I have to be honest with you. I started my grow in the AG as a newbie too. I was really excited about it. After the three and a half months of growing in it and all the extra add ons you have to get for it. .. you really are better off just building your own type of system with some 16 oz cups, a storage bin, some lights, and a mini water pump. You'll get frustrated with the AG. I'm a big advocate of the thing for growing different things but I have to admit I wouldn't do weed in it again. Maybe just to start them but then I'd transplant them into soil. Check out this site. . . it has some nice instructions on a home made set up. http://www.instructables.com/id/Hydroponics_grow_kits_DWC/
I'm not saying you'd have to move the plants. Hell. . . I'm growing in my AG right now. I'm just saying that if I had had the opportunity to actually see what the AeroGarden is all about and how simplistic it really is, I would have tried to replicate it on my own rather than dropping $150 into something already made. You could probably get away with dropping $60-100 at Home Depot or Lowe's and basically make the same thing without the hassle of trying to set-up all the add-ons.
The only real upgrade is lights.
You can def grow 2 plants from start to finish in the AG. If you have a small grow space, simply top the plants and they'll grow stouter. My buddy is budding some Purple Haze right now in an AG.. All he did was add some CFL's and switched to FoxFarm Nutes (or something similar) during flowering. He is 3 weeks into flowering and its been smooth sailin...
Unfortunately you def need to add the CFL's (extra lighting), the lumens are crucial... if you aint got em... NO NUGZ
Wow, thanks! Appreciate all of the feedback. I spent the better part of yesterday researching homemade hydro rooms, boxes, hempy buckets... All seem awesome and seem to produce good results. I am just too busy right now to drive an hour to HD and purchase all of the stuff when I can spend an extra 50-100 bucks and get pretty much everything I need in the mail. Plus it looks to complicated for me personally as a first time grower. Also, I have no place to set up a room or a big, bulky(suspicious) box. My girlfriends family is NOSEY as hell and are always over poking around! Not only that but half of our house is under construction and we are expecting electricians/plumbers to be in and out for the next couple of months, not good! I'm planning on planting basil along with my plant(s) JUST IN CASE anybody happens to find my AG. I am also doing this for my girl who doesn't smoke(and loves fresh basil!) but respects my decision to do so. It's kind of a trade off i guess. Does anyone know if it is ok to grow buds and herbs together in the AG? I'm not looking for an easy way out... oh wait, yes I am!No really, I would do the whole DIY thing, but just don't have a "place" or time. Maybe if this works out, I'll be able to rig something together in the near future.
Also, will I have to buy a seperate lighting rig? Or just replace the bulbs that came with the AG with stronger ones?
Thanks again all, you rock! Good luck with your grows.
srry to hear about the male
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You can def grow 2 plants from start to finish in the AG. If you have a small grow space, simply top the plants and they'll grow stouter. My buddy is budding some Purple Haze right now in an AG.. All he did was add some CFL's and switched to FoxFarm Nutes (or something similar) during flowering. He is 3 weeks into flowering and its been smooth sailin...
Unfortunately you def need to add the CFL's (extra lighting), the lumens are crucial... if you aint got em... NO NUGZ
Wow, thanks! Appreciate all of the feedback. I spent the better part of yesterday researching homemade hydro rooms, boxes, hempy buckets... All seem awesome and seem to produce good results. I am just too busy right now to drive an hour to HD and purchase all of the stuff when I can spend an extra 50-100 bucks and get pretty much everything I need in the mail. Plus it looks to complicated for me personally as a first time grower. Also, I have no place to set up a room or a big, bulky(suspicious) box. My girlfriends family is NOSEY as hell and are always over poking around! Not only that but half of our house is under construction and we are expecting electricians/plumbers to be in and out for the next couple of months, not good! I'm planning on planting basil along with my plant(s) JUST IN CASE anybody happens to find my AG. I am also doing this for my girl who doesn't smoke(and loves fresh basil!) but respects my decision to do so. It's kind of a trade off i guess. Does anyone know if it is ok to grow buds and herbs together in the AG? I'm not looking for an easy way out... oh wait, yes I am!
Also, will I have to buy a seperate lighting rig? Or just replace the bulbs that came with the AG with stronger ones?
Thanks again all, you rock! Good luck with your grows.
Just go to home depot and by some $8 clamp lights... and some $1 Y-splitters... and add it to the AG lights... bingo bango