Trailer park grow

Never seen anything like this,Interesting grow set up. But im concerned for you and your plants that they will get root bound or block those pipes. Just wondering if you have put any throught into this problem that might occur?

Originally Posted by jUzSmokEIt

Never seen anything like this,Interesting grow set up. But im concerned for you and your plants that they will get root bound or block those pipes. Just wondering if you have put any throught into this problem that might occur?

I have a fine mesh glued to the bottom of the bottles, so I don't think I need to worry about clogs.

The roots are another story. I found this setup on a Hydoponics site. They're suggesting it for tomatos and such.
I have a High Times issue some where that had the same setup, but I can't find the thing. It's been around for about 20 years and pops up once in a while in the flotsam and jetsam of life.

I've used to do a lot of outdoor gardening and had lily ponds for a long time but this is the first time I've had the space or help to do this.
So, when I saw The aero garden add, it got the juices flowing. I just found this site recently so most of my hydro research wasn't weed specific. When I started seeing the size of some of the root masses, I did get a little worried, but being the the typical pigheaded, no direction asking kind of guy i am, I'm going with my original set up.

I only plan on letting them get about 3', but if they do get bound,I'll bite the bullet and build something else. I just thought this would be the cheapest way of starting out. The whole setup, with pump and air stone,was under $50

Well, thanks for the interest. I'll probably update with photos in a few days. I had a quick growth spirt when i put them under the sodium, now just filling in. I also noticed that the main stem has gotten much thicker.

On another note.
When I was a kid, my Grandmother had a Pointsetta that she kept for many, many years. When I stayed with her I would help her put it to bed each night and get it up in the morning. It was just a big box with a cloth over it but It was fun helping her and lisrtening to her talk to it and tell it how much nicer it was looking and such, when most of the time,to me, it just looked like a twig with leaves. Then, a month or so before X-mas it would bloom and be as beautiful as ever. Now every morning when I close the babies up tight an when I open them back up to see how they've grown, I think of her.
And that makes me want to just thank everybody. For all the knowledge you share and the help you give. I had forgotten about the joy you can get from just watching something grow.

Here comes the boss. gotta go!

My mom has put poinsettas in a dark closet for years and has some really huge ones. She starts here plants under floros in her heated garage and plants them early. I'm going up for a visit next week and always look forward to her discussion. My family always make jopkes about her getting raided by the dea. Imagine thier suprise when they find a little ( about 4'6") old lady growing flowers. She lives in a trailer too. 80 x 16. VV

Originally Posted by VictorVIcious

My mom has put poinsettas in a dark closet for years and has some really huge ones. She starts here plants under floros in her heated garage and plants them early. I'm going up for a visit next week and always look forward to her discussion. My family always make jopkes about her getting raided by the dea. Imagine thier suprise when they find a little ( about 4'6") old lady growing flowers. She lives in a trailer too. 80 x 16. VV

Sounds like my grandma. She was small but tough. When I was about 13 I stuck some pot seeds in one of her plants. She ended up putting them in another pot and had them over a foot tall before her downstairs neighbor told her what they were. I can still picture her chasing me around the kitchen table with a very large wooden spoon.
Ihad to stay away for about a week, which was torture because she also made the best cookies.

Hey Folks,
I'm in day seven of flowering. Everything going smoothly. Still no definite sex yet on any of them. Everything is growing very thick. It's hard not to clip away some of those extra leaves to get more light but it looks like everyone advises against that. I added four CFLs around the edge. There goes another $50, hope it's worth it.

I ordered more of the Technaflora nutes. I was using the formula that came with the starter kit which included the supplements. I was wondering how many different nutes do most people use in hydro grows. Most of the research I did on hydroponics sites, before finding this place, mentioned 3 part formulas. Do most growers use more than three different products in a normal grow, or do you use other additives, other than things you use for problems.

I've been ordering from http://cheaphydroponics.com/ They've been a lot cheaper than other sites on everything I've ordered so far and they ship out of Cleveland OH. Very quick if you're in North East of the US.

I'll throw a few pics up but not much change, just a little thicker and bushier. I also have a pic of my crazy clone factory. These were all started within days of each other. I have no idea what they are. Everything came from a bag of seeds that had been saved over five or six years. I'm letting these grow to learn cloning and I just couldn't kill off the runts. Some of them have turned into nice compact little plants.

Well... If anybody has any suggestions, please let me know

how long did you vegitate for?
those plants seem small

Originally Posted by ilikeblazin

how long did you vegitate for?
those plants seem small

They're a little over five weeks old. I started flowering at four weeks. I only have about three feet to work with.

ahh ic.
how tall were they when you put them in flowering?