New to Aerogarden

So hold on, should I use the current setup I have during vegging or should I use the HPS lights as soon as they come in?

magikal chronik said:

Cfl's are good for vegging and cheaper, but you can use the HPS for all if you must.

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I have 4 autoflowering lowryders. They are just starting to sprout, when should I turn on the HPS light? Since they autoflowering ones skip the flowering stage when should I hookup the HPS. Damn I am confused now.

magikal chronik said:

Personally i would say keep those cfl's on their for a couple of weeks then put that bad boy up for flowering. But dude it's up to you. However you want to do it. This is for fun don't get frustrated.

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Thanks Magikal, I am not frustrated just not knowing from right to wrong. I guess there is no wrong. I am not going to get the HPS for like 10 days anyways. Thanks for the advice.

Keep the CFL's for VEG man, you already have em, since they auto flowering they will sow sex before 12/12, so you gota look out for that, then when you sex them, hook that HPS up and let em have it!!!

[quote="SICC";1841172]Keep the CFL's for VEG man, you already have em, since they auto flowering they will sow sex before 12/12, so you gota look out for that, then when you sex them, hook that HPS up and let em have it!!![/quote]

That sounds like a plan...thanks SICC.

no prob man, keep us post

Ok here is a update. I have replaced the two desklamp bulbs with 42W which has 2600 lumens. Also one of the lowryders I think died or stop growing. So only have three in the aerogarden now. I also replaced the water in the aerogarden. No nutes at all but just adjusted the PH around 5-6.

Sorry for the loss, good to see those potted plants are still growing, keep it up

[quote="SICC";1863175]Sorry for the loss, good to see those potted plants are still growing, keep it up[/quote]

Thanks SICC, however the potted plants today are having a problem. I made a mix of nutes and water in a water bottle. Today the leaves on the both potted plants are drooping. The corners seem to be drooping and looks like they are drying up. However the soil is wet and has plenty of water. What would you advise?

im not too sure, jus gonna have to wait and see what happends

[quote="SICC";1863302]im not too sure, jus gonna have to wait and see what happends[/quote]

alright...thanks.

Ok here is a update regarding lowryders. 3 are left out of 4. Today is day 8 since the sprout of the lowryders. I been looking around and I see other peoples lowryders on day 8 are much larger. So I was thinking about nutes and a member posted this helpful link in this thread about when I should start the nutes.

http://www.4hydroponics.com/nutrients/Mnl/foxFarmHydro.pdf

My question is according to this chart it starts from week 1. So should I start the nutes? I have the Grow BIG and BIG BLOOM. They are the 1st and 3rd nutes under Liquid/Concentrate. Should I follow these nutes instructions? Keep in mind I have lowryder AK. All I have done for now is just maintain the PH level. Please advise.

h2Ouser said:

Ok here is a update. I have replaced the two desklamp bulbs with 42W which has 2600 lumens. Also one of the lowryders I think died or stop growing. So only have three in the aerogarden now. I also replaced the water in the aerogarden. No nutes at all but just adjusted the PH around 5-6.

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The more light the faster they will grow. Only use DAYLIGHT bulbs for vegging.

I might want to keep that Ph well under 6 (5.2-5.8 for AG). You don't want to kill your grow by getting root rot. That's a major problem with a small tanks like the AG sports.

I thought 5.8 would be good ?

h2Ouser said:

Ok here is a update regarding lowryders. 3 are left out of 4. Today is day 8 since the sprout of the lowryders. I been looking around and I see other peoples lowryders on day 8 are much larger. So I was thinking about nutes and a member posted this helpful link in this thread about when I should start the nutes.

http://www.4hydroponics.com/nutrients/Mnl/foxFarmHydro.pdf

My question is according to this chart it starts from week 1. So should I start the nutes? I have the Grow BIG and BIG BLOOM. They are the 1st and 3rd nutes under Liquid/Concentrate. Should I follow these nutes instructions? Keep in mind I have lowryder AK. All I have done for now is just maintain the PH level. Please advise.

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How about the nutes?

HomeGrownHairy said:

The more light the faster they will grow. Only use DAYLIGHT bulbs for vegging.

I might want to keep that Ph well under 6 (5.2-5.8 for AG). You don't want to kill your grow by getting root rot. That's a major problem with a small tanks like the AG sports.

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Thanks you

magikal chronik said:

Don't use nutes first 2 weeks. Then go 1/2 to make sure no burn.

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Thanks I appreciate it.