Auto flower question

[Darthvapor24]

Will changing from 18/6 to 24 hours help me getting a faster harvest. Im still like 2 weeks away problem is I go away in 2 weeks. Pineapple express 400w HPS, Coco grow (hand fed) with canna nutes.

 

My think is the 24 hours of light might get me to the finish line faster. Or would the change freak the plant out.

 

THIS an AUTO GROW

 

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[Indycar]

It appears you got a bit of a dilemma there, Darth. I can't comment on flipping auto's as I haven't grown any indoors yet, tend to usually let them do their own thing outdoors.

 

That said, I'd be inclined to leave them be until you can get back to them, and setup a auto feed system on a timer that feeds them like for 3 minutes every 3 days or whatever may be required. Hard to tell without any pictures of their current progress.

 

If you want advice on setting up such a system, give us a yell. Some other vital information is how long you plan to be away from them?

[billygoat]

I doubt the extra light will get them to finish any quicker.  

 

how have you determined they are two weeks away, from the breeders advice on flowering period ?

[Sir PsychoHashy]

IMO plants get more benefit from some sleep time than none, so I've never been keen on the 24/0 idea, but some people swear by it for autos.

 

As for flowering time in relation to light hours.  Yes, autos do take longer to grow and flower under less light hours, but most of that extra time is in the earlier stages rather than final maturation.  I have taken them from 18/6 to 12/12 due to space restrictions in the past, in the last few weeks of their cycle and saw no increase in maturation time, so I highly doubt that adding light hours will speed things up, and even if it does it would only be by a minimal amount.

 

As suggested above, I would recommend leaving harvest until you get back if possible.  Especially as quoted maturation times are generally very optimistic to put it mildly, and the harvest window is anywhere over a 3 maybe 4 week period depending on personal tastes.

 

Pine Express is an auto version of Pineapple Chunk, and when I grew those they went 4 weeks over Barney's stated flowering time. 

 

Best of luck

[Darthvapor24]

 

 

Cheers Psycho,

 

I'm gone for 3 months, so unfortunately won't be able to leave them. Plus I have a family relative house sitting, I think I will have a hard time convincing there tomatoes

[Darthvapor24]

Thanks for the help guys I'm gonna post some photos tomorrow. One I have already harvested. And definitely matured faster.

 

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[Yeahbuddy]

I grow with 24_7

 

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[Darthvapor24]

Here is the lady I harvested the other day. Nearly all cloudy trichs

 

This is my current one

 

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[stinkybrownmist]

Dunno if it applies to autos but running longer flowering sats at less than 12 hours can shave a bit of time off. I run everything 11 on 13 off during flower but sativas can get down to 10/14 for the last few weeks.

 

I only mention it as adding hours probably won't help - I'd have thought the opposite

[Sir PsychoHashy]

Works on photoperiod plants, but auto's are completely different.  Lower lighting periods will slow down growth and slightly prolong the vegetative stage, and flowering may also take a little longer?  Though in my experience with the same strains indoors vs outdoors, after starting my outdoor autos inside for 2-3 weeks, the outdoor flowering period seems to work out to basically the same as if I kept them inside under 18/6.  Autos started outside seem to take an extra couple of weeks though.