Saludos! :tiphat:
This is the first of some grow reviews I'm gonna do about Stitch's super-autoflowering strains I grew this season outdoors.
I got two SCH seeds as freebies from Dope Seeds, where I bought a pack of Flash Seeds - Chaze. My intention was to grow 3 Chazes and one SCH, put them in line and see how they compare between them.
Sadly or fortunately, one of the Chazes broke and I suddenly I sprouted another SCH for replacement. Later the Chaze developed and I suddenly had another superauto plant to take care of.
All plants were first vegged under 150W 6500K cfls for almost 4 weeks in 3L of soil mix with added mycorhizzae. Conditions were not ideal, very high temperatures of 30-35°C inside, but the plants seemed not to notice
SCH@day 19
After 25 days of indoor they got transplanted.
I stuck to the plan and just added the latest SCH near the older one, almost same hole but with some less light exposition.
The difference in indoor time was very noticeable after transplant had occurred. The small SCH was developing slower, had much less vertical growth, got some snails eating her, but a steady growth made out of her a nice healthy plant.
Meanwhile the big SCH stretched like hell and got higher than 2m in the next month.
Here's a picture at day 60, just 35 days after transplant.
This is the SCH a good 2 weeks later, day 76
At day 88 she looked like this
Day 109, getting fat(plant on the right, left is SatiChaze, right front is the small SCH)
The soil mix was pretty high with N and microorganisms, I added some mycorhizzae in the holes, so I only used some liquid bloom nutes, the Plagron AlgaBloom with some aminoacids and vitamins(I used them from the start).
Both SCHs at day 115
And a bud form the big one, same day
In September the weather didn't turn so well as I hoped, had to turn off the watering system because of frequent rains.
The plants were in need of more time so I decided to risk and let them go for another month.
Day 126, plant
And a bud with mostly white stigmas
Came the day I had to chop the SatiChaze(another report to follow soon) and let the others ripe a bit more.
Day 134, big SCH
Small SCH's cola
That day I took a bud off to sample, but it wasn't done yet.
A small SCH's delicious looking bud
After some days I decided the big one has to go, she had some mold starting, many spiders, ants and other insects decided to find their home in those tasty buds. Can't blame them
SCH at chop, day 141
And a nice branch
So the big one got chopped just before october after a september full of rain.
The small seemed to be a bit faster to flower, but she was looking healthy and I let her go for some more time.
She was chopped in first week of october and is now curing in jars with all the others.
Some thoughts about the grow:
It went almost as planned, the superautos need to be transplanted carefully, seems they reveg and delay the flowering when it happens.
To me this is perfect, because it means the longer veg time produces bigger plants, just what I was looking for.
The SCH was my growing "champion" with good heat resistance(temps went up to 38°C for some days). The bud structure allows her to take some rains, won't mold easily, but with bad weather she probably will to some extent.
I think there was an issue with this plant, I noticed the most inner and first calyxes to grow, tend to die later in flowering, which can cause mold issues. I found some just getting moldy while the other calyxes around were perfectly healthy.
In bad weather it's a big minus, but if the weather is dry, there should be no trouble with it.
Verdict:
I really enjoyed to grow this ladies, the SCH is a hardy plant which can reward the grower with a good production of nice sativa buds.
Doesn't need much care and nutes, can cope well with weather and pests and can be a good set-and-forget guerrilla strain(weather permitting).
I will very likely grow this strain again!
Kudos to Stitch for his amazing superauto line:Cushty:
:grat:
*Full Bal's superautos thread*
This is the first of some grow reviews I'm gonna do about Stitch's super-autoflowering strains I grew this season outdoors.
I got two SCH seeds as freebies from Dope Seeds, where I bought a pack of Flash Seeds - Chaze. My intention was to grow 3 Chazes and one SCH, put them in line and see how they compare between them.
Sadly or fortunately, one of the Chazes broke and I suddenly I sprouted another SCH for replacement. Later the Chaze developed and I suddenly had another superauto plant to take care of.
All plants were first vegged under 150W 6500K cfls for almost 4 weeks in 3L of soil mix with added mycorhizzae. Conditions were not ideal, very high temperatures of 30-35°C inside, but the plants seemed not to notice
SCH@day 19
After 25 days of indoor they got transplanted.
I stuck to the plan and just added the latest SCH near the older one, almost same hole but with some less light exposition.
The difference in indoor time was very noticeable after transplant had occurred. The small SCH was developing slower, had much less vertical growth, got some snails eating her, but a steady growth made out of her a nice healthy plant.
Meanwhile the big SCH stretched like hell and got higher than 2m in the next month.
Here's a picture at day 60, just 35 days after transplant.
This is the SCH a good 2 weeks later, day 76
At day 88 she looked like this
Day 109, getting fat(plant on the right, left is SatiChaze, right front is the small SCH)
The soil mix was pretty high with N and microorganisms, I added some mycorhizzae in the holes, so I only used some liquid bloom nutes, the Plagron AlgaBloom with some aminoacids and vitamins(I used them from the start).
Both SCHs at day 115
And a bud form the big one, same day
In September the weather didn't turn so well as I hoped, had to turn off the watering system because of frequent rains.
The plants were in need of more time so I decided to risk and let them go for another month.
Day 126, plant
And a bud with mostly white stigmas
Came the day I had to chop the SatiChaze(another report to follow soon) and let the others ripe a bit more.
Day 134, big SCH
Small SCH's cola
That day I took a bud off to sample, but it wasn't done yet.
A small SCH's delicious looking bud
After some days I decided the big one has to go, she had some mold starting, many spiders, ants and other insects decided to find their home in those tasty buds. Can't blame them
SCH at chop, day 141
And a nice branch
So the big one got chopped just before october after a september full of rain.
The small seemed to be a bit faster to flower, but she was looking healthy and I let her go for some more time.
She was chopped in first week of october and is now curing in jars with all the others.
Some thoughts about the grow:
It went almost as planned, the superautos need to be transplanted carefully, seems they reveg and delay the flowering when it happens.
To me this is perfect, because it means the longer veg time produces bigger plants, just what I was looking for.
The SCH was my growing "champion" with good heat resistance(temps went up to 38°C for some days). The bud structure allows her to take some rains, won't mold easily, but with bad weather she probably will to some extent.
I think there was an issue with this plant, I noticed the most inner and first calyxes to grow, tend to die later in flowering, which can cause mold issues. I found some just getting moldy while the other calyxes around were perfectly healthy.
In bad weather it's a big minus, but if the weather is dry, there should be no trouble with it.
Verdict:
I really enjoyed to grow this ladies, the SCH is a hardy plant which can reward the grower with a good production of nice sativa buds.
Doesn't need much care and nutes, can cope well with weather and pests and can be a good set-and-forget guerrilla strain(weather permitting).
I will very likely grow this strain again!
Kudos to Stitch for his amazing superauto line:Cushty:
:grat:
*Full Bal's superautos thread*
and ALL MY RESPECT BRO
