Philosopher Seeds Cannabis Seeds: Autos, Citrus and Candy

Philosopher Seeds keep their line small and pointed in one direction: fruit and sugar. Tropimango genetics show up over and over, which is why so much of this shelf smells like mango skin, mandarin peel and lemon sherbet instead of fuel or pepper. If gas and diesel are your thing, the wider cannabis seeds range will serve you better. If you want a jar that smells like a fruit stall in July, you're in the right place.

Citrus, candy and sticky skunk: how this line actually grows

Autoflowers for the impatient, photoperiods for the patient

Most of this shelf runs on a clock instead of a light switch. Black Bomb Auto goes from germination to harvest in around 10 weeks, stays compact enough for a small tent, and still gives up to 500 g/m² indoors or roughly 150 g per plant outside at 20% THC. Orange Candy Auto XXL pulls the same trick with a zesty citrus nose and the same 500 g/m² ceiling indoors. Sleepy Yoda Auto and Lemon Auto CBD round out the auto side, and Auto Mix is the pack for growers who'd rather roll the dice than commit to one name.

Watch out for Fraggle Skunk Auto if stealth matters to you. She can push up to 140 cm, wants a single large pot so the roots can spread, and the Super Skunk in her carries a sweaty, unmistakable stink that a neighbour will clock through a window. A carbon filter isn't optional with this one. Outdoors she's ready 70 to 90 days after the seedling goes in, and indoors on a 20/4 schedule she lands around 400-450 g/m².

The photoperiod packs ask for more planning and pay you back in size. Tropimango finishes in 55-65 days indoors at 400-450 g/m², and planted mid April outdoors she can hand you up to 600 g per plant in early October. Black Bomb wants about 4 weeks of veg, then wraps in 55-60 days, and she shrugs off pests well enough for a first attempt. Purple Punch x Do-Si-Dos takes 60-65 days, runs happily in soil, coco or hydro, and takes training well if you're filling a ScrOG net.

The SOG growing method and the figures on the label

Two things decide how these packs behave in your room: the shape you train them into, and the numbers printed on the pack. On shape, the SOG growing method suits this line better than almost anything else, because the autos finish on their own schedule and don't want a long veg spent building a frame. Our own notes put 12 plants per m² as the sweet spot for a Tropimango sea of green, and the same logic carries over to Black Bomb Auto and Orange Candy Auto XXL: many small plants, one main cola each, no time wasted waiting for side branches to catch up. The photoperiods can be run the same way if you keep veg short, though Purple Punch x Do-Si-Dos arguably earns its keep under a net instead, where the training pays you back in even canopy rather than plant count.

On the numbers, THC percentage bands and CBD:THC ratios are the quickest way to sort this shelf before you buy. The strong-but-not-silly band is where most of it sits: 20% THC on Black Bomb Auto, 22% THC on Purple Punch x Do-Si-Dos, with Tropimango and the citrus packs reading as mellow rather than flattening. Lemon Auto CBD is the CBD-forward option here, and we'd rather point you at the pack itself than invent a ratio we can't stand behind. If a figure isn't in our own grow notes, you won't see us quote it.

The strains worth knowing by name

Amnesika 2.0 is the one with a result behind her. She's an evolution of Amnesia Haze with Skunk folded in, G13 Haze and Super Silver sitting deep in the family, and our own notes credit her rampant bud production for its winning performance at Expogrow 2012, along with a placing in the Best Sativa category at the same Cannabis Cup, the Association Cannabis Cup in 2012. The smell is peppery musk rather than fruit, and the buzz is that racing "everything at once" feeling that eventually dissolves into cheerful chaos.

Purple Punch x Do-Si-Dos is the flavour pick: floral and spicy underneath, lemon citrus on top, a minty edge on the exhale, with grape and blueberry muffin notes from the Purple Punch side, all at 22% THC. Black Bomb is the late evening pack, 80% indica, built for sitting still rather than conversation. Tropimango sits between the two, mellow instead of couch-locking, tropical fruit from smell to aftertaste. Lemon OG Candy, Mandarin Cookies and Fruity Jack keep the citrus and candy thread running, and Lemon Auto CBD is the CBD-forward pack here if you want less punch and more lemony calm.

Wifi 43 x Do-Si-Dos, the pack we bred together

Wifi 43 x Do-Si-Dos (Philosopher Seeds x Zamnesia) is a real collaboration, a joint pack from us and them rather than a rebadge of something already in their catalogue. Do-Si-Dos turns up twice on this shelf, so if you already know how Purple Punch x Do-Si-Dos behaves in your room, this one will feel familiar to run, while the Wifi 43 half is the part you won't find anywhere else here. It's what we'd hand a grower who has a couple of autos under their belt and wants a photoperiod project to fuss over.

Philosopher seed, philosophers seeds, philosopherseeds: same bank, same shelf

A good chunk of the searches that land here are spelling variants. Philosopher seed in the singular, philosophers seeds with the stray possessive, philosopherseeds jammed into one word: they all point at this breeder, and they all end up on this page. One thing worth clearing up, Philosopher's Stone is a magic truffle name, not a strain from this bank, so if that's what you came for you've taken a wrong turn.

On reviews, we're not going to invent a star count for you. What we can do is repeat what our own grow notes say after years of shipping these packs, and they're specific: 10 weeks from seed for Black Bomb Auto, 22% THC on Purple Punch x Do-Si-Dos, 12 plants per m² as the sweet spot for a Tropimango SOG, 4 weeks of veg before you flip Black Bomb. The weak spot of the line is range. It's fruit, citrus and candy almost end to end, so if you want pepper and fuel you'll be happier elsewhere in our cannabis seed collection.

So where do you start? First grow, small tent, zero patience: Black Bomb Auto, ideally several of them in a sea of green. Outdoor plot and a bit of nerve: Tropimango in the ground mid April for an early October cut. Something to talk about after dinner: Amnesika 2.0. And if you genuinely cannot choose, Auto Mix takes the decision off your hands.