Well, here's some pics of auto ak-47. This is my first grow and I think the lowryder idea is really cool. For the time being I'm stuck in a really small flat with a couple room-mates and zero space to do any sort of serious growing. A separate veg and flower room would be totally out of the question, especially for keeping a staggered harvest going. Even if I did take a normal plant through 18/6--12/12 I'd have to start all over again from the beginning anyway since there's no way to keep a mother with space for only one light. At any rate, this is growing under my desk right now. I've got a 400W Sunmaster Super HPS plus which I'm using the whole way through on 24h just to see how it fares.
I've started them a bit apart, but I've attached pics of the eldest, who just turned 15 days today and, as of two days ago, praise jah, showed her colours as a lovely lady
She's branching like crazy right now and is really bushy and stout - tons of nodes with absolute minimal stretch. I can't wait to see how she'll fill out when flowering really kicks in, but it's looking like she's going to be really plump.
That said, I do agree with a lot of what's said about the autos - they're good in a very specific set of circumstances, like mine, but as soon as I move house I'll probably set up a proper room to do some real growing. Still, this has been a great introduction to growing and takes out enough of the variables that I find it's been really easy to get a handle on the basics of growing so that when I do finally set up something proper I'll have a bit of experience to be able to do it well. More news later if there's interest.
edit : put up a journal here -->
Lowlife AK47 Automatic