heavyweight seeds are shit. I would never buy from them I promise you you'll be better off with your ak 47, and onistly youll be better of with photos can yield more also if your new to gardening autos can be tricky as they are very queer with nutrients (not forgiving at all) personally I wouldn't waste my space or electric on them, but youll realise all this when you finish them out. Good luck though.
I am finding this strain incredibly difficult....just extreme sensitivity...no where near my AK47's in the same hydro grow..AK's were planted 1 week after and are now all outgrowing the last 2 of my 2fast&2vast....and look very healthy...I started with (5) 2fast and 2vast...had all kinds of trouble with seed covers not coming off damaging first sprouts during germ...then they fake ya out and look good and recover and then bammo, back to problems....in 18 gallons of water, spot on ph, and ppm of 300 using rapid start and hydro guard and spring water at 5 weeks old (stunted....only on very beg of 4th node deveop and top leaf and stunted at like 2 1/2 inches height.....cmon, i now Im a nubie but I'm not a dummy and i do adhere to strict growing protocols (except starting with good stock...lol)....
Ran it no nutes for first 2 weeks, then 200 ppm week 3 and 300 week 4..used silica and hydro-guard only...water is 66-69 degrees...get home today and roots look brownish, but smell ok...i even nibbled on it..lol.. (hey gotta learn right) I dont care if it lives or not, I need to know and I've got another one still growing and so far and still seems okay..So i removed this plant, ran roots under water, clearly saw that some brown was due to sediment (broken up root plug really strung out and weedy caught up in roots....smell and nibble just to see....smelled fresh..tasted like a fresh root...didn't break any roots...didn't taste any real chemical or nasties...that I know of....but her leafs started brown spots a week ago then went yellow, dry and dying...It happened as soon as soon as nutes hit water but I did not connect the dots as it was so low in ppm...I first thought it was Deficiency...to me cal def looks like ph imbalance so I went on a ph binge of checking like every 30 min over several days...no improvement....but man did my AK's just take off! I removed this plant and put in another seperate grow area with just tap water and hydroguard...It looks like crap....all top growth ok...but the real first set of leaves are just about dead....and its not heat stress..Their 30 inches away from a 480watt LED. after a two week T5 only grow from germ.
So I think your right brother....5 seeds.....3 successfully germ to sprout....2 of 3 are dying and 1 is still doing okay but had to regrow a leaf due to the seed cover damage during sprout.
I put my trust in the seedbanks...I wouldn't' think Herbies would sell such crap genetics....call it best autoflower ever ??
I will def be doing nothing but photo's.....I did get a word of mouth referral to def do AK47's....I smoked them thinking they were normal before and couldnt tell...it was great stuff...and all research throws ya to heavyweights fast and vast...some good grow journals...all in soil though..not sure I saw many hydro growers with them.
So after these 3 AK do their thing, I'm on to:
PURE AFRICA (looking for something comparable to a landrace sativa strain from Africa origins)
Dr. Kripplings Incredible Bulk
Bubba's Gift
Afghani
But I did not want to grow these until I dialed in....so I just need these 3 AK's and hopefully this 1 2fast and 2vast give me enough medicine til while the Photo's grow etc.
Hey thinks for your experience...it mirrors mine. THanks