First…
This
Can Be Done!!!
Being a first time hydro grower, with a couple other major elements, kept me from hitting the target number…this time. I guarantee that I can get it next time around. Fox Farm and this sativa were the main problems. But, as is obvious, this aero unit can take plants to full maturity. Now, on to the grow.
I had no hydro nutes for the test run, so I was given a trial set of GH to use. It worked absolutely great.
These are pics taken four weeks from cutting. The roots and stalk were more developed than they were on the finished plants (fed Fox Farm). The roots had actually crept up into my pump during the trial (I had questioned someone in this thread about it), and the stalk was as thick as my index finger. You can see the plant leaning at four weeks (from cutting).
(The plant next to it is Purple Kush, much slower growth rate.)
Two Grapefruit Haze and Purple Kush plants for the test. This is 4 wks. from cutting under a year old 600W HPS Hortilux.
After this test run, I was excited about the performance of aeroponics and ready to get started. I was still in need of hydro nutes, and since I had everything in the Fox Farm line except Grow Big Hydro I thought it was a no-brainer. I could simply get enough Grow Big, instead of a whole line of another product. BAD move. Fox Farm is a mediocre nutrient and this is a performance machine. At the very least General Hydroponics nutes should be used, but I would suggest Advanced Nutrients. I’m going with their Sensi line next time. (This is too much damn typin’, let the pictures talk).
Cut 64 clones.
Day 18, time for 12/12. Nothing is over 12 inches tall.
After one week 12/12. This sativa is going to keep stretching. An indica variety would be much better for this type of growing.
After two weeks 12/12. Notice the root structure (below) at this point (32 days, nothing like the white, developed roots of the GH test run at 4 wks.).
3 weeks 12/12.
4 wks. 12/12.
(That’s a couple of purp. kush plants in foreground and in peat.)
After 5 wks. 12/12. I had to lay some down (below) because these chicks had outgrown ceiling limits.
After 6 wks. 12/12.
7 wks. 12/12.
8 wks. 12/12.
Day 58 of 12/12. I was going for nine wks. but the trichs have caps and are a combination of clear, milky, and amber (mostly milky). Time to harvest.
I was hoping for 1 lb. from each table. It doesn’t look like I made it. I’m ready for round 2.
Look at these weak ass roots. Fox Farm turned everything brown (I used hydro. peroxide) right away, including the dental floss anchoring the thermometer.
I used this little (130 gph) pump to flush and fill. Three plants couldn’t keep up, so I cut them and used the sites for access. The stocking doubled as a filter and safety net should the assembly come apart.
The Conclusion
This aero unit
can take 32 plants to full maturity. The grower’s skill level, strain and nutrients, among other elements, will determine the yield. In See More Buds 1 the grower got 1.5 to 2 lbs. from each of nine tables. It is very possible and a goal I aim to reach.
Blessings to all!
pics and details soon. 
. good guy, fruitcake too 
