Indoor First Auto Grow; Sweet Seeds +Speed

[mangoranger]

Hello all!

This is my first post on AFN! I've used this site a lot for growing info and now it's time to give back. This is also my first successful grow. I've tried bagseeds a few times prior to this but I always seemed to have something go wrong. First, here's some info on my setup...

3'x3'x6' tent
200 watt T5; 2 ft 8 bulbs (all 6500k)
440 cfm inline fan w/ Phresh filter
5 gallon pots (i think)
OF soil
Nutes are FoxFarm Open Sesame, Beastie Bloomz, and Cha Ching
Deer Park spring water

The strain is +Speed from Sweet Seeds. I decided to go with three plants. They were germinated in the soil and took about a week to sprout. I was pretty impressed by these plants. I didn't have a single problem with the grow except for one being stunted due to transplanting. Now I know not to transplant an auto but at the time I had no idea. The plants were about 2 ft when finished. The smell was VERY sweet with hints of lavender and cheese. There appeared to be two different phenotypes, a sativa and indica dom. One smelled more sweet and one more like cheese. One was taller and very sparse on the fan leaves and one was short and I couldn't keep it's foliage under control! Likewise, the indica dominate had darker and more dense buds when dried and the sativa was very light in color and a little less dense. These buds are absolutely COVERED with resin. This stuff is so sticky, I HAVE to use a grinder. Otherwise, I'll spend 20 minutes trying to get the first bit off my finger.

The high is mostly sativa leaning, almost trippy. I'd say 75/25, sativa dominate. There's not much of a noticeable effect on the body, even after it wears off. However, it seems to stay at the plateau pretty much the whole time, which is pretty cool. Around 2 1/2 to 3 hours! The taste is sweet and slightly hashy. The smell is very similar when burnt. Today marks one week since it started curing and it's smelling great. I'll update with a smoke report after the cure is done.

66 days from seed to finish.

Final dry weight is 93 grams!