Ak47 autoflower topped by bugs

That’s just recovery time from the topping. She’ll still flower for just a long as the others.

I wish I could get mine to top that early and start like yours. :grin: I would figure in the 4 oz range as a start. I got 5.5 oz on the one I did in my first grow with a lot of issues. No disrespect meant to any one. but if you are thinking 3 - 5 oz for an auto is average. The bar is set way to low. Some plants do yield less than others. But I would put an average auto in the 5 - 7 oz range. Just my o2 I consider any auto I do under 7 oz as I did some thing wrong for the most part. There are strains like the Swiss cheese I like doing that just give me 4 oz no matter what. :angry: I actually enjoy growing the smaller ones more. They are easier to tend to. I have grown mostly autos since I learned to grow though. I shoot for at least 10 -12 oz from them now. And normally go over that. Once you grow a few. You will find what they like and dislike. One thing I am certain of is. If you want to really grow big autos indoors. You will have to get out of soil.
You are on the right track though. You have some good people in here helping you :+1:

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Get out of soil . What should i use ?

What about the rest of the plants i posted ?

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Your grow looks great. I should really watch what I say LOL

I am not going to say this is how every thing is. Just what I have seen over the years.
I started growing in coco and using GH nutrients
My first grow here. I don’t count my very first as it turned out to be all males. :angry:

From almost every thing I have seen. Not counting outdoor grows. But a lot of them too.
Photos seem to do good in soil. But for autos. Coco is what I always recommend. For a few reasons. For what ever reason, in soil. Autos only seem to veg for 3 or 4 weeks. In coco. They veg for 6 - 7 weeks on average. Longer veg equals bigger plants. You also see almost no bugs ever if growing indoors :grin:
The down side to coco is you have to water to run off every day. Well, not as often when they are just starting out. But around week 3 you will be watering every day.
I try hard not to add to much to soil grows. As autos respond much different than in coco. Again because of the longer veg time I believe. You will see a lot telling you not to top. it is high stress. I top every thing. Auto or photo. I have an AK-47 auto dropped. A few days old now. I may use it to show that if you watch your plant. You can get away with a lt. @Cap_Ron and I were going to do an auto run together to show what is said not to do. Can easily be done. I have topped autos 5 times in a grow. I don’t recommend it to others. But it can be done. I have transplanted, super cropped, lst and what ever else I could think of.
I should probably add this so I don’t get flamed hahaha
I had the luxury of testing all this because this is just a hobby to me. I don’t smoke per say. I do test some thing every now and then. Not often. So if I had some thing go wrong learning. It was not my med I was messing with. Just explaining why I have had the happy go lucky attitude learning. :slightly_smiling_face:
With that, I was trying every thing I read not to do to see for my self what was true.

My best advise would be to listen to what every one tells you in here. There are some awesome growers. Then choose one that grows similar to you. And also how you want to be growing. And have them more or less mentor you. When I got here. I had 2 that turned me around in my first grow. They helped with issues from my all male grow. And had me so in my first real grow. 4 autos. I ended up with over 23 oz. If one of them told me to do some thing that didn’t sound right to me. I did it any ways. Then asked them to explain why I was doing it. The grow was the link above.

If you want to catch some one quicker. just tag them. Add the @ sign and you can choose from the list or start typing their user name till you see theirs. Then just click on it.

Sorry for the super long post

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@Not2SureYet
Dude teach me :grin:

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Give me a tag tomorrow please. I have a house full arriving shortly. Since my brain forgets what who is doing in here with all the post. I will start a book of your grow. So I know what soil, nutes and lights you have. And what you have done. :+1:
And if any one sees me saying some thing questionable :grin: Feel free to call me out. :+1: I don’t take things personally in here.

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Im down i wanna learn. Im in soil for the most part but i do have 2 black magic hydro pails one in use the other still in box. Next month i get a new light so we can start a learning experience then when i receive my hlg. But im all down for this fun and games. Im ready to learn hydro or bubble bucket whatever u wanna call it. I got i49 cheese auto seeds. ILGM w.w. and zkittles autos. 18 of each. Lets play next month and 2 bubblegum auto from grower choice my neighbor gave me with 3 free cream cbd beans. Lol.

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That’s my ak47 that’s been topped.

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Im about 7 nodes up should i top one of each a w.w. and a xkittles to see or is it too late. 1 month today on 2 and 1 month on 2 tomorrow1 zkittles was finned at 2 weeks

@Not2SureYet. Think a month and 7 nodes tall is too late to top any of these. One was finned at like 2 weeks

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Personally I would have done it before. I don’t plan on topping my autos again though. That one was a nice accident.

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Fu?k it. I got a few beans im ready to learn and grow. This is just for me and wife so its all fun and games. Super interesting hobby to be learning tho. I love it. I hate picking weeds and trimming and pruning bushes but damnit i love trimming these trees and taking care of these.

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If you’re doing photos though, you could still go ahead and top.
Autos are suggested against. But people do it. Mine was as said before an accident that happened to turn out okay.

On a post where a guy toooed his auto 7 times. He gets 7 to 12 oz off his stuff off autos. He does hydro tho not soil. Im down for the learn shit.

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Keep in mind though, some of these people have huge yields, but that can affect the quality… your plant might still grow, but not be as potent because you stressed her too much. People forget that part. In trying to get such a high yield they forget everything they do affect potency as well. Not saying his stuff isn’t. Just saying that you wanna do some stuff to “stress” her causing growths and stuff. But not everything is good just because you get a huge yield. The potency isnt just randomly added by the plant. It’s how well we love them and take care of them too.
And some autos you can fop and fim if you know they’re longer taking to flower and stuff. You just gotta k ow what your doing, and if your plants can take it or not.

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@Shaggy how old is your topped plant ?

I believe his plant is 2 or 3 weeks.

She’s a little over a month old. Like 5 weeks maybe 6? She’s just starting to flower. I had a lot of snags with her, but I think it’s only made her better. Here’s a pic I just took of her.

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My zkittles are about 2 weeks. I have 4 all together at the moment. 3 aks and 1 skittle. Lol.
1 ak I barely even take care of. But I’m focusing on the 3 others right now.

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