Most Auto Colorado Cookies plants start compact and bushy, but their true character will emerge once the growth spurt hits. The strain is typically medium-sized with a sturdy structure and large, long colas packed with dense buds. She’d have a Christmas tree-like form with a large main flowering site and several smaller side blooms. Some phenotypes, though, may develop more Sativa features such as slender-fingered leaves and leggy branches or be bushier and more compact, producing flowers that are slightly smaller but just as hard and dense.
Auto Colorado Cookies blossoms in all types of growing mediums and systems. She’s an easy-to-grow autoflower that produces decent yields, which expert care can maximize. Harvest comes 10 to 12 weeks from germination, growing mostly in width in the first weeks. The strain starts stretching vertically, possibly a few centimeters a day, by weeks 4 to 5, and it accelerates even faster by weeks 5 and 6. She reaches about 75cm in height, but some may extend between 100 and 125cm.
Dutch Passion advises against topping and fimmingAuto Colorado Cookies, so you won’t miss her big, thick apical cola. Also avoid stressing the plant too much as it could prevent her from flourishing to her full potential.
Growers can raise a single Auto Colorado Cookies or go for multiple plants in a Sea of Green (SOG) setup. She can be germinated directly in the final pot or transplanted to a large container after a maximum of 2 to 2.5 weeks. Stick with at least 10- to 15-liter pots, and do not keep her in a small container for too long as the yield will be far less.
Cultivating Auto Colorado Cookies indoors with a suitable setup can yield between 450 to 500 grams per square meter without too much effort. Dutch Passion claims that experienced growers can boost the harvest up to 600grams per square meter in a SOG setup under strong LED grow lights. Outdoors, the strain thrives as long as she gets to bathe in plenty of sunlight and receives ample nutrition. You can expect 50 to 100g per sun-grown plant.