Strain
This was my first autoflower grow and overall I'm impressed. I yielded over 1g/watt at an average of 114g per plant. Time from sprout to completion of drying was 85 days (this does not include curing - which is still to come). The bud smells good but still a little grassy - which is expected prior to curing. I was amazed to net over 900g. On the plants the colas are very heavy and I got about 5 minor spots of rot but only lost about 20g of bud so nothing in the scheme of things and my RH was on the high side during flowering.
I'm giving an overall score of 8/10 as once dried the buds are a little airy but maybe that's an autoflower thing?
*** EDIT ***
I'm changing the score up to 9/10 as I have just realised that Chemdogging is 35% Sativa. I wrongly thought it was 100% Indica and was expecting mega-dense buds. The Sativa genetics perfectly explains the nature of the buds. Great strain.
The plants that were topped did not yield more than the un-topped plants so probably best to just employ LST, defoliation and pruning.
*** UPDATE ***
After curing 2 weeks, the buds are really developing their aroma and taste. Handled gently, the trimmed buds (see pic) have a pine/pineapple smell but even a slight crushing releases a heady gasoline odour that would not be out of place in an oil refinery!
