Anybody experienced with AK 47?

Gquebed

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So my next run will be the famed AK47 and I was wondering if anybody here is experienced with that strain, who could offer some tips on it. IE: is it pH sensitive, is it a wild stretcher, how does it respond to topping twice and stuff like that. I got the beans from High Grade Seeds and heard it's a wild stretcher from guys on that site, but then in doing some research on the strain I heard it the opposite.. that it stays fairly short. I dunno...maybe different pheno types out there or something. Anyway, any tips would be great... (I'm going to scrog it for 8 weeks or so).
 

Fazer1rlg

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I have one ak47 in flower now. She was the tallest plant in veg but she responded well to topping and low stress training to keep her height uniform. She has the biggest buds in flowering right now they are needing support at 5 weeks in. Smell is dank for sure.
 

Gquebed

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Yeah, I heard the AK buds can get pretty heavy. That's part of the reason I want to scrog it... well, I want to try scrogging and I've been meaning to do my AK beans so it seemed like a perfect match. LOL Did you top your AK once? Or more?
 

herballuvmonkey

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If you are scrogging top her once before she gets to the screen. Understand that AK will run like crazy once she goes into flower so flower her at 50-60% of the screen being full (with at least being 28-32 days old). Swim used a 3x3 screen under a 600w hps. Done well you should get a good 10-12oz's. Are you rolling soil or hydro...if hydro swim recommends DWC no more than 1200ppm's at height of flower cycle. Good luck :)
 

Gquebed

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Thanks for the tip herbal...that's exactly what I was wondering, how much of the screen to fill before flipping to flower and what the yield might be. I'm doing soil still... think I'll stick with that until I can get good at scrogging and using co2.
 

herballuvmonkey

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CO2 is cool, never used it though, well not to any avail. I've found that great lights, good airflow proper nutrients and a lil love will get you the funkiest of the funk if you want. The great thing about scrog is that it only takes one maybe two rounds to get a really good idea of how to do it. Don't be afraid to make mistakes, god knows I made a few lol. I put 4 plants in a 3.5x3.5 screen on my first and they promptly totally overgrew that bitch. But I tweaked and did it right the next time. Now I wouldn't put more than 1 girl in a 3x3 with a 600 or 1k over it and still pull 10 oz's depending on the strain so don't be afraid to experiment. One thing I will say get happy with one strain and find her nitche in the screen. In other words find that strain that you can't fuck up in the screen and make that your go to girl. Many people never get the process down because they are constantly switching beans and slowly but surely find out that not every girl is happy in the scrog some do better and some do worse. Good luck bro and if you need any help or pics let me know.
 

Gquebed

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So 1 girl in a 3X3? Hmmm... I'm in the ballpark. Planning to do 3 AK girls in a 4X8... should be okay? Anyway, would love to see some pics herballuvmonkey!
 

curiousuk

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never grown AK-47 but i fucking LOVE! Smoking AK-47 its next morning afterbuzz is the same as i get with cheese. Top Notch Puka genetics right there!
 
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