My First Aero Grow

newcastle420

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and here's the cfl box. the plants are growing better than i expected besides the fact that only 3 of them sprouted. Besides those 3 i got a clone growing also. its weird though because theres a couple of white hairs on it like its flowering, you can see in the picture. i also topped one of the plants... we'll see how that goes because i've never done that before. i also never cloned anything before either. i actually cloned it by accident.

when i found the male in my flower box i had a free spot and i had also accidentally broke off the tip of one of the branches. so just for the fuck of it i stuck the piece that i broke off in the empty spot to see what would happen. after a few days i noticed that it wasn't dying, then after about a week or 2 it grew roots. so i planted it.
 

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Mr.Natural

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Very cool setup, Love the perputial grow thing, thinking about it myself...How are your Temps with that 150 watt hps?
Good luck ....
 
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Mr.Natural said:
Very cool setup, Love the perputial grow thing, thinking about it myself...How are your Temps with that 150 watt hps?
Good luck ....
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Thanks man... I dont know exactly what the temp is, i dont have a thermometer... i just give em plenty of ventilation and use my best judgment when adjusting the light and they all have been fine so far. :blsmoke:

i dont do too much to control the temp and humidity... but now that i think about it i should prolly try it... my plants may turn out allot better :weed:
 
newcastle420

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Yesterday in the CFL box i sealed the lid for the aeroponic system with caulk. Once i did that i turned the water pump off for at least 10 hours to let the caulk set.

Tonight i looked in the res and there was chunks of gooey caulk floating around in there. Im kind of worried that maybe a chemical from the caulk will get to my plants and hurt them. If it does oh well they're only 2 weeks old. I dont think anything is gonna happen though because they haven't showed any signs of being unhealthy yet.
 
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Im the kind of guy that likes to experiment with different things :bigjoint: I like to try to do things many different ways. I guess im just curious & like learning new things :confused:

But ne-wayz im gonna try to grow one of the plants that are in the cfl box in a spiral instead of straight up. It would be different. i don't remember ever seeing anybody try anything like this before. Ill be using the tie-down technique, as the plant grows i will tie it down so that the main stem spirals up.

My theory is that with this technique you should get at least double the yield than you would with a straight plant at the same height. Think about it... if you have something in a spiral, when stretched out its gonna be allot taller than that same object in spiral form... so basically there will be allot more main stem at a shorter height :weed:

The only thing that i could think of that might not work so good with this technique is light penetration. With the main stem in a spiral, the leaves in the plant will be very close together which will block light to the lower buds.

So I dont know... we'll find out how it works here soon.

What are your guys thoughts on this??? bongsmilie:eyesmoke:bongsmilie:eyesmoke:bongsmilie
 
newcastle420

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OK here are the pics of what i did to the veg box. Instead of spiraling 1 plant like i said before I am going to spiral 2 plants incase ones a male. So now in my veg box i have 1 clone, 2 spiraling plants, and 1 topped plant. Thats 4 plants... my setup holds seven but when i planted them 3 didnt sprout :cuss: i hate that shit lol. i'ts ok though i have some seeds germinating as we speak... they'll just be a little smaller than the other plants since they got a 2 week late start. lol i aint even gonna lie i was bullshittin for a while on germinating those seeds, they should have been planted last week lol but thats what happens when you smoke weed :eyesmoke: you bullshit.

I got some crazy ideas for the plant that i topped. now i could let it grow by itself but ive already seen a topped plant grow before, i wanna do something crazy and new... Time to experiment. I think i'm gonna leave the clone alone and let it grow by itself; this is my first time working with a clone and i want to see how they grow firsthand. im also just a little bit confused because for some reason my clone is popping out hairs like its flowering but i have it in the veg box. You can see it in the pics. Does anybody know why this might be?
 

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Mr.Natural

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Hey Newcastle, Whats going on? Looking good dude. :weed:
That spiral thing sounds pretty cool..great idea on that DIY pegboard, I've got to LST constently...gonna use that idea THANKS..

How did that Hash thing work out? :peace::peace::peace:
 
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Mr.Natural said:
Hey Newcastle, Whats going on? Looking good dude. :weed:
That spiral thing sounds pretty cool..great idea on that DIY pegboard, I've got to LST constently...gonna use that idea THANKS..

How did that Hash thing work out? :peace::peace::peace:
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the hash wasnt very good at all... it got me a little high with a big headache. but maybe thats because i made it out of trimmings that didnt have any THC on them. ill try it when i cut down the plants it might work then
 
newcastle420

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Wasup... Sorry I haven't been updating but my camera broke so i haven't bothered posting anything. But since it's been so long i thought i should at least tell you how things are going.

The flower box will be done in a week or 2. the buds are getting nice n fat :bigjoint: but i noticed that allot of branches that dont get as much light have smaller buds so i think next time ill put in a few extra cfl's to help the buds grow right.

I just changed the lights to 12/12 in the veg box so i can determine which ones are male or female. by the time i cut down the flower box these ones will b ready to go in.

Hopefully i can get a camera soon so i can show u the buds...
 
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