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First Grow: Aeroponic & Drip Hydro - White Rhino

Welcome to the journal of a small, legal, medical Marijuana grow room. We may be relatively 'green' to hydroponics, but through the efforts of individuals across a gamut of disciplines this room is going to be awesome! This is a FIRST TIME GROW, using hydroponic gear, for all those involved...and will be updating the Journal frequently, including lots of pictures!

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SUMMARY OF ROOM & EQUIPMENT:
TYPE: Hydroponic: Aeroponic and Drip Hydro
SIZE: Small Room(s), 100 sq ft flowering, 25 sq ft vegetative
VENTILATION: 1,500 CFM though 1x6" & 1x8" in-line 'can-fans' (actual total exchange 600 CFM)
FILTRATION: Custom fab'd filtered heat exchanged boxes (input and output), *UV light expandable
ODER CONTROL: None for now (legal, good neighbors)...can add activated carbon filter to airflow
CLIMATE CONTROL: Air intake/output heat exchangers, 8,000 BTU stand-alone AC (dedicated exhaust)
HUMIDITY CONTROL: Air conditioner, will likely add a dehumidifier when budding
LIGHTING: VEG - 2 x 400w MH & CFL ..... BUD - 2 x 1000w HPS w/6" Vented Hoods
LIGHT CONSERVATION: 4mil Mylar, floor to ceiling, both rooms
PROPAGATION: Botanicare 2x4' Flood Table, home-made 35 site Aeroponic Cloning Machine
VEGETATIVE HYDRO: General Hydroponics AeroFlo-20 (modified to a 12 site)
FLOWERING HYDRO: General Hydroponics EuroGrower 8 site drip system (expanding to 2 systems)
TIMING CONTROL & SENSING: Hybrid of basic timers, and experimental custom micro-controller

(NOTE: this list will be updated periodically as the physical configuration changes.)

  1. TRANSPLANT UPDATE: AeroFlo-20 to EuroGrower-8

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    dannibusgardens
    , 10-01-2011 at 07:29 PM (First Grow: Aeroponic & Drip Hydro - White Rhino)
    Over the last week we migrated all plants to their final positions for flowering. YAY!!

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    The strongest of the 12 AeroFlo plants was selected as the new Mom, and was transplanted into a large recycled-cloth/plastic-fiber 'soft-pot', in a mixture of HigroMite and CoCo Coir. She's now on a simple recirculating drip-hydro setup, being fed once an hour for about 15 min (60min off, 15 on).

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  2. AeroFlo20 Transplant to EuroGrower8 -- Expect Root Bibding Problems...

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    dannibusgardens
    , 09-21-2011 at 01:31 PM (First Grow: Aeroponic & Drip Hydro - White Rhino)
    So the girls are done vegging and am about to move to transition and flowering... Up to this point they have lived in the GH AeroFlo-20 (a Aeroponics/NFT hybrid), growing VERY fast and healthy.

    Huge Problem Need Help!-white-rino-day-49-flowering

    To free up the AeroFlo for the next crop of clones, we're moving them to the GH EuroGrower-8, which is essentially a drip hydroponics system (with a slight twist).

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    The problem is that the root balls in ...
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  3. 4 Weeks Into Veg - EXPLOSIVE ROOT GROWTH

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    dannibusgardens
    , 08-31-2011 at 06:25 PM (First Grow: Aeroponic & Drip Hydro - White Rhino)
    The AeroFlo-20 ROCKS TITS!!

    Seriously, this machine makes phat stocks and ruge roots!
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    We might have taken it a little slow lowering the tubes, but everything is super healthy looking and growing FAST now! Am almost a bit concerned that the roots are going to overtake the channels before they are ready for transplanting to the EuroGrower-8, but ...
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  4. Flowering Room Nearly Complete

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    dannibusgardens
    , 08-11-2011 at 08:51 PM (First Grow: Aeroponic & Drip Hydro - White Rhino)
    The alpha-flowering-room-temp-veg-panorama.jpg

    ...so we decided why not use to complete the veg cycle! Before transplanting the clones we re-checked all the seals (calking, doors, partitions, etc), covered eveything in a layer of 4mil Mylar, and scrubbed EVERYTHING down with a 30% concentration of H2O2 (Hydrogen Peroxide). If you want to be sure everything is REALLY dead, there's nothing better (except bleach, and it's even worse for you and leaves a residue).

    But as we learned...GLOVES ARE ...
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  5. CLONE WARS! Episode...."we should have bought an EZ-Cloner"

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    dannibusgardens
    , 07-21-2011 at 12:43 PM (First Grow: Aeroponic & Drip Hydro - White Rhino)
    First the good news....the clones are still alive! After building and rebuilding two different propagators, these clones have been through a LOT. ...which is why up till now we've been patiently waiting for roots thinking the added shock was stunting their growth.

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    WRONG! After peeling back the black rubber disks from a couple of clones we found LOADS of roots. Apparently (basic physics again) the cloning machine ...
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