Kalyx
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Kalyx's First Outdoor Auto Adventure and I have Questions
Hi all,
I have been growing awhile but have always been an indoor photoperiod grower. I have the experience of growing 2 Auto strains both indoors and one by mistake.
This will be my first true experience running autos and is my first experience running outdoors. Im going with autos mainly cause they will stay small and finish quick. I would like to get 2 cycles maybe 3 if able through the season. The plan is to run from 4-6 plants for each cycle.
I live in the burbs and with neighbors and light poison everywhere normal photos probably wont work, will get too big and take longer than I want.
The plants will be in pots so I can move them around, using a soil, coco, perlite mix. Plants will be out of sight from neighbors, it will be a legal grow and my neighbors are aware and fine with my plans. In fact both have larger indoor grows and could careless lol.
They will be started indoors and I was planning to use 5gal pots for flowering.
The questions I have and would love some suggestions or insight from those with experience growing autos outdoors even indoors. With my previous indoor autos flowering seemed to start within 2-3 weeks from sprouting.
Transplanting and any sort of topping seems out of the question to avoid causing stress if flower starts that soon. Now I have heard of some varieties vegging longer before starting to flower and Im hoping for that with the girls I start.
Starting germinated seeds in 5gal pots that they will finish their cycle in sounds like a really bad idea in my opinion. Transplanting autos also sounds like a bad idea.
My question is what recommendations would those with experience say to start the seedlings in and how to go about up potting?
The best idea I have had so far would be starting in Jiffy Pots or something similar. Sounds easy enough once the plant grows some just plant the jiffy pot in a bigger container and no need to stress by transplanting. I just have no idea if jiffy pots or similar peat starter pots are a good idea and how well they work. I don't want to use something that could makes matters worse.
Are Jiffy Pots a good idea or any better suggestions?
Also Im thinking for my autos 5gal pots should be more than large enough to support their root mass.
Are using 5gal containers a good size or should I go larger/smaller?
There are many things I have considered and planned out for this outdoor auto adventure. I will probably just keep posting questions as they come. Any help and any insight from anyone will be greatly appreciated.
This has nothing to do with autos or anything of the sort but its just not my style to make a long post without pictures. Besides everyone loves pretty pictures to help balance out all this babble I just spewed out.
Pictures posted above are Karma Og and GG#4 right before harvest.
Hi all,
I have been growing awhile but have always been an indoor photoperiod grower. I have the experience of growing 2 Auto strains both indoors and one by mistake.
This will be my first true experience running autos and is my first experience running outdoors. Im going with autos mainly cause they will stay small and finish quick. I would like to get 2 cycles maybe 3 if able through the season. The plan is to run from 4-6 plants for each cycle.
I live in the burbs and with neighbors and light poison everywhere normal photos probably wont work, will get too big and take longer than I want.
The plants will be in pots so I can move them around, using a soil, coco, perlite mix. Plants will be out of sight from neighbors, it will be a legal grow and my neighbors are aware and fine with my plans. In fact both have larger indoor grows and could careless lol.
They will be started indoors and I was planning to use 5gal pots for flowering.
The questions I have and would love some suggestions or insight from those with experience growing autos outdoors even indoors. With my previous indoor autos flowering seemed to start within 2-3 weeks from sprouting.
Transplanting and any sort of topping seems out of the question to avoid causing stress if flower starts that soon. Now I have heard of some varieties vegging longer before starting to flower and Im hoping for that with the girls I start.
Starting germinated seeds in 5gal pots that they will finish their cycle in sounds like a really bad idea in my opinion. Transplanting autos also sounds like a bad idea.
My question is what recommendations would those with experience say to start the seedlings in and how to go about up potting?
The best idea I have had so far would be starting in Jiffy Pots or something similar. Sounds easy enough once the plant grows some just plant the jiffy pot in a bigger container and no need to stress by transplanting. I just have no idea if jiffy pots or similar peat starter pots are a good idea and how well they work. I don't want to use something that could makes matters worse.
Are Jiffy Pots a good idea or any better suggestions?
Also Im thinking for my autos 5gal pots should be more than large enough to support their root mass.
Are using 5gal containers a good size or should I go larger/smaller?
There are many things I have considered and planned out for this outdoor auto adventure. I will probably just keep posting questions as they come. Any help and any insight from anyone will be greatly appreciated.
This has nothing to do with autos or anything of the sort but its just not my style to make a long post without pictures. Besides everyone loves pretty pictures to help balance out all this babble I just spewed out.
Pictures posted above are Karma Og and GG#4 right before harvest.