How to start and use "Aerospring 400W HPS Package"

I'm basically your average adult who has never taken an interest in plants at all, except for my highly-valued Mary Jane, of which I have never considered growing before mid month . I have been looking into this system, and I have some questions about growing in general as well.

Please don't laugh at any of these questions...they're all serious, I'm an intelligent enough guy, just not in the growing department, and any help offered would help me do any research needed to get that awesome system going for me .

Okay, so I'm going to order the Aerospring 400W HPS Package (with the extension) it looks like now..(http://www.futuregarden.com/hydroponics/systems_aerospring.html) unless I hear anything about it I really really don't like. It fits my laziness level perfectly.

1. What is cloning? I know it has to do with kinda "re-growing" your plants, and I have only a vague idea as to why.

2. What kinda of monthly bill increase in electricity am I looking at? I don't want to spend too too much but I want lots of plants .

3. Can the system fully support 8 plants (4 + 4 with extension)? Will it affect my yield at all?

4. Can I keep the stench of skunk down to a minimum with this system? It's not my house and I don't want the owner to get in trouble as they have been gracious enough to give me permission to grow plants in their house.

Thanks guys, thats all my questions for now.

how old are you??

CALIGROWN said:

how old are you??

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LOL!!! STOP READING MY MIND CALI!!! get out of my head!

Adult* lol...little confusion.

anyone know anything about it??

why not make one?? I went ebb and flow for my first hydro grow....but im a soil veteran..

Well, like I said, I don't know very much. I need some guidance, and if there's a cheaper, just as efficient way, then I'm in. I'm looking for a setup that I can grow a lot in (around 10 plants...full sized) but quality bud. I need a lot of smoke to get me stoned...and it has to be good stuff, so who better to grow than myself, right? I just want an effective, hassle free system.

https://www.rollitup.org/newbie-central/1326-101-already-asked-questions.html

Most of your questions can be answered here. With that said, according to your post. I would not recommend that system. Why? Cause you are a lazy ass. Like you stated. This Aero systems work on a MYSTING watering system. Very sensitive. If you don't know what you are doing you will kill your plants. Yes the system grows plants faster, but it also kills them faster also. Systems like that have very little room for errors when feeding your plants. With soil you at least have a buffer zone in that the soil will take up some food. With those aero system, the roots get all the food. Screw up your calulations with the chems and your plants die. Screw up your calculations with soil, you can recover.
Keeping the smell down depends on your current situation. Some can get by with nothing as they are in the middle of no mans land. Some need full on suppression of the smell as they are in urban areas and people will smell the bud. One thing about urban areas though. If can be hard to find out who is growing in an apartment complex. 300 apartments and the smell is around 5 apartments for two floors. Who has the bud out of the ten apartments. But still you can use systems to remove or minimize the smell. Once again read around. Search the forums for posts regarding filteration. You will find all the answers you need.
BTW. Don't waste your money on that system, seriously. You can build it after reading for 1 or 2 weeks and put your money to more important things like a $75 rat fan and $200 for lighting and the rest for chems and other little things you are going to find out you need. Heck you can start out with a $15 light set up from the depot. But you will have to invest in better lights once they start to grow and flower.

You misunderstand. By laziness I mean that I don't like a lot of routine work. When I do learn what I'm doing I won't forget it. The things that I do that I value I do well, and I think growing whacky-tobacco might be my next improvement with any luck.

well personally i dont like aeroponics im a hydro man my self but if you think you can do it do than do it but i would just use bag seeds cause i wouldn't want to just kill some quality seeds my first try
just PAY ATTENTION to the grow even in hydro when i first did it i was confused but it all comes to you but with lots of trial and error

mr thc said:

You misunderstand. By laziness I mean that I don't like a lot of routine work. When I do learn what I'm doing I won't forget it. The things that I do that I value I do well, and I think growing whacky-tobacco might be my next improvement with any luck.

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Welll that's the problem with those systems. They do require more work in my opinon. Being they are so sensitive you have to monitor them everyday. An the monitoring itself if can become mundan. With a soil grow you can't "set it and forget it" either but at least you can go one or two days with a healty grown plant without doing anything. But still you will have to monitor your plants everyday or at least you should. Plants are by no means dogs, cats or humans and will not require as much attention. But they are still living and will require you to care for them like mother nature would. But once you get it all down and you are on your way, you should be able to get by with 30 minutes per day check ups. I'm not trying to sway you either way. Just saying the more technical the process, the more critical the monitoring will be.

And what about the cost...thats what I'm the most sketchy about...Aerogarden might also be right for me.. the pro 200 version. It's space that is so limited...Could I still get a large yield w/o the extra space? And yes more work but also faster harvest...which means more bud more often

I paid $150 for my HPS, you can find them cheaper or more expensive... I think you should look around at peoples grows on this site to get ideas then figure out what will work best for your situation... Is this going in a closet? a room? a bathtub? an attic? Figuring out where you are putting the setup is the first thing you need to look at. Then what your options are for both dirt/hydro. I think dirt is best for a first time grow. I did both dirt and a little bubbleponic set up... I got tired of messing with the hydro so I replanted them in dirt... I prefer dirt for a while..

There are more factors involved to get a good yeild and I'm pretty sure space is only a limited one. It's a hinderance if anything else. Your yeild will depend on a number of factors IE: Experience, seed strain, PH, lighting, food, grow medium. They all play factors into the yeild of the plant. Some more then others.
I honestly don't think that system or any other system is worth the money. Unless you have an endless supply of cash and no time on your hands everything you see there can be done in your home. You can get 2 gallon soil planting pots, a $200 light system and grow with no problems. Of course you would have to monitor the plants. But once again those systems are designed more towards a professional or novice grower of plants. Funny cause you don't see most pros using those systems. They make there own. Nothing sucks more then paying $400 for some PVC and a few 5 gallon buckets with fish tank pumps attached to them. You open the box, look over everything, put it together, see how it works and then get pissed at yourself cause you realize you could have made the thing in a few hours for 1/2 the money with shit from the depot.

this room was built for 335 tops(minus the ez-cloner) its my mom room.
its in $25 bag of black gold soil
a $250 1000w hps
I bought a conversion bulb hps-->mh $60 but you dont have to.
a small pump-$20
a little water tube with some drips $20
a little fan 20

i water every 2-3 days and if i get a week-long timer, i can water, then fill the bucket back up, set the timer and wont have to worry for 5-6 days.

SUPPER EASY

ya cause you can just make a little dresser into a grow box (dresser like 2.5ftX2.5ftX4ft) and you can put a 250 hps in there and you'd be pretty set but then you gotta figure out everything else be it hydro soil or anything

oh and ventilation but you wouldnt need much since its only 250 watts

Deffently not worth it. For 400$ you could make a grow system twice as good.

Go to the DYI section and research some stuff.

Thanks for the feedback guys. This is exactly why I made this post