| This variety is a lot of fun to grow. I started with 10 seeds and had 9/10 germinate. Seven survived to grow into 5 females and 2 males. The males started showing preflowers at day 17 and the females were evident by 21 days from seed. I had some dificulties with waterlogged soil and cool temps at the start. Growth was rather slow at first but always vigorous. At 4 weeks pollenation was starting to happen. I selected one male as the best and let those babys breed.
Having a healthy supply of seed to grow Lowryder is a must. The plants did not grow any taller after about week 4. Heights ranged from 3-10 inches. Flowering came full on quickly and my females divided into two phenos. One was the tallest with longer internodes and well spaced bud clusters. The other 4 females were shorter with very short internodes and the entire stem covered in developing buds with a few leaves poking out between. By 50 days the buds had swollen nicely and the entire buds and many of the leaves were glazed with a nice co ering of trichomes. A beautiful but not overpowering fruity odour came from the plants.
The seeds matured nicely in the last two weeks and by 63 days brown seeds were seen peeking out of swollen calyxes. Fan leaves were lightening and turning yellowish. Trichomes were abundant and milky. I harvested and after manicuring and drying, I ended up with 36 grams of nice bud. An average of 1/4 oz. per plant. I think my yeilds will get better with the next crop and for the size the plants were I am very happy.
I really enjoy smoking Lowryder. The high has a nice up effect that is quite easy to enjoy during the day,despite being an indica dominant strain. It comes on just as quickly as any other strain I smoke. I also smoke NL # 5 at the moment, and Lowryder is just as good in it own right, I think. As far as Lowryder being a bunkweed strain, forget it. With all the autoflowering and size advantages Lowryder is a plant I will continue to grow and breed over and over.
Garden Information for this report My growchamber is 4'l x 1'w x 3'h with 160 watts of flourescent tubes. Ventilated by a computer fan. I grew these in 6" nursery pots with soiless peat based mix. Fertilizers used were worm castings, fruit bat guano tea, epsom salts, gypsum, and Liquid Karma. Lighting was at 24/0 and temps ranged from 60-80 F. |
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Report added by: quackgrass
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