Counting AF Days Seed or Sprout?

[mitch_connor]

Just wondered what the general consensus on what day you guys start on for your AF's?

Breeders generally state a seed-harvest time, but I've always counted from the day they pop out of the soil for me

 

[Tropic]

I count from sprout. If they germinate over 2 or 3 days, I usually consider day 1 as the day that had more sprouts, an average if you will.

 

[SGS]

ount from Seed - Harvest, from the time germination is started to the time they are cut down.

That way an accurate complete time that they are in the garden can be known.

SGS

 

[mitch_connor]

Tropic I do exactly the same. If I have sprouts pop up over 3 days (easy occurrence with a big batch) I take the average day and call it day 1

 

[Muddy]

When seed banks list their times they count from day of planting, not sprouting, so I do the same. Plus not all seeds in a given planting will pop on the same day so it just makes it easier to count from day of planting instead of tracking individual plants as they pop.

 

[Tropic]

Muddy, have you ever had a strain that was ripe in the timeframe the breeder advertised, while counting days from planting? I rarely take AFs down before 9-10 weeks (from sprout), because they always seem to be able to pump some more (and they do).

 

[Muddy]

No, I've never had an auto finish in less than 9-10 weeks. My last batch of Diesel Ryders indoors went 11 weeks. Outdoors they always seem to go a little longer as well, usually 11 or 12 weeks. I also find that I rarely get amber trics on autos. All the fan leaves will be gone and the buds can start to turn brown and still no amber.