Auto Malawi x Northern Lights Feminized

[browntrout]

My colleague replied to you browntrout:

"As for the soil on the farm.... I use G&B organics potting soil and G&B Harvest supreme amendments. I add the amendments after the potting soil deplets the nutrients... usually about 60 days I start top dressing with amendments once a month. I also use General Organics products plus compost tea was used once a week...... hungry girls... they ate a lot...lol! I miss those beasts! Hope this helps."

Dubi, I think the tea is the ticket here. I've fed very similair happily growing plants that were very yellow with lots of manure teas and had similar results.

Will update next week, lots of vigor in this one. She smells fruity/citrus with some slight spicy/woody notes right now.

Funny he mentioned this strain being hungry, I put it in a large pot with some compost and time release fert/lime, and gave it some smaller feedings on top. Bottom fan is starting to fade. Surprising! I've been kinda scared with my Port Saint John, SA sativas that show a a slight tip burn with feedings, but the Auto Malawi loves it!

 

[browntrout]

Away for the weekend, she's starting to yellow up some so I gave her a feed of FloraNova, Big Bud and Nirvana. Trying to finish up the indoor nutes.

She smells more sativa now, like citrus/pear KC33 with a slight Durban Poison smell.

 

[dubi]

Nice browntrout! Keep the feeding strong and she will produce nicely.
Looks like she wants to make a big fatty main cola

 

[Mars Hydro Led]

Hi Dubi

Current photos of indica / rudelaris pheno
6th week of flowering.
I look forward to tasting it.


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very frosty buds.

 

[cidA]

I have 3 F3 malawi x nl plants guerilla style, all 2 to 5 weeks from finishing. I was lucky to get 3 distinctive phenos: indica expression, hybrid expression and sativaish expression with purple hues.

Indica expression is the least appealing. Buds are rather frosty but small and airy, growth and vigour is below average, it's main cola dominant with weak branching. Resistance against mould is average but only because there's nothing much to rot. If I'll manage to pull and oz of it I'll be more than happy. But time will tell.

Hybrid phenotype is nice. Good leaf to bud ratio. Massive buds. Looks awesome. Only problem is that it's not very resistant to mould. It still has few weeks to go but I had to remove one side bud and the sad part - the top bud of the main cola because rot got to the stem. Humidity is a problem for this one. I have sampled what I removed and what can I say... it's been a long time since I smoked something like this. In my area high wise most of the bud is indica dominant which I'm not a fan of. So for me this stuff was awesome. No body load, straight to the head, very warm and nice high. It perfectly matches description. I hope by the time it matures it will become more potent but won't lose it's style.

Purple sativa phenotype is closest to what I anticipated from this strain. It's the slowest flowering. Least smelly, for now at least, very leafy, has many branches and weak stems. Seems to be pretty mould resistant. Can't wait to see it mature.

In conclusion: now when F4 is available, which means no more indica pheno, I would highly recommend this strain. In good conditions it would yield well. High is awesome.
Dubi, how does the purple pheno compare to the woddy aroma sativa expression from the description? And high wise is there a big difference between phenotypes?

 

[browntrout]

Here she is again, kinda looked like it was going to finish early and caught it’s second wind. Gonna let it take its time while the weathers good and let it yellow up rather than feed it more.

 

[dubi]

Thanks cidA for sharing your guerrilla experience with Auto Malawi x NL F3
Glad the early smoke test is very positive despite not fully ripe yet.

I agree, the ruderalis/indica pheno is the least interesting also to me, i much prefer the high yielding sativa/indica pheno and the more Malawi African sativa expressions.
The high yielding sativa/indica pheno hs in average better terpenes and stronger effect than the more sativa although the more sativa has the more clean up high amoong all the expressions.
Please keep us updated with pics if you have the chance. Best wishes for the rest of the flowering.

 

[dubi]

Looking great browntrout very nice cola! What a different since your last update!

I would recommend you to feed her now in her peak of flower production and start the flushing when there are no more reflowerings and she starts to ripe.

 

[browntrout]

Looking great browntrout very nice cola! What a different since your last update!

I would recommend you to feed her now in her peak of flower production and start the flushing when there are no more reflowerings and she starts to ripe.

Thanks, There is some trace Or better amounts nutrients left in the soil I’m sure. Although I’d really like to see it pumped up, I’m very interested in getting the best smoking/tasting product. Well faded plants are always nicer smoke for me.

Currently I’m not home, and a friend is on the job, I Likely would have more up until about this point before stopping, but just a hassle.

I also notice a more complex, rich and less degrading smell on plants Lime green/golden/yellow by finish. Just like the photos for this strain on the site.

 

[Lotto]

I reversed this auto a couple months back in order to get a good supply of seed. The mistake I made was not allowing enough pistal formation before applying CS. It stopped producing female parts almost immediately. Got some viable seed but not as much as I had hoped.

I've never seen a plant so loaded with pollen. It killed me seeing this small Christmas tree and unable to smoke it. Saved plenty of pollen for later use.

Looking so good Trout. Like Dubi said, sometimes a moisture starved plant can produced a very strong taste. I often dry farm a few tomato plants. No water other than rain. The taste is much better than a plant that has seen adequate water.

 

[browntrout]

I apologize for the poor pictures, it’s what’s sent to me.

 

[cidA]

Last 2 weeks weather was good but in my part of the world it's already august and nighttime humidity is through the roof. I found some more mould on hybrid and indica phenotypes, more on the hybrid one. Sativa phenotype is filling out nicely, no mould.


Hybrid phenotype looks like 2-3 weeks away from harvest, but I found several mould spots on it. Now it's very sticky and smelly. Next week should be without or with not too much rain but the week after it will be raining every day. So if the weather forecast won't change I'll have to harvest it by the end of the week. If it will change maybe I'll risk letting her go for another week.




Indica phenotype is nearly done and counting days. It's pretty frosty but nothing extraordinary.




Sativa phenotype looks very nice and the smell is excellent. It's VERY frosty. Buds atm are very airy which is nice in my kind of environment. I'd say 5 to 6 weeks from finishing.



BTW indica pheno was started on 24th of May and the other 2 a week later.

 

[browntrout]

Looks good cidA, we have had very little rain and it’s been very dry, And the odd coastal humidity.

We had one burst of rain and it flashed off overnight, I was told some mould started shortly after. Surprising due to the airy structure of this plant.

 

[browntrout]

Update:

Won't be long now, the trichs are just starting to swell. She smells very afghani on top, Complex Acrid and sweet with a faint touch of spice/oil. The bottom end when smelling the resin on your hands is very durban-esque with a little of the top smell. Some molding. Buds seem tighter than expected, but i'm sure it'll dry to a medium - medium/airy density.

Lower:

 

[cidA]

I harvested indica and hybrid phenotypes. Indica was done. Hybrid needed a week or two more but I had several mould spots and weather forecast wasn't favourable. The buds I removed earlier cured a bit and I can say that the potency is right there. Nice high. Sativa phenotype will need another 4-5 weeks, not mould at the moment but we'll see how it will develop.

 

[MallardDuck]

Beautifuls cidaA and browntrout. My MalwixNL seems like it will need another week or two. It has a very similar structure to yours browntrout, although your plant look like a more generous yielder. .

 

[dubi]

Excellent expression browntrout It's the big yielding sativa/indica pheno, of strong Malawi influence with such long fat colas of great flower/leaf ratio and abundant resins

 

[browntrout]

Excellent expression browntrout It's the big yielding sativa/indica pheno, of strong Malawi influence with such long fat colas of great flower/leaf ratio and abundant resins

Thanks Dubi, definitely an auto I can get behind.

Would love to see an A5 or Nevilles auto

 

[browntrout]

Bent over in some strong winds, and starting to mold more so she got chopped.

 

[browntrout]

Here’s a bud shot. She’s got a spicy very sharp skunk smell. The afghani acrid smells and touch of durban have left nest completely. She keeps changing the smell as she dries.

UPDATE:

She has skunky smell that lingers around her, but the buds smell slightly spicy and a lot lemon. Very lemon, not a complex lemon-like smell just lemon. Some durban/oil smells when grinding. High is clear with some energy and fairly long lasting. Very easy to function and be productive while not feeling like you hadn't had enough. Taste is nice and sweet, nothing over the top.