Moby Dick Autoflower Seeds

Moby Dick Autoflower is a sativa-dominant feminized autoflower, 70% sativa and 30% indica, with an intense, hazy aroma of lemon, cedar and incense. It brings Moby Dick, the Haze and White Widow hybrid named after Melville’s white whale, onto an autoflower’s clock. Expect a full cycle of about 75 days from seed, and a plant that grows taller than most autos.

History & lineage

Moby Dick was bred in Spain by Dinafem Seeds, which crossed Haze with White Widow and named the tall, stretchy result after the whale in Herman Melville’s novel. Dinafem describes its photoperiod Moby Dick as giving heavy yields and a very strong sativa effect, and Leafly also credits Dinafem with breeding it. White Widow, the strain behind the autoflowering White Widow in this cross, won the 1995 High Times Cannabis Cup (Green House’s entry).

Dinafem’s breeders later made an autoflowering Moby Dick by crossing a Haze Autoflowering with a White Widow Autoflowering, and these seeds are listed with the same Haze Auto × White Widow Auto genetics. Dinafem says its auto is not as productive as the photoperiod Moby Dick, but still yields above the average for an autoflower, and smells stronger and grows bigger than most.

Aroma & flavour

Expect a hazy nose with lemon, cedar, vanilla, incense and eucalyptus in it, and a haze, lemon and woody taste. Dinafem calls the autoflower’s aroma very intense and hazy, with hints of lemon, cedarwood and incense. Leafly has no flavour reports for this autoflower. For the photoperiod Moby Dick, Leafly users most often report citrus, earthy and sweet flavours, followed by pine and lemon, and Leafly’s lab data puts terpinolene first among its terpenes, ahead of myrcene and ocimene. Our guide to cannabis terpenes covers what those compounds do for smell and taste.

Effects, as users report them

Leafly has no user reports for this autoflower, so these are Leafly users’ reports for the photoperiod Moby Dick, most common first. Leafly sums Moby Dick up as more energizing than relaxing, with a buzzy, motivating head high, and an autoflower won’t always feel exactly like the photoperiod. Its seed listing gives the effect as active, creative and stimulating, and Dinafem describes its autoflower’s effect as a strong, highly psychoactive sativa high that isn’t suitable for beginners. Dry mouth is the downside users report most, then dry eyes; smaller numbers report paranoia, dizziness or anxiety. THC is listed at 13 to 18%, and Leafly’s strain data puts Moby Dick at about 17%, so if you are new to cannabis, start with a small amount.

Growing Moby Dick Autoflower

Moby Dick Autoflower starts flowering on its own after a few weeks, whatever the light, so it can run under one schedule from seed to harvest; Dinafem suggests 20 hours of light and 4 of dark indoors, and our autoflower light schedule guide weighs that against other options. Its whole cycle is listed at about 75 days from seed, roughly 10 to 11 weeks.

Dinafem calls it very easy to grow, but a hungry plant: like most sativas, it needs more than a normal feed to do well. It is listed at 70–130 cm (2.3–4.3 ft), taller than most autoflowers, and Dinafem has put indoor plants at 100–160 cm (3.3–5.2 ft) and calls it rather big for a grow tent, so check your headroom against our autoflower height guide. Dinafem recommends a pot of at least 10 L (2.6 US gal), and 20 L (5.3 US gal) if you can, since an auto has little time to recover from transplanting. Expect about 100–180 g/m² (0.3–0.6 oz/ft²) indoors and 60–200 g (2–7 oz) per plant outdoors.

The plant is slim, with wide gaps between nodes and branches that tend to grow sideways. A screen of green is possible with an autoflower but hard, since its fixed clock leaves little veg time to fill a screen; gentle low-stress training early on is the easier way to manage its height and bring lower branches up to the light. Its strong smell can carry, so plan on a carbon filter indoors; our guide to controlling grow smell covers the options.

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