My first attemp at aeroponics.. Grapefruit Kush

So I ended up with a little less than expected after drying I got 7.6oz. Stilla very good haul for my first time I am very happy with the results, I am definately not going back to soil(indoors atleast).

santeelocal said:

Ok here are the totals wet equals 1027g, 36oz, or 2.2Lbs so by my calculations that should be approximatly 9oz dry!!!!!! Holy shit I can't believe it I thought it was going to be more like 4 oz. Here are some pics taken from one of the trimmers new camera. I was thinking of sending a pic or two into high times for pix of the crop.

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Jeez man. That's one hell of a fucking harvest for sure. I've been thinking of switching from soil growing.. and moving gradually up to using hydroponics instead. I'll be harvesting my Nirvana 'Ice' sisters (two plants) around the middle of next month (June)... I'm hoping to get about
2.5 ounces once dried.. but yeah.. seeing how beautiful hydro grown plants are.. and I think growing with hydroponics is faster than growing using
soil.. I could be wrong. But I could have sworn I've read that somewhere.. can't remember exactly where but I remember reading it somewhere.

anyhow.. +rep for having such a successful and beautiful grow. Well done my friend.. well done indeed. The last picture, of the guy holding up
that Kola.. that thing is fucking big. anyhow, keep doing what your doing my friend.. and enjoy!!!

peace

santeelocal said:

So I ended up with a little less than expected after drying I got 7.6oz. Stilla very good haul for my first time I am very happy with the results, I am definately not going back to soil(indoors atleast).

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I'm right there with you bro. Can't wait to see the next grow.

Your yields were just fine, better than my first harvest for sure. good job stud.

I just saw that my local coop has snow cap clones so I am thinking of growing those next. I really enjoy snow cap so I think it will be fun. I was so amazed at how fast the plants in aero grow vs. soil. I went from averaging 3-4oz in soil to 7.6 in aero that is a two fold increase. Here is pics of the finished product.

santeelocal said:

I just saw that my local coop has snow cap clones so I am thinking of growing those next. I really enjoy snow cap so I think it will be fun. I was so amazed at how fast the plants in aero grow vs. soil. I went from averaging 3-4oz in soil to 7.6 in aero that is a two fold increase. Here is pics of the finished product.View attachment 965512

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Nice bro! I'm stoked for you! You should be happy with your first harvest. That's with a 400W, right? Nothing wrong with that.

A bigger light would bump up your yield but also the heat. Heat sucks big time. I wish I had a 400w or 600w for my veg system right now. The heat from my 1k is going to kill me this Summer!

Tips for everyone:
Use RO water if your water's normal PPM is above 200.
CO2 will increase your yield 30% (if you have enough light).
Botanicare nutes make your buds taste like candy (and your roots brown).
Run my mix at 1700-2000 PPM
OG Kush is the best bud on Earth. Don't forget to add a little more Cal Mag when you grow it.
Use big contractor's trash bags to line the inside of your cloner. Bring the edge up and over the cover. Trim with sissors. No more leaks! Cleanup is a breeze.

Hope this helps bro! I love the grow!!! Keep up the good work.
StinkBud

hey man you got a nice yield for a 400, but looking at them buds they could of went a lil longer they would of been alot better
remember the hair count 70%brown,orange/30% white the rest of the white goes away when you harvest

Hey Santee, thats one hell of a nice yield with a 400. Im local also, escondido. I ran a 1000 on my first aero setup and yielded 4oz with 8 plants, damn nice job. Dont mean to highjack your thread but since were on the aero subject, ive been having a big problem with my new growth growing out yellow. All my numbers seem to be perfect, i dont know what else to do. Temps are fine, got the timer 4 off 1 on, sprayers working well, roots are long as hell, plants seem to struggle when transplanted from the rubbermaid tub and the ez-cloner and then put into the sprayer rails. Added hydrozyme and hydroshield this last weekend and switched to botanicare nutes also, any ideas? New growth is just yellow as shit.

Thanks, Matt

Can you break down your numbers like pH and ppm? I have never used Hydrozyme or Hydrosheild so I am not sure if that is the problem. I am definately not an expert but I will try and help! Also if you could ive your feeding schedule and maybe the ratios someone else may be able to offer more input. I started my new grow last wednesday , I went with Blue Dream everything else is the same except the strain still same light, nutes. pH is 5.8 to 6.3. This time I am going to go with half strength nutes in the beginning and see how they handle it then gradually bump it up. I don't want the claw to happen to this batch.

I figured i was feeding them a little too strong right off the bat, lowered them down to 900 ppm, was at 1450 and the flower room was at 2450!!, lowered them both way down and now there greening up super nicely, going to be bringing them up alot more slowly and using a transition phase on the freshies now. Thanks, man, good luck on this next run.

-Matt