aerogarden too really long roots!!!

[surfgirl]

Hey everyone

my lil plant is doing great in da amazzzzing aerogarden!!.... one question,the root system on this thing is crazy long i'm 2 weeks into the grow and i have one 'tap' root thats like maybe 10 inches maybe longer!!...is anyone else seeing that with there plant......is it cool....is it too long!!????

thanks
surfgirl

 

[FreePhx]

Big fat roots = big fat plants = big fat buds...
its all good!

every silver lining has a cloud though... the Aerogarden is kinda small (1 gallon reservoir) - flowering will be stunted if you try to grow more then (or even) 1 plant in 1 gallon res. the roots will be "bound".

I would recommend moving to a 5- 10 gallon DWC for flowering. These Aerogardens are a lil small for flowering.

 

[surfgirl]

yep..yep i hear you!! i will see how it all goes.... whatever happens its still been a blast using the aerogarden!!...thanks to all

surfgirl

 

[o2tangoagn]

My plants have been growing for 24 days now. I started froom seed (AK47). My roots are at least 16 inches long. I was advised to trim a couple of inches from them. I have not done that yet. I have three plants in the unit. They seem to be growing slowly but doing well. I stopped using the ag nutes after the first cycle & went to Fox Farm big grow.
Anyway--I think your roots are just fine.

Peace, O2

 

[FilthyFletch]

Plants in my homemade aero setup are around 30 days roots about 6 feet long so far

 

[Teknique70]

Sounds good to me

Peace
-Tek

 

[basinlat]

where you keep six feet of roots

 

[kindprincess]

where you keep six feet of roots

coiled in the res.

 

[FallenHero]

thats whats bad about aero, your end up with dwc anyway, why bother? IMHO.

 

[basinlat]

Does it come out with that much better nugs in the long run thou? (That much better than hydro)

 

[basinlat]

Can someone take a pic and post it, someone that got something really long

 

[HSA]

Hey everyone

my lil plant is doing great in da amazzzzing aerogarden!!.... one question,the root system on this thing is crazy long i'm 2 weeks into the grow and i have one 'tap' root thats like maybe 10 inches maybe longer!!...is anyone else seeing that with there plant......is it cool....is it too long!!????

thanks
surfgirl

Have you considered pruning the roots? Before you have me committed to an insane asylum consider this. You often have to prune green vegetation for air circulation and light and I've had good luck pruning the roots so long as you don't remove more than 1/3 if the available root structure. You might want to try it. A hint though; I use Technaflora's recipe for success nutes and they always include B-1 in their formula.