. I want to grow some non-auto's next time. I will light during veg 18/6 then go to 12/12 to flower. I am just experimenting right now and learning. I learn fast and enjoy the journey! Is a 300 watt LED enough light for a couple of indoor plants? I know the norm is 1000 watt bulbs.

 

[Mari420]

I have been doing a lot of reading. I want to grow some non-auto's next time. I will light during veg 18/6 then go to 12/12 to flower. I am just experimenting right now and learning. I learn fast and enjoy the journey! Is a 300 watt LED enough light for a couple of indoor plants? I know the norm is 1000 watt bulbs.

I am growing one plant with 160w CFL lights and it's working pretty well. I'm not really good with lighting questions but yes I think 300w led would work for a few plants Don't quote me on this but I think 400w LED works with atleast 6 plants. So 300w could get you maybe 3-4 plants.

 

[Lsonsn]

Cool, I'll report back after I see results.

 

[jumpincactus]

I have been doing a lot of reading. I want to grow some non-auto's next time. I will light during veg 18/6 then go to 12/12 to flower. I am just experimenting right now and learning. I learn fast and enjoy the journey! Is a 300 watt LED enough light for a couple of indoor plants? I know the norm is 1000 watt bulbs.

Keep in mind when choosing LED tech that you have the correct color ranges and PAR. There is enough information concerning all of the grow light tech to make anyone's head spin. You gots lots of homework to do. And yes there are those that grow successfully with LED as opposed to HID. It is a cost saver and creates less heat than HID lights allowing you to keep cooler groom temps and saves on cooling costs as well as electrical costs.

There are many great threads on folks using LED's here at the farm. Check em out.

 

[Michiganmeds]

For just a couple plants it would be cheaper to go with say a 100 or 250 watt hps, think it would work out better. Say 2, 2 bulb 4 foot t12s and a small hps and you will have a big advantage over leds,just my opinion....

 

[Lsonsn]

Thanks for all of the input, I love this site!!