Maximise your Autoflowering grow

Why autoflowers?

Autoflowering cannabis plants are popular with growers for several reasons. Growers looking to save time have found the quick flowering time of autoflowers to be useful for obvious reasons. Due to the ruderails gene present in auto’s, an auto plant will grow much faster and ultimately flower faster than feminized and regular plants, most auto’s will flower within 60 -75 days of germination.

Autoflowering cannabis seeds are still a relatively new thing appearing on the market in the last few years. Because autoflowers are relatively easy to grow, they have been immensely popular with growers, new and old. Because of consistent breeding and the emergence of breeders focusing on breeding autos’ only, each generation of autoflower has got bigger, better, and tastier than the one before it.

With that in mind and with a fridge load of Autoflowering cannabis seeds from the best breeders out there to sell, with no more further or do, here are your top tips for growing Autos’:

1. One-pot until they stop

Unless you pop your seeds directly into the soil to germinate, you should see a 1cm tail before placing the seedling into its final pot. Autoflowers’ do not like to be re-potted and, though they will take root, re-potting wastes precious time when cultivating autos’ so keep your autos’ in one pot until they are ready for harvest.

2. Let them grow and then top them.

One of the positives when growing autos is that the plant does most of the work for you. Let your plant grow for 21 days or until it has developed its 5th internode. At that point, get in and top your autoflowers. Depending on the method you are using to grow your autos’, topping your plants will utilise your grow space and increase your yield.

3. Let them rest

Plants are alive, and topping them will cause them stress. Autos’ are known to handle stress, but you must allow your autos’ sometimes (10 -14) to recuperate from topping to help make the most of your harvest.

4. Training

Once your plants have recuperated, it is time to train and manipulate them to your needs. At this stage, you want to be getting as much light onto your canopy as possible. You can do this by tying branches down and by defoliating. Continue to train and defoliate a few leaves every few days but only a few; if you take too many, you may cause to shock the plant. When you start seeing pistils and preflowers, you know it is time to sit back and watch the fruits of your labour grow before your eyes.

5. Feeding

For the first four weeks of growth Auto’s don’t need a lot of food, if any. As soon as they enter flowering, you will need to up the nutrient levels. Growers have found it harder to find the feeding sweet spot for auto-flowering plants, but a good rule is to feed them little and often.