This is my first post here on grass city, I'll be doing a homemade low pressure aeroponics system. I also will be cloning in a aero cloner. This being my first time I'll be asking what could seem like a lot of silly questions, and I appreciate all input and help. There are always ways to improve. I enjoy growing and medicating both of which are legal in my state. Here is some back information about this grow. We germinated 3 strains. 5 master kush, 5 pure power plant, and 2 super skunk. Of the three we ended up losing all of our master kush and all but one of the pure power plant. Both of the super skunks originally started survived. We as I said earlier lost all five masters and four of five of the PPP. So ended up with 2 super skunk mommys and a pure power mommy. We have been vegging all three moms for just about 5 months. They are under four outdoor security lights ............. I forgot to mention our mothers are all in 5 gallon buckets with a great soil mix mostly castings and compost. Mothers are all healthy and massive. We have been using a combination of techniques to increase cloning site. Topping was the first and from there we have been super cropping hst, and lst with great success. On our really prolific bushy super skunk we also tried a little flimmin. Kind of a slow technique but impressed so far. We have taken 28 clones with some success. Our first clones were taken to bush out the moms. Of the 28 clones we had 15 root and are growing in other soil buckets. We were getting anxious and have an extra 400 watts to play with so we used the trimming of the moms to practice some techniques. We used no rooting hormone and jiffy peat pellets to clone under t5 fluorescent lights. Wouldn't recommend it, use the rooting gel and starter solution half the time half the damage to plants. "Learning curve." With doing aero we decided instead of rooting in the rock wool we would aero clone and transfer to the rock wool at the same time as putting in the net cups?? Any idea if this is a good decision? Then using a combination of the yoga mat "neoprene disks" and net pot lids not using a egerton ballast. We will be approaching this obstacle in the next two weeks or so. Comments appreciated. Cloning will be happening tomorrow if not tonight. I'll be putting together some photos and posting them through out the day. Hoping to hear all the comments and feedback on what I need to do to really get the results we all dream about. I'm excited to take on aero and hope to really see the results everyone raves about. It's been slow going getting the pieces together and running but in the next 4 days all the planning and thinking will be operating and not just an idea in my mind. Sent from my iPad using Grasscity Forum
Well here is another update cloned 60 plants today. Have some issues with the cloners leaking but all in all quite nice should be a successful run. Had to take thirty clones off of the PPP herself. She is looking rather thin hoping she pulls through. Used regular well water and clonex with rapid root in the reservoir. The clones in the back buckets were our original test run. I'm hoping to catch and pass them with our new aero cloner. Sent from my iPad using Grasscity Forum
Just transferred this over from indoor grow journal feel I might get some better traffic and more detailed help later down the line photos to come soon otherwise the original photos are in my indoor journal Sent from my iPad using Grasscity Forum
Ok so here is a complete show of the room just got it buttoned up missing two lights should arrive tomorrow or day after some pot porno for all the growers out there haha. Sent from my iPad using Grasscity Forum
Well first off, I have to say that if your hoping to harvest successfully a healthy crop in aeroponics you must have the right feeding formula and brand of nutrients or your ph is going to be all over the place and you will damage your plants. Aeroponics is very rewarding at harvest time if done right. The only thing is that it is easy to mess up if you dont pay attention to detail of roots, nutrients, ppm, ph, water temperature and so on. I would recommend using a six inch rockwool block to do hydro because it is easier, safer (less risk of loosing a crop, aeroponics can kill a crop within hours if something is wrong with you nutrient water). I have been growing in hydroponics over 20 years and I have experimented with everything out there including aeroponics. You should really consider what you are going to feed your plants. Most growers leave all the feeding nutrients to guessing or what sounds good on the bottle or the guy at the hydro supply store. Tip: 99% of dudes working at a hydro supply store DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GROW , they just know how to make it sell good to sell you a product they most likely make commission on. I know this for a fact. If they knew how to grow high grade marijuana you will NOT be working at a hydro store unless you do it for fun or you are the owner. Go to my site marijuanamillionaire and you can see the available information on my "45 Day Formula" that will ensure you succeed and see growth every 24 hours with you very eyes. Dont wait 5 months to veg a plant in soil. What you did in five months vegging you could of done in 2 and a half. Dont waste your time experimenting use my "45 day formula". You can get the ebook instantly as a download ...got to marijuanamillionaire and buy it today!
I'm keeping this thread updated much more consistently. http://forum.grasscity.com/indoor-grow-journals/1353158-indoor-aero-48-site-4400-watts-scrog.html#entry21210895