Are the lights on the aerogarden enough?

Thier's three lights on the aerogarden extra. and idk the wattage. Is it enough for two small plants to grow at the same time through thier entire life cycle? Growing easyrider and white dwarf. Someone said if I use the light boosters included I won't need extra lights. How much light do I need for two small plants in a small space?
 

HSA

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Marley: if you're going to be an Aerogardener, don't start messing with it. It's a compact, complete, self contained table top growing system designed to grow culinary herbs and veggies but you can grow weed in it but if you know what you're doing.
1. You're limited to growing: one, two or possibly three small plants from small strains in it. The seven holes make people greedy and after two plants it gets tricky.
2. I have no idea what the color or K measurement is on the lights, but they work great for vegging. Aimed Mylar covered reflectors will help recycle the light you already paid for back up to illuminate the parts of your plants that are usually shaded.
3. You'll flower by manipulating the photo period. The new models do it internally and the older ones require an external timer and a figure eight cord. You only have one lamp that fits it and it's proprietary.
4. Keep the lights 1 to 2 inches off the tops of your plants.
5. Their nutes are not good for flowering our favorite herb so settle on another brand. Technaflora's, "Recipe for Success," $30 sample/starter kit will last you a long time in an A/G.
6. Check and adjust your pH daily and change your nutes weekly and you swhould be successful. I hope that helps. HSA
 

Mikeabc

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1 or 2 plants is the most u'll be able to grow in the aerograden
the bulbs u have are probably the 37 watt ones and i think there supposed to be full spectrum.
ur gonna need to get some cfls in that grow room though, atleast during the flowering stage if not the whole grow
 

HSA

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Marley: if those Mylar reflectors are properly aimed you can get buds all the way down to the planting deck. Sebastian in Northern California and I experimented with them a couple of years ago and came up with the same results. Extra lighting usually means extra cords, the cost of extra electricity, and often your grow looks like an electrician's nightmare. One guy I know used four reflectors where Sebastian and I only used three but I can't say his was that much more efficient than what we were doing. He also admitted it was a bitch to take apart to service the unit as you do daily. The Aerogarden isn't perfect but it's a real box of fun to work with. HSA
 
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