A few months back while ordering some seeds for a partnered grow I'm involved in, we decided to try some auto flowering plants, for what I call "shits & giggles". We got a 3 pk of lowryderXAK47 and a 5 pk of lowryderXsanta maria, all fem seeds. The auto AK47 was great, the santa maria sucked.

All 3 AK47s germed and grew abt as expected.
Only 4 of 5 santa marias germed, they never went auto and grew real large. Had to put them into the bloom room on 12/12 to get them to flower. Then 2 of the 4 hermied (ripped those out) and I'm still waiting for the remaining 2 to finish.

Have harvested 2 AKs with one left to get cut down, probably tommrow nite.
Here's 2 pics of the first AK and a 3rd pic of a close up of the last 1.

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All the autos were grown along side mom's and veg out plants under 20/4 using a 600w MH. I really liked the AKs and think they are great for a small scale closet or cabinet grow. In our case we will probably do some more since it was really growing for free, we always have the mom light on anyway so fitting in 3-5 autos doesn't really cost us anything.

How to match the supplier claims'? I can't tell you cause they are just that, claims. I tend to believe what I see for results and don't really go by the claims. Just give them TLC like any plant and hope for the best.
oldmac Reviewed by oldmac on . Automatic Grows Are there any members here growing automatics? I think the short grow time is a great thing and would like to know how to increase the yields to match what the seed suppliers say they can get. Rating: 5