Although GSC Auto’s outdoor yields are perfectly decent, she produces the largest crops when grown indoors under controlled conditions. The 20/4 photoperiod is particularly important for the development of any autoflowering plant, so a standard daily cycle of 20 hours of light can work perfectly. Girl Scout Cookies Auto usually starts flowering after 3 weeks of vegetative growth, although she can show incredible speed and start even earlier (at 2 weeks). This speed is not at odds with her excellent production of pointed and gassy buds after only 10-11 weeks of flowering.

As for the environmental conditions, you generally can’t go wrong if you keep the temperature between 20 and 24°C. On occasion, she can handle temperatures of up to 32°C during the vegetative period, or 28°C during the flowering phase, providing these don’t last for too long.

Keeping the right temperature is the easy part of the equation; humidity is the hard part. As a rule of thumb, keep the humidity levels high during the vegetative stage (around 50-60%). As the flowering starts, decrease humidity progressively until it reaches a level of 30% towards the end of the plant’s life.

We recommend exposing GSC Auto to drier air during the flowering phase to increase trichome production and reduce the risk of mould. The dry air will force the buds to protect themselves by producing additional resin.

Thanks to her vigorous growth, Girl Scout Cookies Auto also works really well with optimised growing techniques such as ‘Sea of Green’ (SOG). Experienced growers can also benefit from trying Low Stress Training (LST), as the great internodal spacing of this strain allows for better light penetration.