dank2 kevin
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This is my first grow by myself, am currently in the middle of one with another person and all is extremely well!!! This will focus though on my experience with aeroponics and the way i set things up as i go on.
i have 2 aeroflo2 rails -10 pot section so 20 total, got a good deal from the local shop or else i would have built my own. I used a 18 gal tote as a res perfect for the setup, and i am using a 500 gpm mag drive submer pump for flow.
Now i had to fashion some connecting tube together and made the mistake of buying the wrong thread style connection to the lines that came with the rails (coarse). regular tubing comes in fine thread. They are in 3" netted pots and i started the cuttings in 1" rockwool cubes surrounded them in hydoton in the pots. For the light i regret to inform that i am using a cfl(to broke to buy hps) but after this paycheck i will have a 1000w hps running in there too on an 6' rail that way they all get plenty of light. eventually i will put up mylar and be much happier with everything but that will have to wait until i get paid again.
When i decided to go aero i was looking for watering inst and i could not really find much. I am using a cycle that never lets the roots go for at least 1.5 hr without water and it seems to working fine( would be better but the light is limiting growth) now when the roots are more developed will put the water on for longer. The pdf for the aeroflo2 sys says to keep it on 24hrs a day but i noticed some nuut burn so i lowered the watering time. for nuuts i am using cutting edge solutions working awesome in my first gro!!! we will see how they do in aero. nuuts are a 6 part system and i am going 1/2 strength until the plant warm up to them.
They have been in the rails for 1 week and good root growth has begun cant wait to get the hps to see some real growth in the plants though! They range from 7-11" but from experience i know the will love a new light. i will try to get some pics up soon.
i have 2 aeroflo2 rails -10 pot section so 20 total, got a good deal from the local shop or else i would have built my own. I used a 18 gal tote as a res perfect for the setup, and i am using a 500 gpm mag drive submer pump for flow.
Now i had to fashion some connecting tube together and made the mistake of buying the wrong thread style connection to the lines that came with the rails (coarse). regular tubing comes in fine thread. They are in 3" netted pots and i started the cuttings in 1" rockwool cubes surrounded them in hydoton in the pots. For the light i regret to inform that i am using a cfl(to broke to buy hps) but after this paycheck i will have a 1000w hps running in there too on an 6' rail that way they all get plenty of light. eventually i will put up mylar and be much happier with everything but that will have to wait until i get paid again.
When i decided to go aero i was looking for watering inst and i could not really find much. I am using a cycle that never lets the roots go for at least 1.5 hr without water and it seems to working fine( would be better but the light is limiting growth) now when the roots are more developed will put the water on for longer. The pdf for the aeroflo2 sys says to keep it on 24hrs a day but i noticed some nuut burn so i lowered the watering time. for nuuts i am using cutting edge solutions working awesome in my first gro!!! we will see how they do in aero. nuuts are a 6 part system and i am going 1/2 strength until the plant warm up to them.
They have been in the rails for 1 week and good root growth has begun cant wait to get the hps to see some real growth in the plants though! They range from 7-11" but from experience i know the will love a new light. i will try to get some pics up soon.
After my sexy little hindu girls get adjusted to the new sun i installed, i will be flippin these babies and beginning the exciting part!!! 
n n Here are a couple new pics hope u all enjoy.
I have the door partially open and am drawing air in from the rest of the house pretty cool up here right now so i do not need to worry about temp. On the weekend i will put up a wall like we have divinding the room and i will be pulling air in from the other side of the room and be pulling it through the light and out into the attic i also have the ballast in the attic to reduce heat load in the room working out pretty well so far.sTILL NEED ALL THE NUTES, I havent gotten the uncle johns the mag amp or the plant amp yet, the shop doesnt carry them so i had to special order it, and they only sell in the gal size so i wont need to go for awhil once i get them! on the stem size not worried about the thickness as long as they produce big buds i will support them with my arms if i have to to let them grow fat haha. was looking at a co2 setup pretty expensive to get something that can monitor and release when needed, maybe after a harvest i can get bigger.
. I was not sure how to proceed at this point since i put fresh nutes in yesterday. After some thought i decided to put 10 gal in with half strength and full strength kool bloom first time have put that in and will be doing so from now on. We will have to see how it goes. That brings me to a ? if it happens again in a day or two should i give them nutes again or jmust water??? Any help would be appreciated. Ohh and i gave them a trim, here are some pics
