Do my eyes deceive or are these ladies flowering at 23 days from planting?

[Blaze_Up_Ahab]

@ChittyChittyBangin
@MidwestGuy

Am I mistaken or do these girls show signs of flowering after three weeks in soil?

[ChittyChittyBangin]

Yep she sure is

[MidwestGuy]

It appears it is. We’ve seen autos flower as early as 2.5 weeks. It appears you’ve got one of the early flowerers. It’s one of the reasons I try to steer growers away from autos.

[Blaze_Up_Ahab]

@ChittyChittyBangin and @MidwestGuy — Thank you both! How soon should I flip the light schedule?

[ChittyChittyBangin]

What are you growing? Autos or photos? Whats your light schedule now? Ive got 2 autos in my veg room right now at about 3weeks veg and i think ive got one just like yours trying to flower already. Im with @MidwestGuy a reason why i steer clear of autos. Only reason im growing these were because they were gifted.

[MidwestGuy]

@ChittyChittyBangin

steer clear of autos

I have a growing collection of such instances:

[Blaze_Up_Ahab]

@ChittyChittyBangin — These are autos. I was hoping to squeeze in 1-2 auto runs before spring.

I’m currently on 18/6 for lighting. I just gave them their first dose of nutes yesterday.

[ChittyChittyBangin]

Its your choice if you want to swap light cycles. Autos will grow on any light schedule. Ive gown them on both 12/12 and 18/6

[Mozzy]

@ChittyChittyBangin

why i steer clear of autos

@MidwestGuy

I have a growing collection of such instances:

It really kills me you guys feel this way, because I know you can both grow trees. I’ve never grown anything but autos, in just decent soil and tap-water, and I can’t remember the last time I kept a plant under a QP dry…and not for lack of trying:

[Mozzy]

@Blaze_Up_Ahab

mistaken or do these girls show signs of flowering after three weeks in soil

Small size early/flowering is not always indicative of final size/harvest for autos.

@Blaze_Up_Ahab

I’m currently on 18/6 for lighting.

You can leave them that way until chop if your PPFD is good.

@Blaze_Up_Ahab

oping to squeeze in 1-2 auto runs before spring

Commonly ~80-100+ days seed-to-harvest each.

[ChittyChittyBangin]

Heres a pic of my early girl…

[MidwestGuy]

I’ve got a few freebe auto strains from seed purchases over the years. I’ve been thinking of firing up 2 auto strains just for the fun of growing. I’ve gone away from flower in favor of commercial carts over the past year or so and don’t grow much any more.

[Jimster]

I like growing both but I agree you @Mozzy you can get some big trees for sure. I did 8 ilgm gdp autos.

[Jimster]

Wrong picture

[Blaze_Up_Ahab]

@Mozzy — Impressive!

[Blaze_Up_Ahab]

@ChittyChittyBangin — How has that impacted your yields? Is one more successful?

[Blaze_Up_Ahab]

Thanks, @Mozzy, will one approach yield more than the other?

[Blaze_Up_Ahab]

@Jimster — GDPs are what these plants are. I hope they yield like yours. How many plants did created that haul?

[ChittyChittyBangin]

Im leaving them on 18/6

[Mozzy]

@MidwestGuy

I’ve gone away from flower in favor of commercial carts over the past year or so and don’t grow much any more.

Sorry to hear that, but I know you understand growing and are making corresponding personal decisions.

@MidwestGuy

I’ve been thinking of firing up 2 auto strains just for the fun of growing.

Would love to see

@ChittyChittyBangin

Heres a pic of my early girl…

I had an auto in my last grow that was deformed, and I almost pulled it on Day 23 when it was only 2” tall…and then I supercropped it when it when it was 53 Days old and 40” from the soil …

…it wound up the biggest of the three I had left in the tent, even after pruning branches and supercropping super-late:

@Blaze_Up_Ahab

will one approach yield more than the other?

Yields are mainly dictated by the quality and consistency of ongoing environment and related details…Temp, RH, Watering, PPFD/DLI, Airflow, Pruning, Training, Drying, Curing, etc.; and also
genetics…ymmv.