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Afghan Kush Autoflower - Next Generation Seeds
Indoor
Room Type
LST
weeks 5-7, 9-11
Defoliation
weeks 6-7, 9-11
Strain
Afghan Kush Autoflower - Next Generation Seeds
Custom Breeder & Strain
Growing it
Easy
Resistance
Strong
Next Generation Seeds indicate that this strain is 100% indica (Afghan/Hash Plant x BC Kush). It's the autoflower version of this strain that I've grown out here. The breeder's website indicates it can be grown seed to harvest in 75-80 days. I've grown this out twice now and learned that this genetic takes well to LST and some defoliation throughout veg and into bloom. Although the LST and defoliation might have slowed the growth (mine finished up at 90 days) it definitely increased the yield! First grow with no LST yielded ~30g. Second grow with LST here yielded 78g! This strain finishes with very frosty, resin coated and dense buds with hints of pink and purple on leaves and calyxes. Overall, I found this strain was robust and easy to grow and it has the effects I'm looking for. These autoflower buds benefited from a longer curing time ~6-9 months resulting in dramatic and positive shifts in taste and flavor profiles.
The Outcome
Week 12
Harvest
What's on the scales?
78
gram
ounce
Bud dry weight
What's on the scales?
285.6
gram
ounce
Bud wet weight
Harvested
1
Number of plants harvested
Grow Room
0.15
ft²
Grow Room size
1.3
g / watt
520
g / m²
78
g / plant
6.67
plant / m²
400
watt / m²
Tastes like
Diesel
Earthy
Sweet
Feels like
0% Sativa 100% Indica

Positive effects

Happy
Relaxed

Negative effects

Dry mouth
Reviews. Nutrient
These nutrients worked great. Simple to use and easy to balance pH. Shake well!
Once this plant started in the bloom stage, I started adding the Big Bud nutrient and the plant responded. I feel this addition was definitely beneficial to final yield. This was my first time using the Overdrive during the last ~10 days of flower prior to flush and the results of this were less obvious but I will try it again during my next grow to further evaluate.
This was my first grow where I used the Grotek Final Flush. For hydro, I used according to directions and basically soaked the roots in the dilute solution for about an hour and then returned the plant to pH adjusted water in reservoir. I believe this worked well - there was a noticeable change in terpene profile (i.e. smell) and this product definitely helped finish off the plant. Prior to flush, I observed a nice fade starting on the main colas that was accelerated after flush leading to a nice finish.
Reviews. Lamp
Commented by
soaring_rodent soaring_rodent
5 years ago
I documented this grow because I was astonished at what could be accomplished growing in an Aerogarden Farm under only 60W of LED lighting. I posted this diary to share the results with the broader community. There were some challenges and learning along the way but once I got the system and nutrients dialed in I could not be happier with the results. This plant bulked up over the last 2 weeks with noticeable daily growth and rapid trichome production over the last 14 days. Final yield was ~78g with about 56g of "A" buds and the remaining 22g comprised of somewhat loose "B" bud from lower parts of the canopy under the 60W LED. The "B" buds are still very frosty with trichomes but the bud structure is somewhat looser than the main bud sites. I harvested the plant in sections and did light wet trimming and hung to dry at ~55-58% relative humidity and hung to dry for about 5 days. After hanging the buds were further trimmed and then finished drying in paper bags for an additional ~5 days before being placed in glass jars for curing. In the end, this grow resulted in a whopping 1.3 g/watt from 0.1 sq m grow space under 60W LED. Overall, I'm very happy with the result.
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v0id043
v0id043commentedweek 105 years ago
Ty for the explained, Brother, microorganism efficient is good to germination but i think the medium dont have goods microorganism because they need to eats sugar to live and reproduce, i like molasses and fert bokashi premium, this microorganisms is essencial to transplant and process the nutrient carrying to the plant. I made my proper nutrients, my new system is hydroponic but a little different than your system. Ill start today a new diaries with incredible plant please follow me and go learn more together, thank u so much, sorry if i write a little wrong, idk all words in inglish hahah, bye! Have u a good end week.
v0id043
v0id043commentedweek 15 years ago
Hello boy very nice cultivation, this pH , 6.1 on the first week is right???ty so much
soaring_rodent
soaring_rodentcommented5 years ago
@v0id043, Hey! Yeah I'll give a brief explanation - I hatched the seeds in pH neutral (~7.0) dampness in a paper towel in an unsealed baggie. The seed cracked in about 48 hours and I transplanted into a pre-cleaned sponge grow media. Once it was transplanted into the grow media and placed into the hydro setup I slowly adjusted the pH down to ~6.1 over the first few days. I've found this strain prefers 5.7-6.2 and particularly seems to like to be at 6.1-6.2 during late stage flowering. I specify "pre-cleaned" sponge because I have previously found that these sponges seem to come with various fungi and/or molds that they claim are "beneficial" but I've found they definitely interfere with early development of my cannabis seeds. Once I started pre-cleaning the sponges in a dilute bleach material (and subsequently thoroughly rinsed and dried) this problem was eliminated.