I had been using my aerogarden pro with this light fixture I have now up until this afternoon..

Alright so I went to the store today and saw these tubs with lids, they were like $2 so I decided to buy a set, I got home and tested out this airstone with my 15 gallon pump, I was just going to throw 3 thai super skunk seeds in it on 12/12 from seed.. But I was really impressed. I have been getting really tired of how hard it is to move my AG res around. Plus this has equal water depths for all of the plants, the only thing it lacks is a drip system, which I will probably rig up soon. Plus this base is layered with mylar.. =]

The tub is clear-ish green, you can't see shit in it with water in it, but I duck-taped the entire bottom bin to light proof it.

Its a 1 gallon res, which Is exactly the same size as my aerogarden, but flat, and less bulky.

I have a 40 gallon pump in there with a 10" round airstone, there are tons of bubbles.

Also, since the res is really wide and short that means the water level won't matter as much, plus if it ever gets really low the airstone can just spray water because of the massive pump I'm using.

Its really convenient to mix nutes because I can just put them in the jug and dump the entire thing in there, its so easy to work on my plants and res.. just take the lid off and stick it in an empty one for the time being or just pH'd water while you clean out the res or add a new airstone.

I really liked my aerogarden at first, but I started getting a more and more complicated setup and it wasn't really worth all of the extra work and space.

So here are the specs...

1.5 gallon res (1 gallon line at the very bottom of sponges res is light proofed.)

40 Gallon air pump

10" Round airstone

Nutrients: Foxfarm Hydro Trio

Veg Lighting: 4x26w 6500K CFL + 2x42W 2700K CFL (10,800 lumens)

Flowering Lighting 4x26W 2700K CFL + 2x42W 2700K CFL (12,200 lumens)


So yea, both fem seeds have started to poke out of the shell, the bagseed plant is not feminized so I can exterminate it earlier if its a male. I will be taking clones from this plant for some friends, so the extra veg time should be fine.

If anyone has any simple drip feed systems let me know...

Also.. I was thinking about trying a scrog with this.. would that be possible?


until next time...

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im diggin the setup. Especially how the lights are setup, thats badasss. I hear you on the AG too. I had so many problems with mine towards the end. I'm goin to the hydro store today to look at some other options. Might keep my AG for clones or vegetables.

Yea, I will definitely use the AG as a cloner or try out some real veggies.

IDK if my plants really like the dwc so far, bagseed plant is kind of sagging, will be watching this over the course of the day. I woke up and my airstone was floating.. Had to switch it out for a weighted one.

My whiteberry seed wouldn't shed seed, so I had to do some surgery.

I accidently dropped my grow pod on the floor on the way to the bathroom (idk how, must have been because I just woke up) and broke the grow net, but the seed and membrane popped right off when it hit the ground, lol no damage done though, just a carpet rub.

If everything goes wrong in this tub I can always switch back to the AG if I need to.

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yay! ill def be following this grow.
Good luck.

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WORD! excited to see how this goes.

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looks good man. are you going to try to grow them all the way to harvest in that res? it will get over crowded and tangled. i had this problem in veg on my first dwc. if the bag-seed ends up male you will never get the roots separated. that will cause root rot from the dead roots decaying.

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beautiful man this is exactly what im about to do except im gonna have res. directly under plants so it just drips straight down (in speaker grow)

but im glad to see that size tupa-ware. exactly what i need sweet

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Movin' from the AG is definitely a good idea. There is way too much involved with trying to get the AG to do exactly what you want. Can't wait til I get the money together to throw at some more Hydro stuff. Lookin' good though man. Best of luck on this one!

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Yea I never really thought about that, would suck if I tainted some potential yield from my feminized seeds.

I think 3 plants is too much for a 1.5 gallon res anyways, I made a new lid with 2 holes. My initial plan was to only grow 2 strands and I was going to toss the bagseed plant anyways, but it looked too pretty to kill, I just found a new home for it.

I was checking on my thai super skunk seeds and.... I dropped one of them and I never found it. Seeds were free so I'm not too worried.


Going to 12/12 from seed these plants just to see what hapens, the thai super skunk has 12-14 week flowering.

I have room for another 1.5 gallon tub in my grow space if it looks like it will be worth moving to the big room if I get any fems.


On a more related note..

Both white berry and blue cheese seeds have sprouted, will post an update of them in a few days.

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