New Grower Straight's Dragon and Gigglejuice's w/345w of cfl

[Straight808]

Hey guys, I have a quick question for some of the more advanced growers (mods or +rep) .
As youu can see in the pictures my baby duurty is starting to flower. I currently have my lights on a 18/6 cycle. But as many of you may have also seen, I have 6 gorgeous gigglejuices growing in the same box. The gigglejuice strain is an f1 so it still isn't a full autoflower plant, and even though it's only been like 2 weeks, I'm just trying to get some information in advance so when the time comes I can make a smooth transition. I guess my question is, I've had my duurty on the 18/6 cycle, but in a week or less I may have to put the gigglejuices under 12/12 to sex them. Will changing my light cycle right now stress my durrty a lot and affect my yield by alot? Because if that's the case I'm going to have to figure something out quick. Thanks guys
Pictures coming soon!

 

[The Squid]

Hey straight. I'm not super advanced but I'll give you my take on it.

AFs will still flower on any light cycle. If this is the first time changing the schedule it is unlikely to cause any stress. That occurs when you, for some reason, change your schedule around several times or have erratic light leaks. They are AFs but can still be stressed that way.But in you're case I wouldn't worry about the stress. It will however decrease your yield since you are taking away 6 hours of light that it normally gets. How much is hard to say. I wouldn't say it would affect them a whole lot but I could be wrong.

If possible I would just try and figure out a way to separate them into two setups and light schedules. I know that this may not be an option I'm just putting it out there. Good luck dude.

 

[Straight808]

Hey straight. I'm not super advanced but I'll give you my take on it.

AFs will still flower on any light cycle. If this is the first time changing the schedule it is unlikely to cause any stress. That occurs when you, for some reason, change your schedule around several times or have erratic light leaks. They are AFs but can still be stressed that way.But in you're case I wouldn't worry about the stress. It will however decrease your yield since you are taking away 6 hours of light that it normally gets. How much is hard to say. I wouldn't say it would affect them a whole lot but I could be wrong.

If possible I would just try and figure out a way to separate them into two setups and light schedules. I know that this may not be an option I'm just putting it out there. Good luck dude.

hey squid, thanks for subbing and watching my grow, I've been checking yours out as well, and will continue to do so for as long as you are here.
now, I'm not trying to be rude or mean at all right now. Everything you said just now i basically already know, and i understand it fully. What i don't have is the experience of growing 100 autos in the past to be able to gauge my loss in yield, or distinguish the various pro's or con's of both situations. I really don't need a lot of technical advice from a grower who is just as experienced or less than me. I can look on here and read what the great growers say all day, and then go recommend it to anyone that has a curled up leaf tip, but this is so much more than that. There isn't a cookie-cutter response for everyones grows in the forum, and what the people that are giving these responses don't understand, is that sometimes the actual experienced grower doesnt respond and help the new guy out because it looks like everyone else already did. Im just saying squid, that i follow your grow, i really don't feel that you should give advice on things that you don't have personal experience with., because your bad advice could fuck up all my plants if you are ever wrong (and i am not in anyway saying you are wrong right now). We are all here to learn bud, and i think its best to learn first and then to teach later. But like i said man, i appreciate the concern, you are welcome anytime to comment in my thread and i honestly admire the fact that you are here, and you are fighting for the same dream that i am. cheers squid :smokebuds:

 

[Bikini Fettuccine]

hey guys i was looking at my duurty today and she just looked so pretty, i wanted to post up a couple pics of her, and her leaf color! enjoy (***EDIT*** I'm actually straight808, accidentally forgot to sign out before posting! lol my bad)

 

[Captain cure]

It will not effect it to the point of anything noticable. I've done it a few times and have seen zero stress problems. When I cut my photos to 12-12 it has never stunted my auto nor caused it to hermi. It's better to cut the light later and not while your auto is still vegging. While it's vegging you want as much light as possible. If your auto is in it's 6 Th+ week and you must goto 12-12 for your photos you will be ok. I actually have a La Diva in
My 20 plant photo grow going on this site now. This Is Also not the first time I've done it. Even outdoors you can't control the sun and I have grown some nice sized autos in the months of Sept and Oct when it's getting 12 or less hours of light and getting cold out still getting very good yields. I cut to 12-12 in my photo grow about 10-12 days ago (don't
Feel like grabbing the calendar to be exact) the La Diva was at around day 45 and I started Shooting Powder on her under 12-12 and she is still beefing
Up like crazy and her buds are nice, fat and dense. You can check her pics if you'd like in my journal. She's a monster and fine under 12-12. Could she be a little fatter if I was still under 18-6? Maybe a little. Am I upset that my 40 gram yield could have been 45? No. My photos needed to be flowered after a 7 week veg and my La Diva Is still a beast. I've done it multiple times indoors and out and have done different strains and the same under 18/6 start to finish and can say I have not noticed any substantial differences to cause any concern. Hope this helps bro and your girl looks great.

 

[Straight808]

Hey captain thank you for the help! That's what I was hoping for as well! I'm really hoping that these gigglejuices sex on their own in a few days, it's really just been over two weeks! But they are starting to get real big real fast so if I dont try and sex them in a few days, they may get too big for my area and light! Let's hope some sex in the next couple days tho!

 

[Muddy]

While I may not post in every thread here in the New Growers forum every day, I do read and monitor them at least once a day. Right now I've got 23 new growers in here and I just don't have the time to be intimately involved in everyone's thread. Yes, Squid is a new grower himself but I have specifically asked him to help me out with some of the more common and mundane issues. I do monitor his responses and if I see him giving any incorrect information, let him know about it.

Trying to grow autos and photos in the same area is a question that commonly comes up here. The information he gave you was correct. While they can be grown together under a 12/12 schedule your auto yields will suffer. For best results they should be maintained in separate grow areas. Hopefully yours will auto and you won't face this decision.

hey squid, thanks for subbing and watching my grow, I've been checking yours out as well, and will continue to do so for as long as you are here.
now, I'm not trying to be rude or mean at all right now. Everything you said just now i basically already know, and i understand it fully. What i don't have is the experience of growing 100 autos in the past to be able to gauge my loss in yield, or distinguish the various pro's or con's of both situations. I really don't need a lot of technical advice from a grower who is just as experienced or less than me. I can look on here and read what the great growers say all day, and then go recommend it to anyone that has a curled up leaf tip, but this is so much more than that. There isn't a cookie-cutter response for everyones grows in the forum, and what the people that are giving these responses don't understand, is that sometimes the actual experienced grower doesnt respond and help the new guy out because it looks like everyone else already did. Im just saying squid, that i follow your grow, i really don't feel that you should give advice on things that you don't have personal experience with., because your bad advice could fuck up all my plants if you are ever wrong (and i am not in anyway saying you are wrong right now). We are all here to learn bud, and i think its best to learn first and then to teach later. But like i said man, i appreciate the concern, you are welcome anytime to comment in my thread and i honestly admire the fact that you are here, and you are fighting for the same dream that i am. cheers squid :smokebuds:

 

[Straight808]

While I may not post in every thread here in the New Growers forum every day, I do read and monitor them at least once a day. Right now I've got 23 new growers in here and I just don't have the time to be intimately involved in everyone's thread. Yes, Squid is a new grower himself but I have specifically asked him to help me out with some of the more common and mundane issues. I do monitor his responses and if I see him giving any incorrect information, let him know about it.

Trying to grow autos and photos in the same area is a question that commonly comes up here. The information he gave you was correct. While they can be grown together under a 12/12 schedule your auto yields will suffer. For best results they should be maintained in separate grow areas. Hopefully yours will auto and you won't face this decision.

Thanks muddy, and okay its understandable if you've got squid running around helping I'm cool with that. I've just been a member of a bunch of forums (mainly car audio, but I'm seeing almost the same thing in almost every forum) where the people that are just beginning just stay on the forum all day reading and reading and then after about a week they become Jr. mods giving everybody bad advice and nut-hugging certain mods, brands, owners, or anyone with any rep in the forum. Since I'm a beginner at growing I'm very cautious in the forums with who i take advice from, just because in my car audio forum i would be seeing noobs getting the worst advice from another "know it all noob"... but anyway no harm no foul, as long as you go over what is said. But one important this is that i never said that what squid said was wrong, all I'm saying is it wasn't really helpful to me in any way. I feel like that was almost just a way of re-wording my own question, without helping me in anyway to make the most beneficial or efficient decision. While the following post by captain who is an experienced grower was able to provide me with some personal experience or knowledge to help me decide what is best for my situation, not just what we should do in the perfect scenario. But sorry if i offended anyone, I'm just trying to make sure i get reputable advice, or it wouldn't make sense to have my grow in the new growers forum. But now i know that i am so everything is okay. All autoflowering karma is appreciated lol

 

[growdawg30'z]

smoke a joint and let's get the elephant out of the room:smokebuds:

 

[grindin]

lookin nice straight!