Dutch Passion Auto Mazar heads up North

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Post harvest update

Well, it's time for another update. Not so long after the last update, although not entirely sure when, I decided that I would call it a day on the Auto Mazar as progressively the largest remaining buds were taken by mould one at a time. I chopped it down and hung the whole plant for a week, before trimming the buds off to dry a little more before putting them in a jar to cure. I managed to fill a large jar, although the buds are neither themselves dense, nor tightly packed. Airy, leafy buds seem to be a pretty common result of outdoor grows in these climate conditions, it's surprising what good buds even a relatively modest artificial light can produce indoors.

It turned out that there were numerous blight warnings throughout the period up to the final chopping, as it would seem that on this basis the potential for mould was considerably worse this year than last. Bearing that in mind my conclusion on the mould susceptibility of Auto Mazar is that it is neither particularly susceptible nor resistant to mould. Development certainly seemed to be a bit slower than other plants in the same conditions, and I think that it would have really benefited from slightly better temperatures, such as might be found in a more coastal location. I felt that it really wanted a slightly longer season then my climate was prepared to provide this year.

There's not much else to report for now, but I'll update again once it's all been cured and tested.
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Smoke Review

Well, I finally decided that I ought to finish this off before I have finished smoking all of the weed.

I feel that Auto Mazar has been more like the classic Northern Lights that I fondly remember from days gone by. It had had a fairly mild odour, although it did develop quite a good taste once cured. It's a very subjective thing, but I found it to be a fairly earthy floral flavour/aroma. Sometimes when I broke open a bud it just gave that classic Dutch coffeeshop smell. It will be a shame when the jar has been emptied, I hope that I can refill it with something as good.

I was pleased to find that despite having taken all of the biggest buds much earlier due to mould issues I still had some decent sized and reasonably dense buds. It was harvested pretty early, and I always felt that it wasn't too impressed by the weather that I was able to provide, yet even so the harvest was quite acceptable.

In other news, I accidentally bought some Durban Poison seeds (photoperiod ones) whilst shopping for a new grinder (I had a sudden desire to try some of this classic for the first time), so I have a few of them gradually doing their stuff at the moment. It' a long time since I've grown a photoperiod plant, so I hope they won't cause me too many difficulties in adjusting to their mannerisms.
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