Auto AK47 + Lowryder2 400w HPS

Hi all,
After redesigning my grow room, got my hands on some auto AK47 seeds + 1 Fem Lowryder2 from a previous grow.

Soil: Biobizz Light mix
Lights: first 2 weeks - 200w CFL envirolite, after 2 weeks - 400w HPS. on 20 / 4 start to finish.
Nutes: All biobizz organics.

For the extract, I built a wooden box, lined it with thick rubber (to keep it quiet) and also added a fan controller.

Grow room pic -




day 3 -


day 4 (getting a bit of natural sunlight)


day 8 -


day 12 -


day14 -


day 16 (first day under 400w hps) -


day 16 # 2 -


So far so good, they are looking nice and healthy. The Auto AK47 are growing a lot bigger than the LR2 which is what I had hoped for.

Will keep this diary updated until the very end.

Feel free to post comments.

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grand setup man and can the light be got closer to the plants cuz of the cooltube ?

spliffbazz

the temps are are around 28-30C at the mo, I don't have a proper intake, it's just sucking air out of the room and blowing out at the top of the cupboard. They should be showing sex in about a week and I'll repot into 8ltr pots which will bring them much closer to the light.
Thanks for the comments

Hi all,
Now on day 20 of the grow.
All 3 plants have started to flower! I'm very happy to discover that my 2 non-fem AK47 plants have both turned out to be female!! bonus

before the re-pot: (Lowryder 2 is on the left)


Re-potted into 8ltr containers and gave them a good feed plus a couple of teaspoons of organic blackstrap molasses (LR2 on the right):



Close up of 1 of the flowers:

Day 22. Starting to smell. Growing nicely

24 days old. These girls are going nuts! never seen such bushy autoflowering plants! The side branches are almost overtaking the main cola. God bless my new 400w HPS

The 2 AK47's are at the back, Lowryder2 at the front.

Another update. Didn't intend to be posting so often but these girls are growing at an incredible rate compared to my previous grows.

27 days old -

day 29. Damn extract fan has broken, had to raise the light until a new one arrives. Starting to bud nicely

main colas of both AK's





feel free to comment

lookn real nice man! i just placed an order on these seeds, did you cut the main cola earlier?

looking good man. I think I am going to do some auto variety next grow. I am surely watching to see how this one goes. They are certainly looking good.

wrecka said:

lookn real nice man! i just placed an order on these seeds, did you cut the main cola earlier?

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Nothing has been cut except for a few large fan leaves at the bottom.
They usually grow to a maximum height of around 2ft so need for chopping, fiming or LST'ing

Day 31:

The new fan has arrived, too big for my home made silencer box but damn does it shift air.
Have it hooked up to a fan controller and on its lowest setting the room stays at 24C with the doors closed!

Fitted a cheapo carbon filter to the end of the cooltube and also on the ducting exit grill, my whole flat was starting to smell!

Day 34:
Buds galore

hey, looking Great!!!! i'm impressed. just wondering about your "cheapo carbon filter" hopefully i'll need one soon.

The cheapo carbon filter was a sheet that you can buy and cut to size. Absolutely useless!
Have been looking at the DIY active carbon filters on here. I think I'll have to try and build one as the smell is pretty strong.

Day 42, buds are filling out nicely. Not too frosty yet though, hope they hurry up!

Hey man, would you be able to compare and contrast the likely yield from the auto ak's and lowryder #2? I've read the ak's can yield a bit more.

Cheers

HughC said:

Hey man, would you be able to compare and contrast the likely yield from the auto ak's and lowryder #2? I've read the ak's can yield a bit more.

Cheers

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The AK47's are easily 3-4 times bushier and twice as tall as the lowryder2.

I've grown a few LR2's before but these AK's are a LOT bigger.

Will be posting a few new pics soon, will include a size comparison, though this LR2 is a bit sick and not as big as the last few I've grown.