True Aero Growing "TAG"

[Eharmony420]

Keep up the good work i just read your other site. can wait to see, what is =your medium and how wet please i know it a commomn wuestion was your rw for seeds. It si the trickiest part of growing. rw.lol

 

[mdgcmd]

Those little bubble looking things that are holding the RW is just a cut pool noodle. It fits perfectly inside the PVC fitting, all I had to do was cut a square hole in the noodle for the RW.

@Eharmony420 I technically am not using a medium aside from the RW, but that was just to start the seeds. When clones come I will only be using the pool noodles. I am still dialing in the cabinet but so far things seem to be doning great. I have to say TY guys for your support. I love when us potheads can get together and admire one anothers grows. On the other hand I rREALLY hate the negativitl as I have expressed before. As long as it stays clean I will update on a regular basis and keep the RIU community up to date.

 

[CustomHydro]

finally got her up and runnin eh...interesting, very interesting...

What strain is that in ur avatar jordan?

 

[sparkafire]

What strain is that in ur avatar jordan?

CY did bugs and i offend you? LOL where did you go?

 

[mdgcmd]

So here are a few update pictures. If you follow the guide lines according to POD, JAT, and the others that I have been learning from you will see that I am right in the green zone. They say that RES. temps should be no higher than 72 and are optimal around 68F. My res temps have yet to rise above 70, and the room temps are at 78F. You can also see that my PH is right in the green as well. Aeroponics PH is said to be optimal between 5.4-5.8 and mine stays pretty consistent at about 5.5. Nute are still swinging around 320 ppm, to be honest I do not know if this is to much but Dutch Master suggests 800 for the first week of veggin, so I think I am ok. All and all I am pretty darn set as of right now but I already know that things can go south REALLY fast.

 

[mdgcmd]

Just out of random I decided to check the PPM of the other two seedlings that are not in the cabinet. To my my most serious surprise the reading was over 1000ppm. Needless to say I took care of that pretty darn quick. I adjusted it to around 250ppm and rinsed the RW with the new water. They will be just fine but there is a lesson. The reason that the TDS was so high is actually elementary but over looked. These two seedling are still in a tray under a florescent. I feed them just by adding water to the try, but when the water dissolves the solids are still left behind. Ever time I added water the solids dissolved into the water raising the TDS. So I will keep that in mind from now on.

 

[JordanTheGreat]

What strain is that in ur avatar jordan?

mr nice black widow from clone, SR-71 purple kush from clone

 

[CustomHydro]

NICE! It looks fantstic!
I thought it may be Jack Herer cuz of ur sig...
I just put a 10 pack of Herer into germination... I'm excited, smoked a bunch of it last year, but never grew it.

Sorry for the hijack MDG... How do u like the trimeter?

 

[mdgcmd]

The trimeter is a great asset to my garden. I don't know how I ever grew with out it LOL. With aeroponics reservoir temps are absolutely vital, and with any system PH is vital. The EC meter is great but not seriously needed in most types of gardening. Today the res temps dropped down to 58F and I was scared. I am not sure what effects this has on the root structure and development but I knew it couldn't be good. Temps are now at a safe 66F phew!!. I lowered the EC a bit to .55 and the PH down to 5.2. The PH gradually rises and this is good depending on how high it goes. I think that it is good because not all nutrients can be taken up at any specific PH. So that is why I allow mine to fluctuate between 5.2 and 6.0, but I try to stay in the 5.4-5.8 range... makes sense right. I wanted to share this thread with anyone that is a DIYer like me. It is a collection of ALL SORTS of different DIY related threads, I hope you enjoy.

 

[mdgcmd]

Hey there guys I added a bunch more pictures can you please try and critic my plants. I am not sure that they look right. I am thinking that in some on the pictures the veins look a bit greener than the rest of the plant. Take a look at the pictures please and tell me what you think. Should I be concerned or not?


EDIT: In case you are wondering the Al. foil is to help light proof the res, and RW cubes.

 

[bleubeard]

I don't know if this has been brought up yet (as I only briefly scanned through this thread), but is there any reason you have the plumbing system up so high? Common sense tells me that having water ABOVE your light is probably bad juju. Just a thought...

 

[mdgcmd]

TBH I was worried about that as well. Unfortunately I dropped my pump one day and needs to be there to work properly. I don't know why but that is the position it needs to work. I am scared that one day it will stop working but I should have it covered NP. One of the reasons I am not worried that water will blast out from the pump is the mechanisms that hold the hoses to the pump. The design of the pump has these fasteners that will not allow the hoses to come off, they are actually very secure.

Way back in the design stage it was a thought of whether or not hte light would heat the pump, in turn heat the water. Black pump bright hot light, all I could think at the time was a HOT pump.

So I need to know guys are they looking to green in the veins or what?

 

[mdgcmd]

Well I am having some issues ALREADY!!! I am thinking N deficient, but I am not 100%. Yellowing seems to appear on the older/ lower leaves, and as far as I can tell between the veins. Take a look and please tell me what you think it may be and the best way to correct it.

 

[mdgcmd]

Come on fellas please time is very important... does it look like N def.?

 

[JordanTheGreat]

not to me... whats the strength of the solution your giving them?

 

[mdgcmd]

At the time of the sickness they were at 425 ppm, I was suggested that it may be Ca deficient so I am looking into Cal-Mag Plus. If I can get some more help I could sure using it. They may not last the week if I cannot figure this out.

 

[mdgcmd]

Here are updated pictures of the sickness. I hope that we can nip this in the butt soon. I already ordered Cal-Mag Plus but I had to use my PP account which is connected to me CC. So to go along with plant sickness I can add nervousness to the stress list.

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[HATCH]

What Do Your Root's Look Like???,,That's Where I Would Start~~~You May Have Just Went To Strong On THe Nut's, Or The PH Is Not Stable,, With The Aero-System's, Alittle Bit Will Do..

But You Are Right, They Are Bad Sick,,But I Would Start With The Root's & Flush Them Good, & Start Back 1/4 Strength From Where You Were, & If You Are'nt Using Supplement, You Need To Start,, They Help..~~Good Luck~~Later`~Hatch~~

 

[JordanTheGreat]

if i read your meter correctly, 1350 ppm is a little high for something that young...kick it down to around five hunned or so and see how they look in a week

 

[mdgcmd]

Jordon that is EC. 1.35 EC = 675 ppm. I just ordered Cal-Mag plus and I am hoping it will help. The roots look pretty darn good, they are nice and bright white. I am afraid that flushing will cause more harm than good. I am concerned that if it is deficient then a flush would only cause more of a deficiency. I am not saying that it will not help but I am just saying I am afraid it could make matters worse.

Does anyone think it could be Mag. or Cal deficient?? I am using RO water so there is nothing in the water before I add the nutes. I read that you may need to add cal-mag to RO water.