LSD-25 Auto | Soil

I was looking for this strain to give it a try and when I saw it on discount/promo, I just couldn't resist :) I've received my seeds yesterday and during today I bought the soil and prepared everything for my 3rd grow ever. Not yet sure what light schedule I'll set for them but probably 18/6. I'm trying not to set my hopes too high but it is sort of famous strain and some folks here had some great results so let's see... Actually my first grow was also with auto flowers but I made a lot of mistakes and wasn't ready for indoor, so the outcome wasn't really great, but still it convinced me that the auto flowers can be pretty sturdy and rewarding. EDIT 1 - after 24 hrs we have first seed opened. To my surprise it was the pale-ish one. Tomorrow I’ll most likely prepare a Jiffy for them all, but I’ll mark the winner to see if being first is important. EDIT 2 - it is great to see all seeds opened after 48 hrs. Definitely a good sign of their quality-kudos for @FastBuds.

So, there we are in week 2. All three seeds spouted pretty much equaly but I have room only for two, so I kepth the #1 which popped up first and as there was no difference between the two remaining seedlings, I just picked the one closer to my hand :) Though, I decided to give the third seedling a chance and I’ll find her a place outdoor near forest. I don’t have my hopes high for her as the area is heavilly populated but I just can’t throw her to bin like a piece of crap...

Week 3 and both girls are doing good. Progress is visible every day, which is great. I’m not adding any nutrients yet and I don’t plan to do so in next 2-3 weeks as the soil was slightly pre-fertilized, but let’s see how it develops:) Will add a few more photos later this week... EDIT day 20 So, it looks like being the first seed to pop up doesn’t mean it will be the best/strongest plant. To me it seems like the other girl is growing better although they both have exactly the same conditions. Good thing is that they both have short internodal segments but still, I’ve increased the distance from light to see if it helps them both to get a bit more stretchy. Maybe the #1 girl is just shy and more sensitive to light because otherwise she is definitely not under-developed.

Well, after 3 full weeks, it looks like the plant which sprouted first slowed down when comparing with the other girl. Or at least she is not growing up that fast, while she is still developing just a kind of dwarf-ish... Not completely sure what can be wrong as the other girl is doing great. No signs of deficiencies and no difference in conditions 🤔 Time will tell...

Week #5 will be the last week of vegetation stage as I’m already seeing a few pistils here and there. Also I’ll start adding some nutrients because some stems are showing light calcium deficiency. As to the height differences, I decided to bend the hogher plant and so far, she is responding well. What I totally f*cked up was attempt to FIM the higher plant - I’ll provide some detailed photos so you can look how not to do it 😉 ...learning the hard way. EDIT: Changing this week to Flowering as there is no doubt about it by now! These will be fast...love it!!! Only regret is about the stupid idea to FIM the one plant but I can't change that so whatever, right 😐

Week 6 and both girls look pretty happy. One is already showing some dark colors so I guess that one will be the purple phenotype but I’m curious also about the final look of the #1 plant which somehow naturally developped into nicely robust plant with strong bottom branches. To support this even more, I bent her main stem and she is now nicely equal in height. Now I’ll try to keep them happy till the end as there is not much more I could do :) Cheers!

This week was very stressful...for all. Due to insane teperatures (almost 40C in shade during day!!!) combined with my unexpected 3 day absence I am actually happy they survived but there were many dead leaves and it is still not over. Wish me luck...

Really don’t know what to think about this run. It is definitely the worst one when it comes to health of the plants and at this point I just have to hope they will somehow make it till the end. I’m giving them water every other day but I decreased the nutrients when I saw burned tips of leaves. I guess they don’t need that much when they suffer 😕 The soil I bought this time is a piece of sh*t...well, that would be actually better than the useless thing in the pots. Leaves are still yellowing- not that fast but still, damn, I gave up on any expectations abou harvest but it hurts. They were so promising. I’ll have to give this strain also the next run to make up for this one.

Slowly getting to finish :) There was no major change but both girls are still alive and trying their best to get some volume on the buds. That’s probably the best I could wish for at this point and if they hold for two more weeks, I’ll most likely chop them down to end this torture, but we’ll see.

I’m bit late with report this week... Girls are still holding up and trichomes are already turning amber so I think we are good to go by end of this week (Sun 25). In the end the harvest will be below initial expectation but way above what I was afraid of after the heat wave. All in all I am fine with the run (lessons learned) so the only remaining question is quality and I can’t wait to test it 😉

As you can see on the picts, it is definitely not a disaster, so I’m happy in the end. I’ll yet update the diary with strain rating as well as effects and taste but only after I cut off the dried buds from stems and try the smoke-can’t wait! The smell of freshly cut off plants is awesome but there is no dominant scent like citrus or so...just nice weedy one :) EDIT: Guys, if you haven't tried this one yet, you definiely should! The smoke is really nicely energetic, giggly and social. I tried also a few puffs before going to sleep and man, that was really cool 😀 All in all 9.5/10