hey bro,i grew some ak autos from lowlife outdoors(they were stolen shortly before harvest,long story)
i had 4 in like 8/9l pots,and 1 in an 11ltr pot,all in plagron soil,and the one in the 11ltr pot grew by far the quickest and largest,but the others were quite the same except for 1 that was quite small but it was super super trich covered and it really smelt dank.
i think it may be because of the speed that the plant can gets its root into the rockwool,im sure its much harder than soil,id guess the others will catch up when they have expanded a bit,i dont know
the genes are going to be a bit off,i mean,theyve not been around long have they,autos in general,decent ones anyway.
some well held strains have been bred for 10 or 15 years to get them to where they are now