Smoke report is in...
Auto Jack = No triches, smells regular from the beginning to end and came in at almost 90 days. I've only really smoked this a couple times, but it is so swaggy it is not going to do much more than help me get thru til next harvest. This is the worst of the worst 1/10
Auto Somango = I had a lot of faith in this plant. It gave me no problems for the most part and smelled good, but it didn't want to finish so I ended up with an entire plant of larf ass buds. The more buddy of the larf tastes pretty decent and will get you high, but as the buds became more leafy and loose, the taste and potency began to fade. Came in at 3rd with a 3/10
Super Cheese = I wound up chopping this at about 70 days i think. Smell was fruity, pineapple, that carried over into the smoke. The buds were covered in triches, but the bud structure was really weird and the calyxes never really got on the swoll(en.) I thought this would easily be the worst of the bunch but came in at #2. 5/10 overall
Cheese Candy = Very nice bag appeal. Came down around day 80. Out of the 4 autos the CC has the most conventional look. Nice, crystally, dense, decent sized buds. The smell ended up being a little on the regular side, but I'm thinking it might be an auto thing. Taste left a lot to be desired as well, but all things considered was probably the best. 6/10 overall
So I was really kind of counting on my auto tent to get my through between photo harvests, but as you can tell from my review, these autos are a poor excuse/replacement for actual bud. I have seen good grows of the auto somango and jack so the only thing I can think of that bombed my grow is I let the plants dry out a little one day and they may have never really recovered. I have heard that autos are a little sensitive to drying out, but I didn't let it dry out any worse than I routinely allow my photos to dry out, so I'm thinking that autos just can't really replace photos.
To put it simply, in the past (before I started farming) I would occasionally get buds that would look and smell good, but not smoke worth shit. So I'm thinking that what I might have really been coming cross is a couple batches of these autos. Any new farmers who are thinking autos are easier, they aren't. If you think they will save you on energy costs, they won't. Last but not least, if you think you will get high on these autos (and you are an all day smoker,) you wont.
I hope I'm not coming off as a hater, but this run left a terrible taste in my mouth for autos. I would be interested if anybody else has encountered similar situations/feelings, or if perhaps they were just weak phenos etc.
