Diesel Ryder's in an Aerogarden

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earnie

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My set up: I bought a used inoperable aerogarden classic, then gutted the hood removed the two 26W cfl's and their bi-pin sockets, added two medium base screw in sockets and two 42W cfl's 2800lmn each of 6500K.
I installed my own submersible pump to the aerogardens irrigation system, i also added an air line with stone to the res. and wraparound reflective skirt. My garden is in my personal bathroom connected to my bedroom so im not worried about light leakage.

July 16, got the seeds in today DieselRyders autoflowering, put em in the aerogarden pods there's no need for soaking seeds first with the aerogarden. Starting them with Ph balanced water no nutes. On a 20/4 light regimen. Will post pics after sprouting,

Meanwhile here's pics of some Lowryder 2's i grew in my aero before i replaced the lights(if i can get them to upload). The lowryders did very well i got around an oz. from each plant but the plant were smaller than i would have liked them to be so i increased the lumens for this grow ( the plants in the pics are 5 weeks old ) anyone interested in trying lowryder 2's, my advice is do it. I love em easiest plants i ever grew and they have a unique taste like no other.

Anyone grown DieselRyder's before? Any suggestions are apreciated,
 

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Nice grow!! how much are thoses stankin, I herd that diesal ryders can stink up your who house
 
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earnie

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They didnt smell too much untill i put them in the drying box, and its not ur traditional skunky bud smell its kinda fruity smell, but it is also in my bathroom, the smell never reached outside my bedroom.
 
Dr Shakalu

Dr Shakalu

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Hey man, sounds like a fun grow i will be watching and checking it out! your not too far behind me, but im a complete newb so i probably wont be too much help, but i will do my best to spread whatever info i know, to help out!!!

GL and godspeed man! :blsmoke:
 
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earnie

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July 18, 9 out od 10 seeds have germed, kept them on ph'd water. my aero will only hold 7 so the xtra 2 will be transplanted to a soil planter under a 105W cfl that puts out 6900 lumens of 6500K. None have shed their shells yet so i'll wait for pics till then.
 
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Im subscribed! Cant wait to see how they will turn out. Im about to embark on a LowRyder2 grow myself. What lights did you use for your LR2 grow? Goodluck with your DieselRyder!
 
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July 20th, All 7 pods have sprouted, i moved the xtra 2 to peat pellets unfortunately one of them didnt make it so that leaves me with 8 plants total. Been having to keep a close eye on the PH it seems to keep rising, I check it 3-4 times a day and have to add PH-down each time, i'm trying to maintain 5.2-5.9 .

Here's the pics however these are munchkin plants and I dont have the best camera so you really cant see much. The last pic is a white widow/skunk that i have under a 105w cfl just a few weeks till harvest, i also have 7 more just like it in the closet and two rudaralis indica plants outside with the tomatoes in about a month i'll be drowning in bud :blsmoke:.
 

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July 21, I fixed the PH problem my plant were dying the roots had stopped develop and the plants seemed to have stalled. as a last resort I changed the water put distilled water at 6.2PH and an aerogarden nute tablet. an hour later i checked the ph it was 5.7 and has stayed there +or- 1 ever since. The roots have started growing again and plants look happy. I will use the aerogarden tabs for seedlings from now on.
 
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JULY 24, All plants doing great just starting to get their 2nd set of leaves, these are slow starters but my low ryder 2's were the same way. They seem to not grow much untill the end of the 2nd week then hit a growth spurt. the bottom line it's been 7 days since i introduced the seeds to water and they now have their 2nd leaves, i'm happy with them so far.
 
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July 26th, Plants are doing great root systems looking good. have kept them on a 20/4 light regimen, and ph between 5.8-6.0 with only the 1 aerogarden tablet for nutes. My only concern is the density of these plants the new leaves seem to be coming in literally right on top of the other ones. is this normal for Diesel ryders? or should i raise the lights to force them to stretch some? any suggestions?

Here's new pics, the two plants in soil cups are 1 dieselryder and 1 clone i took from my white widow b-4 putting her on 12/12, I'm thinkin about growing it upside down in a topsy-turvy planter as an experiment. the pic of the 2 CFL's show my 105W next to an average household 26W CFL. I'll be growing the 1 diesel ryder in soil under it.
 

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They are super small, on average the'll get around 10-14 inches if they're anything like the lowryders 2's. One of my lowryder2's was barely 7 inches but i got 21 grams of some sweet tasting bud from it.
 
Dr Shakalu

Dr Shakalu

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Very cool little grow man, i would have gone with the turbogarden ( a larger aero system that runs about 450$) But still im tuned in and ready to watch this grow!:mrgreen:
 
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earnie

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I have the garden starter with my aero it will germinate 70 seeds at a time to then be transplanted into soil pots. my plan is to let this grow seed, then grow hundreds of these in my closet.

 
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