Ak-47 By Serious Seeds Grow Journal

mrgrowguy · Feb 11, 2015

Before and after a bit of trimming action. Cloning always gets my trimmin juices a'flowin.

And after... look at the vigor in "C" after a few trimmings already it has bounced back and a few more inches of vigorous green growth and it will be moved into flower.

mrgrowguy · Feb 14, 2015

So, I was looking at "C" today and noticed that it was showing female already. I have not sexed it, it has sat under a fluoro 24 hours a day, no dark time. And, low and behold, hairs coming from the calyx at the base of the leaves.

Is this a good sign that the plant went this extra mile, or do I have a full auto AK-47 situation on my hands? I will definitely point it out next time I take pics. Lots of hairs all over the plant where the stems touch the trunk.

I bought these from the 'tude as a pack of regs. Though, now that I think about it, the pack did come with 11 when it was supposed to be a 10 pack...

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mrgrowguy · Feb 14, 2015

OK, I got some pictures of the sexing under a 24 hr light cycle from seed. And upon further inspection, I noticed one other plant with about two girly, white hairs.

OH~! And the "I" plant has actually lived, stunted and mutated so far as can be. But it-is-aliiiiive! Lets see what this girl can do! Likely, it will be not worth keeping, but what if it turns out to be great. You never know till you do it. Make sure to look at the pics, they are at the bottom. Check out those weird leaves. They may be mutated or just reacted oddly to stress or something. Anyways, you will see.

"C" will be the first in the flower room, maybe 5-7 days from now. I haven't pruned it for a few days now and vigorous green growth is a-startin'.

Lots of pics incoming.

mrgrowguy · Feb 14, 2015

Oh, and whatever is happening with "I" is not bugs. I inspected and occasionally preventative-spray all plants in veg. I think I will go up-pot it now and see how the new growth looks in two weeks!

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sanvanalona · Feb 14, 2015

mrgrowguy said:
Oh, and whatever is happening with "I" is not bugs. I inspected and occasionally preventative-spray all plants in veg. I think I will go up-pot it now and see how the new growth looks in two weeks!

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Good luck to this grow, I am excited to see the results! Are you sure you're not having a bug issue though ? It looks awfully familiar to me.

mrgrowguy · Feb 14, 2015

I sprayed it again, just in case, but I gave it a thorough look. And I will check with a jeweler's loop, one more time to be 100% (cover all bases).

Big Buddy · Feb 15, 2015

Looking good so far mrgg, ive had that happen to plants when they were young before without any bugs in the room. Best I could figure was genetic deformaty, ive kept ones like that for 2 months trying to correct it and nothing. Hopefully can turn around for ya, but 1 bad plant amongst all those great looking ones isn't too serious I say.

happy b · Feb 15, 2015

mrgrowguy said:
So, I was looking at "C" today and noticed that it was showing female already. I have not sexed it, it has sat under a fluoro 24 hours a day, no dark time. And, low and behold, hairs coming from the calyx at the base of the leaves.

Is this a good sign that the plant went this extra mile, or do I have a full auto AK-47 situation on my hands?

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A plant that shows sex early is a good thing in my book . In fact iv found alot of the time,(but not all) when a plant shows sex early it tends to outgrow the others plants from the same strain . so Its a desirable trait in my opinion.

mrgrowguy · Feb 15, 2015

Big Buddy said:
Looking good so far mrgg, ive had that happen to plants when they were young before without any bugs in the room. Best I could figure was genetic deformaty, ive kept ones like that for 2 months trying to correct it and nothing. Hopefully can turn around for ya, but 1 bad plant amongst all those great looking ones isn't too serious I say.

If nothing else, I am VERY curious. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of this oddity, good or bad.

happy b said:
A plant that shows sex early is a good thing in my book . In fact iv found alot of the time,(but not all) when a plant shows sex early it tends to outgrow the others plants from the same strain . so Its a desirable trait in my opinion.

That is good to hear. I hope this turns out to be a good thing. I was worried at first because I do not want any Auto traits in my garden, and when I ordered this gear, it came with 11 instead of 10 seeds. I figured I was just lucky :) (or unlucky if an Auto strain was accidentally added to my pack). I really hope it is an AK and female and that sexing early isa good thing! Thanks for the encouragement.

This is the part I love, and the reason why patience comes naturally for me. Now, I know which paths are possible, and knowing that the future will give answers to all and that all I have to do is wait, is a great feeling for me. This is where I get to roll up a "blizzy" and just watch nature happen!

Oh, and BTW, I did go back with a jeweler's loop and a 60x microscope. I checked everywhere, including unrolling the rolled over leaves that are no more than a few millimeters wide. No bugs. Just weirdness. And same environment as all of the others since sowing.

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happy b · Feb 16, 2015

mrgrowguy said:
If nothing else, I am VERY curious. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of this oddity, good or bad.

That is good to hear. I hope this turns out to be a good thing. I was worried at first because I do not want any Auto traits in my garden, and when I ordered this gear, it came with 11 instead of 10 seeds. I figured I was just lucky :) (or unlucky if an Auto strain was accidentally added to my pack). I really hope it is an AK and female and that sexing early isa good thing! Thanks for the encouragement.

This is the part I love, and the reason why patience comes naturally for me. Now, I know which paths are possible, and knowing that the future will give answers to all and that all I have to do is wait, is a great feeling for me. This is
As far as I know serious always giv u 11 but advertise 10 . they used to only do 15 packs for £50 (55 for AK & kali mist)they also do all magnus genetics as well . I got a pack of is warlock fem testers years ago . They wernt femmed,ther was males and females but the females were SUPER DANK!one I would defo do again . absoloutley adored the serious bubblegum as well . I keep meaning to get it again but never got round to it.
All the plants are looking good grow guy except the fucked one of course . It looks like a severe ph issue or something . If it turns out female I'm not sure I would trust a plant that's been through so much stress into my flower room incase it throws pollen and for what?A few grams at best?I would scrap it if I was you gg . put something good in its place . an auto freebie or something . This is were having a few cuttings lieing around comes in handy.

mrgrowguy · Feb 18, 2015

I moved the AK-47 "C" into the flower room yesterday and took some pics to mark height. Also, check out the triple stem from a single on "H".

And then the triple single! "H." The whole branch (only that branch) has triples all the way up and down, just found it kinda odd and fun.

mrgrowguy · Feb 25, 2015

Same plant time, same plant channel

Just a pic of "C" a week after being in there. For some reason, that main closest to us on the right of the ruler is super wide. We are looking at it at an angle, but that thing is easily three times the diameter of All of the other mains at its widest point (very oblong crosscut shape and very close inter-nodal spacing). If you look closely, this is one of the plants with a stem that has triple leaves per node instead of the usual pair, which eventually stagger as the plant matures. The top of this particular stem is scary looking!

The spirits tell me, this is good...oooooohmmmm

mrgrowguy · Feb 25, 2015

happy b · Feb 25, 2015

Looking good grow guy . iv said it before and I will say it again . AK is some dank potent shit . I would choose them over many of the so called popular strains iv grown recently

mrgrowguy · Feb 28, 2015

Update - "D" moved to flower room.

kolah · Feb 28, 2015

looking more indica, huh?

mrgrowguy · Feb 28, 2015

kolah said:
looking more indica, huh?

Yeah, I noticed that too. When I end up putting "E" in, you will see the leaves are much more Sativa leaning. Like skeletor's hand.

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mrgrowguy · Feb 28, 2015

Just for an refresh on dates:

mrgrowguy · Mar 1, 2015

For the diary's sake, I changed my soil mix formula a bit. Now we are looking at around 50% ProMix, 25% perlite, 25% Fox Farm Ocean Forest, plus a handful or two of these: bonemeal, dried kelp, dolomite lime, and a pinch of epson salt.

This puts my runoff water at around 1300-1500 ppm.

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mrgrowguy · Mar 3, 2015

OK, I need some advice!

I had a female show female parts under 24 hour light, I can chalk that one off to wow, strong and eager lady parts can only be a good thing. But today, I was looking through my veg plants and I saw "A" had a stringer of huevos starting to bunch up - all under 24 our lights on since birth. So, I moved it to the daddy box and took some pics, which I will add below. But I want to give a warning, LOTS OF PICS INCOMING :rolleyes:

Oh, back to the advice, is this an auto trait? If so, I was not expecting to get an auto seed in my breeders pack... I could do more research, but it is late and I have a lot of pics to post!