Autoflowering/lowryder question

gbot9000 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009, 06:26 PM

I recently got some lowryder seeds and had a couple questions before i began. this will be my second grow.

Since its autoflowering, you do not have to change the lighting schedule at all...18-24 hours every day until harvest(2months). So what temp of lights would be best? 6500k? or 2700k?

Also was wondering if topping is still necessary?

ty

etnavyguy · #2 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by gbot9000

I recently got some lowryder seeds and had a couple questions before i began. this will be my second grow.

Since its autoflowering, you do not have to change the lighting schedule at all...18-24 hours every day until harvest(2months). So what temp of lights would be best? 6500k? or 2700k?

Also was wondering if topping is still necessary?

ty

http://forum.grasscity.com/absolute-...ml#post5507772

you will find a few answers there

ChochMachio · #3 (**permalink**) 09-02-2009, 10:09 PM

I grew a couple lowriders in a small cabinet. I used 6 2700k and 2 6500k. The yield was low but the quality was solid, not great, but solid. Basically what I am saying is use both spectrums, heavier on the flowering

LittleGreenMan1 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 01:50 AM

Well. if your growing autoflowers i suggest HID lights for sure. 6500k is good for about two weeks by itself but once the flowering begins you need to create a light ratio of somewhere around 3:1 (like ChochMachio did) between the 2700k and the 6500k (more orange light = good).

Hey chochmachio and Gbot you might also want to try getting a UVB CFL, I have read some good things about these and watched a very interesting video about trichs forming more abundandly to fend off the UVB / UVA rays.

gbot9000 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 04:35 PM

ill be using cfl 5 lights, so for the first 2 weeks ill use all 6500k, then ill replace 3 of them with 2700k'?

ill check out the uvb lights..thanx

LittleGreenMan1 · #6 (**permalink**) 09-03-2009, 05:10 PM

yeah sure. or maybe even replace four of them. shouldn't make too big of a difference but i've never tried a 3:2 ratio, only ever heard of 3:1 if you don't replace them all with 2700k that is (thats what most ppl do) so don't know. let us know how it works out.

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#1 (permalink) 09-02-2009, 06:26 PM
gbot9000 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 34	Autoflowering/lowryder question I recently got some lowryder seeds and had a couple questions before i began. this will be my second grow. Since its autoflowering, you do not have to change the lighting schedule at all...18-24 hours every day until harvest(2months). So what temp of lights would be best? 6500k? or 2700k? Also was wondering if topping is still necessary? ty Last edited by gbot9000; 09-02-2009 at 06:39 PM.

#3 (permalink) 09-02-2009, 10:09 PM
ChochMachio Rebel Leader Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northern Midwest Posts: 824	Re: Autoflowering/lowryder question I grew a couple lowriders in a small cabinet. I used 6 2700k and 2 6500k. The yield was low but the quality was solid, not great, but solid. Basically what I am saying is use both spectrums, heavier on the flowering

#4 (permalink) 09-03-2009, 01:50 AM
LittleGreenMan1 I Run A Plantation Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,069	Re: Autoflowering/lowryder question Well. if your growing autoflowers i suggest HID lights for sure. 6500k is good for about two weeks by itself but once the flowering begins you need to create a light ratio of somewhere around 3:1 (like ChochMachio did) between the 2700k and the 6500k (more orange light = good). Hey chochmachio and Gbot you might also want to try getting a UVB CFL, I have read some good things about these and watched a very interesting video about trichs forming more abundandly to fend off the UVB / UVA rays.

#5 (permalink) 09-03-2009, 04:35 PM
gbot9000 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 34	Re: Autoflowering/lowryder question ill be using cfl 5 lights, so for the first 2 weeks ill use all 6500k, then ill replace 3 of them with 2700k'? ill check out the uvb lights..thanx

#6 (permalink) 09-03-2009, 05:10 PM
LittleGreenMan1 I Run A Plantation Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,069	Re: Autoflowering/lowryder question yeah sure. or maybe even replace four of them. shouldn't make too big of a difference but i've never tried a 3:2 ratio, only ever heard of 3:1 if you don't replace them all with 2700k that is (thats what most ppl do) so don't know. let us know how it works out.

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