Newbies AeroGardener-7 Question

So I planted my seeds last night approximatively 13hours ago how many days will it take them to sprout germinated and non-germinated I will be getting pictures of the setup on my closet grow and another question is, will my plants grow to tall for my aerogarden-7 lights by the time they are ready to go into flowering mode?

Farming420 said:

So I planted my seeds last night approximatively 13hours ago how many days will it take them to sprout germinated and non-germinated I will be getting pictures of the setup on my closet grow and another question is, will my plants grow to tall for my aerogarden-7 lights by the time they are ready to go into flowering mode?

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germinated seeds can sprout that same day or take up to 3 or 4 before they break the soil. ungerminated seed i would assume would take more like 2 weeks to sprout. and depending on the strain the plants may get too tall. but being too tall isn't really an issue because you can just gently bend the plants over and tie em off.

Wow really "bend" them thats pretty cool, I never knew weed plants were that flexible and bendable because the way they grew straight up and out in a straight formation but thanks for teaching me appreciated.

Check my bend lol
I put another light on the top

Farming420 said:

Wow really "bend" them thats pretty cool, I never knew weed plants were that flexible and bendable because the way they grew straight up and out in a straight formation but thanks for teaching me appreciated.

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Farming420: Good questions all. Here are some answers from my garden.
1. When your seeds will sprout depends a lot on: the strain, type, how old they are and how they were stored. I keep mine in black plastic 35 mm film canisters and I store them in the refrigerator produce crisper. I've kept them there for a couple of years and still had them sprout.
Aerogarden says to give them a week to sprout. Read everything that came with your A/G and don't be surprised if you see green in about four days. I've had one sprout in 24 hours but that was only once. I wouldn't worry unless you pass a week without sprouts.
2. As far as them out growing your A/G that can depend on a lot of things. Did you get the model with the three lamp hood and the tall arm/light stand? If you didn't you're going to be limited to 12 inches height and not a lot of light. You can get an upgrade kit for about $110 that will include a three lamp hood accommodating three flat high intensity CFL's and an arm light stand that goes up to 24 inches.
You can still out grow the unit but I started bending them over and weighing down the stems with crimp on fishing weights attached with 4 pound nylon trout line. It doesn't look as pretty but it works.
3. If you got the one with the two lamp hood you'll want more light. Try not to grow more than two or three plants in an A/G to avoid overcrowding. Good luck.

how many do you put in each AeroGardeen I put two on opposite sides for room.

Farming420:
I agree with you. Two seems to be the magic number in my seven holes A/G. If it means pitching a female into my compost pile I'll grow a third one but I think it gets too crowded in the reservoir. I like them at opposite sides of the planting deck just so you can have some room for their roots to spread. I can have a total of six flowering plants under my states legal limit and I have three A/G's but I seldom have more than two going at a time as I only grow enough for my personal needs.

how many plants u got growing there?

Justin121: Presently two. You have to understand that I'm only growing for myself. Each one is a different strain. One is thinner with long buds and the other is bushier with more buds but they're shorter. Each has as many flowers attached as they can produce all the way down to the planting deck. Originally I planted seven seeds and five sprouted. The seeds were between three and five years old so I'm not complaining. Of the five that sprouted one grew into itself and when I tried to straighten it out it broke. The four that survived were two each of the same strain; two tall and two short bushier ones so I separated them into two A/G's by strain. In each pair a male evolved and they went into the compost pile in my vegetable garden. Maybe that's why my tomatoes tasted so good this year. (Just kidding). The two remaining ladies are presently doing well and probably a couple of weeks from flushing and harvest.

If you've been doing this for a while then you know it really doesn't take a lot to grow good weed in an Aerogarden. About all it requires is patience and a lot of curiosity to learn what to do and what not to do. I have friends who got greedy and tried to grow seven plants in an Aerogarden and they ended up with disasters. Read everything you can on the Aerogarden at their website because they're constantly changing. They have some new ideas and accessories that will make your job easier and much more enjoyable. But the underlying fact is that you have to remember at all times that the A/G was not designed to grow marijuana. There, we can work together, exchange information, and learn from each other.

Cervantes's bible on growing medical M/J should be a must for everyone because I don't care how much you know, he'll teach you new things and remind you of what you forgot. Sadly, no one until recently has come up with a guide designed to teach you how to grow medical marijuana with an Aerogarden. I had the opportunity to review a text on the cultivation of medical marijuana using an Aerogarden written by a member of a local co-op named Sebastian. Obviously that's not his real name but he's pretty knowledgeable and I learned a lot from his book. It was scheduled to come out last fall but the publisher got cold feet at the last minute and killed the project. A couple of us are trying to convince him to offer it on line as an E-Book.