Disclaimer:
This post is about medical/recreational cannabis.
I recommend you don't use it.
It could be illegal in your country.
Be careful!
Quick One
https://www.royalqueenseeds.com/us/autoflowering-cannabis-seeds/126-quick-one.html
While the plants looked perfectly similar during some stages, the final flower is quite different between the 2 plants.
plant no.1 foxtailed and has large and fluffy, light green buds.
plant no.2 has denser, heavier, but also smaller buds.
Some of the difference is purely genetic, some was caused by other factors.
I'll have to get more experience to come to any further conclusions.
Anyways, I tested some of the first bud and it's potent.
I have tried very expensive, high grade bud in Amsterdam's coffeeshops.
My harvest is clearly not perfect, but I'd say 70% as potent as the best I ever had.
If I could change anything, I'd prefer to have more, but weaker buds.
But Quick One already is a low THC strain @13%...
I'd prefer a milder effect, but I am not complaining.
I'll leave this outside for another few days...
Lessons
First of all, this grow proved what I already knew: Growing weed isn't rocket science.
You don't have to buy any expensive gear, you don't need lamps, no special fertilizer.
All it takes is sun, water, soil.
Going into it, I kept myself a mental escape route open: If the final flower is bad, at least I can claim that it's organic, grown low (no) budget, it's natural, it's mine... etc.
Truth is, the final product can compete with any bud.
It's not a cup winning grow, but it isn't noticeably bad or weak.
If I had bought this quality at mid range price, I'd be very happy.
Especially autoflowers make it easy.
What I can certainly improve the most on is
- choosing the best harvesting point
- drying and curing process
I can improve the final outcome a lot with those two points.
Vegging and flowering went so well, I won't change a thing.
Alpha
While the chapter on the Quick Ones comes to an end, the first (and last) plant still has a long way to go.
I think 'plant alpha' is Super Skunk. I am not exactly sure.
I mixed up the seeds and later the pots... The beginning was a bit chaotic.
Thanks to this grow diary, I got better at documenting the process, and in the end that helps improve.
I'll update in a week.
Conclusion
Don't buy the products.
It's a plant - and a particularily forgiving one to grow.
The most challenging and most crucial part for me was the final processing.
I still have to learn a lot about it.