New Grower mars-hydro 94x3w relector

[pop22]

I hope I'm not ending up with a no flower scenario! That would seriously p.... me off. I am seeing a few hairs and one of the Cheese autos has started to flower. I wonder how long I should wait before I decide to start a batch of new seeds?

My partner runs the same set up as me and wants quieter fans. Good to hear you found it easy to do. Was your unit a 94 x 3 reflector? Would it have any effect on the way it cools the unit I wonder?

If they are starting to flower, then GROW them out! don't be wasting plants because your impatient! If you give them time, they will likely give you some great bud! I've been using Mars Hydro LEDs for a year now, and have had no problems related to the lights.

 

[live4now]

If they are starting to flower, then GROW them out! don't be wasting plants because your impatient! If you give them time, they will likely give you some great bud! I've been using Mars Hydro LEDs for a year now, and have had no problems related to the lights.

I am not impatient Pop22, it is being puzzled about what is happening and as the lights is the only thing that has changed in my set up, of course I wonder if the lights are the reason why my girls are behaving so strangely. Yes, it could be the interaction between this strain and the LEDs, I just want to know why? I don't know if Autos have a set life span? Are they going to deteriorate before they are done? Thing is, I grow to help a friend who is very ill and having had my set up and plants stolen in January, I am running out of time to keep the goodies coming. Its a bit of a responsibility, as you can understand and because I have invested a lot of money in the new set up, of course I want to avoid problems and set backs as much as possible.
I accept problems happen but I want to know why and learn so I can stop them from happening again.
Would be nice to know if anybody on the forum has grown Big Bang fems under LEDs?

Thanks for the replies everyone. Its good to know people are here to help.

 

[MisterHarpy]

I am not impatient Pop22, it is being puzzled about what is happening and as the lights is the only thing that has changed in my set up, of course I wonder if the lights are the reason why my girls are behaving so strangely. Yes, it could be the interaction between this strain and the LEDs, I just want to know why? I don't know if Autos have a set life span? Are they going to deteriorate before they are done? Thing is, I grow to help a friend who is very ill and having had my set up and plants stolen in January, I am running out of time to keep the goodies coming. Its a bit of a responsibility, as you can understand and because I have invested a lot of money in the new set up, of course I want to avoid problems and set backs as much as possible.
I accept problems happen but I want to know why and learn so I can stop them from happening again.
Would be nice to know if anybody on the forum has grown Big Bang fems under LEDs?

Thanks for the replies everyone. Its good to know people are here to help.

Read this on the life span of autos https://www.autoflower.org/showthread.php?t=5113 ,if your girls are growing and show no deficiency's there's nothing to worry about, they can go for longer times, I've seen that in other posts you say the same strain you've been growing for awhile and you harvest at such week. Well if you go an extra week or two it's not like they are going to magically dieif anything they might get more potent. You've been a hps grower and now switched to led, you can't expect it to be exactly alike. You just need to go into ever sub forum like new growers, indoor and LED, and read every sticky you can find completely. And the read them again. There's so much knowledge in here that you can read. But you can't expect HP's to be exactly like led, and if the plants are growing good, looking good, no deficiency's. Then there's nothing to be worried about

 

[live4now]

Ok, I get your point, and I will (and have been) reading everything I can lay my hands on.
I have contacted Greenhouse, the breeders of Big Bang Auto and they tell me Autos are bred to go into flower, no matter what the light situation. Even without light they will flower, although the final results will of course, be minimal. So, no light shed on it from their corner, excuse the pun.

At the moment I have one Cheese Auto in full flower, one Cheese and 3 Big Bangs showing a few pre flowers, but they have done so for nearly 10 days and nothing more is happening. Plant look very healthy, some are a bit small, but bushy and have all the grow tips ready to go. I will try to add pictures which I made last week (7 weeks) and some I made today at 8 weeks. The yellow colour on the leaves is the flash, not a deficiency! They have all beautifully dark green leaves.



pic 1: Cheese Auto 2x at left, one gone into proper flowering mode week 7
pic 2: Big Bang Auto showing some pre flower week 7
pic 3: Big Bang Auto 3x week 7
pic 4: Second Cheese Auto showing some pre flower week 8
Pic 5: Big Bang Auto showing pre flowers week 8
Pic 6: Cheese Auto 2x at left, back one in full flower
Big Bang Auto 3x on right, some pre flowers but not getting any further.