[big teej]

Oh and i forgot, try to start your autos in their final containers. From my experience they can become stunted from any stress such as transplanting.

[aridbud]

We start them (germinate) in styro cups and transplant at 2 leaves. And have transplanted 100's from 2-3 gallon into 5 gallon. As long as you don't injure root system, careful in transplanting, there's no problems.

Everyone has a different method.

[Ras Sativa]

Depends on the strain cause I'm growing a Panama lime in a 3 gal should have put in a 5 gal believed it would have made a significant difference.

[burmese]

no matter what another fail we do,,, also autos as photoperiods have phenos with tendency to grow good in small earths amounts and 12x12 lights from seed.
newest what i seen to going to try hazeauto from world of seeds

[aridbud]

Originally Posted by burmese

no matter what another fail we do,,, also autos as photoperiods have phenos with tendency to grow good in small earths amounts and 12x12 lights from seed.
newest what i seen to going to try hazeauto from world of seeds

Pot/container size, the thread.

[pop_rocks]

Originally Posted by neongreen

I keep hearing people on here saying deeper pots are better for autos than wider/shallow pots. So this year I've swapped my wider/shallower 10l pots for taller/deeper containers of roughly the same volume. So far, my first round of autos this year if anything seem smaller than I've had in the past, so I'm not convinced it makes much difference. However we have not had much sun, but lots of rain/cloud instead which has probably resulted in smaller plants.

Hopefully my third round of autos (sown a few days ago in standard square 4" pots) will provide a clearer comparison...

this is kind of interesting!
you would think a deep tap root would encourage better growth

but being an equatorial plant where top soil is sparse, you would expect a broad , shallow root mass to be ideal?

i wonder if you could, correcting for environment and genetics, run a test
which would yield more?

a tall container or a shallow container

[BruceBanner]

I wouldn't transplant them, they are easily stressed. Pot size I would say at least 10l, more is better

[neongreen]

Originally Posted by pop_rocks

this is kind of interesting!
you would think a deep tap root would encourage better growth

but being an equatorial plant where top soil is sparse, you would expect a broad , shallow root mass to be ideal?

i wonder if you could, correcting for environment and genetics, run a test
which would yield more?

a tall container or a shallow container

Most autos have Ruderalis in them which is from more northerly latitudes (deeper soils), so that might have something to do with it I guess.

I might try a little side by side with my next round of autos. I also want to compare starting in small containers vs starting in their final containers. It probably won't be very scientific though as I don't usually weigh, but at the very least I'll get some comparison pics, which should give a rough idea.

[pop_rocks]

Originally Posted by neongreen

Most autos have Ruderalis in them which is from more northerly latitudes (deeper soils), so that might have something to do with it I guess.

I might try a little side by side with my next round of autos. I also want to compare starting in small containers vs starting in their final containers. It probably won't be very scientific though as I don't usually weigh, but at the very least I'll get some comparison pics, which should give a rough idea.

im sure you will be able to spot the diferences tho
thinks like rapid growth and healthier plants, not to mention quality and quantity of smoke.

checking to see if transplanting has any effect on plant is interesting as well

its my understanding that the ruderalis var has virtually no potency (comparable to hemp plants)
does anyone know anything about this?
the only characteristics sough is the auto flowering trait but im sure some of the original growth patterns remain also

neat stuff however you look at it!!

[aridbud]

its my understanding that the ruderalis var has virtually no potency (comparable to hemp plants)
does anyone know anything about this?
At one time yes....but crossing and back crossing to photoperiod is where you get the potency.

Most between 13-20% with several higher thc.

Read up some....you'll find out autos do have potency.


We transplant a lot. As long as it's not injuring root system, slight set back, if any.