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Can this Auto Flower after all? RQS Sweet Skunk Auto grown in Coco/Soil mix/FF Trio

JVKdopegrow
JVKdopegrowstarted grow question 18d ago
She very likely had defoliation/nutrient issues and completely stopped growing after 4 weeks of veg. I put her outside (Florida sunshine) for a week of flushing and drying out. I was rewarded with some new growth! Can an Autoflower continue growing again and still flower?
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LetsGrowSomeanswered grow question 18d ago
If you stunted one with stress, yes it can come back. The question will be at what cost. Autos have an internal timer. You dont tell it when to flower, it does it when its wants (internal timer). So its like a race with an auto. You only have so much time to let it do its thing before it changes on you. So every time you stunt it, it loses potential yeild. So the question is how big it gets before it changes itself to flower. Is it worth putting time and money(lights/fertilizer) on something that wont produce much if it flowers on a small plant? If I have space for it, I did, and I used it as a learning curve. How to fix the issue and what happens after. Had 1 plant produce .5oz for the whole thing. Super waste of time, but learned how I made the plant get root bound. Now I run photos. You tell them when to flip. If you make mistakes, you can veg it longer and fix it. Easier to learn on. I averaged 2-3oz per plant with autos. I average 5-6 on photos with a slightly longer veg. Its just a better end result with photos, unless you have everything dialed in (environment, fertilizer, grow media, good genetics). The other thing to watch for with stunting/stressing a plant is the chance of hermie. I've had a few plants hermie on me when they got a little too stressed. They came back looking healthy, but the damage was already done. To me it looks ok and I'd keep going with it. Just some things to think about, Best of luck! Happy Growing!
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 18d ago
i can see flower in the terminal buds, so it's been in flower phase for a week or two by this point if showing pistils there. this is week 9? so that doesn't sound like an autoflower. Have you been giving it 12/12 light/dark schedule? if so, stick to it... it might be a photoperiod.
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 18d ago
I've heard of cannabis plants going through a dormancy period where they just don't do anything for around a week or two. Kinda like a response to what it considers extreme stress of some kind. Essentially, it's a resting or dormant state where plants conserve energy and protect themselves from harsh conditions. This allows them to survive periods when active growth isn't possible and resume active growth when conditions improve. Entirely related to a plant's ability to deal with stress. Possible that specific genetic just doesn't have strong tolerance. Just a thought. Autoflowering cannabis strains have a disrupted photoperiodic flowering response due to a mutation in the CsPRR37 gene. While their circadian clock is still active, its role in regulating flowering is diminished. However, the clock's influence on other metabolic and developmental processes may still be present, even during periods of dormancy. She will still flower.
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