Starting with Aerogarden (my first grow, advice appreciated)

Originally Posted by WoldofWeedcraft

Yea, don't plant more than one seed per pot. Transplanting seedlings in soil is a bitch, and they usually die. I would say wait until they are big enough to handle the transplant, but by then the roots will be growing together...so be careful.

Ive seen people grow great big bushes in big 8 gallon tubs... but thats alooooot of soil, and alot of light... plus, your gonna have to transplant like 3 times before than.... either way you have very challanging task at hand... as big as those are now, im sure the roots are already tangled...

Well might be true..but the gizmo sure do not rely on aeroponics to work. I think it mo bubbleponics. Roots eventually dangle in the water so its a DWC later on...think all a person really needs to do is keep the water churning and things will work out. Maybe change the water occasionally. Went and took a look at your grow..very sweet. Now where you get that fancy holder for all them curly tail CFL's? And how come you aint got a hood on it..white walls and floors etc? Looks like you wasting a lot of lumens here. Would hate to have repoat such an individual to Algore for wasting energy resources. He most likely insist on buying some carbon credits Thats how he keeps his 20 k monthly electric bill from being accused of wasting enegy. Hey you reckon he's growing? That a lot of electricity being used at his house. He acts purty wacky sometimes too.

Big Wheel

Originally Posted by WoldofWeedcraft

The pump is watering his roots on a schedule. He needs a pump, not just an airstone.

The CFLs are pretty efficient. I really didn't spend too much in electricity. Yea I guess I could have made a reflector, but this was just a low budget project. The white walls in the room were pretty reflective, the buds that grew by the wall were the most dense. Next time, the AG is just gonna be a clone box, and I'll grow in soil using HPS for flowering.

I just started the seedlings in the in the soil in order to compare growth rates with the AG pods (i had a few extra seeds.) I actually transplanted one of the healthiest looking ones from the soil today into the AG spot w/ the weakest looking plant. If they die, then they die. I know soil to hydro is a big shock. Im experimenting I will be digging out the second one in the soil to give to a friend and leave 1 in the pot (and hope it ends up female)

I have the AG Pro 200 series. It has twice the lighting output of the original AG, a 24 hour light setting, and the neck extends 2 feet on the stock bar.
I also took a highschool sciencefair project board and covered it w/ a sheet of mylar that i place around it when not looking after them. I know it is only 3 sided, but the wall behind it is a flat white paint. If i think lighting is affecting growth rate, i can completely surround it (there is plenty of freakin mylar left, the roll is HUGE)

If i get 3 decent sized females that i can clip clones from and then harvest, i will be very happy. Im enjoying the whole learning process. Any advice is also greatly appreciated

Question

I have heard that you should remove the bottom "round/starter) petals, the ones that first sprout after a few normal leaves start to appear above it. Is this true, and is there a reason for this?

thanks

after doing some research, i guess these "water leaves" will fall off on their own over the next few weeks

Yea I just let mine fall off on their own.

Well, it's 4/20 and I've been drying a batch of iso hash for the past week. I just scraped it up today and stuck it in the oven, then pressed it. Yielded about half a gram of some hard black iso hash. It looks pretty nice, compared to what I was expecting. I would go through the details of how I made it, but you can find that info in the grow faq. Here are some pics of the finished product.