First time doing AutoFlower: G13 Labs Auto AK Feminized

So I've grown from seed several times and my preferred way is keeping a mother and using her for clones. I've been growing the same strain for several years now and decided I wanted to try something new. I ordered some seed from Attitude when they were having their big October Promo and got four free seeds when ordering 3. One of the seed was G13 Labs Auto AK Feminized.

I've never grown an AutoFlower before but my smaller cab with the 400w HPS is free right now so I decided to start with the Auto first.


Shot of the seed


Seed in a small Gladware container sitting on top of a moist paper towel


Seed now covered with a second moist paper towel


Container closed and sitting on a heating pad in my clone/seedling chamber with the light turned off.

I've had good luck with this method and usually have a spouted seed within 3 day.

Once the seed sprouts, I'll move to a container with FFOF for soil and turn on the lights in the clone/seedling chamber. The lights are 2x14w T5s and are set to a 18/6 light schedule.

Once I have a second set of leaves I'll move the pot into the veg chamber. The lights in the veg chamber are 3x55w T5s and are also on a 18/6 light schedule. Probably leave the pot in the veg chamber for another week and then I'll move it into the smaller flower cab. That will have a 400w HPS which I'm going to run 20/4.

Sounds good man!

i hate autos but you have the right method, good luck!!

haha...and it was absolutely necessary to jump inside of his thread to say I hate auto's!! haha get a life

jesus of Cannabis said:

i hate autos but you have the right method, good luck!!

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If I didn't have the second cab, I probably wouldn't do it at all but since I do, and I'm auto-curious, I figured I'd give it a run.

TechnoMage said:

If I didn't have the second cab, I probably wouldn't do it at all but since I do, and I'm auto-curious, I figured I'd give it a run.

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After listening to people bash auto's i was really nervous to give them a try.. Tried them and have been very pleased. No photo period plant can come close to production of an autoflower in a 60 day complete grow.

sixteenounces said:

After listening to people bash auto's i was really nervous to give them a try.. Tried them and have been very pleased. No photo period plant can come close to production of an autoflower in a 60 day complete grow.

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For me it's a matter of sustainability. With auto's you're always having to get more seeds. From a single mother I can keep myself going for years by taking clones and in fact that's pretty much what I've done.

TechnoMage said:

For me it's a matter of sustainability. With auto's you're always having to get more seeds. From a single mother I can keep myself going for years by taking clones and in fact that's pretty much what I've done.

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Yea, thats true to a degree, but if you do one seed run with a male. You will have enough seeds to last you 30 grows! I did and have so many seeds its crazy. But if you are just pulling clones left and right, thats great as well becuase you can just veg for a little while and then flip to 12/12 pretty quick, so it doesnt take 5-6 months to finish

Saturday, October 29th 2011
Total days: 4
Sprout: 4
Veg: 0
Flower: 0
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I've got a nice tap root on the seed so I moved it to a pot.


Pic of the sprouted seed. Hard to see the white tap root against white background.


Planted the seed in a 1.2 gal Air-Pot. I'm going to be growing this in the smaller cab so I need to watch the size. I've got a Diet Coke can in the shot for scale.

I received this same freebie. Can't wait for the smoke report.

looking good, and nice pics. keep it up I'll be here for the ride

Tuesday, November 1st 2011
Total days: 7
Sprout: 4
Veg: 3
Flower: 0


Emergence queue the music Also sprach Zarathustra

Nice job, it looks healthy. I really like the idea of those air pots. Pretty interesting, I'd like to try a grow with some of them.

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Nice job, it looks healthy. I really like the idea of those air pots. Pretty interesting, I'd like to try a grow with some of them.

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Yea, i hear they are pretty nice. And always see pretty good results with them. Keep her rollin techno, im here for the ride.

Friday, November 4th 2011
Total days: 10
Sprout: 4
Veg: 6
Flower: 0


Not quite ready to harvest

Tuesday, November 8th 2011
Total days: 14
Sprout: 4
Veg: 10
Flower: 0


Second set of leaves are going so I moved it under the 3x55w compact T5s. I've got the light up a little high to let her get used to the extra light.

nice man , im growin some autos myself.
SuBbEd

ive got easyryder or ak47 x lowryder growin right now, along with critical jack so we'll see how they do, they are a little further along than yours but they look great!

Nice grow man, subbed.

Popped an auto AK in myself a few days after you, sprouted on the 4th.

Looking pretty similar to your most recent post now, I'll try and get a pic up later

Looks good and healthy so far. I put 2 AK Autos in the cup today. Subbed. This is my first auto grow and I'll be checking yours out closely.