AK-48 LST T5 Extravaganza

Figured I'd put up a couple pics of my AK-48 plants. All three are clones and have been in 12/12 for 12 days.

This is the thrid time I've grown out this strain. All three grows have used clones from the same mother plant. Vegged these for right about 45 days after transplanting the rooted clones. The previous two times I've grown AK-48, I only vegged for 30-35 days. I read a few places that these plants will do much better with a longer veg time, and boy they weren't lying. Those extra 10 or 12 days could nearly double the yield I've gotten on my past AK-48 grows.

I topped these a time or two, and tried supercropping for the first time on a couple branches. As far as the supercropping goes, I haven't seen a huge difference in growth on the supercropped branches, but supercropping is great when I have a branch poking up above the canopy and I'm too lazy to dig the plant out and tie it down. I just reach in, crush the stem and lay it over. Couldn't be easier.

Here they are. I orginally planned to flower five, but decided on three. Like I said, that little bit of extra veg time REALLY made a huge difference.

Lighting - Two 220W biax/2G11/duo-tube T5 fixtures.
Soil - Sunshine/Sun-Gro Brand
Nutes - Jacks Houseplant Special 15-30-15 @ 1/4 strength every feeding and Cal-Mag Plus @ 5ML per gallon every feeding.
Water - PH'd tap water.

Peace. Word to ya mutha.

Nice grow bro, super dense and bushy, looking healthy too! One question from a noob, what do you mean by PH'd tap water?

iamaaror said:

One question from a noob, what do you mean by PH'd tap water?

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My tap (like most tap water) comes out with a high PH. Mine is right around 8. When I said PH'd tap water, I just mean that I use tap water but I bring the PH down to the proper range before I put it on the plants.

Stomata said:

My tap (like most tap water) comes out with a high PH. Mine is right around 8. When I said PH'd tap water, I just mean that I use tap water but I bring the PH down to the proper range before I put it on the plants.

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Just as I thought, so you use PH down or a similar product? I was considering doing that but I didn't know if I could mix PH down with nutes.

Yeah PH down.

I axed the smallest of the three since it was a little too crowded in there. I took the remaining two plants and REALLY spread them out to expose the undergrowth. I MIGHT get less overall yield, but think I'll end up with more quality bud and less popcorn that would have resulted from the shielded undergrowth.

Nice grow..ever thought of doing scrog...rep

DSB65 said:

Nice grow..ever thought of doing scrog...rep

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Yeah, but I have to take the plants in and out of the closet to water them. A screen would make that impossible. Plus, I think strings give me better control over the branches.

ya man...plants look awesome. shouldnt they be under the screen now though...lol

Took them out tonight for a watering and WOW, the undergrowth is INSANE. Lights are out now, but I'll post some pics in the next day or two. All I can say is that from now on, it's gonna be two big ass plants trained to the max.

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