Hello Mephisto Folk.
I cannot find a forum for this. So will ask the Meph Heads.
I have grown five cycles now and am seeing some trends.
I grow perpetually, as a few of us do. Almost always about 1 month staggered with a 4 - 5 plant in a 0.6 x 1.2 setup with 320W of mixed QBS.
For me, the idea of stalling an auto through training and environmental control is fascinating and something I have started to explore in more detail. The upside of this technique is much higher yields vs a cost of much longer harvest times. I now average over 10 zips per Mephisto.
The last couple of grows, I have noticed a new phenomenon. Autos when over shadowed seem to exhibit a desire to slow down and then when the shadow has been removed they are happy to march on. If anything reinvigorated. I have a White Widow at day 81 about to hit flower. A Blueberry Treacle, day 74 and a Sour Crack, day 64 all running very slow. Horizontal training is a big factor here however.
Where this take an interesting twist, is that I have noticed that when they shoot up, they try to match or out compete the largest plant in the groom, within reason of their genetics. Exactly as plants try to do in the wild. Competition for light or "slowing" as a survival mechanism,I would think, is most plants natural trait. Plants only want to max out their buds, pass on their genes and die.
These are traits, as indoor growers we can use to our advantage. Its like putting the plant into "race" mode after she has done all the training.
I am going to try an experiment using a stand and card to simulate this effect, again vs a natural girl (Sour Crack of course). Driving the girls using their own natural desires seems a good way to improve yield inside. Also gives us growers more control.
What do you think?
This is a topic I have researched and come up pretty blank.
I would love to hear from the veterans as I am seriously pushing limits. FWIW I only use a 3 lt airpot.
This is my current grow :- https://www.autoflower.org/threads/orange-diesel-and-blue-microverse.72526/#post-2138489
A very large Blue Microverse (small indica) about to come down once the Sour Crack has dried.
I cannot find a forum for this. So will ask the Meph Heads.
I have grown five cycles now and am seeing some trends.
I grow perpetually, as a few of us do. Almost always about 1 month staggered with a 4 - 5 plant in a 0.6 x 1.2 setup with 320W of mixed QBS.
For me, the idea of stalling an auto through training and environmental control is fascinating and something I have started to explore in more detail. The upside of this technique is much higher yields vs a cost of much longer harvest times. I now average over 10 zips per Mephisto.
The last couple of grows, I have noticed a new phenomenon. Autos when over shadowed seem to exhibit a desire to slow down and then when the shadow has been removed they are happy to march on. If anything reinvigorated. I have a White Widow at day 81 about to hit flower. A Blueberry Treacle, day 74 and a Sour Crack, day 64 all running very slow. Horizontal training is a big factor here however.
Where this take an interesting twist, is that I have noticed that when they shoot up, they try to match or out compete the largest plant in the groom, within reason of their genetics. Exactly as plants try to do in the wild. Competition for light or "slowing" as a survival mechanism,I would think, is most plants natural trait. Plants only want to max out their buds, pass on their genes and die.
These are traits, as indoor growers we can use to our advantage. Its like putting the plant into "race" mode after she has done all the training.
I am going to try an experiment using a stand and card to simulate this effect, again vs a natural girl (Sour Crack of course). Driving the girls using their own natural desires seems a good way to improve yield inside. Also gives us growers more control.
What do you think?
This is a topic I have researched and come up pretty blank.
I would love to hear from the veterans as I am seriously pushing limits. FWIW I only use a 3 lt airpot.
This is my current grow :- https://www.autoflower.org/threads/orange-diesel-and-blue-microverse.72526/#post-2138489
A very large Blue Microverse (small indica) about to come down once the Sour Crack has dried.
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