Are people growing autos indoors?

[TheMole]

Autoflower seeds are often more expensive than regular ones in my experience. Besides that, since they don't get as tall, you need more auto's (and thus more seeds) than regular photoperiod ones to produce the same amount of bud. They're great for sog, thats why I'm doing a seed run. Then they should require very little attention. Would be a pain in the ass if you needed to babysit 50+ plants in a 4x4 room.

Main benefit for me is limited height and light cycle in-dependency. This way they can be at different ages all in the same room.

 

[Loc Dog]

I would only do indoors, due to light requirements, of 18 to 20 hours a day.

 

[Loc Dog]

1000 hps.As many 3+gallon grow bags as fit, rols. Remove weak shaded plants and branches as it begins to fill in. Harvest tops as they begin to ripen or mold is possible. Harvest bottoms 2-3 weeks later. Usually only feed fish and seaweed, sometimes little guano n kelp top dress. Usual strain was sour60 f2-4s, and bx's. After trying some different strains I think I could do better using 5 gallon pots, and even more with a 6x6 or 7x7 tent. I had two double barrel (20gauge) squeezed in my last grow in just under 5 gallons. Give me like 3/4 pound and 1000's of seeds.

That is great tip, harvesting tops first, and letting lower ripen a few weeks, since it is usually lower quality.

 

[Loc Dog]

There are numerous autoflowering breeders that sell regular auto seeds, myself included. Seeds are not expensive....look for yourself.

Growing indoors, you don't have to mess with 18 hrs, then switch to 12 hrs. Keep it at 18/6 schedule...you have frosty, trichome glistening buds in 60-85 days...Instead of waiting 3-4 months.

You can have 1.5 harvests in that amount of time with autoflower seeds. Plant more to make up for "yield" at the end.

And autos are higher in potency than you claim....just depends one what strain you run.

Auto Mazar, and White Widow, are all I bother with now. I admit there is a nature/nurture factor. Maybe the earlier grows, just sucked because of my poor growing technique. I lost hundreds of dollars in seeds, from over watering rockwool, which I had never dealt with before. My fault!!!!! One tip, sandpaper your seeds before germinating, with very fine paper, trying to get seams at pointy end. Had 50% rate without, and 96% with.

AF's are a bitch to grow, at first. If you mess up a photo, you have time to correct. Any mistake in AF, will make a worse outcome. It has internal clock.

I do not want to argue, but a photo variety, made AF, can never be as good as the photo it was bred from, under same growing conditions, except light cut back for Photo's.

There is product called cannalyze and another at cannalyticssupply.com that test THC levels. $150.00 dollars to do 20-25 home tests, in short time.

Not trying to be an a-hole, but have spent 2 years with AF's.

Anyone that can afford should buy the test kit, and report. They say it could be off 2 points high or low, but experience will help get better reading.

You should do 4 or 5 samples per test.

There is info on readings, including the lower branches having lower results.

Again, no offense to anyone!!! Everyone has different tastes.

 

[dissolute]

just go 12/12 from seed. same point, better genetics.

 

[Mar-Tay]

I tend to keep autos around the walls of flower room as a between harvest of main bud treat usually after 30 days of 18hrs or as a lil head stash to have some different flavors.
Kalashnikova auto from greenhouse gave best harvest along with smokey bear from freedom seeds. Best tasting was blue mammoth from barneys pure blue cheese flav indoor and out.

#bless

 

[Jhhnn]

AF's are actually very easy indoors using a good potting mix. Started in solo cups, transplanted into 3 gal pots, all they need is water, warmth & light, maybe some light supplemental feedings of bloom formula after 30-40 days or so. They're done before any sort of deficiency has a chance to show itself. They lend themselves well to continuous harvest methods because the photoperiod need not change.

The early AF's lacked clout, 'tis true, but some modern examples rival photo strains in that respect. I also suspect that they'll yield better at 20/4 than photo strains at 12/12 over the same number of days. That seems obvious.