JohnCH

Wow - this was so much easier to harvest than the last batch. The very distinct bud growth was fantastic - no more popcorn or other such time sparse bud growth for me!! Going to manicure all future plants to avoid it … It took me less than 1/2 the time to cut and trim this one and the buds look awesome. Stay tuned for the dry weight report!!

Chopped her down. Got 2 buds in the garbage and 1 left. The last 2 shots are of the bud I'm keeping .. Gonna give it another look to make sure there is nothing nasty in there (not that I'm certain of what I am searching for :) I'm no too upset about the loss - this was an experiment of sort anyway plus I'm sitting on 8 jars of buds curing as I type :) I've learned a few things: You can indeed clone autos - they wont grow to 6 feet, but it looks like the yield could be more than if you left the branch on. I wonder if this is because they continue the donor plant's time line or if they spent majority of their finite life on establishing roots and such. Keep an eye on these plants (especially outdoors) - bud rot doesnt mess around and moves fast! If I would have realized the symptoms sooner I could have save a cola ... Oh well - live and learn and grow more buds :)

I finally chopped her down! A few last bud shots and .... Wow - this was one bushy bush! Next time I am clipping all that shit for sure!

Not really sure how to rate this strain yet - its bizarre - you don't get high, but thats how its suppose to work! The marketing claims less than 1% THC and 11%-20% CBD - I can confirm the THC number but not really sure how to judge the CBD. I haven't explored what else other than smoking can be done with this -- but I will! Thats why I got it! I'm very curious.

Rather simple and fun to grow, just give her some nutrients and watch her go! Not too fussy at all - although slightly more fragile than the White Widow (that thing is a freaking tank!). Seems the guys at RQS know what they are talking about because it was pretty damn close to the marketing material with buds developing faster and fatter than my other strains - this is my first grow so take that for what its worth. You can see for yourself in the pics how it outpaced its only real completion in this grow - the White Widow. Of course neither has been weighed or smoked yet. I'm giving it an 10 for the moment because I have no reason not to - could get some demerits if the smoke is crap - but I have confidence in this one!

I have a hard time rating this thing because I haven't smoked it yet and I didn't treat it so well - I topped it, defoliated it, had it in a 1 gallon pot and flowered it in a 12/12 cycle. While most of this may affect the yield for an auto, I don' t know that these factors contributed to its longer than expected time to harvest. I wouldn't even mention the time it took if it wasn't called Auto SPEED Bud! I feel bad giving this only an average rating , but the breeder is making these claims and it just wasn't my experience. Maybe I'll update the rating after I do a smoke test and also see how the clone performs.