Aerogarden IKEA Cabinet Diesel-Ryder Grow

Originally Posted by Mr.Natural

Hey MK, your right they look very happy in there. You will need to flush sometime. Those AG nutes have a lot of salt build up. Simple flushing helps with that. The Canna nutes are good stuff much cleaner.

Thanks Mr. N. I'll try a flush the next time nutes are needed.
What effect does the salt build up have?

The build up can lead to a nutrient lock out. The plant will stop feeding and suffer all kinds of problems.But there is a fix for that.

Day 26.

Well you might think I am crazy but I topped the bigger plant yesterday! I know it's not supposed to be a good idea to top Autoflowering plants, but hey you only live once and a few people have had good results with it on RIU!
I used some rooting powder on the bit I cut off the top to see if I can get that to grow as a clone and stuck it in a jiffy pellet. If it works out I am gonna try that in soil as I don't want more than two plants in my aerogarden. Might even plant it outside if things go well.

Here are some pics from today (day after topping the plant on the left using Uncle Bens method)....
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well then good for u! u should build a mini cab and make some colided silver and made some seed with your clone

Dude there growing so nice, im ordering an aerogarden delux to root my clones in. I got question though, wat happens wen they start to out grow the aerogarden? Ive seen people take the light of, keep using the resevoir and introduce an MH or multiple CFL's, wat are ur plans??

Originally Posted by lukey boii

Dude there growing so nice, im ordering an aerogarden delux to root my clones in. I got question though, wat happens wen they start to out grow the aerogarden? Ive seen people take the light of, keep using the resevoir and introduce an MH or multiple CFL's, wat are ur plans??

Hey Lukey,
I am hoping that they won't outgrow the aerogarden as they have lowryder genetics! If they do then my plan would be to use some CFL's. I want to see how far I can take the aerogarden by itself...

Autoflower, they deserve to have some darkness... but 12/12 is pathetic for an autoflower. Best giving as much light as possible without being rude to the roots. The darkness will give the roots time to grow and the plant time to rest. 12/12 is way too much rest for an auto.... so go with 20/4

Topping them doesn't seem to be bad. From my personal and friends experiences with autos, you can top them and they seem to just take longer to transition into flower. They become much bushier. But I'd probably recommend Low stress training over topping. Tie the plants down to the lid of the aerogarden reservoir. You can use foild duct tape to anchor down some ties. Try to have all the plants tied down in the same direction, either clockwise or counter clock wise.

For experimental purposes:
Top one,
Low stress train the other around the perimeter of the reservoir and around the bushy topped plant in the center. Viola

Originally Posted by MadKitty

Hey Lukey,
I am hoping that they won't outgrow the aerogarden as they have lowryder genetics! If they do then my plan would be to use some CFL's. I want to see how far I can take the aerogarden by itself...

sounds good mate itll be good to see how far it can go, just out of curiosity how high can the light be adjusted??