AeroGarden Guide *NEW AND IMPROVED*

Originally Posted by LankyWhite

I just set up two AeroG Pros one with 3 Joint Doctor's Diesel Ryders and one with 4 of G-13 Labs Poison Dwarfs. Got it on 24 hr light schedule on the strawberry setting. The temps running high at around 85 during the day, higher if the door to the grow room is closed, and prolly around 75-80 at night with the door open. I'm running one small non oscillating fan on high and when circumstances are primo I open the door and run a regular 3 speed box fan on high directly on the door way. My grow area is about 44cubic feet. 5'2" at the tallest point or left hand side(H1), 3'1" across (W), 1'10" at the lower side or right hand side (H2), 4'6" running from the left hand side to the right hand side(C1), by about 4' deep (L1). To try and make it clearer the roof goes from the highest point to the shorter, 1'10", point forming a triangular roof. My issue is the heat and air circulation. I've considered adding a 70cfm flat whisper fan but if the 3 speed box fan only brings the temp down by 5-8 degrees F then what other options could I employ if the 70 cfm flat whisper fan doesn't cool the room to below 80-85 degrees F? I wanted to use an AeroG just to work on my basic growing techniques and to get some quick automatik nug for my head stash until I use my 400w HPS and other seeds. I've grown several times using bagseed indoors and out but almost always under the circumstances of growing it at someone else's place and leaving the little guys in their care resulting in either death, thievery, or poor care. I feel that I can grow but just wanted to take baby steps into it until I'm fully confident that my babies will do fine in a second larger scale setup. I'll try and post some pics of my current setup so you might get a better idea of what I'm talking about. My bad I'm new to the forum and trying to learn. I'll be posting on here, Cannabis-World.org,ICMag.com, and cannabis.com with full gro journals and pics as soon as things start to get under way. Any help would be much appreciated.

do i grow from seeds in the strawberry setting tooo on 24 hr light schedule.

Originally Posted by Froman

Fa sho man, sounds good, i do believe you keep the auto's on 18/6, they should show by them selves

could i just put them in my aerogarden from seeds and set them on kitchen counter until germination for their first sets of leaves with no fan and just lighting from the aerogarden.

question : for my seeding what should i put my aerogarden settings toooo ? i have the aerogarden classic 7 pod... and is it possible to germinate all 7 for about 3 weeks before transplanting into my bigger grow room 400 watt hps system with 6 inch net pots should i just use aerogarden nutes for the first 3 weeks of grow will that be ok..... thanks in advance......

Great guide. Thank you.

yes you can do that but you definatly want to get an air pump and an air stone and ad that to your Aerogarden ASAP. With an airstone the stock pump that comes with the aerogarden is obsolete. I have an Aerogarden 7 pod and I have grown a few small ladies in it but right now Im using it as a starter before I transfer into my DWC setup. I tried the stock aerogarden and found that the airstone setup is a must. But other than that you can leave it stock and forget about it. I germinate in mine and everything. Hope this helps. Anymore questions just ask. This is a great guide and I hope to help keep it updated.

Originally Posted by Dbossmanfl

question : for my seeding what should i put my aerogarden settings toooo ? i have the aerogarden classic 7 pod... and is it possible to germinate all 7 for about 3 weeks before transplanting into my bigger grow room 400 watt hps system with 6 inch net pots should i just use aerogarden nutes for the first 3 weeks of grow will that be ok..... thanks in advance......

Unless you have no alternative i would stay away from the Aerogarden nutes is possible. If you have to use them start out at 1/4 strength and move up from there

okay, first id like to say this guide was extreamley helpful but i was looking at some onf the new aero gardens and the model i was looking at had a digital timer in it its stated that it was for the lights. so do i still need the timer im in the prosess of procureing these itemes one by one. so im just trying to get my shoping list in order. and also i watched a vid on you tube with someone growing some ak in an wero garden it looked amazeing but she didnt seam to have any additonal lighting so my question is are the cfls requred?