Christina Tosi's Crack Pie

I thoroughly enjoyed growing this strain. It was easy and carefree for the most part. Great experience first time growing autos. Displayed 2 phenotypes. 1 had thinner sativa colas that had beautiful purpling, while the other 2 were more bushy indica type. 2 plants were harvested at 73 days and 1 was harvested at 75 days. I did have a little mold and some aphids at the end but that all came out with trimming and the wash. I will apologize for the amount of flower pappus that stuck itself to the colas (another reason to wash!) I'm really looking forward to trying this strain after it dries but as of right now I would definitely recommend it to other growers! I realize my numbers aren't that big. Looking back, I could have fed them more during flower. I also should have been feeding them the fish emulsion rather than the Coast of Maine granules. I think with how fast these plants mature that they would have benefited from the liquid fish emulsion much more during veg since it takes longer for the plants to break down the granules and I didn't feed it until later. I think my Lemon Potion Auto had me spooked as far as feeding with how messed up that one was. Lesson learned. I totally missed the window on ponytailing these girls and that would have made a huge difference, but I suppose that's the beauty of hindsight. I also could have let them go longer, but I wanted some light daytime stuff. And of course I could have given them more room. But, this is an outdoor grow and many factors are out of my control, especially since I live so far North. My thoughts going forward are: I'm loving autos. They are fast and fun. I'm thinking next year I'll stick them in the ground too, since the photos are loving it this year. I'm planning on growing more autos, but I definitely want to try this strain again. And I will definitely be ponytailing next time. I'll be interested to see how much more that puts out. I really like how much easier they are to trim and wash. And I will certainly be feeding more when they go into flower. I know from looking at other diaries that growers have gotten some big numbers out of this strain, but let this diary be a testament to the fact that I did basically no training (I only pinched once) and I really didn't feed heavily (only natural feeds, no mineral salts) and still had decent plants. So I think that's a testament to how strong these genetics are and easy plants for a first time auto grower. Therefore this is a great strain if you don't have a lot of time on your hands and you're on a budget, or if you've never grown autos before. Also, I'm using 58% humidity packs with all the strains I'm storing this year. The 62% ones I used last year held up well but then I had mold this summer and had to pitch a couple ounces😩. I talked to a friend who's a commercial grower and he definitely recommended I go with the 58% for long term storage. FYI So, I'm shopping around for 1:1 auto strains for next year. I have several picked out, but if any breeders want to reach out I'm always open to 1:1 strains!