Aerogarden Round 3: Lowryder #2

Teknique70 · #1 03-12-2008, 06:23 PM

Whats up all?!

Well 2 weeks ago I got my aerogarden pro 200 in the mail and a couple weeks before that I got some Lowryder #2 seeds from dope-seeds.com.
It only took 10 days to arrive and I live in the states. The package wasn't too discreet but hey it worked!

Anyways... its been exactley 2 weeks since i popped the seeds in and they took off quick! I've got a pretty simple setup using 4 100 watt equvilent CFLs, 2 are red spectrum and 2 are blue...plus the three aerogarden lights...and of course the fox farm line of nutes....

Not much else to say I've got some pics here of what it looks like so far...

The plant in the back left has some spots which I believe is due to PH problems during the first week, thats straightened out now, it's got a 100 watt equivelent red spectrum light right up on it....Or it could just be the typical discoloration that occurs somtimes on the first few sets of leaves when using the aerogarden..

The plant in the back right has got the 100 watt equivelent blue spectrum like right up on it and seems to be growing faster than it can keep up with itself...

The one in the front center is doing fantastic...

Take a look for yourself....

Thanks
Peace
-Tek

korvette1977 · #2 03-12-2008, 06:29 PM

looking good so far .. good luck on #3

Teknique70 · #3 03-12-2008, 06:39 PM

Thanks Bud

Peace
-Tek

greengurlie · #4 03-12-2008, 07:02 PM

awesome! the 3-plant arrangement was the exact way i was going to plant mine on trial #2... I love the way you have the 4 evenly spaced lights hung also! I am thinking of adding that on as well now!

to answer your question about how I suspended the top of my ag... yes I drilled holes in the top black shell. first you have to take out the bulbs, then use a phillips screwdriver to remove ~10 screws... after that drill an appropriately sized hole using the plastic-mold's dots as a guideline (this way you don't have to measure..)

ty & good luck!

daveg1i · #5 03-12-2008, 08:09 PM

nice dude lookin good.

Hidden Dragon · #6 03-12-2008, 08:45 PM

You are not using any nutes at this point, are you?

Dave

Teknique70 · #7 03-13-2008, 06:26 AM

Yea I've been using nutes, contrary to what I've heard a few times about not using them for the first few weeks... I've done it like this a few times before and they turned out fine but maybe thats why the discoloration....

Peace
-Tek

khamsin · #8 03-13-2008, 08:18 AM

i am very interested in your progress...good luck and keep us posted

Bababooey · #9 03-13-2008, 03:34 PM

Tek,

I'm about a month into my first aerogarden grow thanks to the knowledge gained from you, Dave, Wow, etc. I bought the fox farm nutes, the EC meter, airstone, fan, ph test, extra cfl 150 watt lights...I mean I'm trying to get this right the first time.

The only problem I have had so far is the same brown spotting on early leaves that you are showing in your picture. Those leaves eventually just dry out and flake off. Fortunately, there is new leaf growth on all plants which looks real healthy and I have even moved my biggest one to a home made bubbler.

I've been driving myself crazy trying to identify the cause for that brown spotting. There's a ridiculous amount of conflicting advice that I've found on the various boards. The most likely cause that I have determined from my own research is that it is a phosphorus deficiency caused by a nutrient lockout from too high ph. I test ph using the GH drops and thought I would be fine with a yellow reading of 6.0 - 6.5. I'm now finding that this problem seems to improve at a lower ph (orange) reading of 5.0 - 5.5.

I first thought it looked like pictures of nute burn, even though I went with about one quarter of the Fox Farm recommended dosage and EC level. However,I changed/flushed the reservoir and used zero nutes with some fresh seedlings and the exact same browning occurred. That's why I think it's the ph.

I'm growing from good (unidentified) bag seed, and this has been the only problem so far.

Hope it goes good from here and thanks again for all the advice.

Teknique70 · #10 03-13-2008, 04:14 PM

Yea, I've had this problem before and it seems to only affect the first few sets of leaves then it works itself out....I know of others who have used the aerogarden and had the same occurence....maybe a lower ph of 5-6 would be a way to stop it from happening or not using any nutes for the first week or 2...

But thanks for the comment and good luck
Peace
-Tek