GreenX ~ Aero Trials ... Grow 1 (w/ Pictures)
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GreenphoeniX
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At the moment the Water Pump is on a cycle of ON 15 mins / OFF 15 mins
Can't wait either man!!! Haha ... There's 4 weeks remaining provided these are ready in 10 Weeks - They may possibly take longer, I've never taken Lady Sativa to her full flowering potential so for all I know she could string me along for 12+ weeks :s ... Hoping 10 will be enough though! - The AK should be completely ripe by the 10 week mark!
mholley8176
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...im sold. after weeks of contemplating to build my own aeroponic system i will be constructing a similar setup to yours this week (will try to find a deeper tub) after seeing the results you are having with it, growing in soil just isnt doin it for me anymore and i think its time to move on to better things...and i wanted to say thanks for posting this trial run with excellent pics its basically the whole reason for my switch (besides getting more quality buds) +rep
GreenphoeniX
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Cheers man. Check back in in about an hour, I'll try get some pics of my next aero system up for you, it's a bit different, ironed out a few flaws along the way!
EDIT:
Here's a few pics of the new aero setup. The sprayers create a cone of water spraying upward. Some draft stop around the top of the tub where the lid clips on so that it doesn't leak. Small net pots (White Wick pots) will be used. Will strat of by having 5 plants in each row (4 different strains), then when that has been tested I will try running 10 plants per row, once rooted that clones will get a few days to 'settle in' then straight to flowering! - If I get around a quarter ounce per plant, that's still a 10 ounce harvest (talking dry weight of course) - And with them under the 600W HPS I wouldn't be surprised if they produce more than a quarter per plant haha.
Strains will be Kali Mist, Super Lemon Haze, Lady Sativa and White Russian - I will keep a close eye on all of them to see if any can't handle EC/pH levels that the others can, if a certain strain doesn't like the conditions, I will replace it with another
GreenphoeniX
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Haha. Cheers dude.
I do like soil, tastes yummy. The Super Lemon Haze would taste better in an organic soil grow than in an aero grow, but I want big juicy nugs, fast! lol
For future reference, the +rep thing is the little scale symbol in the top right corner of each persons post. between the post number and the orange/yellow triangle with a ! mark in it. Just click the scales on the post of the person you want to give +rep to and it will come up with a box thing saying 'add to reputation' or something along those lines and you can leave a comment. It's good to put you screen name at the end of your comment so that the person getting the rep knows who it's from and why
Cheers.
morrisgreenberg
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looking good greeny, you know whats great about areo, i harvested in 50days what soil took 70, no lie
Shrike
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Your grow looks great so far. Will be following along. I'd love to see how the Super Lemon Haze look...keep us up to date. Rep+
Haha. Cheers dude.
I do like soil, tastes yummy. The Super Lemon Haze would taste better in an organic soil grow than in an aero grow, but I want big juicy nugs, fast! lol
For future reference, the +rep thing is the little scale symbol in the top right corner of each persons post. between the post number and the orange/yellow triangle with a ! mark in it. Just click the scales on the post of the person you want to give +rep to and it will come up with a box thing saying 'add to reputation' or something along those lines and you can leave a comment. It's good to put you screen name at the end of your comment so that the person getting the rep knows who it's from and why
Cheers.
GreenphoeniX
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Cheers man! That's awesome to hear coz those Lady Sativas are like 70-90% Sativa, so although I'm hoping they'll be done in 10 weeks, Sativas are known to go for around 14 weeks :s ... Hopefully the aero can reduce that to around 10-11
Man I can't wait either!!! Will be awesome! ... Super Lemon Haze, Kali Mist, White Russian, Lady Sativa - They all sound delicious to me!
NOTE: Next grow, or maybe the one after (as next grown will be a semi-trial of the new aero system) but if all goes well, next grow I'm going to try keep some males of the Kali Mist and White Russian (if I get any) so I can seed a couple of branches of the Lady Sativa and get some motley homemade seeds of Kali Mist x Lady Sativa and White Russian x Lady Sativa - Should make for a few crazy beasts in the offspring!!
The rest of the plant I will let bud as normal so I still get plenty of smoke
Cheers for stopping in everyone!
GreenphoeniX
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Just realized!!! The weekend after this one I start to flush! Will be 8 weeks in (so technically the AK will be ready but fuk it, it can go at least 9 weeks, hopefully it'll ride out the 10 weeks ) then week 10 hopefully harvest! If it's not ready I will put on my patience hat and bite my nails in anticipation ... Going to be good, Lady Sativa is just starting to noticeably frost up now!
) then week 10 hopefully harvest! If it's not ready I will put on my patience hat and bite my nails in anticipation ... Going to be good, Lady Sativa is just starting to noticeably frost up now!
GreenphoeniX
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Yay, only 2 and a half - 3 weeks till harvest!!! )
Here's some pictures of the progress...
Yip... So, installed an odorsok to deal with smell issues (odorsok being a cheaper version of a carbon filter but all works on the same principle)
The room currently looks like a mass of leaves with buds hidden all through them!
Some Lady Sativa colas have been pegged to wires to stop them falling over:
A smaller Lady Sativa Cola close up:
AK Cola looking nice - Hasn't got as large as I expected (think the Sativas are ripping the nutrients away as their roots are dominating the rez!)
Some close up AK:
Can't wait to see what happens in the next 3 weeks - Cheers all!
)Here's some pictures of the progress...
Yip... So, installed an odorsok to deal with smell issues (odorsok being a cheaper version of a carbon filter but all works on the same principle)
The room currently looks like a mass of leaves with buds hidden all through them!
Some Lady Sativa colas have been pegged to wires to stop them falling over:
A smaller Lady Sativa Cola close up:
AK Cola looking nice - Hasn't got as large as I expected (think the Sativas are ripping the nutrients away as their roots are dominating the rez!)
Some close up AK:
Can't wait to see what happens in the next 3 weeks
- Cheers all!looking really good, I'm excited for you, and excited to see them
BuddyJesus
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can't wait for u to harvest your sexy ladies!! I've said it before and i'll say it again.. Great fucking Job!
gvega187
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check out your digital camera settings. Under color you will find an option for "Tungsten". This will adjust red light to a bluer/whiter hue. We can more easily tell whats going on in your flowering room that way. Looks like some burn, but could just be the HPS light or that your plants are done.
good stuff man!
good stuff man!
GreenphoeniX
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Cheers man. Camera doesn't have Tungten setting but it has something called chrome so I figure that's probably the same, I'll give it a try later.
Oh and those plants do have nutrient burn but only on the leaf tips, that's what happens when you refuse to change your rez the entire grow
Anyway, flushing now, drained the rez <- What a mission!!! ... Filled back up with straight water. Should do what I need it to,a good cure will take care of the rest!
The leaves on the plants are going yellow already so I guess they're missing the nutrients! Hopefully a lot of the leaves have fallen off themselves by harvest to save me some work! lol
Cheers.
Edit:
Here are some pics using the chrome setting. Don't look any better to me, but I'll mess with the settings a bit and see what happens. Easiest to just take pics using the flash when they're in their dark cycle to get good images really, but anyway...
Current mess of leaves - Also known as bushes
Some Lady Sativa Buds:
GreenphoeniX
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HARVEST!!!
So here we are, harvesting a week earlier than I expected, but maturity seems good, autumn colours a looking nice from a decent flush, although I was expecting another week to flush! - But all is well.
So, here are some pics of the girls after 9 weeks flowering.
Have no idea what sort of dry weight I pulled. Haven't weighed them wet either - All in all, I think it went pretty well for a trial run! ... Next time will be extreme
Cheers.
So here we are, harvesting a week earlier than I expected, but maturity seems good, autumn colours a looking nice from a decent flush, although I was expecting another week to flush! - But all is well.
So, here are some pics of the girls after 9 weeks flowering.
Have no idea what sort of dry weight I pulled. Haven't weighed them wet either - All in all, I think it went pretty well for a trial run! ... Next time will be extreme
Cheers.
BuddyJesus
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hell yea man congratz on the harvest! Shit looks real nice too! Enjoy the time and effort u put in it!