Dutch Passion Auto Skywalker Haze

~ Auto Skywalker Haze®️ by Dutch Passion ~ Skywalker Haze x Auto Amsterdam Amnesia Well friends, here we go on another 'canna-venture' together cultivating Dutch Passion's Autoflowering version of their outstanding Skywalker Haze along with three other incredible autoflowers from Dutch Passion that I'm running separately, so buckle up and hold on! This will be a wild ride for sure! I've wanted to grow this strain for some time now and finally have an opportunity to see what I can do with it, and I've germinated two so double the fun! "Auto Skywalker Haze has a very pungent and fruity aroma! The incredibly firm and frosty buds give off a strong lemony, yet sweet, haze-like scent. The citrus and haze notes are clearly dominant. The combination of the fruity, sour, pungent citrus-dominant terpene profile with the more pungent, spicy haze character makes this a strain for real enthusiasts. The buds are completely covered in trichomes and in addition to providing a high cannabinoid profile. It also gives a true taste explosion. The terpenes are in abundance and they provide an exceptionally strong fruity haze taste. " ** "Auto Skywalker Haze is currently Dutch Passion's most potent autoflower with THC levels over 25%! 26.2% to be exact! This makes this strain even stronger than most of the photoperiod seed strains currently available worldwide.** "The feminized Skywalker Haze is a cross of our original and classic Skywalker variety, which consists of a cross of Mazar x Blueberry which in turn is crossed with an Amsterdam Amnesia from the Amsterdam underground scene. By crossing this photoperiod Skywalker Haze genetics with Auto Amsterdam Amnesia, Auto Skywalker Haze was created." ** "Auto Skywalker Haze produces robust and stable autoflower plants. This Sativa dominant cannabis strain is known for strong and sturdy plants that can take a beating. Most ladies grow into large plants with a real Sativa appearance. These phenotypes can grow quite tall with wide and long branching, thin leaves and elongated Sativa buds. These phenotypes usually take a little longer to mature. The flowers, which are completely covered in crystals, may have a tendency to foxtail slightly, but that doesn't take away from its true beauty. These buds also become a lot more compact than you might expect from the Sativa appearance. There are also phenotypes that remain just a little more compact and tend more towards the hybrid side. These mostly Skywalker-dominant phenotypes grow very hard and compact buds, sometimes reaching as thick as a Coke bottle. All plants have a good flower-to-leaf ratio and trimming the plants is relatively quick. Some plants can even be picked completely by hand and are ready really quickly. The small sugar leaves are also completely full of resin and trichomes, so you don't necessarily have to be very precise. If you want use it, then you have excellent trim to make your own hash, oil or other cannabis concentrate. Auto Skywalker Haze generally has a short internode distance. The flowers can grow nicely together and completely fill the branches from top to bottom with sticky buds. Most Sativa-dominant plants usually have a little more space between the buds. This lady can also stretch a lot. Outside we have seen occasional plants that have reached a height of more than two meters in the open ground. That is very exceptional for an autoflower."** "Auto Skywalker Haze generally takes about 12 weeks from seed to produce fully mature plants ready for harvest. There are two phenotypes of Auto Skywalker Haze that take a little longer, around 13 to 14 weeks. These are really worth the wait! During the last few weeks the buds get a lot thicker and heavier and the potency continues to increase. Outdoors, Auto Skywalker Haze takes an average of between 12-15 weeks to fully mature." ** **Credit- Dutch Passion.com ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ~THE SETUP~ ~ Grown in 15L Gronest geotextile pots filled with Mother Earth Grow 70/30 Coco/Perlite with Xtreme Gardening Mykos added. ~ Seeds were germinated directly in the medium without any 'pre-soak' ~ Seeds were planted three days before the Full Moon (Waning Gibbons) and sprouted within 72hrs, on the Full Moon. ~ Feeding will be by Lotus Nutrients (first time using) ~ 24hr light cycle while germinating ~ 20/4 light cycle after first leaves appear. ~ 4x8 Gorilla Tent ~ HLG 650R w/ 30w Supplemental UVA Bar controlled by a Trolmaster Hydro X controller set for a 15min Sunrise/Sunset simulation. (also a HLG Blackbird for additional side lighting if necessary) ~ Supplemental co2 controlled by an AutoPilot APC 8200 co2 controller ~ AC Infinity Cloudline T6 with Controller 67 using a Terrabloom 6x24" carbon filter ~ De-Humidifier and Humidifier when needed. ~ 14k BTU IdealAir portable A/C unit plumbed into tent for temperature control. ~ BlueLab testing instruments ~ Two Hurricane 18" oscillating fans ~ Two 6" Clip-on fans ~ Two 10" floor mounted fans ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Weekly Update: 11/11- Here we go into the first week of flower for the #1 and approximately four days in for the #2 Skywalker Haze Auto's and they're both beginning to get their groove on now! There's a marked difference in size between these two girl with the #1 having a 'normal' looking structure, while the #2 is much shorter and bushier. It will certainly be interesting to see how they both turn out! I'm switching their nutrients this week, eliminating the 'Grow' nutrient and upping the 'Bloom' portion along with the addition of Lotus's 'Boost'. I'll be upping their ppm's as well going as high as 2.6-2.8 depending on how the plants react. I have the lights @ 55% power hung 38-40" above canopy and temp's in the tent are maintaining 76-78℉ with a 55-60% RH resulting in weekly VPD averages of 1.16kPa and a max VPD of 2.08kPa. I've also been keeping an eye on leaf temperatures to ensure that they do not exceed 81-82℉, which I've kept in check via light output and height above canopy along with tent temperature. I gave them a good water/feed today with 0.75g of well water that has a base 100ppm, to which was added 1.2ml of Dutch Pro Silica Von Liebig’s Special, 5 ml/g of Earth Juice Oily Can, Lotus 'Bloom' @ 4 tsp/g and Lotus 'Boost' @ 1.25 tsp/g to achieve a 2.6 EC. I then checked and adjusted the ph to 5.9 @ 74℉. 11/13- Today the girls were watered with 0.75g of well water, without anything added, that was ph'd to 6.1 @ 73℉ to prevent any buildup of nutrients and to pull fresh oxygen down into the lower portions of their fabric pots. I left the runoff that drained into their drip pans remain (the pots are on risers to prevent them from sitting in the runoff) to help add some RH to the tent as our weather has gotten colder and A LOT drier. Because our weather is now staying cold I decided, with the outside air temp's now not going above the mid to upper 40's℉, to remove the portable A/C unit from the tent and instead bring the cold outside air into the tent to keep it cool. I accomplished this by placing a Hurricane 6" inline 450cfm fan with a speed controller hooked to it into the A/C exhaust duct, and then routing the duct hose end to be exposed to outside air. I secured the other end of the exhaust duct in on of the tent doors that I really don't use and secured the door zippers to in creating a light proof seal. Now with the lights running at 60% power the tent temperature is holding a steady 72-74℉ which will be perfect for flowering. I'll just have to keep an eye on the RH for a few more weeks until they're further into flower and I'll want the RH to be in the 35-40% range. 11/15- Yesterday, I decided it was time to defoliate the girls. I started at the bottom, removing the large shade leaves, and worked my way up to the middle of the plants removing lower shade leaves from stalks and also any tiny flowers forming down low that will never become really nice and use up energy better used elsewhere in the plants. Today both of the ladies were looking absolutely vibrant, showing zero signs of stress. I went ahead and checked their medium's moisture content, then fed/watered both with 0.5g of well water that has a base 100ppm, to which was added 1.2ml of Dutch Pro Silica Von Liebig’s Special, 5 ml/g of Earth Juice Oily Can, Lotus 'Bloom' @ 2.5 tsp/g and Lotus 'Boost' @ 1.25 tsp/g to achieve a 2.1 EC (I'm dialing back the ppm's to avoid nutrient burn). I then checked and adjusted the ph to 6.1 @ 72℉. I did have an issue with my co2 system with the regulator malfunctioning causing the tank to dump. I went ahead and ordered TWO as I've tried three different brands, with varying pricing, and all are made in the ROC. Furthermore they ALL break within 2-4 months so my advise is to by a pair of the cheap ones (Vivosun) which gives you a backup and spare parts...lol! 😁 11/17- Well the co2 is back up and running and I upped the output of the HLG's to 75%, now hung 34-36" above canopy. Tent temp's, RH and VPD all remain on point with a week ending average VPD of 1.22kPa They were fed today with 0.5g of well water that has a base 100ppm, to which was added 1.2ml of Dutch Pro Silica Von Liebig’s Special, 5 ml/g of Earth Juice Oily Can, Lotus 'Bloom' @ 1.5 tsp/g and Lotus 'Boost' @ 0.5 tsp/g to achieve a 1.8 EC (I'm dialing back the ppm's to avoid nutrient burn). I also added 1 tbsp/g of unsulfured black strap molasses to the solution (secret ingredient) then checked and adjusted the ph to 6.2 @ 72℉. ~ Thank you so very much for following along on this grow... 💚what you grow, Grow what you 💚! ~