This is my first Autos. I’ve read so many how to & im more confused than ever. Pots some say 3gallon others say 5 gallon. Using fabric pots. Some say from say no. Some say LST & others say no. Some say use worm casting others say on top. I’m told to last but others say slows growth. I feel like a dog chasing my tail.
So I’ve done nothing but clean my tent got products needed.
Can someone who’s knowledgeable in auto help me? PLEASE
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I treat autos like photo period cannabis when it comes to lighting, nutrient strength and environmental conditions. Autos need a great start due to the auto flowering period starting around week 4 after the 2 week seedling period. I top above the 4th node and remove nodes 1 and 2. The key is a great start with the environmental conditions dialed in. These were grown in coco and Aeroponic 
Agree with @OGIncognito , treat em the same, just make sure to give them what they need, autos aren’t as forgiving as photos, but will give nice buds if you give them what they want. Current auto grow.
Monster Autos Scott 
Cheers Brother and thanks.
welcome to the forum, 3gal are popular here and very successful with coco coir.
I think worm castings are for a soil medium, not coco coir.
It seems like conflicting info out there but partly explained by the different grow styles.
Your first choice might be to grow in soil mix, living soil, coco coir, or hydro.
Following one or a couple successful growers helps more than learning about all styles of grow. Still ask any questions that come to mind and happy growing!
You might be blocked from posting til you use a few Likes and do a bit of reading or looking around.
I agree with OG Incognito.
Try to do your best to not piss them off or have any issues.
I really babied my last auto run. I was in coco so they needed nutrients pretty quickly day 7 to 10 from sprout. I ramped up my nutrients by the week. 1st week of feeding 1/4 strength, 2nd week 1/2 strength, 3rd week full strength, and continued that on. They seemed really happy with that. My latest grow of photos, I tried to ramp it up every 3 or 4 days and that pissed them off, I had to back off the nutrients.
I dont think pot size should matter too much except if depth is different, it will just be how often you need to water. I heard online autoflowers start to flower when they run out of room at the bottom of the pot and the roots start to swirl. My 3 gallon and 5 gallon fabric pots seem the same depth only wider.
If you think you are going to run out of height space I would suggest topping them. People always say dont top them but I just dont adjust anything else for a day or 2 after topping and make sure they look good and are in good health before topping.
What set up do you have?
What style are you going?
I definitely get the grow stress/freak out sometimes when the plants start looking weird.
Try to let that go if you can and just have fun and watch them grow.
You can always chop em down and start again. Its a learning process and the more problems you experience the better you can get at it.
This forum has been a great resource when I run into problems.
Welcome to the forum. No need to stress. Just ask as many questions as you need to. You will get all the help you need. Sometimes conflicting info but we all do stuff differently at times. The autos are quick growing and dont like too many disruptions. I run autos and photos in coco at 12/12 constant. Do some LST early with the autos. Grown them in 5 gal, 3 gal, and in 1 gal. Mostly with autos its good to get any LST or cropping done early then let them shine.
Like the others have said, your best experience will come down to details. Picture a flow chart for your equipment and the decisions you make. There’s multiple correct ways to do everything but this will start to narrow or expand when different variables are introduced or eliminated.
Autoflower plants> need to be careful transplanting and training to not stunt plant. Both can be done but there is a potential risk when implementing. This is why some will say they don’t.
Fabric or plastic pot> fabric pots are more forgiving to water and less likely to become rootbound. Plastic pots are significantly less stressful to transplant from and won’t drain like a fabric pot. Both plenty reasonable to grow out of otherwise.
3 gal vs 5 gal pots> basically interchangeable in terms of capabilities. 5 gallon has more volume so will hold more soil, which could feed plants longer if you’re looking to go organic/living soil route, and when saturated will go longer without needing watered again. 3 gallon will take less to saturate so not as much to mix/feed and will dry out faster. Less convenient for busy schedules but will allow more frequent feedings which could potentially provide more vigorous plant growth.
@Nana-1 ,checkout,Lostgirls We aint done yet auto grow. She walks you thru the grow from start to finish complete with pictures and language a person can understand.
Everyone has their way of doing things but I think her process would be a great one to follow for a new or seasoned grower.Enjoy your new hobby.
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@Nana-1 happy cannaversary
I recently broke all the vertebrae in my lower back so movement is very awkward to say the least. Time frame and less to move around is what I need now
I’ll take a look, many thanks
Do you too as well?
I’ve got old school mh & hps
I do indoor and outdoor in coco.
Autos? Are they forgiving at all?
This is a Blue Dream Auto, ended up looking even worse, I wish I could find pictures but this is the worst picture I could find. It was all the way down to only 2 branches and a mutilated main stem.
I just set it in another part of the yard under a tree, I thought it was too hot out for it and messed up acclimatizing it, but figured out a squirrel had pulled it up out of the coco when I first put it outside. Figured it out because the squirrel pulled up a bunch of other plants we had growing in the yard.
It marched back after a month of just kind of not doing much hiding under the tree.
It ended up getting attacked by aphids so I dont have any other later pictures. But it got to full height and ended up getting massive bud rot.
