Auto topping thread,pushing the auto limits;)

Good day growers im a master photo and auto grower.but my passion is with autoflower seeds.i been on a mission for 5 years growing now trying diffrent methods of training on autos to see what they truly behold.truth is autos aint no diffrent to a normal plant other than they flower on there own.u can top lst supercrop and defol autos with monster results if done at the correct time.oviously every plant is diffrent so always use the seed info as a rough guide and a short plant can yield just as much as a tall plant in this thread i will show u all along the way of the true limits of autos and there true potential as i grow them for u all to see.also if ur an auto grower who likes to push the limits,do speak up and all pics of ur autos and talk and all questions welcome on pushing the auto limits.here a few examples of the results achived topping an auto young followed by later lst.few heavy defols along the way ,gives u an army of dominant colas and a big heavy yield.and a beautiful plant.here is automazar topped and lstd

 

[The Iconoclast]

anytime after 3 weeks of age u can defol an auto at anytime no ill effect. as long as she is healthy and strong. but be prepared. as what u remove will grow back twice as bushy happy growing

I'm at day 30 no sign of flowers yet, do you think it's OK to do a bit more defoliation on my current grow?

 

[Autobeast]

So.. blue cheese down.. whats goin in next beast??

yo dude. i did try germ @Autoseeds.com 3 pack berry ryder autos.sent to me as test beans. but non cracked.so to replace them i tried germing some dutch passion auto blueberry iv had for years. and i got some fat tails in water now into tissue iv grown these beans before so i know exactly what to expect. a heavy yield of pure deep purple buds

happy growing every1

 

[Autobeast]

I'm at day 30 no sign of flowers yet, do you think it's OK to do a bit more defoliation on my current grow?

yea do it anytime as long as she is healthy. some autos like to veg longer than others. u could have a monster on ur hands. Happy growing every1

 

[hope2grow]

yo dude. i did try germ @Autoseeds.com 3 pack berry ryder autos.sent to me as test beans. but non cracked.so to replace them i tried germing some dutch passion auto blueberry iv had for years. and i got some fat tails in water now into tissue iv grown these beans before so i know exactly what to expect. a heavy yield of pure deep purple buds View attachment 964846 View attachment 964847happy growing every1

Bad state of affairs with the autoseeds M8 looking forward to seeing how your blueberrys go

 

[mikey2017]

yo dude. i did try germ @Autoseeds.com 3 pack berry ryder autos.sent to me as test beans. but non cracked.so to replace them i tried germing some dutch passion auto blueberry iv had for years. and i got some fat tails in water now into tissue iv grown these beans before so i know exactly what to expect. a heavy yield of pure deep purple buds View attachment 964846 View attachment 964847happy growing every1

Do you let them open up in the water it how

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[Autoseeds.com]

sorry to hear that @autobeast, how long did you leave them before giving up? Do you want some replacements?

 

[Autobeast]

Bad state of affairs with the autoseeds M8 looking forward to seeing how your blueberrys go

yea mate u win some u loose some maybe old stock who knos. happy growing

 

[Autobeast]

sorry to hear that @autobeast, how long did you leave them before giving up? Do you want some replacements?

hi autoseeds i soaked them in a glass of water for 24 hours then into tissue. left them for 7 days in tissue. looked this morning. no change. just didnt wna crack open. if u wouldnt mind then replacements would be very appreciated thankyou. happy growing

 

[Autobeast]

Do you let them open up in the water it how

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yea i like my seeds to crack while they in the water they generally do. after 2 days in water ul have a little tail hanging out well u should do. then into tissue tillur taproot gets nice long and established happy growing

 

[The Iconoclast]

yea i like my seeds to crack while they in the water they generally do. after 2 days in water ul have a little tail hanging out well u should do. then into tissue tillur taproot gets nice long and established happy growing

I thought it was just me, been having a hard time with seeds. Before I decided on an autoflower I couldn't get anything to pop out a tail, chucked them in water for a day they didn't do anything, tried to nurse them, tried directly into Rockwool, tried little cotton make up removers, everything just almost opened. Everything I paid for failed, then finally a free seed which was the Auto OG Kush from seedstockers, not the (dinafem one) grew a wobbly tail in the cotton face wipes which I then put into a 1" Rockwool cube, which is the one I'm currently growing and this is how I discovered the joys of autoflower, it was worth it to lose $40 worth of seeds just for this little free auto. I consider myself pretty experienced with photoperiods so that's what I wanted to grow, but the MJ gods had other plans for me apparently and now I see the light. My eyes have been opened.

What I liked about photoperiods is that I never grew from seed, I always cloned because I could get to know the genotype and phenotype so well that I ended up with stupid large colas, like three or four inches in diameter on spindly little main stems that couldn't support the weight, however it created too much work for me as I had to inspect every bud closely all the time due to the ever present danger of bud rot. Now that I'm slowly beginning to understand these autoflowers, they are much more fun to grow.

I had a look at a defoliation thread a while ago but it didn't really register, however I went back and looked at it more closely and used my photoperiod knowledge and experience and I could instantly understand the logic. It was your auto threads that got me interested in the autoflower and made me want to try it, so I have you to thank.

Also regarding your removal from 420, I shut my account down there because my experiences there have been pathetic, it's too sucky and juvenile for my taste. They say in their terms not to use exclamation marks because it attracts minors. WTF! The final straw for me was when I made a post that had a couple of 'fucks' in it and people wagged their fingers at me and then some old fart (who is actually younger than me, lol) called my post 'odious'. You're better off here my friend.

After my defoliation at the end of the day yesterday, I looked this morning and I had to do a double take, it not only did not slow down, it's frikken sped up!

My own experience with photoperiods tells me that it's not the leaves that really power the plant but the roots. This is why I do shallow water instead of deep water culture because I know that if you get the roots that are exposed to the air just right, they will produce super fine hairs on them that look like downy feathers which don't form in water. I haven't quite managed that yet in my current set up but I'm getting there.

EDIT: there's only 10 hours between these these two shots and 4 of those are in the dark.