Quick newbie question

Hey everyone, I'm in the planing stages of a new grow room and have a quick logistics question. If I use a aeroponics clone machine how to I get the plants, once rooted, in rockwool to Veg/Flower them in an flood/drain system?

Hey,, when do the plants get there second set of leaves around,, peace outt

you could tear/grind up some rockwool and use that to stuff around the roots in the bigger rockwool cubes.

You can purchase rockwool floc, that is, rockwool that is not shaped and sold in bags that contain "shreded" rockwool.
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I think this is the stuff I am referring to...GL

Check out Albfucts thread, I like just about every thing this guy does...
https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/6592-get-harvest-every-2-weeks.html

Personally I like using Coco and Perlite/silica mix, I grow them in 2.5 gallon buckets that are drilled out in the bottom then a coco mat in the bottom, that means that I get 9 buckets in a 4x4 tray, but I just use this system for vegging them and then transfer them to the bloom room into a Ebb n Grow feeding system. works well for me, and after harvest, all the coco goes into the yard, and into the flower beds....No waste....nothing to throw away except a round disc from the coco mat..But al's way is more efficient and has probably a greater yield per watt then me...but to each his own...GL

They sell rockwool starter plugs that are sliced down the middle. Just spread open, and put new roots inside and close. They are shaped like a cylinder, so they fit neatly into the hole on a 3- or 4-inch cube.

Or you could slice open your own cube.

HTH

Or you could skip the rockwool altogether, and use neoprene.

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Thanks for all the help! I'm thinking of just doing soil now anyways to more easily (and cheaply) accommodate the grow/harvest rotation I would like to use. keep an eye on the grow room threads for more info, and questions, on my plans.

sperry said:

Hey,, when do the plants get there second set of leaves around,, peace outt

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Did you mean the first set of real leaves?

If so, then within a week to a week and a half after sprouting.
If you ment the second set of real leaves then within a few days after that.

ok well i planted late into the year,, so i dont know if they will finish, but can you use a ultra violet light to grow,,?