OldMedUser
09-13-2010, 06:10 PM
A friend bought some of these "auto-flowering" seeds produced by Solar Warrior from the Vancouver Seed Bank in July. By July 23rd 8 sprouted and have been raised under 18 hours of light per day. It took 34 days to show sex as opposed to the 21 days that it was supposed to take.
The 6 females were transferred to DWC a couple of weeks ago and are still under 18 hrs/day with a 400W EYE Hortilux bulb. Growth is not remarkably fast and there are very few flowers appearing. Just the usual pair at each axis as in pre-flowering. The tops were FIMed a week ago and side branching is doing well.
First time with these and wondering if anyone has more experience with auto-flowering strains and what to expect with different strains and various growing environments.
We really expected to be seeing big phat buds by now and don't know whether to be disappointed or are we doing something wrong? I know that switching to 12/12 lighting would likely get better bud response but the whole point of getting these seeds was for breeding more for outdoor growing next year at higher latitudes. Spring planting is at 15 hours/day light, 17.5 all summer and 15 hours again by the end of Aug. New seeds will be grown indoors with hours of light to mimic the outdoor lighting to see if that makes a difference in performance before spring planting is undertaken.
There is still time to get a faster strain and ready seeds for spring if anyone has any suggestions. We were thinking LowRyder #2 crossed with AK-47 or White Widow and looking for opinions.
C'ya L8r
Peace
The 6 females were transferred to DWC a couple of weeks ago and are still under 18 hrs/day with a 400W EYE Hortilux bulb. Growth is not remarkably fast and there are very few flowers appearing. Just the usual pair at each axis as in pre-flowering. The tops were FIMed a week ago and side branching is doing well.
First time with these and wondering if anyone has more experience with auto-flowering strains and what to expect with different strains and various growing environments.
We really expected to be seeing big phat buds by now and don't know whether to be disappointed or are we doing something wrong? I know that switching to 12/12 lighting would likely get better bud response but the whole point of getting these seeds was for breeding more for outdoor growing next year at higher latitudes. Spring planting is at 15 hours/day light, 17.5 all summer and 15 hours again by the end of Aug. New seeds will be grown indoors with hours of light to mimic the outdoor lighting to see if that makes a difference in performance before spring planting is undertaken.
There is still time to get a faster strain and ready seeds for spring if anyone has any suggestions. We were thinking LowRyder #2 crossed with AK-47 or White Widow and looking for opinions.
C'ya L8r
Peace