Mandala #1 Auto

Mandala #1 is bought for what comes off it, and the sourced figures are 300–500 g/m² under lights and 300–500 g/plant from a plant grown out. Those are ceilings, not promises — pot volume, light intensity and how honestly you feed decide where you land inside them. Run the numbers for your own tent with the yield calculator before committing to a pack size, and put it next to the rest of the high-yield strains if weight is the whole point.

What the sourced data gives for this cultivar: 300–500 g/m² under lights, 300–500 g/plant from a plant grown outside. Reaching either is an environment problem before it is a genetics one.

Root volume sets the ceiling before a single flower forms. Under-pot a plant and no feeding schedule rescues it. Get the container right early and the plant does the rest.

Light is the second lever, and the one most growers get wrong in both directions — too little through veg, too much in late flower where it bleaches rather than builds. Steady beats aggressive.

The third is the fortnight around the flip. Autoflowers give you no flip to manage, which is exactly why the vegetative period has to be right the first time — there is no second chance to fix a stunted start.

Feed to the plant rather than the calendar. Our nutrient calculator gives a starting schedule; the plant will tell you where it is wrong. Worth a side-by-side comparison before you commit if weight is the deciding factor.

Effect descriptions are the least reliable part of any seed listing, this one included. What is defensible: this is a 52/48 hybrid at 21% THC, commonly described as relaxed, happy, euphoric, with caryophyllene leading the terpene profile.

What is not defensible is any promise about how it will feel for you. Dose, tolerance, setting and the phenotype you happen to pop all move the outcome more than the strain name does.

Growing a few and selecting the keeper is the only way to know. That is what a pack of autoflowering seeds is for.

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

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

Mandala #1 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 7–9 weeks from seed
• Under lights: 300–500 g/m²
• Grown out: 300–500 g/plant
• Height: 80–120 cm
• Difficulty: easy