Go through Some Expert Advice for Nurturing Auto-Flowering Strain Seeds

Auto-flowering strains are famous for providing awestruck outcomes in a very short span of time. Usually, such seeds take only about 8 weeks to harvest.

This guide is for both beginners and the advanced growers, as raising these varieties are quite easy and fun-filled. Auto-flowering the cannabis plants can be easily done in a confined space with this step-by-step guide.

Contents

1 Week 1: Germination and the Early Seedling Stage
2 Week 2: The Late Seedling Stage
3 Week 3: Vegetation Deftly Underway
4 Week 4: Late Vegetative Phase
5 Week 5: The Flowering Phase Begins
6 Week 6: The Buds Start to Smell
7 Week 7: Routine Checks Are the Key to Success
8 Week 8: Flush and Strip

Week 1: Germination and the Early Seedling Stage

During the germination (1-3 days) your seeds activate and grow their roots down into the soil. You need to prepare a suitable soil mix for this phase.

Use the following ingredients with the mentioned ratio to make your potting mix-

3 parts compost
3 parts peat moss
2 parts moistened perlite
1 part moistened vermiculture
Add some Easy Boost Organic Nutrition after preparing the mixture.

In this stage, environmental factors play a key role. A relative humidity (RH) of 70-90% and 22-25 degree of air temperature help to boost your success rate.

Week 2: The Late Seedling Stage

The emerged seedling has already started the photosynthesis process. For an indoor grow you need one 250W LED lamp for each square meter. LED bulbs produce less heat and they are energy-efficient.

These lamps allow you to switch between light spectrums. During the vegetative phase, you may switch your bulbs to the blue-setting.

This is the stage for applying the nutritional formulas to help the plants with their seeding and vegetation. The Easy Grow Booster Tablets complement the Easy Boost Organic Nutrition perfectly.

These tablets deliver every nutritional benefit that the plants need to optimize their vegetative growth.

Week 3: Vegetation Deftly Underway

This stage consists of low-stress training along with the maintenance of optimal conditions.

At this stage, you will see new fan leaves ramping up the photosynthesis process; this is the proper photosynthetic stage. This phase needs 20 degrees C air-temperature, 50% RH, and 2X feed with easy growth (mix one-half tablet with every 3-5 liters of water).

Week 4: Late Vegetative Phase

During this stage, the plants start approaching the flowering stage. To help the plants with their optimal growth, take care of the following environmental conditions-

20-degree Centigraderoom temperature
45% RH
5-liter water for each plant (per day)
The light should be 70 cm from the shade
2X feed with ½ tablet of Easy Bloom (per 3 to 5 liters of water)

Week 5: The Flowering Phase Begins

Flowering has already started. Small sacs topped with hairs slowly turn into sticky buds. At this stage, the height of your plants is usually 30cm. Keep the below-mentioned parameters in mind:-

23-degree Centigraderoom temperature
45% RH
1 liter of water for each plant (per day)
Light 65cm from the shade
2X feed with ½ tablet of Easy Bloom (per 3 to 5 liters of water)

The settings for your LED bulbs should be changed from blue to red, as it uplifts the budding process.

Week 6: The Buds Start to Smell

Each bud site proliferates to flower at this stage. You just need to take care of the following parameters-

24-degree Centigraderoom temperature
40% RH
Light 45 cm from the shade
5 liters of water for each plant (per day)
3X feed with ½ tablet of Easy Bloom (per 3 to 5 liters of water)

You need to remove the odd banana-like structures from the buds, if there’s any, as they signal that your plant is hermaphroditic, and may pollinate itself.

Week 7: Routine Checks Are the Key to Success

Once you reach this stage, the only goal should be ‘maintenance’. Here are the conditions that are to be maintained-

24-degree Centigraderoom temperature
40% RH
Light 45cm from the shade
5 liters of water for each plant (per day)
3X feed with ½ tablet of Easy Bloom (per 3 to 5 liters of water)

Week 8: Flush and Strip

The buds look thick and mature at this stage. Auto-flowers are now almost ready to harvest. Wait for another 2 weeks so that the buds gain more size, and then reach for your trimmers and proceed with the defoliating process.

Wrapping Up

There are plenty of auto-flowering seeds available in the market. Hence, things may get confusing with so many choices of them, especially for the beginners.

So we are providing a few strain categories to help you choose one for yourself. You just need to choose one according to the climate zone you live at.

Well, for the warm climate, there are-