just thought id let u guys know, my plants started showing sex at day 16, out of the 3, there where 2 small plants and 1 very large plant. the 2 small ones a male, and the large is female.
all plants had same soil, biobizz all mix, and where planted directly into 5 litre pots, once germed in a paper towel, they've been grown on a 20/4 light regime from seed, using a blue spectrum 250w envirolite, which i switched to a red 250w once sex was shown.
just got 2 seeds germing again in a towel to replace the 2 males, im going to put them straight under the red spectrum envirolite with the big mother, and see how they go.
got to say these enviros are pretty good, low power consumption and low heat, the plants all look very healthy.
i dont know if the size difference could be used as an early sex indicator, or if it was just these plants, but the males look way smaller than the female, im going to keep the biggest male, seperate and collect his pollen in case i decide to get some seeds in the futre.

ill try get some pictures on soon

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just uprooted the smallist male, the root system was massive it had engulfed the whole of the 5 litre pot, crazey for such a small plant. ive put the other male in the window, away from the female, just waiting for my other seeds to germ.

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I noticed that my male auto-AKs were a bit smaller than the females too - must be genetics, I guess. I'd love to see pics when you get them

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should be posting some pics soon, should be interesting to see the end results, using cfls. hope they turn out as healthy as ur jay. just starting adding some bio bloom nuts, the roots look like there coming out the bottom of the 5 litre pot, do u think i should move to a bigger pot or just leave them?

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Bigger pot is bigger plant is more weed. Unless you want to keep the plant from getting too big for any reason then moving to a bigger pot will usually help. Slide the root ball out of the pot and have a look at it first, though - if it's just a few stray roots don't worry about it yet, but if they're all getting tangled and compacted then the plant will definitely benefit.

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day 16,

plant on the left is the female and male on the right



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They're looking nice and healthy, mate! Over the next week or so you may want to tie some of the branches LST style - I did that with mine around the end of the third week and it really helped a lot. The AKs seem to love to branch but they really don't like to stretch at all so the budding branches can end up too close together. If you use a bit of cord to tie the side branches to the pot edge you can train them to open out a bit wider while the stems are still quite pliable and they will beef up to support the weight of the buds later. See the pic, maybe, to see what I mean - this had been tied for a bit already so the stalks have thickened and stiffened since, but you can see how it can pull the side stems out to give the buds more room to get light and fatten up

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cheers for the advice m8, will have ago at that the weekend.
u got any plans to grow any other strains after this grow? i might try columbian red haze, by dope seeds after, one grower got 4 1/2 once off one plant useing one enviro.

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I've got a pack of mixed lowlife autos that I've started a few of. I've got two females coming up now, both around the same age as yours, maybe a week older - just starting to flower now, at any rate. I don't know what they are, mind you, just mixed auto crosses, so could be kush, ak, lemon skunk, blueberry, etc. One looks a *lot* like the AK did and the other is much smaller - not sure which it is yet. I'll post some pics when I get a thread together for them.

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just planted one of the seeds i had germing today, ive noticed with these seeds that they need to be cracked after soaking, for the sprout to emerge. i left one to emerge naturally a couple of weeks back but it never came out. anyone else experienced this with this strain?

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