Jack Diesel Auto

" I bought 3 seeds from Positronics of their auto flowering variety Jack Diesel. This is a 9 week finishing strain that looks great and sound great also. the tins the seeds came in are cool and i think i will kep mine. I found a sunny spot that recieves the sun for most of the day. I planted the 3 in jiffys and left the seeds to sprout. The seeds all came straight up which I was happy about so gave them their first feed. I have made a trench that is 1feet wide and deep and 3 feet long. Once I plant the jiffys in the ground then I should only need to feed mollases every so often.

The plants were small and tough. The wind had helped give them some structure also. They are only around 4 inches but have wide leaves and are reaching up for the sun. I feed the ground with water and mollases and hope to keep the microbal life in the mix happy. These autos seem very strong unlike some of the other autos I have tried recently, some ending up at between 9-12 inches tall. I place a thin stick of bamboo next to each and bury it in the soil. They will this as a support as they get taller. The plants love the guano and mollases and all the leaves are totally angled towards the sky.

After 21 days the fan leaves are almost hand sized and the side branches look to be preparing themselves for a generous yield. I decide at this point to make my own dripper system using an old bucket and tap. I connect 3 pieces of tubing to each stem and create a slow dripping effect. This will be handy for the hottest part of the day or when I cannot be around. So during the hottest part of the day, i will leave a drippr on the stem of the plants The smells are very skunky and sweet, yet with a sharpness that makes you wonder what flavour this is. I love a strain that sends the senses wild especially for me after all these years.

After 4 weeks the plants looks well established in the ground. Small woody trunks that are tough to shake. There are nice sized buds forming up the plant. They are not overly huge but from the smell, I expect a sativa influence in there so hope the buds will get bigger. With 5 weeks to go I switch my feed to Guanokalong Flower Booster. This is a rich concentrate of liquid bat guano and Palm tree ash..and I suspect some type of mollases. Each day after I feed this I see the buds swell. The shape totally changed to a more pointy jagged bush. The smell of this variety is absolutly delicious. I cannot stop rubbing my nose through it. It has a smell of the early Real Mc Coy phenos from the Flying Dutchman. Now the buds are packing on weight and taking shape of mini pinecones. The feed is really making them swell and all 3 of the plants are uniform and a nice size. I cannot have huge plants where I am so this is ideal and will not be too demanding time wise.

The trichome production is good and the calyx are swelling nicely. I shall add a dose of Atami Bloombastic ( 0-20-21) so give the buds on last bloom. I add the Bloombastic to my Flower Booster. The next few days are very productive. The smaller buds have now gone much harder and the calyx have built up and now are stacking up on one another. The fan leaves begin to yellow off bow but everything else is immaculate looking. The buds on the lower branches are like round balls and have as much weight and size as the top buds. With a few weeks to go.. I feed now on tap water and flush the medium as best I can. I will re use the soil again for more autos now it is rich in microbes and soil structure. After 8 weeks I cannot stop licking my lips. Everyone who smells the buds feels the same and with one week to go, I am expecting some tasty organic nugs. I feed twice more with water and once the soil has dried out again.. I leave for a few days then chop. The colours of the plants now are purpe and pink. calyx are twisted upwards with silver and white tichomes. i am sure these buds will shrink and gain a nice bio mass to them but the smell is really something else. Similar to an early Sensi Skunk that has a wet overtone.

In total the plants finished around 2ft with decent side branching. the branches aew not overly heavy with weight but they are twiggy and woody never the less. There are many autos i have grown the do not side branch too well but this strain is a good side branching strain. I would say it needs alot of nutes but it is a great plant. I harvest them and leave to hang. From the 3 plants I yielded 27g, 31g and 26g so on average an ounce per plant. There are varieries that can produce much more, however this flavour and smell is a real pleasure. I smoke my first joint and the fragrence in the room smells of bubblegum and Shiva mixed with a Red Wine. More connisour stash but well worth the wait. Ideally i would like to grow to alot of this variety just to habe a good cured bud to taste after a few months as it really does smell incredible. "