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Highest yielding auto outdoors

Sounds like you have a pretty good line-up in mind, if total yield is what you're going for.

I guess there are a few different strategies you can follow - in regards your seed selection. Total yield, variety (indica, sativa and crosses), purposed for outdoor growing (mold resistance, drought resistance - I'm thinking about strains like Auto Frisian Dew, for example). The later would be more important if you are thinking about a guerrilla type grow, rather than a home garden grow - as its not always possible (or even desirable) to visit a guerrilla patch every few days.

The same applies for nutes. If you're growing in the bush - you'll want to invest in a really good soil mixture, rather than a nute line-up, as its unrealistic to expect to visit your plants on any sort of schedule (and in fact, should be avoided).

The bonus of a good organic (and well cooked) soil mixture is that you won't require tediously PH'ed water to feed it. I did that the first year I grew guerrilla - but subsequently found that water from a nearby fish-supporting creek (in addition to rainfall) worked out far better for the photos I was growing.
In fact - water from local creeks is all I use now, even indoors. One local creek had a return of something like a million salmon, this year, very nearly all of which have now spawned and expired - and while the water I've been grabbing from it smells like an Alaskan salmon cannery - the indoor autos have been loving it!
I learned that sometimes mother nature will supply a much better product than anything I could mix up in my kitchen sink with PH balances and expensive nutrient line-ups - ha ha!

For myself - variety is the spice of life, and I'm currently looking at seeds that will produce a nice cross section of cannae genetics for the first harvest (which will be 8 plants out in the bush). I have one seed left of both Bubbleicious and Think Different - so they will be out there. In addition, there will be two each of Auto Purple Kush and Auto Wappa - the last two bush babies will likely be Auto THC Bomb - though that may change before spring, depending upon my whims - ha ha!

What there will not be are any very large yielders, or "super autos".

I tried two Berry Ryders in my patch, this year - both were planted in May - neither even began to flower until a week ago (which means there will be no harvest from either of them, as they are not going to beat the approaching winter). Now, I realize this is abnormally late even for a "Super auto" - but I won't take a chance on it again next year.

As I'm hoping to plant two crops next summer - the second crop will be all about quick maturation - probably 60 Day Lemon, or something similar.
My decision to put a long maturation plant like Think Different into the ground as a second crop, this year - now seems a rash one. I had to cut one of her developing buds off when I was out there the other day, as it had been infected with bud-rot - and I'm not sure the rest won't succumb to the same malady before she's finished.

Anyway - just some food for thought. There are a lot of variables at play when one takes their grow outdoors. One thing I can guarantee is that your first season growing outside will feature a whole new learning curve - and you'll have a much better understanding of what works and what doesn't by October of next year!

Great luck to you - and I'll hope for great, ferocious swaths of sunshine (interspersed by gentle, misting drizzle!) for your next year's garden!
 
I'm growing a berry ryder at the moment, In the UK weather is tempremental but I'm plugging on! Lst'ed the plants so not really sure how tall they are, I'm hoping for an Oz for all three(time will tell). I'm a new growing pretty much
 
Keenbutcher are you outdoors in this bloody cold? Im freezing my tits off just standing outside smoking a joint to get rid of my fucking anxiety and insomnia! Yeah, I aint got shoes on no fucking wander!!!!!:PH Reading..?:
 
GINTM you d man bro sweet karma your way for what ever you do
 
Ye growing outdoors but bringing them in every night. Think I'm gonna put them indoors(got a small tent set up ready and waiting). But I'm paranoid about the noise of the fan as it's under the stairs and is right next to the neighbours shared wall.
 
Unless you have really thin walls i doubt they will be able to hear the fan bro. Good luck what ever you do.
 
I grew a Massive Midget from Heavyweight seeds. I put it in a 25 liter trub in normal compost mixed with a bit of fish blood and bone. I fed it Dutch pro auto flower grow and then bloom. I started it in mid May and chopped it in mid Aug, round about then 100 day mark. I got a little over 5oz off of it, not bad concidering I got the same amount from a Auto wipeout express under lights.
 
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