L.A. Sunshine Auto

Days 1 to 14. L.A. Sunshine 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 fairly even growth in both directions.

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: 55-65 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.

Euphoric, Calm is the consensus, and consensus is worth exactly what it sounds like — a starting point. 27% THC sets the scale; caryophyllene 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 either, depending on how much you take.

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

Caryophyllene leads, myrcene sits behind it, and humulene runs underneath.

This trio is a common signature in well-regarded cultivars, which is not an accident: caryophyllene carries weight, myrcene adds definition, humulene keeps it from being one-note. It reads clearly on a first opening rather than needing to be hunted for.

L.A. Sunshine is rated easy. That makes it a reasonable first grow — it survives inconsistent watering and imprecise feeding without collapsing, which is what a first season mostly consists of. 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 55-65 days
• Under lights: up to 350 g/m2
• Grown out: up to 350 g/plant
• Height: Short
• Difficulty: easy