idiots guide to ALL ABOUT AUTO FLOWERING STRAINS

[chrisouth]

i have seen many different threads and posts on af strains. i myself have grown 2 different af strains. i grew the original lowryder back when it was the next big thing. what a disappointment that was lol. my second was the deisel ryder and those 14 plants brought alot of joy into my life :jointsmile:
af's arent for everyone but for certain people they are exactly what they need. unlike most af growers i did not grow them for their extraordinary stealth qualities but instead chose them out of pure cuoriosity. hopefully this thread can be blessed with experienced af growers and af info seekers alike so that together we can all help eachother out and expand our knowldge and our yields lol. let me start this out with the first question for you experienced memeber > since my living situation has recently changed i need to think more stealth and find a low odor af strain. i have read many posts on this topic but most were vague. i have researched some supposed low odor strains but was unable to find a stable decent yielding strain. so guys, any info ??? ps. sorry so long but im a little :stoned: thank god i got those free thai super skunk seeds lol i was pissed cause they were real late to flower but its good to have something when everything else is up in smoke lol

chrisouth Reviewed by chrisouth on 11-17-2009. idiots guide to ALL ABOUT AUTO FLOWERING STRAINS i have seen many different threads and posts on af strains. i myself have grown 2 different af strains. i grew the original lowryder back when it was the next big thing. what a disappointment that was lol. my second was the deisel ryder and those 14 plants brought alot of joy into my life :jointsmile: af's arent for everyone but for certain people they are exactly what they need. unlike most af growers i did not grow them for their extraordinary stealth qualities but instead chose them out of Rating: 5

[RoundEye]

I would love to do an AF grow but haven't felt I had enough real world feed back from people on them. My biggest concern is yield. I'd hate to fill my room with 50 of the little guys and only get 1/2 oz per plant. That would be very depressing.

[Italiano715]

I would love to do an AF grow but haven't felt I had enough real world feed back from people on them. My biggest concern is yield. I'd hate to fill my room with 50 of the little guys and only get 1/2 oz per plant. That would be very depressing.

If your going to do 50 of them, you'd be better off NOT doing AF's and just taking clones from a stable mother plant of another strain. Fifty AF's a little extreme IMO. I probably won't do another AF strain! I'm going to just grow some mother plants and completely rape them for clones and flower those SOB's. I'm not saying at all that AF's can't be promising if done right. I'm just saying if your going to do 50 plants you'd better off doin clones in a SOG method! That's just me though. :thumbsup:

[chrisouth]

roundeye, listen to italiano. if you are going for a mass amount of plants then get you a good strain that works well with the sog method. i personally have gotten over an oz per diesel ryder but that was outdoors with maximum sunlight. a close friend of mine has a indoor stealth grow with only a 250w hps on 4 plants and yields around an oz per each lowryder 2. to me if you are limited on space and stealth is an issue then 4 ozs every 10 weeks isnt too bad but if stealth and space wasnt an issue then you could do far more than that. my problem is that i am now facing a limited space and stealth issue so its now on for the search for that low odor decent yielding af. appreciated the posts fellas. any input is greatly welcomed and any questions feel free to ask. peace !

[RoundEye]

Why would doing a SOG of clones be any easier than doing short, stocky AF's?

[RoundEye]

............Other than the obvious sexing issue.

[chrisouth]

yea basically because you could keep a mother plant or two and have a continuos supply of female clones opposed to purchasing seeds everytime you started a new grow of afs or take the time to weed out your male and female plants from the seeds that your af produces. of course clones grow alot quicker than when you start fom seeds. not to mention ive seen way bigger yields from regular plants used in the sog method than a large cluster of afs but thats just from my own personal experience

[irydyum]

. of course clones grow alot quicker than when you start fom seeds.

Actually it's the opposite. Plants from seed generally grow "faster". Seed vigor. You are just making the overall life cycle of the plant shorter, thus faster, by using clones.

[chrisouth]

he's completely right, sorry 4 not being more specific and thanks iry. anyone reading this able to give good insight on my initial question. ne experience on good yielding low odor afs ?

[chrisouth]

hmmm its strange that i have read on multiple threads and posts throughout a few different sites that af's were the ultimate stealth plant but there is a lack of info out here on af's about one of the biggest factors of stealth plants and that is odor. no true af growers reading this :wtf: