There are numerous cannabis flowers in different variations that give off signs of harvesting, especially in autoflowers.
When your autoflower is ready for harvesting, the pistils become white on young flowers and then change to orange and red during development. Ideally, it’s best to harvest when 60% to 70% of pistils are red and orange.
There are other ways to figure out the timing of your autoflower harvest crop that aren’t hard to pinpoint.
We’ll guide you through the signs an autoflower is ready to harvest.
How To Tell If My Autoflower Is Ready For Harvest?
You may know your autoflower is ready for harvest when the pistils turn from white to orange and red color. For the most potent harvest, you can wait until the pistils are about 60% to 70% red and orange coloration.
You can receive quality and potent buds by waiting for the pistils to turn white to red or orange.
Do Autoflowers Get Dark Before Harvesting Time?
Yes, autoflowers receive a 48-hour to 72-hour window of darkness before harvesting time. The cannabis plants may require this amount of darkness before harvest, but it’s not necessary.
It can depend on what you’re wanting out of your autoflowers since the longer they’re in darkness the more quality of flowers you can get.
How Long Can You Wait To Harvest Autoflowers?
You can wait about 8 to 14 weeks before harvesting your autoflowers. They can be shorter than the average non-autoflower cannabis plants since they grow quickly.
Autoflowers are easy to grow and offer faster fruit growth than if you were to grow different genetics of cannabis plants. They are ideal for new growers to learn the ways of growing beautiful flowers.
These types of cannabis seeds can be purchased anywhere where it’s legal to grow cannabis. Many strains provide different growth periods, but autoflowers are a standard crop to practice and receive fast yields.
How Many Autoflowers Can You Get For Harvest?
You can expect to receive about 300 to 400 grams per meter squared indoors and outdoors between 100 to 150 grams. The autoflowers are dependent on the strain you’re growing since there are varieties of them.Â
What Are The Highest Yielding Autoflower Strains?
Different strains are providing the highest yields of cannabis autoflowers that range between 400 to 600 grams.
These include the following:
- Northern Light Automatic
- Gorilla Cookies
- Purple Punch Auto
- Hulkberry Auto
- Critical Purple Autoflower
- Orange Sherbet Auto
- White Widow Automatic
- Green Crack Autoflower
- Moby Dick XXL Auto
- Bruce Banner Auto
- Royal Cheese Automatic
- Critical Neville Haze
- Cheese Autoflower
- Amnesia Haze Autoflower
- Auto Lemon Kix
- Cherry Cola Auto
- Auto Mazar
- Wedding Cheese Cake Auto
- CBD Express Autoflower
These are the highest yields autoflowers you may want to dive into or look through to see if there’s one you may want to grow.
However, they are only a few of the autoflowers you can grow since there are dozens more on the market.
All in all, they won’t take long to grow and can give you immense benefits during the harvest season.
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