Mini Aeroponic Garden

So I thought it would be interesting to do a quick comparison...

The first picture is the clone on 09-06-08...
The 2nd picture is the same clone today...





Not bad for 15 days I guess...

Gypsy...

NCE ONE BRA

Thanks...!!!!

alright gypsy, im jumpin onboard, i hope im not too late..
i briefly went threw some of this thread but will spark one up tonight and get a little more informed with everything you have going on here....but shit looks good man.

jollygreengiant8 said:

alright gypsy, im jumpin onboard, i hope im not too late..
i briefly went threw some of this thread but will spark one up tonight and get a little more informed with everything you have going on here....but shit looks good man.

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Hey JG! How's it hanging...?

Welcome to my garden... and you are what people in Hollywood call "fashionably late"...LOL...

You have showed up at day 27 of flowering... so you are right on time for best of it... hehehe!!!

Pull up a chair, go grab your stash... the bonfire is raging and we're gonna be here a while still...

...and while you are here, take a peek at our nursery over at the water farm... it's just next door...
The Alpha Beta Project - A Miniature Aquaponic Farm

Well, catch you later... I have an update to make...

Cheers...

Gypsy...

Shit looks good gypsy like all the different experiments u got goin... Hows alpha beta doin??

Fuck ya bro you got a nice lil set up

xxDogTagZxx said:

Shit looks good gypsy like all the different experiments u got goin... Hows alpha beta doin??

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Thanx Dog!!! I appreciate it...

Alpha Beta is doing good... he loves showing off and puffing up for Beta Beta... and since both Bamboo shrimp are still alive, I named them Bam & Boo... I love getting ripped and watching them...

DA DANK DAWSON said:

Fuck ya bro you got a nice lil set up

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Thanks Man... it seems to be working... !


Gypsy

Bam and Boo... LoL LoL... Well check my thread gypsy i ended up with 3 out of 5 females.. And they just started budding over a week ago.. But man those ideas u have are nice.. I thought about putting feeder fish in my AG but bought a fish tank with a pump and just steal water out of their every 2 days.. Well how far along are u and they are clones right?? How tall do they end up growing.. This is so interestin I love it rep up for this shit!!! Come on guys and gals gypsy definitely deserves a rep + for this!!!

Bam and Boo... hahahaha

xxDogTagZxx said:

Bam and Boo... LoL LoL... Well check my thread gypsy i ended up with 3 out of 5 females.. And they just started budding over a week ago.. But man those ideas u have are nice.. I thought about putting feeder fish in my AG but bought a fish tank with a pump and just steal water out of their every 2 days.. Well how far along are u and they are clones right?? How tall do they end up growing.. This is so interestin I love it rep up for this shit!!! Come on guys and gals gypsy definitely deserves a rep + for this!!!

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Thanks again Dog...

3 out of 5 is not bad... I'll be by after a bit...

Well, aquaponics is very different from hydro... dropping some fish in your AG would probably just kill them...

If you want to talk more about this stuff, come on over to the water farm with some time and we'll talk about some of the stuff I've been learning...

And yes, these plants were started from clones...

Today is the 27th day of flowering...

Well, if I had just let them go, they would surely be 3 to 4 times their size...

But I tortured them into growing down, and then around, in a spiral around itself...

I am hoping to keep them under 10 inches, which so far seems highly achievable, seeing as they are only 3 to 4 inches now...

Thanks for the rep... you enjoying my garden, and maybe being inspired by an idea, is worth more than a status on the computer... thanks though...

Hope to see you over at the water farm later...

Gypsy...

xxDogTagZxx said:

Bam and Boo... LoL LoL...

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SocataSmoker said:

Bam and Boo... hahahaha

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Bam & Boo hihihi!!!

That's some good shit...!!!

sofa king funny ... lol




Gypsy...

Damn right sucka foo'!

Just a quick question, if you were going to almost completely redo the aerogarden...why didnt you just buy a tupperware bin, an air pump, and a few airstones along with a couple cfl's. Not saying the aerogarden isnt going to work but I bet youd get better results with a simple tupperware bin and air stones. Also youd save half your money and I bet it wouldnt take any longer to build than the mods to the aerogarden took.

nowstopwhining said:

Just a quick question, if you were going to almost completely redo the aerogarden...why didnt you just buy a tupperware bin, an air pump, and a few airstones along with a couple cfl's. Not saying the aerogarden isnt going to work but I bet youd get better results with a simple tupperware bin and air stones. Also youd save half your money and I bet it wouldnt take any longer to build than the mods to the aerogarden took.

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I totally understand where you are coming from with this question... and I agree with the general thought that you can do the same or better, cheaper and just as easy as the Aerogarden...

But with all that in mind, I would like to share a different perspective on the subject....

In my case it was 99% convenience... I have made several trips to the operating room this year, treating an extreme leg fracture, and walking down the isles of HD or WM looking for stuff... even with their little cart was an impossibility...

I sent a cab driver with money over to the feed store nearby my hotel, and he came back with it... no way I could have given him a list to WM...

On top of that, it wasn't until I started with the Aerogarden that some of the "magik" disappeared... I have grown before, outdoors, in big fields, but hydroponics... AEROPONICS... that's like...scientific, futuristic, geek stuff...

I knew ZERO about it, and that same afternoon I had my clones "installed" and as happy as they are today...

Knowing what I know today, would I do it again??? No Way!!!!

Knowing what I knew then, would I??? For sure!!!!

Why? you must be asking....

Because then I didn't know it could be done so simply... call it Ignorance...

But I didn't know and it has helped me learn soooo much, it has more than paid for itself.... would the tupperware be a better deal..? YES and it would pay for itself even sooner... but that doesn't make the AG a bad investment... just a slower one to give you returns...

If you could reach every noob and tell them to get a plastic container and airstone, I would give you props.... but since no one can... it is great that there is such a product out there, to encourage people that would otherwise not even attempt...

Is it a tool for an experienced grower? NOOOO.... it's a toy with which to learn in...

Some are fortunate to have access to more information than others...

But my AG has been an education, and there is no price on that...

I don't regret it at all...

I do tell people interested in the AG that they can do it for less money, but some insist on the "product" appearance of the AG... something they can have on their counter top without it being a plastic bin with some tape...

You know how it goes... opinions... preferences.... but I agree, no questions, you CAN HAVE THE SAME OR BETTER RESULTS FOR WAY LESS MONEY THAN THE AEROGARDEN... but there is a convenience aspect for many many users...

Uh...!?!? How's that for an answer...???

I really hope I didn't sound stand-offish or rude, that was really not what I intended... I worked out hard at physical therapy today and now I am high as kite...wooooouuuww...

Anyway... Thanks for playing...!!!

Be Well...

Gypsy...

Wow - here here... I couldn't have answered any better. BTW, what in God's name happened to your leg my man? That shit made me cringe! If you don't want to answer, I understand. Did something fall on that leg? I know now that no medicine could do for you what the 'erb can do for ya!

Take care and take care of that bone!

nowstopwhining said:

Just a...

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By the way... That is some really cool shit you have on your signature...
I am going to read it ALL... lol... +rep

I really hope I didn't sound like a prick... I know I am clueless, but I would like to think that somewhere there is a method to my madness...

See you over on your side of the fence...

NuteGreenwitch said:

...what in God's name happened to your leg my man? That shit made me cringe!

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I am sorry, I was afraid of that... wonder if I should take it down...

NuteGreenwitch said:

Did something fall on that leg?

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Yes...! My dumb ass... I slipped on the ice, twisted my foot, and fell sitting on the leg, on top of a chunk of ice... 7 fractures in 7 different directions...

Ended up waiting, sitting on the couch without ANY medication or alcohol or ANYTHING for 14 hours...

Then I got on a small plane, in the dark, in bad weather, in -35F weather for an hour and a half to reach a village of 500 people that has a clinic...

By the time I settled down in the clinic, they had given enough morphine to kill several people, and they ended up just knocking me out for the 3 hours of traction that took to move my leg and foot back to kinda forward...

I remember the injection... and I remember breakfast the next day...

It was a very long day, you might say...

After 3 surgeries, mind boggling amounts of pain, and lots of physical therapy, I am beginning my third crutch-free week... in 7 months...

NuteGreenwitch said:

I know now that no medicine could do for you what the 'erb can do for ya!

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The government has allowed me to take some of the strongest and most addictive pharmaceuticals known to man... yet, they'll throw me in jail, even though Alaska is a medical state...

I had so much morphine pumping through me that I had to sign a paper saying that the doctor was acting as per my request... we went past the legal limit... without my signature, it would have been called ATTEMPTED MANSLAUGHTER...

So the guy was giving me enough that he had to cover his ass, and I can't have some gigglebush in my garden... THAT IS BULLSHIT!!!!

Sorry, didn't mean to rant...
hang on...


There all better...

NuteGreenwitch said:

Take care and take care of that bone!

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Thanks!
I will...
25 to 35 hours of phys. therapy a week...

Pain Free Walking, Here I Come!!!!

Well, take care Nut-e... (sorry, couldn't call you witch...lol)

Gypsy...

That was a perfect answer, and no you didnt come off as a prick

I actually appreciate you taking the time to give me such a good answer.

Damn man your leg in the last picture all cut open with the metal rod inside reminds me off the fucking terminator hahahaha. Good luck with the recovery man, I know it can be ruff.

Oh and have fun checkin the links, hope you enjoy

nowstopwhining said:

That was a perfect answer, and no you didnt come off as a prick ...
I actually appreciate you taking the time to give me such a good answer.

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I am glad my long answer didn't come off as rudeness ...

You asked a very valid question, in a very respectful way...

So I tried to give you the best answer I could come up with...

RESPECT = RESPECT... I wish more people would figure that out...

nowstopwhining said:

Damn man your leg in the last picture all cut open with the metal rod inside reminds me off the fucking terminator hahahaha. Good luck with the recovery man, I know it can be ruff.

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You should see it with the new LED lights.... LOL I'm just joking.... lol

Thanks... the worst of it is behind me... the wheelchair... 5 months without feeling/moving my toes... the hard drugs...the pain....

Now I am just concentrating on walking without pain and without a limp (a very strong one I might add)...

3 months of pharmaceutical-free living...

Thanks man....

nowstopwhining said:

Oh and have fun checkin the links, hope you enjoy

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DUUUUUDE !!!!!

Some of the stuff I saw in your posts is just outta sight!!!!

I have much reading to in order to catch up... but I will...

I am really glad you stopped by...

Thanks again..

Gypsy...