ODNT Auto Amnesia comparison

Planted on a rainy June 20th. Got a free Canuck Auto Amnesia with my order from Truenorth Seedbank. Remembered a month or so ago that weed was now legal in Canada so I researched it out and decided to add a new crop to my garden this year... too late to get an old fashioned monster going so decided to try auto flowering strains. Was going to order the Canuck seeds but their Auto amnesia was a freebie with the order so bought the Pyramid seeds to have a comparison project. The Canuck seed was larger and shinier than the Pyramid seeds. I was not fond of the pyramid packaging either. It should be reclosable like the others.

Well the little Pyramid seed was first up. Cotlydons unfurled by daybreak on day 4 while the larger Canuck seed was just breaking the surface. Very happy with both seedlings. Gave each pot a half gallon of well water in day 6. Looking forward to seeing them grow. Plan to give a light feeding about midweek with some diluted yogurt whey. Hopefully that will carry them until the roots reach the blood and bone meal in the bottom half of the pots.

First fertilizer on day 12. Dissolved 2 tums tablets (calcium carbonate) , 1/4 teaspoon potassium chloride (no salt), and 1/4 teaspoon epsom salt in 1 litre of yogurt whey. Made a final solution by adding 1/2 litre of this to 7.5 litres of water. Gave 2 litres to each pot. Followed by 2 more litres of plain water in each pot. Soil was quite dry before this. The pyramid seedling is a little narrower leafed and just a bit slower growing than the Canuck. I feel both are doing quite well. I also have 2 Sweet Honey Peach autos I am covering in another diary that are faster growing than the amnesias.

Interesting differences beginning to show. The Canuck is sprouting some branches and accepts the LST gracefully. The pyramid was showing no branches before the pipe cleaners were applied and fights the training with a will. Her stem is less pliable as well. Hope to get the pots dried out a bit before another feeding of whey. Afternoon rains earlier in the week kept things pretty wet, but the sunshine and heat may let me give them a boost tomorrow. Looking forward to this week as there should be a nice preflower growth spurt.

Fed a hefty mix of whey, epsom salt and potassium chloride on day 24. Pots were the driest they have been all summer but plants were withstanding the heat well. I wanted to make the roots search for moisture as long as I could but rain was forecast for the next day so I dosed them. This will probably the last whey feeding as I’ll switch it up to a liquid kelp and molasses solution as they move into a bloom phase. Pistles began showing a few days ago hoping for more growth before flowering starts in earnest. The Pyramid is quite a bit longer and less bushy than the Canuck. To this point the Pyramid has turned out to be easier to train with the pipe cleaners because of the more open structure. The Canuck has bushed out more from the LST though so it may yield more in the end. Looking forward to buds forming. Seem to be good plants at the 28 day mark.

Both plants grew quickly this week. The pyramid is showing its more Haze background by stretching while the Canuck is sporting too many bud sites to count on its smaller frame. Gave a teaspoon each of molasses and liquid kelp in 8 litres of water split between three plants in day 30. The weather has been hot humid with several thunderstorms. Plants are holding up well and thriving. Pots need some drying and the forecast is favourable for that over the coming days. Loving watching the buds form.

Better weather this week. I fed kelp and molasses on day 45. Canuck is showing nice trichome development. The pyramid continued to grow so I gently applied a couple of more tie downs to let as much light in as possible. Branches are getting quite stiff. Smell is nice from both in the evening.

Weather near perfect this week drier and almost hot. Watered a few times letting pots dry in between. Plants using a lot. Gave some compost tea with the kelp and molasses this week. The Canuck seems to have stalled while the pyramid keeps popping out flowers. Very different flowers for two strains with the same name. The Canuck is tight and seems dense. The Pyramid buds are looser and look more old school. The Canuck seems to have an edge on Trichome density as well but it could just be that the Canuck is maturing a bit quicker. Very much looking forward to what these last few weeks bring.

Still pushing along. Buds on the Canuck seem to be maturing as I’m not seeing new pistles pushing out like the pyramid. Weather is a bit warmer and more humid. Lots of resin forming. I’m loving the way the pyramid is forming buds. They very much remind me of the buds I used to get back in the early eighties before everything started Looking the same. Speaking of smell neither plant has any distinct smells that I can identify beyond the sweet flowery smell of summer blooms. Even that is not overpowering. If I didn’t Know what it was I might mistake it for musk rose or some other sweet smelling flower.

Been very focused on the pyramid plant but the Canuck is getting ready. I picked up a pocket microscope and decided that while the pyramid is probably a couple of weeks from harvest, the Canuck is almost done. I removed a lot of fan leaves from Canuck and will give it a few days to recover from the handling and check again. I made some poor quality pics through the scope of trichomes on the Canuck. Ya’ll tell me what you think. Will post up some pics from the Pyramid next week.

Will likely take them down this week. The late summer beasties are out in force. The Canuck has ripened a bit since last week. I din’t Really know why it failed to grow as well as the pyramid. The coffee can in the pics helps illustrate the difference. The Canuck is covered top to bottom in buds. It just diesn’t Have the size of the Pyramid. I just love the huge calyxes of the pyramid. They look like clusters of grapes. All the microscope pics are of the pyramid. You can see that most of the trichomes are cloudy with only one or two Amber here and there. I will try to let it go another week but din’t Want to chance if if the weather turns rotten. I trimmed the fan leaves in prep to take her down. The buds are heavy and weighing the branches down. Looking forward to see how it turns out.

Cut the little Canuck on day 75 before dawn and placed in tub of clean water for 4 hours to remove debris. Then hung under a shady tree to dry excess water. Very dry breezy day. By evening I weigh it at 168 grams stem and all. Then hung upside down bag open to dry. It was beginning to wilt after 48 hours... hopefully long enough to break down some carbs. I’ll be checking every day an if rain threatens I’ll put in shed. Hope to trim and bag in shed after 7 days to finish drying. Pyramid is ready to cut. It will get the same treatment. I know this is a little unorthodox and a bit risky getting the plant so wet before drying. I feel like it just gives the plant an extra day to use up any nutrients and break down those starches.

I have no idea why the Canuck stalled its growth once flowering started. The harvested plant was essentially one big bud. It only developed one set of branches and stretched very little after the preflowers appeared. Harvest and drying was pretty straightforward. Once it was dry to touch and starting to wilt I kept it hung in deep shade. I had great weather for about eight days. When rain threatened I brought it into a humidity controlled area and trimmed buds off the stem. I left the bag open with air circulation in the room overnight and as it felt quite dry the next morning I closed the bag. It was opened and buds stirred once a day for five more days. RH was kept around 60% to keep it from drying too fast. Once the buds were crispy on the outside and the stems cracked I trimmed and jarred it. Yield was 21 grams clean bud and 11 grams of sugar leaf and popcorn. My job doesn’t allow me to to test smoke any... need to wait for a few days off in a row to partake. As soon as I can though I’ll come back and update with a smoke report. It still smells a bit green but is developing some lemony/ tangerine, pine and herb like smells. Not skunky at all . Overall I am pleased this is my first auto flower harvest ever. While the yield is less than I had hoped I can’t complain. 3 quarter ounces for the cost of a reusable pot and some potting soil, it ain’t bad at all. In reading other diaries on this variety I see a lot of phenotype variation so maybe it needs a little refinement genetically. Until the smoke report, thanks for reading!