Indoor 60x60 cm: Solos, Sativas, Seedmaking

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After a couple weeks of curing, all the jars have settled around 60-62% RH.

I weighed everything, about 192g total. 48g/sqft, pretty good for solo cups. That's around 25g each, give or take, with the Ghost Toof yielding the most (46g!) and the smaller Zamaldelica Express the least (15g). The picture is the Auto Zamaldelica, 30.56g.

The cups have had some time to dry out, so I separated the coco, hydroton, and roots. This is from the Auto Zamaldelica, whose coco had previously pushed up over three inches past the rim of the cup. Somebody who knows roots better might be able to tell more about what it means, but the cup started out as maybe 10% hydroton at the bottom, then all coco with a little perlite. The hydroton visible about halfway down there was at the bottom before, and there was no hydroton below that, just a solid mass of roots with some smaller coco fibers.

Here's a bud of the Auto Zamaldelica, complete with my half-assed trimming. I tried it this weekend. I will probably have something more coherent to say after I've tried it more, but wow, it did not disappoint. Anybody who passes over flower like this because it lacks bag appeal is missing out.

 

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Great thread glad I found it. Couldn't agree more on that auto zamaldelica. I usually go more for the couch lock indica types but found the high from this astonishing and a very unusual smell/taste. Have 3 legacy zamaldelicas to try but kinda scared to pop 'em. I haven't tried a reversal yet but might make some spray as a back up. I'd love to know how the az and ze compare taste/smell/structure/high wise I'm sure you'll let us know Great job sir

I have some Zamaldelica photoperiod fem seeds too, but 100 days in flower is a lot to plan for, so I may not get to them for a while. I really like doing mixed-auto-strain small container grows like this.

I plan on reporting back once I've tried both the AZ and (new) Zamaldelica Express a couple times, but so far the AZ seems more psychedelic, the ZE has stronger terps, and they smell & taste quite different: The AZ has pleasant but mild fruity terps, peach with some melon and mango. My previous ZE had sweet earthy carrot/beetroot terps, along with some enigmatic spices (ginger, quinine, and ...something else), and the newer ZE #2 here has the same sweet spices but without the carrot/beets. Apparently the carrot is a Zamal trait. The other new ZE (#3) and had similar terps, just weaker. All the ZEs turned purple late in flower, the AZ did not. The AZ had the ideal structure for a solo cup grow, as far as I'm concerned; four big colas up top, not too much larf or much trimming necessary. The ZE was a lot leafier, but it was very frosty trim, so it might be a wash.

 

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Now that I've tried all of them at least a couple times, some quick reviews:

- Auto Zamaldelica and Zamaldelica Express: I commented about them before, but I prefer the ZE's terps and taste (purple, sweet spices), the AZ's effects (a bit more psychedelic). They are both outstanding.

- Hubbabubba Haze: This rules. It's everything I love about Hubbabubbasmelloscope, but more potent, and with fuzz pedal. Great sativa buzz with a fun stony side. Also tastes excellent. Instant favorite.

- Neville's Haze Ryder: This is a weird one. It's super strong, with a drifting focus but laser-beam intensity, and it comes and goes in waves. I'm still figuring it out. On its own, it seems wild and raw, but could be great adding power to a cross with something that grounds and modulates it a bit? It smells like sweet and slightly skunky incense, and the taste has a distinctly metallic, almost mothball note.

- Auto Power Plant: This has the same glorious, soaring high as the photoperiod Power Plant flower I've tried (yay!), but where that was clearheaded, the APP brings some memory fog, probably from the Think Different auto trait donor. Starts out with a sativa high, settles into an indica stone. Particularly great for listening to music.

- Ghost Toof: Puts me in a great mood, and then to sleep. I don't really get how the Fantasmo Express side fits into this one's effects, though I guess that's where it gets its size? I see why this is really popular.