How to Grow Chocolopez FV
Sativa lovers have always paid for their flavor in time. The chocolate-leaning classics that defined a generation of coffee-shop menus asked for twelve weeks of flowering and tested everyone’s patience. Chocolopez FV exists to end that trade: it crosses Chocolopez, the award-decorated sativa you can still find as Chocolopez at Blimburn Seeds, with an auto line that donates pure speed.
The result flowers in just 6-8 weeks after the flip, the fastest turnaround of any Fast Version in this guide series, while keeping an emphatic 85% sativa character. THC lands at 18-20%, squarely medium, and the effect reads like vintage daytime flower: creative, euphoric and happy, with barely any weight in the body. The full datasheet lives on the Chocolopez Fast Version seeds page.
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Chocolopez Fast Version
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THC | 18% - 20% (Medium) |
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Type | Fast Flowering |
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Yield | Medium |
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Phenotype | 15% Indica / 85% Sativa |
Chocolopez
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THC | 18% - 20% (Medium) |
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Type | Feminized |
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Yield | High |
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Phenotype | 30% Indica / 70% Sativa |
To be clear about what you are growing: a Fast Version is a photoperiod plant, not an autoflower. You still choose when it blooms by changing the light schedule; the auto genetics only compress what happens after. That distinction drives every decision below.
Chocolopez FV at a Glance
The numbers first; two of them will surprise you pleasantly.
| Type | Fast Flowering (photoperiod) |
| Lineage | Chocolopez x Auto |
| Phenotype | 15% Indica / 85% Sativa |
| THC | 18% – 20% (medium) |
| Climate | Temperate |
| Height | Up to 4.92 ft (1.5 m) |
| Flowering time | 6 – 8 weeks after the flip |
| Harvest window | All Season |
| Yield indoor | 1.31 – 1.47 oz/ft² (400 – 450 g/m²) |
| Yield outdoor | 17.64 – 22.93 oz/plant (500 – 650 g/plant) |
| Effects | Creative, euphoric, happy |
| Flavors | Fruity, herbal, sweet, chocolate |
Surprise one: an 85% sativa that stays under 4.92 ft, a courtesy of the auto parent that makes tent growing realistic. Surprise two: 6-8 week flowering on a plant from this flavor family, roughly half of what the classic chocolate sativas demanded. The indoor yield is a steady medium at 400-450 g/m², while outdoor plants with root room more than earn their footprint at 500-650 g each.
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Getting Chocolopez FV Started
Germinate at 70-79°F; taproots show in one to three days. Being a photoperiod plant, it transplants without drama, so start in small pots and move up as roots develop. Indoors, a 3-5 gallon final container balances size against the modest footprint; outdoors, generous root space is what unlocks the 650 gram end of the range.
Run veg lights 18 hours a day at 68-81°F with 50-60% humidity. The sativa blood shows early in slim leaflets and quick vertical growth, but keep veg short: two to three weeks indoors is enough, because the post-flip stretch adds plenty and the whole point of a Fast Version is reaching the jar sooner.
Outdoors in a temperate climate, the fast bloom changes the calendar entirely. The datasheet lists an All Season harvest window because the plant wraps up within two months of the natural light shift, long before the cold sets in; growers in short-summer regions get a genuine sativa harvest that would otherwise be impossible.
Feeding Chocolopez FV by EC
A compressed flowering cycle leaves no time to correct feeding mistakes, so measure rather than guess. Keep pH at 6.0-6.5 in soil and follow the EC ladder below.
| Stage | Weeks | EC | Notes |
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| Seedling | 1-2 | 0.4 – 0.6 | Plain water or very light feed |
| Vegetative | 2-3 | 0.8 – 1.2 | Nitrogen-leaning base nutrients |
| Preflower | Flip + 1-2 | 1.2 – 1.4 | Transition feed through the stretch |
| Bloom | Flip + 3-7 | 1.4 – 1.6 | Bloom base, add PK booster early |
| Flush | Final 1-2 | 0.0 – 0.4 | Plain pH-corrected water |
Everything happens sooner on this plant. Bring in the PK booster around week 3 of flower instead of week 4 or 5, because by week 6 the fastest phenotypes are already ripening. Treat the feeding chart like the flowering itself: the same stations as a normal photoperiod sativa, visited at double speed.
Training Chocolopez FV and Flipping to 12/12
Top once above the fourth node in week 2 and follow with low-stress training to spread the mains. That is the whole program; with flowering this short, heavy pruning after the flip costs more than it returns. The goal is a wide, even frame built entirely during veg.
Flip to 12/12 when the canopy fills roughly half the space, and expect a true sativa stretch for the first two weeks even with the height cap at 4.92 ft. Then watch the weeks fly: where other strains are barely stacking by day 40, Chocolopez FV is visibly ripening. Keep bloom humidity at 40-45%; the buds run slender and airy in classic sativa fashion, which helps them resist moisture problems better than dense indica colas.
Harvesting and Curing Chocolopez FV
Start checking trichomes at week 5 of flower, earlier than instinct suggests. Fast phenotypes finish near day 45, slower ones around day 56. Harvest at mostly cloudy for the liveliest creative effect; even a little extra amber softens the sativa sparkle this strain exists to deliver, so err on the early side.
Dry at 59-68°F and around 55% humidity for 10-14 days; the lighter bud structure dries a touch faster than average, so check daily after day eight. Then cure in glass for at least two weeks. The chocolate note is the slowest part of the profile to develop, faint at chop and unmistakable after three weeks, and it alone justifies every day of patience.
What to Do With Your Trim
The trim carries the same fruity, chocolate-edged resin in smaller amounts. Dry-sift it for kief to top bowls, wash it into bubble hash, or infuse it into butter, where this strain’s dessert-leaning profile genuinely shines in baking. With two harvests per season outdoors, the trim jar fills faster than you expect.
Aroma, Flavor and Terpenes
The datasheet lists just two terpenes, and the pair covers a remarkable amount of ground. Phellandrene is the interesting one: an uncommon terpene with a bright, herbal, faintly minty-green character that gives the smoke its fresh top note and carries the fruity impression. Caryophyllene works underneath with its familiar peppery warmth, grounding the sweetness so the profile never turns sugary.
The chocolate itself is not a terpene you can point to on the list; it is the family signature of the Chocolopez line, emerging from the whole aromatic blend the way it always has in this lineage. It arrives late, builds through the cure, and by the third week in glass the jars smell like cocoa dusted over dried fruit and fresh herbs, a profile nothing modern quite imitates.
Common Problems and Pro Tips
Chocolopez FV is an easy, fast grow, but it is an 85% sativa fast version, so plan for the stretch and the quick finish.
- Manage the stretch: even though it stays compact for a sativa, it still reaches up after the flip, so train the tops and give it a little headroom indoors.
- Catch it in time: it finishes fast in 6 to 8 weeks, so start checking trichomes early so you harvest at the ripeness you want rather than too late.
- Keep air moving: its buds are airy and fairly mold-resistant, but a fan through the canopy still helps the plant finish evenly in a temperate autumn.
Expert tip: the signature chocolate note is subtle at harvest and builds through the cure, peaking around week three in glass. Dry slowly and give it that time before you judge the flavour.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does FV mean in Chocolopez FV?
FV stands for Fast Version: a photoperiod strain bred with autoflowering genetics to flower dramatically faster without becoming an auto. Chocolopez FV still needs a 12/12 light switch to bloom indoors, then finishes in 6 to 8 weeks instead of a classic sativa’s twelve, which is a huge saving.
Is Chocolopez FV an autoflower?
No. Despite the Auto parent in its lineage, it flowers in response to light hours, which means you control the timing and can veg it as long or short as you like. Growers wanting hands-off timing should look at a true autoflower instead, since this one still needs the 12/12 flip.
How long does Chocolopez FV take to flower?
Just 6 to 8 weeks from the 12/12 flip, among the fastest flowering times in the entire Blimburn Seeds catalog and exceptional for an 85% sativa. With a short two to three week veg, seed to harvest fits inside eleven weeks, which leaves room for two full runs in one season.
How much does Chocolopez FV yield?
Indoors, expect a steady 1.31 to 1.47 oz/ft² (400 to 450 g/m²). Outdoors it does its best work, delivering 17.64 to 22.93 oz (500 to 650 g) per plant with sun and root space, and the speed of the strain allows two full runs in a single outdoor season.
What does Chocolopez FV taste like?
Fresh herbs and ripe fruit up front, sweetness through the middle, and the family’s signature chocolate note arriving on the exhale. The cocoa side is subtle at harvest and grows steadily through the cure, peaking around week three in glass, so give it time before you judge the flavour.
Is Chocolopez FV a good strain for beginners?
Yes. It stays compact for a sativa, resists moisture issues thanks to its airy bud structure, and its short flowering window means mistakes have less time to snowball. Keep the feeding moderate and the light schedule consistent and it practically grows itself from seed to a quick harvest.
