12/12 CFL Aerogarden 1st journal

[spoyda mian]

The aerogarden failed me and my friend.. it jus stopped pumping air.
has this happened to anyone else?

 

[GreenScoundrel]

[QUOTE="SICC";3847878]well i used the AG nute tabs my first go, and i liked them, so if your short on cash i would just use those for now, but this is what i went with after, only 25 bucs or so, cheap, simple and effective

http://www.amazon.com/General-Hydroponics-Flora-Kit-Pint/dp/B000BO3CGO[/QUOTE]

I'm using the the liquid AG stuff, I was just asking if you thought I should go back to nutes after my flush a few days back.

 

[GreenScoundrel]

i did my first grow in the 6 pod aerogarden i used the nutreints it came with and added a airstone to the resovour after 4 weeks you have to clean the resovour it gets nasty real quick mine never wilted also added a timer for 12/12 couse it dont have one

I've been cleaning the rez once a week, but so far the water that come out is clean. If you look back you'll see i did it twice in the past week, and I've been on 12/12 (with timer) since I started this journal. I'll get an airstone tomorrow.

 

[GREEN000]

make sue you have good ventilation it must displace all the air in your grow room in one minute my temp was 78 airstone helped a $hit load

 

[GREEN000]

oh i had to check my ph twice a day its becouse the resivior is so small and the water evaporates really fast my ph was 6.7

 

[GreenScoundrel]

oh i had to check my ph twice a day its becouse the resivior is so small and the water evaporates really fast my ph was 6.7

I havent had any ph problems. Was checkin twice a day but it's always good. I only did the flush b/c of the spotted leaves. In my experience with soil it never hurts. I still do ph at least once every day tho, and once they get bigger i'll probably need to check it more. I've seen a couple of people's journals where they would be ok in the morning and way up by the evening.

 

[NinjaOZDuce]

The aerogarden failed me and my friend.. it jus stopped pumping air.
has this happened to anyone else?

AG never pumps air. It has a WATER pump that has different time cycles. you need to buy a separate air pump & air stone for the res.

 

["SICC"]

I'm using the the liquid AG stuff, I was just asking if you thought I should go back to nutes after my flush a few days back.

yeah i would go bac on the nutes, at 1/4 strength

 

[GreenScoundrel]

[QUOTE="SICC";3850304]yeah i would go bac on the nutes, at 1/4 strength[/QUOTE]

Cool, thanks. I think I saw some pre flowers today, maybe I'm just getting over-excited. Pics later!

 

["SICC"]

sounds good man, keep us posted

 

[GreenScoundrel]

[QUOTE="SICC";3851118]sounds good man, keep us posted [/QUOTE]
My camera can't zoom well enough, but I think I might have a couple preflowers goin. Unfortunately the one I'm most confident about looks like it might be a lil ballsack Time will tell. I clipped some dead leaves got some bubbles goin, cleaned rez, added ph'd water with 1/4 strength nutes (all today) and they're looking a little perkier. Got some fan service for the root lovers as well. Oh, I also raised the AG light cause, I'd like em to reach for the sky a lil bit more. (Check out the stunty lookin one with the huge fan leaves.) Should I raise my side lights as well or leave em be for now. At this point they're about 2" higher than the plant tops pointed down on them.

 

["SICC"]

you can try moving the lights up, maybe they will try to reach up for the light, im still confused as to why there so droopy

 

[GreenScoundrel]

[QUOTE="SICC";3852140]you can try moving the lights up, maybe they will try to reach up for the light, im still confused as to why there so droopy [/QUOTE]

Me too. Hopin the bubbles and the nutes will take care of it, but they only had bubbles for about 2 hrs before the pics were taken. Next update we should have more info. Hey, I'm glad my leaves stopped dying.

 

["SICC"]

yeah things should shape up

 

[NinjaOZDuce]

they prolly know bed time was comming. they will prolly be perky in the morning right after lights on. I was freaking out about that at that stage in my grow too. they were droopy every evening for some reason. but in the morning they were perky

 

[GreenScoundrel]

they prolly know bed time was comming. they will prolly be perky in the morning right after lights on. I was freaking out about that at that stage in my grow too. they were droopy every evening for some reason. but in the morning they were perky

I think you might be right. They're lookin pretty perky lately tho. I'm not sure if the bubbles + nutes helped as well. I'm sure they didn't hurt. Pics later!

 

[GreenScoundrel]

Also Ninja, was just looking at your journal and had a thought. I never turned my pump off, maybe they're just over watered? Pump go bye-bye today.

 

[NinjaOZDuce]

yea thats a good move....you dont need the water pump watering the stalk. dont wanna drown ur babies. thats prolly why your leaves are wide

The Complete guide to Sick Plants,pH, and Pest troubles! this helped me alot along the way.... Shout out to SICC for showing me the way

 

[GreenScoundrel]

K, girls are lookin much perkier now. I read this sticky from the CFL forum about light proximity and moved all of my lights as close as they would go. Made a lil DIY CO2 setup and like I said earlier killed the pump. These pics are a couple hours from lights out and theyre still perky. They look a little small to me but it's been years since I grew (and that was outdoor) so I'm not sure. I've seen journals where people were much bigger or smaller at this stage and they all look like they end up ok so I'm not sweatin it. I'm pretty sure I've been overwatering for at least a week tho. Theyre getting very bushy, which I like, but I'm hoping that they sex soon so I can remove some and give 'em some room. Roots look about the same as last update, stems are getting thick. One of 'em is MUCH smaller than the other 5. It's top right in pic 5, top mid in pic 6, and top left in pic 7. I have no idea what's up with that. Also I'm considering more lights. I don't want to overdo it but given the questionable genes I'm trying to give my girls all the help they can get! Perhaps more lighting can wait? Any and all input is appreciated.

P.S. I just compared these pics with the ones from two days ago, and although they're short g'damn are they gettin bushy!

 

["SICC"]

K, girls are lookin much perkier now. I read this sticky from the CFL forum about light proximity and moved all of my lights as close as they would go. Made a lil DIY CO2 setup and like I said earlier killed the pump. These pics are a couple hours from lights out and theyre still perky. They look a little small to me but it's been years since I grew (and that was outdoor) so I'm not sure. I've seen journals where people were much bigger or smaller at this stage and they all look like they end up ok so I'm not sweatin it. I'm pretty sure I've been overwatering for at least a week tho. Theyre getting very bushy, which I like, but I'm hoping that they sex soon so I can remove some and give 'em some room. Roots look about the same as last update, stems are getting thick. One of 'em is MUCH smaller than the other 5. It's top right in pic 5, top mid in pic 6, and top left in pic 7. I have no idea what's up with that. Also I'm considering more lights. I don't want to overdo it but given the questionable genes I'm trying to give my girls all the help they can get! Perhaps more lighting can wait? Any and all input is appreciated.

P.S. I just compared these pics with the ones from two days ago, and although they're short g'damn are they gettin bushy!

they look great man, alot better then the last set of pics