Newbie - autoflower mixpack indoors in soil

Are they all 3 autos? By sorry im following a few differnt journals and have been out of town. If they are all auto you should put them in a 3-5gal container ASAP.
Both autos i grew had mutiple roots growing out the bottom of a rapid rooter with in 48hrs of popping, so in 6wks they should have more roots then a solo cup can hold. I harvested my last 6 w.w.a’s all between 75-80 days total. Thats about 8-9wks. That would mean that 6weeks is more the 3/4 of the whole autoflower life span.
My personal opion is put them in a bigger container and start more autos dierctly in the size container so they never get transplanted. Layer the medium so the new seedlings roots start in a neutral or cool seedling mix, then into stronger, “hot” ,rich layer. Make sure they have lots of drainage, bc over watering an auto just once or twice can drastically reduce your final yeild.
If you grow reg photo period plants(not auto flowering) you could start them using the solo cup and transplant methods. But the thing with a non-auto is you can controll how long to veg them so if you have an issue it doesnt effect final yields as much bc you can make up for it by allowing to grow more in veg before you force her to flower by switching your light cycles. An auto flower has a predeterminded life cycle and if it is stunted you loose that time of its life and the final yield is drastically effected


This is a 2wk old white widow auto flower its about 15" tall for comparisons in size.
Hope this helps. Good luck im going to tag some others see what they think, get the pros on it. :wink:
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Needing help! Leaves are yellowed (have been for a while now, but I’ve been TOO swamped to ask before now! I thought they might be staying too moist so I let the soil dry before watering again. They are needing little water now and it took a long time for the soil to dry. It was drained, but moist.


These pics are of Blueberry… Amnesia Haze and Northern Lights are yellowing as well. All planted at the same time, all auto and flowering.

Ok I’m gonna call in some help but I need you to fill out a support ticket please
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Strain; Autoflower Blueberry, Autoflower Northern Lights and Autoflower Amnesia Haze

Age from Sprout:13 weeks on Sunday

Soil in pots, Hydroponic, or Coco / Brand and type of Soil & Size of Pots: soil in 1 gallon pots. Started with a chunky mix in solo cups but potted them up at around 6 weeks and put them into an organic potting soil at that time.

How often do you water and how do you determine when to do so? Until I potted them up, I was watering them every day or two - once the soil had dried some. I think I found it a little harder to know when they needed water once they were in bigger pots. I may have not let them dry out enough for a while. Now I’m only having to water them every week and a half or longer.

PH of water and runoff or solution in reservoir: I don’t know.

What is strength of nutrient mix? EC, or TDS: I was feeding fish emulsion until leaves started coloring. I haven’t watered them (thus have not fed them) as much since then.

Indoor or Outdoor: Indoor grow tent 36 x 36 footprint

Light system, size and height from plants: I have some other plants in the tent on one side, with one 45w and one 120w LED panel over them. On the side over my pot pots I have a 500w LED panel hanging at about 2 1/2 to 3 feet above the taller one. (note - I have a lemon tree standing in between the autoflowers and it has been happily flowering for several weeks.

Temps; Day, Night: day 67 - 70, night 63

Humidity; Day, Night: outside the tent is 45%, Inside the tent feels more humid, but I don’t know %

Ventilation system; Yes, No, Size:no. I have side vent open on the tent

AC, Humidifier, De-humidifier: dehumidifier outside the tent (located in basement)

Co2; Yes, No: no

so… reading others’ comments, I think I need to check Ph, so I am getting a meter and should be able to tell you Ph tomorrow.

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They are flowering now so instead of nitrogen she wants more phosphorus and potassium (p&k)
Without ph’ing your water the plant can’t use what you feed it.
So you need to get a decent ph pen and start ph ing your water. Looks like it may have gotten a Lil bit of nutes burn as well.

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Clear N toxicity dark dark green leaves curled and likely rigid? The yellowing is result of PK small bud development is result of N which actually will inhibit bud growth.

thanks @Nug-bug and @Donaldj

so is the remedy to flush with distilled water and then apply a pk fertilizer? Is there time still to get some good buds (albeit small)?

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Flushing with ph’d water may help and yes a light pk feed after flush

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