Optimal nighttime temps for Autos?

[GreenBean]

Just enjoy the ride. And the learning journey it takes you on. It’s hard not to get caught up in it all to the point of obsession. We all probably check our plants way too much, and fret over the tiny things. But it’s also important to be able to laugh some stuff off, and learn for the next round. My motto in life is a day that I didn’t learn something new, is a day that I wasted. But I try to have fun doing it.

 

[Suki]

Just enjoy the ride. And the learning journey it takes you on. It’s hard not to get caught up in it all to the point of obsession. We all probably check our plants way too much, and fret over the tiny things. But it’s also important to be able to laugh some stuff off, and learn for the next round. My motto in life is a day that I didn’t learn something new, is a day that I wasted. But I try to have fun doing it.

There's a lot of trial and error and absolutely a learning curve. In growing in particular but really in life in general. You're never going to get it 100% right your first go, and even once you have a good idea of your own style there's still tweaking to be done and new things to try. Keeping it as simple as possible the first time and just seeing how they grow gives you a good baseline to work from.

 

[Pistil_Pete]

I've grown photos well over 25 years outdoors and indoors, I have 0 experience with auto genetics, they seem really temperamental, just reading all the special coddling they need during the Seedling stage has me second guessing everything I usually did with my photos. I really appreciate the fact that there's a forum dedicated to autos, I feel like I'm re-learning, but its keeping me on toes! Thanks for all the great info! I'm either gonna hate autos or love em!

 

[Suki]

I've grown photos well over 25 years outdoors and indoors, I have 0 experience with auto genetics, they seem really temperamental, just reading all the special coddling they need during the Seedling stage has me second guessing everything I usually did with my photos. I really appreciate the fact that there's a forum dedicated to autos, I feel like I'm re-learning, but its keeping me on toes! Thanks for all the great info! I'm either gonna hate autos or love em!

Tbh, my first grow was 4 photos and 4 autos and I treated them exactly the same lol. I did tons of stuff wrong with all of them but especially with the autos, and even with harvesting them earlier than I should have I still ended up with 4.72oz. I specifically chose fast, small strains when I was researching, so I'd say not bad for a first go. The biggest difference imo are that you've got less time to fix things if you mess something up, you can't wait till they're in perfect condition to flip like you can with photos, they move FAST. The other big difference is that they don't need nearly as much by way of nutrition. @Mañ'O'Green is the salt nute guru, and @KDawg is our resident number cruncher spreadsheet man. I don't personally think they're super different than photos, besides that they are more like a husky or LGD in that they just do what they're going to do, vs something like a GSD that wants to please you and will do exactly what you want them to.

 

[Pistil_Pete]

I plan on water only for the first 2 or 3 weeks, and then 1/4 strength til pre flower.

 

[GreenBean]

You’ll probably love them. They’ll teach you more about gardening in general because of the more intense pace. I grow photos too, and got a couple 10-12’ plants this summer. But I personally love autos for the challenges they give me.

Having said all that; don’t take all of the coddling and such to heart so much. Have fun and experiment. I’m at a point now where I love challenging my auto grows to rival photos. It’s a blast. I try to push them to their limits. You can check out my grow thread in the indoor grow section to see what I’m up to. Dunno if it will help. Or hurt.

 

[Pistil_Pete]

You’ll probably love them. They’ll teach you more about gardening in general because of the more intense pace. I grow photos too, and got a couple 10-12’ plants this summer. But I personally love autos for the challenges they give me.

Having said all that; don’t take all of the coddling and such to heart so much. Have fun and experiment. I’m at a point now where I love challenging my auto grows to rival photos. It’s a blast. I try to push them to their limits. You can check out my grow thread in the indoor grow section to see what I’m up to. Dunno if it will help. Or hurt.

I love a good challenge, and I'll give it a look, thanks!

 

[Suki]

You’ll probably love them. They’ll teach you more about gardening in general because of the more intense pace. I grow photos too, and got a couple 10-12’ plants this summer. But I personally love autos for the challenges they give me.

Having said all that; don’t take all of the coddling and such to heart so much. Have fun and experiment. I’m at a point now where I love challenging my auto grows to rival photos. It’s a blast. I try to push them to their limits. You can check out my grow thread in the indoor grow section to see what I’m up to. Dunno if it will help. Or hurt.

I kinda feel like compared to photos autos are really more about being flexible, and figuring out how to fix things on the fly cause you don't have time to waste. In my head its kinda like being the only cook in a diner and having complex orders getting rung in lol. Having already grown photos is good experience to have coming in since you should already be familiar with any of the problems that may come along (lockouts, deficiency, over feeding, light issues, pretty much whatever) and how to fix them. Once you get in a groove and know what works it should be smooth sailing, its just a matter of having to be able to fix things quickly so that you don't lose time to issues.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I don't do anything different for autos vs Photos except feed them less and of course the light schedule.