Hello All,
So I'm currently on my third auto grow -- I've never grown photoperiod... but I have a few questions for the community regarding some things I've seen and experienced along the way.
My grows have always been successful...in the sense that I got very nice smokeable bud at the end of everything. Yields per each grow as a total have been about the same...id say 1/4 to 1/2 ounce per plant on average.
Im still learning, but ive also learned a lot along the way, and have improved on a lot of things.
But one thing that I can't make sense of, is understanding why in every grow, the size and yields of the plants vary greatly.
In each of my grows i usually grow around 4-5 plants, and every time i notice that they are always subtly different looking, in size and node length.
I always have a spectrum of small to large plants growing, sometimes drastic! is this an autoflower thing?
I'll quickly outline my grow setup,but i'd also like to state that im a scientist by day, so im extra careful to control variables across plants, water, nute, light the same amount...none of this seems to affect the fact that every autoflower i grow, from the moment it breaks its seed shell, is a very different size and shape (and yield) to the others. (and yes I've tried seeds from different retailers -- same thing. (growers choice, and 420 fast buds) )
In my current grow I have a short and stubby plant, and an absolute monster growing at around 3 feet tall ...the largest ive ever grown. All same strain (growers choice gorilla glue), and I've done nothing different at all.
I grow in a 4x4 tent, humidity and temperature controlled at around 60% rh @ 75 degrees, under about 2000 watts (1000x2) of LED full spectrum lights. Im growing in Happy Frog, well mixed with a bit of dolomite lime and extra pearlite. Id say by this grow my watering habits are very good, as i dont really see under/over watering issues at all anymore. I pretty much follow the fox farms trio through the grow. ph my water. usually i'll lst about half of the lot to experiment and see which give higher yields....and honestly i havent seen much of a difference in yield amount. Maybe a bit of an improvement. But the LST doesn't have to do with these genetic variations I'm referencing. Even the lst-d plants -- if i chose to LST one of the 'genetically lucky' ones, it'll push to be taller than a non-LST one that is 'genetically less fortunate'
Anyway, thanks in advance for the help -- maybe im doing something wrong that i can correct and i sound like an idiot blaming genetics (i hope!) or are autoflowers just as much as a genetic roll of the dice as we all are?
So I'm currently on my third auto grow -- I've never grown photoperiod... but I have a few questions for the community regarding some things I've seen and experienced along the way.
My grows have always been successful...in the sense that I got very nice smokeable bud at the end of everything. Yields per each grow as a total have been about the same...id say 1/4 to 1/2 ounce per plant on average.
Im still learning, but ive also learned a lot along the way, and have improved on a lot of things.
But one thing that I can't make sense of, is understanding why in every grow, the size and yields of the plants vary greatly.
In each of my grows i usually grow around 4-5 plants, and every time i notice that they are always subtly different looking, in size and node length.
I always have a spectrum of small to large plants growing, sometimes drastic! is this an autoflower thing?
I'll quickly outline my grow setup,but i'd also like to state that im a scientist by day, so im extra careful to control variables across plants, water, nute, light the same amount...none of this seems to affect the fact that every autoflower i grow, from the moment it breaks its seed shell, is a very different size and shape (and yield) to the others. (and yes I've tried seeds from different retailers -- same thing. (growers choice, and 420 fast buds) )
In my current grow I have a short and stubby plant, and an absolute monster growing at around 3 feet tall ...the largest ive ever grown. All same strain (growers choice gorilla glue), and I've done nothing different at all.
I grow in a 4x4 tent, humidity and temperature controlled at around 60% rh @ 75 degrees, under about 2000 watts (1000x2) of LED full spectrum lights. Im growing in Happy Frog, well mixed with a bit of dolomite lime and extra pearlite. Id say by this grow my watering habits are very good, as i dont really see under/over watering issues at all anymore. I pretty much follow the fox farms trio through the grow. ph my water. usually i'll lst about half of the lot to experiment and see which give higher yields....and honestly i havent seen much of a difference in yield amount. Maybe a bit of an improvement. But the LST doesn't have to do with these genetic variations I'm referencing. Even the lst-d plants -- if i chose to LST one of the 'genetically lucky' ones, it'll push to be taller than a non-LST one that is 'genetically less fortunate'
Anyway, thanks in advance for the help -- maybe im doing something wrong that i can correct and i sound like an idiot blaming genetics (i hope!) or are autoflowers just as much as a genetic roll of the dice as we all are?
