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 coda
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 AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower FINAL HARVEST PICS (COMPLETE 1-23-10) 
#316727 - 11/16/09 05:19 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks to a kind donation I'm finally able to grow an auto-flower strain. Ak-47 x Diesel, the plants in the first two pics are about 4 days old, the plant on the right in the third pic is about two days old, and the one on the left just popped through the surface last night. The smallest one is pretty vigorous, when I checked this morning a tap root was already poking through its side.
I was hoping to have more, but poor germination rates plagued me. Out of 15 beans those were the only survivors. I'm just hoping the luck will swing my way and I'll end up with all girls  .
The medium is 1.5 cups of perlite mixed in with .5 cups of verm in 18 oz solo cups (Hempy grow). Once sexed the plan is to move to 1 gallon containers for flowering. This is also my first time growing hempy, these plants are a test run for when I grow my other strains sitting in my veg cab. It'll also give me a little bit of supply to hold me over while the other plants finish.
So, we'll see how things go. I'll get to fine tune my flowering cab and get it tweaked out and practice growing hempy style. Can't wait to see what the buzz is like from the auto-flowers 
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coda
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: feelfunny]
#316987 - 11/16/09 08:57 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sorry man, no seed trading allowed on the boards since it is illegal in the states. Our seedbank forum is a good place to learn about places to buy, and find good deals on seeds.
And yes, I'm a fellow shroom grower. I help mod the cult forums over there too
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coda
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: Inbred_gimp]
#317442 - 11/17/09 04:40 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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yah, what can ya do. I just have to work with what I got
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coda
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: Audz]
#317580 - 11/17/09 07:21 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Can't clone autoflowers, unfortunately.
Sad, but true. Don't have the space for breeding either. If it was summer I would take one male and a female or two and hide them outside.
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coda
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: KaptKid]
#321167 - 11/24/09 04:50 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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i don't think germinating under any light at all is recommended.
I've always germ'd under a flo. light. It shouldn't make a difference either way, but in nature the seeds germ under the biggest lamp of them all
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what kind of light are you using.
4 ft two bulb 29 watt T-5's. Will move to a 600 watt HPS when they're big enough. Temps fluctuate between 74-77 degrees depending on ambient temps.
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: Inbred_gimp]
#321521 - 11/25/09 01:30 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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They're looking poor, but this is due to my own hand then anything else. I'm really broke right now, so much so in fact that I can't afford to spend the money on litmus strips or drops to PH test my water. So right now they're suffering from a PH imbalance due to the water being too alkaline (runs 7-8 PH out of the tap). I was hoping i'd be able to get them through this phase without fucking them up, and it looks like they made it without too much stress. Next watering is going to include food so the PH will be much lower then it has been. My friend is coming back into town tomorrow as well and he's bringing me some extra supplies to test PH with.
However, aside from the slightly twisted leaves, growth is pretty good. A little slower then I expected but that might be due to the PH issues. they're about 2-3 inches tall and working on their first set of 5 bladed leaves. Cotes are dying off and some of the older leaves are yellowing so I know they're ready for a little bit of N at the very least. We'll see how they respond when I feed them next.
I'll get some pics up by later tonight most likely.
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: Steve Buscemi]
#322605 - 11/28/09 10:42 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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I fed them with .5 tsp/gal of flora nova bloom yesterday. Today almost all of the curling has gone away. So the next watering or two is going to be at that strength and then I'll move it up a notch, then up to full strength. Hopefully I'll be seeing some more aggressive growth now.
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: coda]
#323896 - 11/30/09 06:10 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Pic 1: This is a sprout I like to call "Mirac", somehow a seed fell out of one the peat pellets I thought was dead. A few days later I opened the veg cab to see the seed leaves poking out from underneath the plastic holder that contained the peat pellets. So I hydrated a peat pellet, stuck the sprout into it, and let it sit. Somehow it made it through so now I have one more to add to the collection.
Pic 2: All the girls in a row, two on the far left are the younger ones
Pic 3: Older plants
Pic 4: Older plant on right, other two are the younger ones.
This marks about day 20 for the older ones, day 15-16 for the younger ones, mirac is probably on day 5-6 although I'm not certain of her time line. So, I'm not sure if the problems I was having before came from underwatering, a PH imbalance, or both. I've started watering them every day now pretty much (skipped last night because they looked fine). They also get food with every watering, still sticking with .5 tsp per gal. One more week and I'll bump it up to a full tsp and see how they handle it. Once I started feeding/watering every day growth has picked up, the leaf curl has been pretty much eliminated, and some green has come back to the lower leaves which had started to yellow (although some of the single blade leaves are beyond repair).
I'm hoping to see sex within two weeks, and I'm pretty sure soon after the flowering process begins. Just will have to wait and see I suppose.
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: coda]
#325342 - 12/02/09 04:33 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Two confirmed females this morning, came home and found one more girl and one possible male. I'm sure the other older ones will show sex in a day or two and the younger ones a few days after that.
So 20 days from sprout to the beginnings of buds (well, for three plants at least).
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coda
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: Inverted]
#326163 - 12/03/09 04:43 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Don't get discouraged by the growth so far, I know they'll make it up to you
This can be partially blamed on the hempy style as before the roots hit the rez the plants grow pretty slowly. Still, I think it was lack of water/nutes that held em back.
I can now also increase my female count to 4. So that's 4/6 so far with the two young ones still trying to catch up. I'm gonna have to bust my ass this weekend and get the HPS set up for them.
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: Azyle00]
#326261 - 12/03/09 07:33 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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So cute
Haha, that's exactly what I thought when I saw the buds coming in on these plants. It's odd to see them on something so small. Can't wait to see how well they turn out.
I need to go out and buy some more perlite and verm this weekend. I think I should transplant the known girls now while it's still really early. I'll probably just stick them in a 2 liter container.
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: coda]
#327451 - 12/05/09 04:58 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hooked up my HPS today. I'm super pissed because I can't find my Hortilux bulb. Had to go out and buy another one (albeit not hortilux since now they are too expensive for me). Current room temp is 84.5. 4 degrees hotter then I'd like, but I think that's the best I'm going to get. I'll combat the heat with some silica blast and keep the lamp up just a tad higher. I'm letting the room run "dry" now to get a better feel of temperature fluctuations.
However I don't think I'll be able to break 80 with my current setup, I'd need a bigger exhaust fan to do that and it's just too expensive at the moment. Hopefully I can keep my temps maximum to mid 80's, I know that will change come summer though. But I'll deal with that when the time comes.
Oh yah, one more confirmed female. That makes 5 out of 6 so far. I may have had poor germination rates, but my female ratio is amazing!
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: coda]
#327739 - 12/06/09 03:10 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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last plant to be confirmed is a female as well. So, that's 6/6 for me. I'll just count all the seeds which didn't sprout as males
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: coda]
#328367 - 12/07/09 08:24 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Day 25
Transplanted all six today into 1.75 (or so) gallon buckets. Switched from the veg formula to the flowering formula. Still sticking with .5 tsp for now, didn't want to hit them with a full dose directly after transplant. Also added in .5 tsp Thrive Alive (B1 supplement w/1-1-1 NPK) to encourage strong root growth and to counteract any negative impact from the transplant.
All of the root systems looked mighty healthy, they were just leaning towards the point of becoming rootbound. For anyone who is going hempy and want's to stay small, go to lowes or home depot and hit the paint aisle up. The small buckets they had were the cheapest I've been able to find, they are also the perfect size (for me right now at least) and were not hard to drill into at all (although I did have one split on me a little due to too much pressure).
The majority of the plants are starting to put off a nice skunk with the odd ball plants putting off more of an ammonia/"Cat-Piss" smell. My whole kitchen reeked during the transplant from rubbing up against the plant leaves. I can only imagine what it's going to smell like in a few weeks lol. Only 45 more days (give or take) left!
Anyways, that's all for now. I promise I'll get a photo update tomorrow. I'm too wiped to do it right now.
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: coda]
#328392 - 12/07/09 09:07 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ok, so I lied, there's some pics because I ended up having to move stuff around anyways. I'll get some of the plants out from underneath the HPS sometime soon, they all look fantastic (if not just a tiny bit droopy from transplant/water).
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: Inverted]
#328573 - 12/08/09 05:53 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've never smoked an AF strain before so I can't honestly tell you. I heard the same thing, but this was back when LowRyder was the only AF strain available.
KaptKid says he enjoys the buzz from them, and judging from Azyle's current AF grow you can yield some pretty nice looking buds. I don't really see myself growing these two often. They're fun for sure, but you have to start over from scratch every time. Plus if you really want to grow AF strains exclusively you better have room for a breeding area. It would be pretty expensive to order seeds every time you wanted to grow.
Needless to say they're perfect for testing out my cabinet. It's also really cool to wake up one morning and see buds forming while the plants sit under 24/0 light. Today was their first day with a 12 hr dark period, i run my lights from 7 Pm to 7 AM so they're about to flip on any minute now. I have to make a run to lowes to pick up some weather stripping or something to seal up the light leak in the front of the cabinet and to seal up the sides where the doors are.
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I love how simple your setup is.
Thanks! I can't modify my house so all i need is an intake and exhaust with a cracked window for cool air to come in. My low temp has been 79 and the max has been 86 and average temps at around 82.5. I'm satisfied with that and the plants don't seem to mind it too much (although they do get a bit droopy come morning).
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: KaptKid]
#328705 - 12/08/09 10:39 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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They seem like a novelty item to me.
Yah, I would definitely class them as a novelty strain. However, they have great potential for micro grows. People who only have room for something like a PC tower or something similarly small.
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Looks like your off to a good start coda. Will be watching.
Thanks man
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: coda]
#330538 - 12/12/09 10:33 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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Day 30
Just thought I'd give a small update with some of my faster producers. Bud production is going very well, these three above are definitely outpacing their sisters. The lower leaves on most of the plants are getting a nice coating of frost. I was having a small problem with a too alkaline solution. I was only feeding .5 tsp per gal so I'm guessing my Ph was around 6.5 or so. So the plants had a day or two of problems absorbing nutes, all of the plants new growth on the tips had curled under. However, I just let them sit, and eventually it worked itself out after a night. I just Ph tested solution containing 1 tsp per gal and it came out at around 6 or so which should be just fine. If they still want a lower Ph I now have a bottle of Ph down. Finally there's my new can filter which I had to buy because the gf complained about the smell. My first time using one, I plan on buying some L brackets and mounting the fant on the wall. I'll make a little shelf and secure the filter to the wall with a piece of chain. Hopefully that will reduce the smell enough so she's happy. It was only fifty bucks so it wasn't too much of a hit on the wallet.
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Re: AK-47 x Diesel AutoFlower [Re: Inverted]
#330683 - 12/13/09 12:19 PM (15 years, 2 months ago) |
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3.5 total feet in your cabinet? That's pretty tiny!
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coda
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yah, looks like they got a little N def. over the past few days. Played a little experiment to see how long they could go without water/food. They hit the three day mark and started showing signs of being hungry.
Fed them last night 1 tsp FN Bloom/gal of water. Lights flip on in 10 mins so we'll see if there's a slight improvement (although I think I won't see a change in color for another day or two). Aside from that they look pretty happy.
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