American Kush Auto

Days 1 to 14. American Kush cracks on damp paper towel inside about two days and is through the medium by day three, given warmth and patience rather than intervention. Seedlings want humidity near 70% and no nutrients at all — the seed carries everything for the first week. By the end of the fortnight you are looking for even node spacing rather than height; a stretched seedling is a light problem, not a vigour signal. New to this? The free seeds on offer are a low-stakes way to practise the germination step.

Weeks 3 to 6. Growth stops being tentative. This is when training earns its keep: bend rather than cut if you are unsure, because a bent branch recovers in a day and a topped one costs a week. Expect width rather than height, and space plants accordingly.

The transition. There is no flip. Flowering starts on its own, which means any stunting from an over-eager early feed is now permanent.

Mid-flower. Bud sites fill and the aroma arrives — usually the point where extraction stops being optional. Feed heavier now, but watch the leaf rather than the schedule.

The last fortnight. Ease off nitrogen, drop the night temperature a little, and stop feeding before you think you should. Final height for this cultivar is published at Short.

Harvest. Published window: 50-60 days. Trichomes decide. Cut in sections if ripening is uneven — most plants ripen top-down and there is no prize for taking it all at once.

Uplifted, Focused, Calm is the consensus, and consensus is worth exactly what it sounds like — a starting point. 18% THC sets the scale; linalool and the terpenes alongside it shape the character rather than the strength.

Onset is quick by inhalation and slow by ingestion, which is where most bad experiences begin. Expect the weight to settle physically within the hour.

If potency is what you are shopping for, the high-THC seeds category is sorted for it.

Linalool leads, myrcene sits behind it, and caryophyllene runs underneath.

Temperature changes what you get. Vaporised low, around 180 to 188 degrees, myrcene and caryophyllene come through cleanly while linalool stays in the background. Combusted, linalool dominates and the finer detail is largely lost. Same flower, two different experiences.

American Kush is rated intermediate. That sits in the middle — you want a working understanding of pH and feeding, but nothing exotic. Being an autoflower removes light-cycle management entirely, which suits balcony growers and anyone wanting a fast turnaround.

Shipped nationwide in plain packaging. Every strain page carries whatever grow data we could actually source, and nothing we could not.

• Finishes in 50-60 days
• Under lights: up to 250 g/m2
• Grown out: up to 250 g/plant
• Height: Short
• Difficulty: intermediate