I have Auto's and Dunno what I am doing

[coloradomedical]

I have two auto's that I was gifted with my other seeds that I purchased.

I had not planned on growing auto's at all, ever, in my life period. lol. So, this is the only place I don't have a damned clue about what I am doing.

I know they auto flower... that's a given, but I have my two auto's in the mother cab and they just popped their female genitalia out..... WTF do I do now? Will they continue to grow in a 24/7 light area.... and go ahead and flower... or is that a big problem? I dont' have my bloom area finished yet. so, give me some assistance.
I have UFO auto haze and ufo roadrunner.

 

[Ramius]

It won't be a problem, you can go ahead and put them under 24/7 if that's the only option to you. Many people go for 18/6 on auto's because they like to give them a little rest and most don't see a difference in yield from 18/6 to 24/7, either way they will still flower regardless on the light cycle.

I know some people who always grow their auto's under 24/7 with 48 hours darkness before harvest which works well for them

Sit back and let em do their thing

 

[coloradomedical]

Does it hurt them to put them in a 12/12 situation. Because I might not be able to fully bloom them in the mother box .

 

[dwarfganja]

Any way you can run it on 20/4? I have found that my autos did better with at least a little break from light.

As far as the 12/12 you might lose a little in final yield but after all it was a gift!! They will be fine!

 

[DIRT DIGGLER]

24/0 is fine...my number one tip would be put them in big pots.they might be small plants but they require lots of root space...IMO,3 gallon pots are perfect for a decent yielding auto.

 

[coloradomedical]

Unfortunately, I will not be able to give these plants exactly what they need... Either, they a. Stay in my mom box which gives them all of 8 inches to the lights b. sit in 12/12 and have 15 inches of space soil to lights. They also will only be getting a pop bottles worth of room, but I could switch them to coco real quick if need be, but they have formed preflowers and I don't wanna risk herm.

 

[Rudy R Alis]

Autos do good on any light cycle as long as they get 12+ hours of light per day. Mine are not on a timer, I turn the lights off before I go to sleep and turn them back on when I wake up. Been doing it this way for years never had any hermies or nothing.

My number one tip is the same as Dirt Diggers, autos are very sensitive to pot size especially depth.

 

[Rudy R Alis]

What type of lights would they be getting in the mother box compared to the flowering chamber?

How big are your pop bottles?

IMO bright light under 12/12 would be better than dim light under 24/0.

 

[coloradomedical]

20 ounce, and 210 watts of mixed spec pl-l vs. 69 watts of 6500k cfl

 

[coloradomedical]

Would it be better to transplant to coco? I am not too worried about huge yields on these... I mean 7 grams a piece and I would be more then happy. lol. Hell, thrilled even.

 

[Rudy R Alis]

I would flower them under 12/12 with the pl-l lights keepng then an inch from the tops they will give you much better results than the cfls. I've flowered under both.
20 oz is not enough soil, transplant them into 2 liter pots you will be glad you did.
Coco is better than soil especially in small containers, with 20 oz you might get 7 grams.

Good luck and welcome to the wonderful world of autos.

 

[coloradomedical]

Unfortunately, they will be contained in the 20 oz. and another down fall is that I have already transplanted them using soil. I suppose I shall see what happens. It's not the end of the world if I only get an 1/8th mind you. I have no intentions of ever selling, and I have a 3-5 hits a day MAX smoking habit. I just like some variations in my smoke, and I also enjoy giving my friends the fun too.... Hell, I probably save them a stupid amount of money every year.

I do wish I could put my damned RR in a big ass pot, after seeing some of the photo's of what it can do.

 

[Rudy R Alis]

20oz bottles are deep and your stains get big, 7g would be a reasonable average.
Even when AFs are small they are still great smoke and it looks kinda cool to see a big dank nug with roots. I'll be watching this.

 

[coloradomedical]

I gave the Haze a quart milk container, so a little more wiggle room. Not much though.