Samsara Seeds: 11 Feminized and Autoflowering Strains

The question we get most about this shelf: are the five autos just quicker versions of the photoperiods? No. By the brand's own account, Samsara Seeds is a seed bank specialising in autoflowering and feminized seed, and the two halves of the range do different jobs. The autos stay small and run on a fixed clock. The photoperiod strains are where the big indoor numbers sit. Nothing else about the brand is documented anywhere, no country and no founding year, so we're not going to invent one. All 11 strains here are feminized, which keeps one variable off your plate. The full cannabis seeds range has plenty more besides.

Five Autos That Run on a Calendar, Not a Light Switch

Flash Babylon and Supersonic Cristal Storm both wrap at 65 days

Flash Babylon Auto is indica dominant with compact leaves, resinous buds and a yeast and cheese smell that fills a small room fast. It vegs for about 14 days, then flowers hard, and the crop is ready 65 days from germination on Northern Light genetics. Reckon on around 40 g per plant indoors and up to 75 g outdoors. Supersonic Cristal Storm Autoflower runs the same 65-day timeline after 12 days of growth, tops out near 60 cm, grows close to pure Black Domina in shape, and carries an old-wood smell right through flowering. Same numbers, 40 g indoors and up to 75 g outside, under 20 hours on and 4 off.

Ultraviolet's mango nose, Thunder Bloody Mary's Afghan funk

Ultraviolet Autoflower comes from White Dwarf and Lavender: sweet fruit, sharp citrus and a mango flavour on a small plant that suits any indoor setup. Fourteen days of growth, done 75 days from germination, up to 60 g per plant indoors. Thunder Bloody Mary Autoflower (Mazar x White Dwarf) is the quickest auto here at 62 days and stays tiny, with a straight-up Afghan smell, but watch out for the yield: it's an average producer at best, roughly 75 g outdoors with harvest in September or October. Shot Adrenaline Autoflower is the skunky one, acid strawberry and pineapple, 10 weeks of flowering, 40 g indoors and 70 g outdoors in October.

The Photoperiod Half, Where the Weight Is

Spiritual Punk, Holy Grail 69 and El Alquimista on the clock

Spiritual Punk carries Mazar and Northern Lights heritage, flowers in about 65 days indoors, and shows soft blue glints and a velvet citrus smell early on. That's 450 g per square metre indoors, up to 800 g per plant outdoors, ready mid-September outside. Holy Grail 69 is 65% sativa and 35% indica with Chronic and Haze behind it, so you get Haze character in under 10 weeks instead of four months, THC over 20%, and the same 450 g per square metre and 800 g per plant split. El Alquimista is the low-effort one: AK 47 speed, Northern Lights resistance to mould and disease, 7 to 9 weeks to finish, about 450 g per square metre indoors and up to 700 g per plant outdoors.

Punky Lion shrugs off mould, Sweet Black Angel does not

Punky Lion has North Alaskan genes, around 18% THC, 8 weeks of flowering and up to 600 g per square metre indoors or 900 g per plant outdoors, and it stands up well to mould and pests. Sweet Black Angel is the opposite: 110 cm tall, wide branches, a sweet musk and blackberry smell you'll catch from the doorway, 500 g per square metre indoors, and weak resistance to mould and pests, so keep it inside. Green Love Potion reaches 90 cm with dense purple flowers and a mint and lavender smell, 500 g per square metre indoors and 800 outdoors, ready 55 days from germination, and it wants watching outside too. Growing on a balcony? Take Punky Lion over Sweet Black Angel every time.