Sour Diesel Auto - First Grow - strain 1

Sorry this update is so late - had some technical issues - so the below was written at the time of harvest Firstly im not sure I should be reviewing this strain as with my soil issues and pests... I can’t really give an accurate description aside from that the plant survived all the bad and actually made it through - So i do give it an A for being resilient So for that I am super stoked and thank Fastbuds for the great strain She was very smelly near the end and the buds had gotten nice and thick!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ahhh man bit of a bad week - I have met SATAN AND HE IS CALLED BROAD MITES A few days ago I discovered broad mites had gotten into my plants and were causing havoc. (confirmed under a microscope, small translucent bastards) Also covid has hit some of my family members, so I didn't really have time to do much or notice the progression due to time limitations. Which left me with some decisions to make since most of my plants are flowering (I couldn't really treat them) The two closest I did an early harvest, the others I treated with a light mite killer that is non toxic to humans... So I did harvest this plant, I had to dispose of the lower branches and buds completely as the mites had done their damage and all but destroyed the buds. But now moving on ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BUDS Even though i lost about a third of the plant to mites, I was still all giggles for the excitement of my first harvest Took off most major leaves but not all the small one which we will deal with when the buds are dry I was thankful for every gram of bud that came from my plants, I put them through hell They smell AMAZING They look SUPER DELICIOUS They are DENSE I CANNOT WAIT TO SMOKE THEM UP AFTER CURING They are now in my cupboard with dehumidifiers, a fan and smelling like GOLD :D After the drying week and a bit, they will go into Terploc bags ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soil My soil was not great, honestly it was so hard when I worked on disposing the left overs to get mites away from my other plants The roots hardly had any growth to them which I assume was both the soil and root rot doing its work, but honestly half the soil was like brick... not good I am changing soil completely for my next batch. Lesson learnt.... don’t settle for soil you feel is too dense - A worry I had early but never did anything about it ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Routine pest control Something I was not doing which I will be religious about for my next batch, my garden is ALIVE and I will need to counter that. I might have been able to stop the broad mites, so again my mistake. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you for following this Diary, I had never grown anything in my life before these plants and its been a quite a ride😅 Stay safe out there this covid thing is horrible