New Grower Flowering question?

[GoLdDF]

Hello AFN,

I've been growing photos successfully for many years now, and I'm at day 58 of my very first auto grow. My main motivations were to try something new and to cut down the time It takes for a successful grow, so autos seemed to fit the bill and so far it's going great .

Here's a little info on my setup.

My system is a stealth cabinet 4' wide by 6' tall by 20" deep
400 watt HID Mh in veg and 400 watt HPS for flower in an air cooled sealed hood
One 2.5 gallon GH Power Grower Eco in hydroton under a Scrog screen

One Bomb Seeds THC Bomb Auto 18/6 from seed

Base nutes are
Canna vega and Flores

Additives are
H&G Roots Excelurator
Big bud
Sensizyme
HydrOguard
GH Cal/Mag
GH Diamond Nectar
Atami Bloombastic

Now my question is about the timing of things for autos. With photos I've pretty much got it nailed down as to when to flip the lights, switch additives, when to flush etc. but I'm a little flummoxed (I never get to use the word flummoxed, so exciting ) Because I'm just not sure where I'm at in flower at the moment. As I said earlier I'm at day 58 from seed and 26 days from when I switched from MH to HPS for flower. I'm treating it as if it were the end of week 4 of a photo, using big bud and sensi for bud growth, before I switch to Bloombastic for bud density. But not knowing where I'm actually at, development wise, I'm not really sure what I should be doing. It looks to me like it's younger then week 4, like the buds still have some girth to put on, but agian, being a noob to autos I just don't know. So if anyone can give me a general timeline, or an idea of how long Flowering generally lasts for autos, I would be greatly appreciative.

Thanks in advance,

GoLd

 

[blowyourmind]

Why not full hps with 20/4 Light? . Better 4 a autoflower [emoji106]

 

[GoLdDF]

Why not full hps with 20/4 Light? . Better 4 a autoflower [emoji106]

Hi blowyourmind,

I had read, probably 10-12 successful auto grow journals before starting; 20/4, 18/6 and a few 24/0, and I just chose to mimic a few that I liked in a mashup sort of way. I'll try 20/4 my next grow.

 

[Strocat]

Try 20/4 light schedule sometime .. its the only way i do my autos.. I have done 18/6 before and I've seen faster finishing times with 20/4 ... as in like 10-14 days faster .. no joke.

 

[woody]

@GoLdDF different strains and even different phenos of same strains will be slightly different.
Most growers go with vertical growth as the guideline. So when vertical growth slows/stalls and preflowers start bulking out they switch to flower nutes and change bulbs if necessary.
Personally i just use a transition feed (equal grow and bloom nutes) for weeks 4 and 5 then onto bloom schedule.
Im a lazy bugger though and have a schedule i stick too

 

[witchyhour]

I do all my autos on 20/4 from day 1 to harvest.

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Actually, seeds are started on the AeroGarden, which doesn't have a 20/4 schedule, so they're under 18/6 for their first two weeks, or so. But if I start a seed in a tent, without the AeroGarden, it'll be on 20/4 throughout its life. [emoji121]

 

[GoLdDF]

Try 20/4 light schedule sometime .. its the only way i do my autos.. I have done 18/6 before and I've seen faster finishing times with 20/4 ... as in like 10-14 days faster .. no joke.

Hi Strocat,

Well right there is reason enough to go 20/4 lol. I've got more auto seeds, and if the plant smokes as good as it looks and gives a decent yeild my next grow will be autos on 20/4

@GoLdDF different strains and even different phenos of same strains will be slightly different.
Most growers go with vertical growth as the guideline. So when vertical growth slows/stalls and preflowers start bulking out they switch to flower nutes and change bulbs if necessary.
Personally i just use a transition feed (equal grow and bloom nutes) for weeks 4 and 5 then onto bloom schedule.
Im a lazy bugger though and have a schedule i stick too

Hi Sanguine,

I actually had a 10 day, or so, transition period to switch over my nutes and then my lights. My original question actually resolved itself, by having massive bud growth in a crazy short amount of time, so I'm now feeding to promote bud weight. I'm starting to think 2-3 weeks left by the look of her.

I do all my autos on 20/4 from day 1 to harvest.

Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk

Actually, seeds are started on the AeroGarden, which doesn't have a 20/4 schedule, so they're under 18/6 for their first two weeks, or so. But if I start a seed in a tent, without the AeroGarden, it'll be on 20/4 throughout its life. [emoji121]

Hi Witchyhour,

Thanks, I'll be running 20/4 my next auto grow