Special Kush #1 Auto

South Africa is really two growing countries, and Special Kush #1 does not behave the same way in both. North and east of the escarpment the rain arrives in summer, so this 88/12 indica does its flowering while the air is still heavy; in the Western Cape the rain comes in winter, so the same plant ripens through a dry autumn instead. Dense indica flowers at 17% THC are the wrong shape for a wet summer finish. Between Durban and Richards Bay, once humidity sits above 65% for days at a stretch, botrytis reaches the core of a cola before anything shows on the surface — defoliate early, space plants wider than feels necessary, and keep air moving under the canopy. That same density turns into an advantage on the Highveld: above 1 400 m the autumn nights go cold and dry, myrcene sharpens as the temperature drops, and a compact frame shrugs off a Free State storm that would flatten something taller.

Leading with Myrcene, then Caryophyllene, and Linalool underneath.

Difficulty: easy. In flower for Approximately 7–9 Weeks. Stands 90-120 cm. Medium. Indoors it returns 350 gr/m². Outdoors, 400 grams a plant.