MountainBudz
⛽🦨 Kinebud and Heirloom Preservationist! 🦨 ⛽
Hey guys, i'm running a few plots guerilla style here in the South East Ky Appalachians as of now, have around 19 plots out. I have never really ran any autoflowers, which is what this post is my concern. I am fixing to order 40 feminized autos and run them all outdoor in probably 3 to 4 gallon containers, will be able to water when needed. I figure if I have them germinated and true leaves showing by August 1st then I can finish them off. I personally have never grown an auto flowering strain.
We don't get our first frost till around November 1st through the 10th. So that should give me plenty of time to finish them off.
But, I do have concerns about this grow. For one, I know people usually choose autos for indoors or for Northern climate grows with lots of day length hours. Here the day length hours are currently 14 hours and 18 minutes. By August 15th they will be around 13 and half hours. Is this going to pose a problem?
I am located at 36 latitude far East Ky.
Really in my brainstorm about doing a late run I found three options.
1) Order autoflower seeds and have them sprouted by August 1st. Keep them under 24 or 18/6 lighting for the first two weeks, then move to the outdoors around mid August.
2) Order regular feminized photoperiod seeds and start the same giving a couple weeks veg under lighting then move to outdoors.
or 3) Order half auto/half photo and compare the two for experience to fall back on for next year.
I kind of feel like the autos would give a larger yield at this time of the year compared to the photos, which I may be wrong. I am expecting at least an ounce per plant, so which ever method will give me the biggest yield I will more than likely choose that route. Hope someone with some experience can help me so I can spend my money wisely.
We don't get our first frost till around November 1st through the 10th. So that should give me plenty of time to finish them off.
But, I do have concerns about this grow. For one, I know people usually choose autos for indoors or for Northern climate grows with lots of day length hours. Here the day length hours are currently 14 hours and 18 minutes. By August 15th they will be around 13 and half hours. Is this going to pose a problem?
I am located at 36 latitude far East Ky.
Really in my brainstorm about doing a late run I found three options.
1) Order autoflower seeds and have them sprouted by August 1st. Keep them under 24 or 18/6 lighting for the first two weeks, then move to the outdoors around mid August.
2) Order regular feminized photoperiod seeds and start the same giving a couple weeks veg under lighting then move to outdoors.
or 3) Order half auto/half photo and compare the two for experience to fall back on for next year.
I kind of feel like the autos would give a larger yield at this time of the year compared to the photos, which I may be wrong. I am expecting at least an ounce per plant, so which ever method will give me the biggest yield I will more than likely choose that route. Hope someone with some experience can help me so I can spend my money wisely.
