How to grow Annapurna Auto

15% indica - 80% sativa
Annapurna Auto bud — quarter view
THC 18%
Flowering 90 - 95 days
Yield 100 – 200 g/plant
Height 150-250cm

Seb's take

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KC33, Nepal and Stitch 0.1 combine into a plant bred, appropriately for something named after a Himalayan peak, to shrug off cold and high altitude. Mould-resistant and fast to finish, with tight buds that stay well-aired on the branch. The resin is the real draw here — properly suited to hashish making.

Where it comes from

Flash Seeds Bank crossed KC33, Nepal and Stitch 0.1 for this one, and the Himalayan name is more than decoration. She is bred, appropriately for something called after a peak of that range, to shrug off cold and high altitude, and to acclimatise to rough soils that would defeat most guerrilla crops. Eighty percent Sativa, mould-resistant and quick to finish. A mountaineer of a plant, in temperament as much as name.

Nose & flavour

The record does not detail the nose, so I will not manufacture one. What it emphasises instead is the resin, described in almost reverent terms, sacred and legendary, and the tight, well-aired buds that carry it. Whatever precise notes she offers in the jar, this is a plant built around its trichomes rather than its aroma. The scent, one suspects, follows the resin.

The high

Effects are unlisted in the record, so I will keep to what her bearing suggests. Eighty percent Sativa points to a lifted, cerebral character rather than a settling one, at a moderate 18% THC. A daytime disposition, most likely, though the record leaves the particulars for the grower to discover. I will not embroider what is not there.

Growing it

A long season for an auto at ninety to ninety-five days, and a genuinely tall one, a hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty centimetres, so give her the headroom without hesitation. Yields run a hundred to two hundred grams per plant. Her real virtue is resilience: mould-resistant, fast into flower, and content in cold, high, rough conditions that would sink softer stock. The tight buds keep good airflow, which helps the cause. The resin makes her a proper hashish candidate.

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Common questions about Annapurna Auto

How long does Annapurna Auto take to flower?

Around 13 weeks of flowering, by the breeder's numbers. She takes her time; the result is the argument for it.

Is Annapurna Auto an autoflower or a photoperiod strain?

An autoflower — she flowers on age rather than light hours, which simplifies the schedule considerably.

How tall does Annapurna Auto grow?

Around 250 cm. Plan your headroom before she plans it for you.

How strong is Annapurna Auto?

The breeder lists THC around 18%. Firmly in the strong band.