How to Grow Auto Love Potion
Auto Love Potion, sold on our site as Love Potion Auto, is a strongly sativa autoflower famous for its sweet, candy-like flavour and bright, upbeat high. It pairs a gentle, medium 14–16% THC with a berry, bubblegum, fruity, mango flavour and a creative, energetic, happy effect, on a productive plant that finishes in 8–10 weeks.
Built from Love Potion #1 crossed with Lowryder, this is an 80% sativa, 20% indica autoflower that keeps the uplifting, cerebral character of its Love Potion side while the Lowryder parent adds the autoflowering trait and speed. The result is an easy, fast, flavour-forward grow.
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Love Potion Auto
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THC | 14% - 16% (Medium) |
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Type | Autoflowering |
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Yield | High |
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Phenotype | 20% Indica / 80% Sativa |
CBD Supreme Durban
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CBD | 6% – 8% (Low) |
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Type | CBD Feminized |
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Yield | High |
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Phenotype | 25% Indica / 75% Sativa |
Because it is quick, forgiving and genuinely beginner-friendly, Love Potion Auto is a great first grow or a dependable filler run. You can see the full genetics and buy Love Potion Auto seeds on the strain page, and browse the rest of our autoflowering range alongside it.
Strain Profile at a Glance
| THC | 14–16% (medium) |
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| Lineage | Love Potion #1 x Lowryder |
| Type | Autoflowering |
| Genetics | 80% Sativa / 20% Indica |
| Climate | Dry |
| Life cycle | 8–10 weeks (seed to harvest) |
| Harvest | All season |
| Height | 4.92 ft / 1.5 m |
| Yield | High |
| Yield indoor | 1.15–1.64 oz/ft² (350–500 g/m²) |
| Yield outdoor | 17.64–21.16 oz/plant (500–600 g/plant) |
| Grow difficulty | Beginner-friendly |
| Flavors | Berry, Bubblegum, Fruity, Mango |
| Effects | Creative, Energetic, Happy |
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Climate and Where to Grow It
Auto Love Potion does best in a dry climate with warm days and low humidity. Its resinous buds can trap moisture, so a drier environment and steady airflow help keep them healthy through to harvest.
As an autoflower it does not wait for shortening days to bloom, so you can start it almost any time in the warmer part of the year, and run more than one crop in a season. It reaches around 1.5 m with some sativa stretch, and a single plant can bring in a generous 500–600 g in a good spot, impressive for an auto.
Indoors, keep daytime temperatures around 68–82°F (20–28°C) and keep humidity low as the buds fill in. Good airflow through a well-managed canopy protects those sweet, resinous flowers from damp.
Autoflower Growing Basics
With any autoflower, the key rule is that you do not switch the light schedule to trigger flowering. Love Potion Auto begins to flower by itself at around 3 weeks of age, so run a long day of 18–20 hours of light from seedling right through to harvest.
Start the seed directly in its final pot. Autos run on a fixed internal clock and dislike transplanting, so give it a large enough container from the start. Keep training gentle: favour light low-stress training over topping, bending branches to open the canopy and manage the sativa stretch rather than cutting into the plant.
Feeding Schedule (EC Guide)
This is a productive autoflower, so you can feed it steadily through bloom to support the buds, but still start low and build up as it asks. The EC values below track the life-cycle stages rather than a separate veg-and-bloom switch.
| Stage | EC (mS/cm) | Notes |
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| Seedling | 0.4–0.6 | Very light feed, focus on healthy root growth |
| Vegetative growth | 0.8–1.2 | Early weeks, raise nitrogen gently |
| Early flower | 1.2–1.4 | Shift toward bloom nutrients (P and K) |
| Full flower | 1.4–1.6 | Peak bloom feed while the buds swell |
| Flush | 0.0–0.4 | Plain water for the final 1–2 weeks |
Life Cycle and Harvest
The full life cycle runs about 8–10 weeks from seed to harvest, which is fast and predictable. As an auto you harvest when the plant is ready rather than on a fixed date, so let the trichomes guide you rather than counting from a light change.
Expect vegetative growth and some stretch in the first weeks, the automatic switch to flower around week 3, and steady bud stacking through to the finish. The strong sativa lean gives it resinous, sweet-smelling flowers. Harvest when most trichomes are cloudy with a few amber for the fullest expression, and give the plant a short plain-water flush before cutting.
Drying and Curing
Dry whole plants or branches in a dark room at around 60°F (15–18°C) and 55–60% humidity for 7–14 days, until the thin stems snap rather than bend. A slow, even dry stops the inside staying damp while the outside dries, which protects the sweet, fruity aroma.
Then cure the trimmed buds in sealed jars, burping them daily for the first week and letting them settle for three to four weeks. A proper cure brings the sweet berry, bubblegum and mango character forward and smooths the smoke, which is exactly what this candy-flavoured auto deserves.
What to Do With Your Trim
Don’t bin the sugar leaves you remove while manicuring. Love Potion Auto is a resinous plant, so the trim works well for dry sift, bubble hash or rosin, giving you a bonus run of concentrate from material most growers simply throw away.
Flavor and Terpenes
Auto Love Potion is all about its sweet, candy-like flavour, a mix of berry, bubblegum, fruity and mango notes that comes straight from its Love Potion heritage. It is a juicy, dessert-style profile rather than an earthy or citrus-forward one.
Three terpenes shape its structure. Terpinolene adds a fresh, lightly fruity lift typical of sativas; alpha-pinene brings a clean, fresh pine edge; and caryophyllene adds a gentle peppery, spicy warmth underneath. The sweet, bubblegum-and-mango character is a hallmark of the strain itself, carried on that fresh, piney backbone.
Effects and Best Use
With its 80% sativa base, Auto Love Potion is reported as creative, energetic and happy. It is a bright, lively, cerebral profile that suits daytime and active, creative or social use rather than a quiet evening wind-down.
The gentle 14–16% THC keeps it one of the milder, more approachable options, so it is easy to enjoy without being overwhelming. That upbeat high, the generous yield for an auto and the sweet candy flavour make it a friendly, satisfying grow, especially for newer growers.
Common Problems and Pro Tips
Auto Love Potion is an easy autoflower, but it is a strongly sativa plant with delicate candy terpenes, so plan for the stretch.
- Train early and lightly: autos do not bounce back from hard stress, so use low-stress bending while young and start it in its final pot to avoid transplant shock.
- Give it headroom: as an 80% sativa it stretches tall even for an auto, so leave vertical space and open the canopy so the lower buds get light.
- Keep it on the dry side: it prefers a drier climate, so hold humidity down in flower and keep air moving to protect the buds from rot.
Expert tip: the sweet berry, bubblegum and mango flavour is its main draw, and those terpenes are volatile. A slow dry and a patient cure protect that candy character.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Auto Love Potion indica or sativa?
It is strongly sativa-dominant, at 80% sativa and 20% indica, which gives it a bright, energetic, creative effect with only a light body side. That sativa lean also means it stretches tall for an auto, so give it headroom indoors and spread the canopy so the lower buds get light.
How long is the life cycle?
About 8 to 10 weeks from seed to harvest. It flowers on age rather than on a light change and can be run all season as an autoflower. Plan your feed and training around that fixed window, because anything that stalls growth on an auto costs you final yield you cannot get back.
Do I need to change the light cycle?
No. Keep it on a long day of 18 to 20 hours of light from seedling to harvest. It starts flowering on its own at around three weeks, so there is no 12/12 flip to time. A steady, generous light schedule gives it the most energy to build buds across its short cycle.
Is Auto Love Potion good for beginners?
Yes. It is fast, forgiving and productive, which makes it one of our more beginner-friendly autos. Start it in its final pot to avoid transplant shock, keep humidity low in bloom since it prefers a drier climate, and keep any training gentle. Do that and it mostly looks after itself.
What does Auto Love Potion taste like?
Expect a sweet, candy-like mix of berry, bubblegum, fruity and mango notes over a fresh, piney backbone. That profile comes from its terpinolene, alpha-pinene and caryophyllene. Those sweet terpenes are delicate, so dry slowly in a cool, dark space and cure in jars to protect the candy character.
How much does it yield?
It is a strong producer for an auto. Indoors you can expect 1.15 to 1.64 oz/ft² (350 to 500 g/m²), and a single outdoor plant brings in 17.64 to 21.16 oz (500 to 600 g) in a good season. Give it headroom and an open canopy so the stretchy sativa structure fills out.
