When do I harvest these autos?

[Pountre]

Hi! I planted these autoflowers from barney seeds ( 10 seeds random mix ), on the 1st of February, each picture is a different plant. My question is when should I harvest them? I feel like the one has more dense buds already and I will probably harvest it sooner than the other 2 but I don't know how long I approximately have. Thanks for any help!

 

[SSgrower]

Let those gals grow. Help someone else, They should be 2 ft. tall or better and 4 months old or better

 

[Pountre]

Let those gals grow. Help someone else, They should be 2 ft. tall or better and 4 months old or better

They are about 4.5 ft. tall, but I thought AF flowers had 60-70 day seed to harvest time? Yet it has been 70 days and it's much slower? Did I maybe somehow stunt the growth?

 

[SSgrower]

I am sorry for the High statement, I think you as I, must watch the colas develop. See the size stop growing, Then put a,loop on the buds and suger leaf. See the color of the tricomes. Are the pistols orange,pink, or red? SS

 

[growsinse79]

Looks like another month.

 

[Mad Max]

Def along way to go.what light are you using.

 

[steamroller]

They are about 4.5 ft. tall, but I thought AF flowers had 60-70 day seed to harvest time? Yet it has been 70 days and it's much slower? Did I maybe somehow stunt the growth?

What light cycle are you running?
Have you been feeding? What how often?
You have time to improve these plants production IMO.

 

[CannaGranny]

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[OLDCRO]

Your 4 to 5 weeks before of even thinking harvest.

 

[MDK]

From my little experience with them I feel the flowering period is same as regular plants they'll just start flower quicker usually start in 3 to 5 weeks...then from there usually 65-70 days

70 days seed to harvest seems like a stretch but I could be wrong only grew 1 pack

 

[GoodShit97]

I thought AF flowers had 60-70 day seed to harvest time?

Unfortunately this is a sales gimmick to get people to buy autos. Yeah they have their place and purpose, but all I see are cons with autos.

Cons:
Less potency, less yield, finicky as hell, not beginner friendly, harder to fix any issues, not worth cloning, just all around bad imo.

Pros: will literally grow anywhere.

Other than that I don't see many benefits to them when I could just run a photoperiod 12/12 from sprout or veg for 3-4 weeks and flip like an auto would do and get better buds
Sorry to be so blunt and sound like a dick but I kinda hate autos at this point, I have a 3 pack I'm gonna put in my garden but I'm not expecting much lol.

 

[Pountre]

What light cycle are you running?
Have you been feeding? What how often?
You have time to improve these plants production IMO.

Currently 16/24h, feeding only binova soil super mix NPK ( can't afford anything else atm ), 25ml/10l water, every 3-4 days I water each time with the fertilizer.

 

[Pountre]

Unfortunately this is a sales gimmick to get people to buy autos. Yeah they have their place and purpose, but all I see are cons with autos.

Cons:
Less potency, less yield, finicky as hell, not beginner friendly, harder to fix any issues, not worth cloning, just all around bad imo.

Pros: will literally grow anywhere.

Other than that I don't see many benefits to them when I could just run a photoperiod 12/12 from sprout or veg for 3-4 weeks and flip like an auto would do and get better buds
Sorry to be so blunt and sound like a dick but I kinda hate autos at this point, I have a 3 pack I'm gonna put in my garden but I'm not expecting much lol.

You can flip regular seeds so early? I am really a beginner haha thank you for this useful info!

 

[Pountre]

From my little experience with them I feel the flowering period is same as regular plants they'll just start flower quicker usually start in 3 to 5 weeks...then from there usually 65-70 days

70 days seed to harvest seems like a stretch but I could be wrong only grew 1 pack

Ah so it's marketing, they say 70 days from seed to harvest usually with autos, but it's 70 days since start of flowering?

 

[Pountre]

Def along way to go.what light are you using.

HPS 250W rn, had 660W before, had some problems so switched it to 400W, then I tried 250W because for my small 0.36m² tent it should be enough I think.

 

[steamroller]

Up your lights to 18/6.

 

[Pountre]

I am sorry for the High statement, I think you as I, must watch the colas develop. See the size stop growing, Then put a,loop on the buds and suger leaf. See the color of the tricomes. Are the pistols orange,pink, or red? SS

The trichomes are either milky/cloudy or still transparent, can't tell by eye and my only other source of some zoom is my camera but it isn't very good quality

 

[Pountre]

Up your lights to 18/6.

Okay, will do, thank you!

 

[steamroller]

Hardest part with any plant [ photo or auto ] is to be patient when you're new.
Let those plants put some meat on the buds for you.
Don't even think of harvesting for at least 4 more weeks as my guess.

 

[CannaGranny]

The trichomes are either milky/cloudy or still transparent, can't tell by eye and my only other source of some zoom is my camera but it isn't very good quality

You will need a jewelers loupe in order to see the color of your trichs.
Also notice that you have no color in your pistils and they have not drawn in. You are quite some ways off from harvest.

 

[GoodShit97]

Here's a photo from my most recent grow, this was taken 10-14 days before i harvested.
You'll see what CannaGranny was talking about with the pistils and how they'll turn color and shrivel back into the bud.

I usually run 10 weeks (70 days) from the start of flower.

 

[SSgrower]

Up your lights to 18/6.

It's been tried by Rasta Jeff, "You bad muther" 18/6 last two weeks of flower to ripen faster and he says it works for him. SS

 

[steamroller]

So how are things coming along?