250 Watt HPS AUTO AK47 Grow Journal PICS!!

Welcome to my Journal!

I haven't really been able to find a good journal of someone with a stealth tent such as my DR60 and growing some Autos. So here is mine - starting today. This will show you how you can build a beast stealthy set up and get dank nugs every 2 months. Seeds are germed and have just been placed in the soil. I will give the details of my grow, price of everything, and for the next 2 months you will see what the Auto AK 47 from "the attitude" seed company looks like and produces.

DR 60 grow Tent - $115
250 Watt HPS - $117
(2) 300 Watt CFL's - (2)$ 18
Carbon Filter - $ 50
Squirrel Cage Fan (265 cfpm) - $ 99
Fox Farm 3 pack and samples shown - $ 45
Fox Farm Ocean Forest Soil - $ 21
Expanded Clay pellets and Pots - $ 25
6" Inline intake fan - $ 27
Ducting access. - $ 20
(2) white fans - (2)$ 10
Heavy Grounded Power Strip - $ 10
Heavy Grounded Double Timer - $ 15
5 Seeds (shipping - Guaranteed shipping) - $100
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$ 600

Genetics:
5 Fem LowLife Auto AK47
1 DinaFem Blue Widow (regular plant)
1 DinaFem Blue Hash (regular plant)

Use Nutes on 1/4 power after 3rd week (FF soil has a few weeks worth of good nutes built in)
Distilled Water all the time
Light 20-4 (First Month)
18-6 (Second Month)

If i left anything out - just ask. Advice welcome as well.

Special Thanks to HTGSupply for all the materials and Attitude Seeds for the genetics

I like the setup man, where did you get those free samples?

tom__420 said:

I like the setup man, where did you get those free samples?

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Thanks! HTGS opened a new store in Charlotte NC and they gave me them with my 1st visit there. Expensive bottles from what i understand...

Yeah they are pretty expensive that is why I asked... You should send me one of them bottles

Wow looks good man ,, im new to the site and will look forward to watching this as i'm just about to start 5 ak47 auto's myself under a 250w hps ,, gonna use the same light cycle as you but im just using vintage bat guano for nutes and multipurpose soil.
Never grown this before just wanted ur opinion into weather that sounds ok ??

Glad you are following the journal - Your soil and nutes will be perfectly fine for the auto ak's because they are a really strong and resilient plant and if the soil and bat guano are good it will carry the plant to the end. Whats your grow room like? tent/closet/etc?

Send me a nug that looks like the one in your pic and you got it! ha

My closet is pretty big , measurements are 4.5 x 2 (feet) and is easily high enough for the auto's , gonna use diamond reflective sheeting and maybe 2 desk fans but its in my bedroom so hoping i shouldnt need anymore than that.
Im sorry what pic ??

The2TimEr said:

My closet is pretty big , measurements are 4.5 x 2 (feet) and is easily high enough for the auto's , gonna use diamond reflective sheeting and maybe 2 desk fans but its in my bedroom so hoping i shouldnt need anymore than that.
Im sorry what pic ??

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That was to tom_420

Heat would be your only possible issue..dont know what your desk fans look like - but sounds good. When does it go in the soil?

Nice setup. Going to be a good grow for sure.

just checking in to say that this sounds like a great setup and i'd be interested in seeing this journal. good luck!

Ahh right lol, well have it all ready to go and im gonna be ordering the seeds probs this coming tuesday , im getting mine from Dr Chronic ,, do you think they will be safe ?

The fans im using are very similar to the 1's u are using , just gonna have mine standing on something just in front of the closet with the doors half open ,, so the 250w produces a lot of heat still ? this is the first time i will have used it.

I ordered from Attitude and it was flawless and quick so if you know that Dr. Chron is good - I assume they ship safely as well.

250 heat - It produces its fair share but my tent shown gets no hotter than 81 with my fans going.
Leaving the door open - Remember that you want to reflect as much light as possible back towards the plants - leaving it open does help with temps but isn't the most efficient grow nor is it stealthy at all (if thats of concern)

Really how quick were they ? ( I live in the UK btw )
Thanks for stopping me there its a good point ,, my closet has a level above it and i have taken the plank out that was there, this part also has doors so with that being open above the light that should work i think ?

its hard to leave the door closed hah for me atleast i have heat issues and the door is almost always open except when they are sleeping anyways..nice grow!! looks like its gunna be a biggie.. best of luck to ya

Not too much to report on the grow except to say that 4 of the autos made it and both dinafems made it. 1 of the Auto seeds was cracked but we were giving it a go anyways. (they are replacing it for free!)

I took the shelf out of the tent for a little more air room and intake air around the plants for now.

Also see pic (mid construction) - we have gotten a super vortex fan and put it in the attic drawing through the ceiling from the carbon filter. This cuts down on NOISE, smell, hot air, and is great.

Countdown: 59 days

i like ur set up i subscribe, can't wait to watch them grow

Upgrades: Added 790 cfm Vortex blower in the attic and ran the tubing through the ceiling. There is no noise from the fan making its way down and it removes all the heat/smell/old air out of the tent very well. Also added a variable speed control for the fan to cut it down at night, etc.

Put the shelf back in over the intake and got HI-LO risers for the light to be able to move it up and down easily.

Swapped my 2 small fans for a 16" circle fan that does the job quite well.

Plants and looking young but healthy!

Wow! seriously jealous of ur setup man!
looks really good, how far do you keep ur light away from the babies at this stage?