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Many folks say autos will flip. It's mostly how to do it and whether it's stressful are my concerns. Maybe I'm worrying too much. I think they're healthy enough to be cropped. I thought they'd flower long before this.I have never grown an auto, but flipping, in photo-world, is just changing the light schedule to 12/12 from whatever you had it at before.
The plants will not be stressed, but I think you will get a stretch that will last a few weeks. Depending on how much, you may have to get familiar with super cropping.
Maybe it's a thing to force flowering in autos by treating them like photos, but is it also possible that these are photos, not autos?
There are lots of pistils already. They started showing weeks ago.Might have lucked out and got photos. Flip the lights to 12/12 and wait a week or two to start looking for pistils. Nice looking plants. I like black Jack, good strain.
There was leaf hooking for a while. It got better, but many of the leaves are still a very dark green. I think a lot of the nutrients in "the soil that must not be named" were used up. A few flushes probably helped. We also started using low-nitrogen fertilizer.BTW, those plants do not look like they've had too much nitrogen. There is no leaf hooking.
I've flipped and run auto's 12/12. In fact I've never ran an auto all the way through on 18hrs. I usually /always have photo's in my flower room under a 1000w hps, too expensive to run for 18hrs on any ways...but although smaller than the photo's and other monster auto's I've seen they were good. I've an GSC auto here somewhere that came out great on 12/12...nice tight hard sweet buds..We decided to defoliate and give the plants a few days to recover before we flip. We did one plant yesterday and will do the other plant today. We're also using the time to change the tent. The new AC Infinity fan was installed yesterday. We're also doing things to avoid light entering the tent during the longer dark periods
IMO if you can force flower an auto,it isn't an autoI have never grown an auto, but flipping, in photo-world, is just changing the light schedule to 12/12 from whatever you had it at before.
The plants will not be stressed, but I think you will get a stretch that will last a few weeks. Depending on how much, you may have to get familiar with super cropping.
Maybe it's a thing to force flowering in autos by treating them like photos, but is it also possible that these are photos, not autos?
Granted, we mostly see the problem plants here on THCFarmer, but it seems to be fairly common for people to get photo seeds when they ordered autos.IMO if you can force flower an auto,it isn't an auto
I think the degree of photo has a role too, Finding a highly worked strain is rare and I bet a big undertaking with autos because one parent will always die so you would have to have a predictible IBL auto to start with or theres no chance of repeating, and $ is all that matters,get them sold and move on.Granted, we mostly see the problem plants here on THCFarmer, but it seems to be fairly common for people to get photo seeds when they ordered autos.
I knew a guy on another forum who bred autos. He said it's a recessive trait and a plant is either all auto or it's photo, there's nothing in between. So assuming that's true, the OP got photos instead of autos.I think the degree of photo has a role too, Finding a highly worked strain is rare and I bet a big undertaking with autos because one parent will always die so you would have to have a predictible IBL auto to start with or theres no chance of repeating, and $ is all that matters,get them sold and move on.
You pretty much have it right for us. This is our first tent grow. Yes, we wanted something easy for learning purposes, and this strain was said to be easy. That's also why we only grew two plants. The learning curve has been steep, too. I'll feel lucky to get a crop at all. I'm also eager to finish this crop so we can start another and put what we've learned to work. We didn't even have a tent when we started these plants, so we've come a long way. Now we don't lack equipment like we did when we began.I knew a guy on another forum who bred autos. He said it's a recessive trait and a plant is either all auto or it's photo, there's nothing in between. So assuming that's true, the OP got photos instead of autos.
IMO, my very non-biased and above board opinion, is that autos are for people without the ability to control light. When I see an auto growing in a tent, it's usually someone fairly new to growing who was told autos are easier.
There are good growers here who incorporate autos into their grows. I don't see a reason for me to grow any, though.
I agree,it seems like only a small advantage if any for an easier grow if you're learning.I knew a guy on another forum who bred autos. He said it's a recessive trait and a plant is either all auto or it's photo, there's nothing in between. So assuming that's true, the OP got photos instead of autos.
IMO, my very non-biased and above board opinion, is that autos are for people without the ability to control light. When I see an auto growing in a tent, it's usually someone fairly new to growing who was told autos are easier.
There are good growers here who incorporate autos into their grows. I don't see a reason for me to grow any, though.
Hey, do you know that from experience? some science to back that up? all I know is I've had auto seeds that I've flipped at 6 weeks ready or not and they got flipped, I've had others flip themselves at 3 weeks others at 5. They all came from 1 source..different strains all good stuff once finished & all were auto seeds. I'm no auto pro I prefer photo's, I like to veg for 2 - 2.5 months...can't do that with auto's so we need a botanist to jump in with some tech sht to call it.IMO if you can force flower an auto,it isn't an auto
You pretty much have it right for us. This is our first tent grow. Yes, we wanted something easy for learning purposes, and this strain was said to be easy. That's also why we only grew two plants. The learning curve has been steep, too. I'll feel lucky to get a crop at all. I'm also eager to finish this crop so we can start another and put what we've learned to work. We didn't even have a tent when we started these plants, so we've come a long way. Now we don't lack equipment like we did when we began.
We sure seem to have a consensus about these plants being photos. We still have some seeds from the same order, so we'll be able to see how they grow. I don't think we'll grow them for the next crop, though. We want to try something different.
Yes ,it can't be full auto because it is mixed with photo, nobody grows pure autos for marijuana because it is void of THCHey, do you know that from experience? some science to back that up? all I know is I've had auto seeds that I've flipped at 6 weeks ready or not and they got flipped, I've had others flip themselves at 3 weeks others at 5. They all came from 1 source..different strains all good stuff once finished & all were auto seeds. I'm no auto pro I prefer photo's, I like to veg for 2 - 2.5 months...can't do that with auto's so we need a botanist to jump in with some tech sht to call it.
It's hard to breed the Red head out of the family.....You or your wife may not have red hair but it's possible for you to have a red headed child...somewhere along your lineage there may have been a red head....multi generations later...poof a Red headed child...lol....same with the ruderalis & cannabis and it doesn't have to be multi generations laterI knew a guy on another forum who bred autos. He said it's a recessive trait and a plant is either all auto or it's photo, there's nothing in between. So assuming that's true, the OP got photos instead of autos.
IMO, my very non-biased and above board opinion, is that autos are for people without the ability to control light. When I see an auto growing in a tent, it's usually someone fairly new to growing who was told autos are easier.
There are good growers here who incorporate autos into their grows. I don't see a reason for me to grow any, though.
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