MSNL Auto Widow

*** 11/21/22 UPDATE *** Dry weight: 2.2 grams. *** 10/28/22 UPDATE *** The buds started easily snapping off the stems, so transitioned the buds from the dry rack to a mason jar to cure for at least a couple weeks. It's kind of funny that I bought a whole pack of 32oz. wide-mouth mason jars thinking that's what I would need, and I would fill several up 75%, but in this case the buds only fill 1 jar up by about an inch. Anyway, i stuck a 62% humidpak and hygrometer in there to try to keep the humidity around 62 degrees and to be able to monitor it. At least the buds are still a little sticky, and they smell great! *** 10/21/22 *** This was my first grow and it sure wasn't easy! This was the only surviving plant out of over 10 seeds that I tried germinating and tried to help survive through the vegetative state. I researched a lot beforehand, yet still made a lot of mistakes along the way. The fact that this plant survived it all is probably a miracle! Still have a 3 day to 10 day dry period, and then a 2 week to 6 month cure period, so won't know how this tastes nor its effects for at least another month, but when that happens I'll update the diary! The total wet weight of only 9.8g is disappointing, considering that the average from other grows of this same strain is about 34.9g (1.2oz). After drying I expect to only end up with 20-25% of the wet weight which would only be about 2g. However, as you can see I wet trimmed and removed stems rather than leaving them on and dry trimming so I may end up with a little more than 2g. Will update later when I find out for sure. LESSONS: -Seeds really don't like hot temperatures. -Fox Farm Ocean Forest is too "hot" for most autoflowers in their seedling and young vegetative stages. -Germinating by peat pellet gives seeds a better chance of survival once planted, because it gives them a chance to develop for a couple extra days into vegetative state, rather than being thrusted right into soil that might be too "hot". -With a premixed "super soil" like Fox Farm Ocean Forest or Happy Frog, it is really easy to get nutrient burn if ANY nutrient mixes with bat guano or earthworm castings are added, even at as little as 1/3 strength. -Early in its vegetative life, I brought the plant inside to be away from the rain and my CAT chewed up one of the few and major fan leaves. I'm lucky that my cat didn't outright kill this plant like it did the pineapple kush plant. I learned to not even let the plant near my cat, and got a greenhouse for outside to protect plants from light rain that way instead of bringing them inside. -Insects REALLY like auto white widow. The only ones that seemed to cause an issue was caterpillars that tore up the leaves. Spiders made webs in the plant, but they didn't really do any damage to it. -For pest control, the plant did NOT like a neem oil / insecticidal soap combination, but did OK with a B.t./spinosad combination. -Plants do NOT like humidity. While this one didn't get wet much directly, when it rained a lot for several weeks the plant got bud rot TWICE and I had to chop off some of the largest buds. Since then I set up an indoors closet with CFL lighting to move plants to from outside on days/weeks when it is expected to rain a lot. -Didn't track P.H. levels at all, yet didn't seem to have any problems related to it. -Only gave the plant water from a hose with NO NUTES for at least 2-3 months of it life, yet it didn't seem to have any nute deficiency issues.

Was my first grow and completely outside, so cutting myself some slack. Got bud rot and had pest issues, but I salvaged what I could. It's a nice relatively low-THC hybrid. Takes about 5-7 vaporizer hits to get decently high. Doesn't put me into the couch like a pure hybrid, but doesn't make me super talkative or energetic either. Indica-dominant hybrid is probably the best way to describe it. A "social smoke" if you will. Good for making boring activities more fun. Wipes out short-term memory so I make sure all my serious daily tasks and responsibilities that take brain power are handled before smoking, but it's fine for still doing mundane tasks that don't take much thinking. It's like an indica that gives a nice head and body high, but doesn’t cause couch lock or make you too sleepy. A "classic" strain for good reason.