My first (hopefully successful) Aerogarden Grow!

budweiser said:

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yeah you will never get nice big fat buds from the aerogarden...yes you can EASILY build one for less and better.....so use your expertise and help us make this work the best we can

cus i think people that have the aerogarden are doing it just for a little smoke and some fun too....

SO THAT LEADS ME TO SAY LETS USE THIS AS HOW TO MAKE IT WORK

crazy thing, i was thinkg of doing this with the aerogarden, i got one for my wife for xmas, and i'm thinking, could i get some smoke from this, i live in an apartment...

-I was thinking we need ot figure out whit strain would work the best in it?

can we altar the lights, do we need to....i was thinking to trim and grow just one cola bud in each slot, like a mini sea of green....

i'm really curious to see how good we can do with this...

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no no no no no, lets use this as a warning to anyone else contemplating buying one, to spend their money on something worthwhile. Fuck i'd take soil over the aerogarden and thats all dirty and everything.

Alright guys here is an update....I removed the front plant because it was male...the two you see here are both female and are doing really well....

nice dude lookin good, thats how many i have is 2 im 30 days into flower, im hopeing a zip(OZ) a plant at least. they def look healthy

just throw some mylar inside a cardboard box and put it over the aerogarden keeps all the light on the plants since light is an issue with the AG. definately helps with lower plant light penetration for sure if no mylar spraypaint inside with flat white
oh yeah and the cardboard covering the holes introduced mold into my system so use a film canister upside down works perfect.

hey have any of ya'll had problems with keeping your ag reservoir cool? mine is staying at around 80 degrees which i dont really like, i add ice cubes in there but it doesnt seem to do much.. im tryin to keep the root rot to a minimum, there's only so much you can do with this contraption

Yes that is a serious issue.. I do not have a solution to lower your temp..

BUT if you have root rot yo need to take serious action..

You should get air stones and add hydrogen peroxide...

YOU HAVE go to get more o2 in the water.. get a shit load of air stones...

root rot will quickly end your grow!!

Cut off all the dead roots and remove all dead root matter... dead matter in your water will consume o2.. yikes


good luck

stonedagain said:

hey have any of ya'll had problems with keeping your ag reservoir cool? mine is staying at around 80 degrees which i dont really like, i add ice cubes in there but it doesnt seem to do much.. im tryin to keep the root rot to a minimum, there's only so much you can do with this contraption

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yes Listen to garden Knowm I learned so much from the posts of GK as well as other vetran greenthumbs on here.
dead, or dying plant material only drains energy from the plant trying to heal itself cut it off.
dunno why the resivoir is staying hot tho, is it in a hot room?
maybe get a good fan?
it isnt gettin light at all is it?
Airstone for sure for root rot(dont mistake brown nute stained roots for root rot)
checkout this link for good info
Aeroponic Supersonic

i cleaned the whole thing out today, what a horrorshow in there... i used bleach to disinfect all surfaces and then hydrogen peroxide. i haven't added any to the reservoir because i only have the storebought 3% solution. i heard this kind wasnt optimal for plants, i plan on getting the 35% kind tomorrow..

aso i am using Nutrilife's SM-90, which was recommended by the guy at the indoor garden shop.. it says it's good for all pests & diseases especially pythium. besides that the only other things in the water(i use distilled) are: gh flora grow, gh flora micro, and superthrive. lots of superthrive rite now-1/2 tsp/gal. (ag has 1 gal reservoir)

asfor airstones, i have 2 aquarium bubblers going, one is small, the other is larger w/ 2 airhose ports. so i have a total of 3 bubble sources in the water rite now.
i cut some of the roots off, and the lower leaves that went chlorotic. now we play the waiting game and hopefully she'll(it is a she btw otherwise i'd just start over) recover.. im really not satisfied with the aerogarden at this point, i think they couldve designed it better in regards to the reservoir. its hard to keep cool and it gets grody fast, lots of nooks and crannies for mold to grow. all you experienced folks are gonna be like, "so your res was at 80F for a week and you have root rot. gee." but it's all good im still learning about this whole hydroponic thing, i guess i just hit the curve. i had an airstone and i was changing the water every 4 days, (ya pretty much have to do it in the dark so your roots dont get exposed to light- rrgh). but i guess i also fucked up by sprouting new seeds in it after the first seedling had grown to 5" tall, i think cuz they were so young the pythium was just like, "alright, dinner!!" and wiped the little guys out and then moved on to my main one. it's about 7" tall,showing some gorgeous pistils, and im hoping it is healthy enough to pull through.
i kinda wish i'd have built my own system(cheaper!!) but oh well this is my first grow in 5 years and i was never an expert in the first place, so you learn as ya go. thanks knowm for the advice if it wasnt for this website i'd probably be way behind. i'll let ya know how she's doin this week

you can change the water no problem in light the plants arent that picky.
it is a weed after all super hearty plant sounds like it will bounce back tho
tough about the resivoir heat mine is fine , stays plenty cool.
never had any problems with mold, if you mean the slime from nute stuff of course other organisms want to feed on the perfect environment you create
that is nature. dont sweat the small shit. PH TDS that is pretty much it
did a lot of overthinking at the beginning myself but after seeing repeated questions all the same helped me relax a bit .
peace
good luck on a speedy recovery

thanks i'll keep ya'll posted

hmm....these plants look different but they are both female....I did a pretty shitty job of hanging the hood from the shelf above, but oh well it works....

Hi How is every one I am new to this site but not new to growing I have been using this mixing chart for years. It has work well for me I use the the tomato formula they are similar in nutrient structure. With this formula you can put in any amount of water and it will give you the breakdown of nutrients I hope this helps

I am trying to upload this program I hope it worked

Liquid Earth Nutrient System By FUTUREGARDEN go to this page it will be on the left bottom of the page sorry for the couple of posts

with those aerogarden lights you can actually move it as close to the plant as long as it not touching the light and it wont burn. your girls are lookin good though. i have an aerogarden and i love it.

Im going to make a video of me smashing the crappy aerogarden to bits. As soon as my clone machine is built this thing is going to feel the wrath of my hammer. Total Junk, build your own bubbler and never look back. Im so glad I scapped this at the beginning of my grow. No way I would have yielded 10 oz with this.

Ill buy it off of you as may others
put it on ebay at least man cmon
just cause it wasnt right in your opinion
you could make at least 100 bucks
peace

IMHO its really only good for starting clones

I do see what people are saying about flowering with it
the flower is just so small still and not really flowering kinda just puttering out but that's ok cause was fun and is still good to grow strawberries and lettuce or basil and whatnots in it also great garden starter so you can move it outside come season and have a healthy start of a plant.
dunno about the new lights tho maybe little bit better for flowering but still yeah not for another fifty bucks or 100just for the upgrade light
nothing against the product itself cause it is not commercially designed for cannibis flowering it is designed for average indoor winter gardens.
So yeah better to get a real light with the money and do whatever makes you happy for the earth portion of it.
Gonna start an outdoor herb(other herbs not pot) garden and start em in the aerogarden so the bugs dont get to em till they are older and stand a fighting chance
Happy growing
peace

I bought an aerogarden for my GF to grow the legal herbs that it came with for cooking - and it is a cute little toy - the ONLY good thing it does is make Hydro EZ for anybody. But the size of this thing is NOT a solution for growing plants - THE ONLY thing i can see this good for in GANJA growing, is seed germinating and maybe 1 or 2 weeks of VEG - THEN it has to be TRANSPLANTED - I may also try cloning with it.