AeroGarden Pro 100 - Seems to be working (Pictures included)

Hi all,

I'm completely new to any kind of growing, so please bear with me. I bought quality "Top 44" seeds online and an Aerogarden Pro 100 as my first project. It has two cfl lights of about 1200 lumens each (full spectrum). I'm supplementing it with a 75 watt 1100 lumens cfl bulb I bought from lowe's as well. I'm using the "Gourmet Herbs" nutrients the thing came with and have been running the pump and lights almost 24/7 on "supergrow" mode.

The site I got the seeds on said the plant starts flowering in 6-8 weeks. From the little knowledge I have, I guess "flowering" means putting the lights on a 12/12 schedule.

The pictures are three weeks in. I took them today.

Questions:
1. When should I start flowering?
2. Are those gourment herb growing nutrients powerful enough?
3. Is 3000 lumens enough for growing?

Any other comments and tips on what the hell else I should be doing are very much appreciated. Thanks a lot for the help guys.

pics?

OOPS! LOL, forgot to actually post the pics. sorry bout that.

Here they are 3 weeks and 2 days in. Man, I hope the "Gourmet Herb" nutrients will be enough. Any tips on what else I should be doing?

To be honest, I did not think the plants would last more than a week.

Here's another good one I just took. What do you all think?

Quick question I just thought of: When will I see buds start to show up? Or do I have to go to a 12/12 flowering cycle before any buds show? Thanks.

Thanks RastaCourage, I really appreciate the response.

On the box it said the nutrient tablets were:

N 9%
P 15%
K 17%

actually my aerogarden just has a 1 gallon water resovoir which I keep filling and I'm putting two nutrient tabs in there every two weeks. So no soil in my system. This Aerogarden has some kind of pump which pumps a small stream of water onto the base of the plant and keeps feeding it.

Do you think I should transfer those two plants to soil and put them in a pot? If so, what type of soil would you recomend?

I'm seriously considering doing that because I'm starting to think the aerogarden water resovoir isn't big enough.

ya, I'm definetely gonna transfer these plants to soil. Like you said, I think the resovoir is just gonna be a hassle for me.

Rasta, for the cause of lower heat and electricty costs, I'm thinking about buying a strong flourescent lighting systems from stealthhydroponics dot com instead of a 400 watt system.

It is called the Dual Spectrum II High Output Fluorescent Light Kit

It provides 8400 lumens for both vegetative growth and flowering phases.

Do you think this sufficient for a small grow like mine?

Also, when you say "feed" and water three times a day, what do you mean by feed in terms of the soil (add tabs?)? Also, about how much water should I give them per day if I get the 10" pot? Also, should I get one 10" by 10" pot for each of my two plants, or put them both in one?

if you can afford to i would get a nice hid hps light for your plants i would say 150-250w would do your girls good or if you going to do more plants next grow maybe a 400w

good luck with the grow