New Aeroflo2 60 Grow! Started from the ground up! Lots of Pics!!

NIce dude.. like radio shack! I think that I had a little bit of rot in the roots a couple weeks ago.. i thought it was staining from the nutes but all of the plants are growing fresh white roots now!! All of the plants came back for the most part! I turned the lights off last night @ 8pm and plan on giving them like 60 hrs of darkness. Im switching all of my bulbs to hortilux HPS and will have all 4 running. I plan on bumping the co2 ppms up to 1250 when the lights go back on. (previously @ 750) I also made some changes to the ventilation system. The lights now pull air from the mother area and cool the lights.. I also changed it to exhaust outsisde! Which product do you use again silicone bassed? I use diamond nectar which is suppose to help absorbtion. I am also ready to start cloning here.. I just dont have enough space. I am going to try and buy another t5 and hang it in the bathtub or something so that I can use the easy cloner and still havee light/room for a couple trays of rockwool. How many cuttings should I expect per plant per week? I am feeding them just water right now before taking cuttings. Also, when I checked the roots and was having all of those problems with the plants thinking it was mosaic virus and shit, There were like 100 mites per plant in the roots.. They were just sucking the life out of my plants via the roots! During this dark period I am spraying azatrol to contain the issue!!

Holler Back lol

Side Note: Watching world cup and they really need to stop calling pussy fouls!

60 hours of light is way to much dark time for them to switch to flowering 24hrs would be max for me.
I use dyna-gro pro-tekt as my silicone additave, it also reduces stress caused by heat, cold, drought, insects, and disease.
keep in mind that your fans in your exaust system pull air better than they push it.
the thing about the easy cloner is that you eventually need to put your clone in a medium such as plugs or rockwool so when you clone keep an eye on the base of the clone once it starts turning hite and devoulping root bumps take them out and insert into a medium. They can devolp roots in the ezcloner but it wont support the plant later on in your aeroponic system that decision is just personal choice.
I actually use 1 1000 watt mh for my vegg room and that includes my clones i just keep em about 4-5 feet away from the light.
Rule of thumb when taking clones dont take more than 30% of the plants foilage wait about 2 weeks and then you can cut agian.
Mites on your roots ouccch.
ive got a slight mite problem too im using floramite its a pretty strong pesticide that stays in the plants for like 30 days.

hey.. I think that I will pick some of that stuff up for the roots.. couldnt hurt! Azatrol is the same thing.. its like neem oil and it stays for 30 days as well. I will use the aero to clone for my system and also for plants that I will transplant into soil... I will use plugs as well because I am selling them.. Most people do 24 to 72 hours of dar so I went somewhere in the middle lol
The exhaust is better now.. It pulls air out of the mother area and pushes it through the lights to the outside and I have another fan bringing cool air into the moms. Its like a big circle.. Ive been lazy with the picture taking. I will get some new ones today for sure though!!

laggging on the pics bro. This was my favorite thread, now its dead.......

Honestly mann I didnt think anyone was keepin up anymore!! Ill post some pics now If people comment n stuff Ill stay more current!! I check it everyday and have the updates sent to my phone!

UPDATES: Ok so I will put up all the pics after the updates.. I'm a little less than a week into flower right now.. I did 60 hrs of dark and witched and flipped the lights on Tuesday. I have all of the HPS bulbs in there now instead of the MH conversion bulbs. They are 12/12 from 7:30 pm to 7:30 am they are on. I am trying to keep the room @ 45% RH and 74 degrees. When the lights are on, my CO2 ppms are at 750. I did a res change today.. I am changing it every week. Before I change it, I throw in H202 and florakleen for about 3 hours to clean it out. I put in fresh RO and nutes in today. I put 1tsp/gal diamond nectar, 1ml/gal floralicious plus, 1ml/gal super thrive, .5 tsp/gal koolbloom, 1.5 tsp/gal of each of the 3 flora series nutes and 6 tsp total of pH up. My readings were ppm-1200, pH5.7, temp 70. I am also in the process of putting in the frame that I will hook the trellis to and also partially bend the plants so that they maximize light usage! The mothers are doing well! I found mold on one of them today. I am now going to have to get a sulfur burner and a dehumidifier. I got the mold because the RH in that room is like 60% (way too high). I just couldn't afford another dehumidifier yet... now im screwed! There may be more I'm forgetting so I will post as I remember!

These are the Northern Lights seeds (feminized) that I got from Nirvana!Heres the mommys!Like I said, I started to notice some mold on one of them.. Any suggestions on the quickest solutions... I'm all ears! Now onto the main event...I am using 3/4" pvc for the frame.. I have a 16'x4' trellis that will go over top. I will also be tying the plants on the outer tubes to that so that they grow sideways and all of the leaves get light! This is also a new addition.. I just blows outside air into the room.. My carbon filter is so powerful that it sucks in the walls so I added this fan to blow fresh air in!!

As always, ALL questions, comments, concerns etc are welcome and very much appreciated!!

Very nice setup and grow. Just a thought. Have you thought about using light movers to even out the lighting across your grow site? Something like these.http://www.ecogrow.com/index.cfm/page/19/mid/9/Light.html

Hey really like your grow. I am about to start up my own room of similar style to yours but am right now leaning towards the aquamist systems over the aeroflos even tho they seem really popular on here. Either way, sick grow and its nice to see you kept your head above water with your bumpy start there. peace!

wow impressed... filled in nicely. When did u start HPS?

Hey yall,

DarylP- thanks man.. I thought about getting the light movers but they were too expensive at the time. It may not look like it but i was on a budget lol Now I still need a water chiller and after finder a lil powder mold on my mothers, a sulfur burner too.. You know of a good site for that?

ptk-I appreciate it man! I was checking out the aquamist systems and they dont give too much info. I did notice that they are trying to fit 120 plants sites into a 2'x4' system. That is nowhere near enough room.. I have 60 plants in an approx. 13'x6' site and they still need more room.. If you are looking @ that system because you have space issues, there are definitely better systems IMHO.

Kevdogg- good to see you around after the dark period, i turned the lights on Tuesday (5 days ago). I went into the room today though and the plants are kinda leggy and folded over.. they look like a very light case of "lack of water". The pumps are on and everything was ok.. the pH was a little high but I fixed that today and put the temp down to 65 with water bottles.. any ideas? ppm's are still @ 970

Still looks like a great setup. I'm planing out a grow room similar to your and Stinkbud. Using homemade aero beds like Stinkbud using no medium. But will be controlling the room with Hydrohomesoft software and some Phidgets. This will give me complete control over lights, pumps, Nutes and Evro's. Or just about anything you can control with a timer or meter. Should be alot of fun building and setting it up. Software will log anything you set it to watch or it can e-mail your warnings about levels or other problems....

Shot for got.. You might want to install a UPS. One large enough to just run your pumps. Your kids can miss out on light. But if power goes out and there's nothing to drink they will complain and it won't be nice.

Hey yea I checkedd out the sites.. it looks amazing man.. U have to keep me up to date with how it goes.. Are you starting a journal? let me know so I can sub..

whats a ups?

Uninterpreted power supply. Basicly a battery that is on a charger that will kick in and power a set of outlets when it detects a power outage on the main line. Can give you hours of backup depending on size and load.

I'll start a journal when I have my brain done figuring out the hardware and get started on the build..

That a good idea. As soon as I get some extra $$ I'll have to invest! \How much does something like that run?? A couple hundred?

Awesome..Im looking forward to it!

Would depend on the load you want to run and how much time. Heck you can go from 50 bucks to emptying everyones wallet that is on this forum if you want to. Just figure out your load requirements for your pumps. Than checkout some computer parts supplyers and find one that will cover your load and give you a decent backup for the price your willing to pay. This site might give you a idea on what it would take to power your pumps. This sites prices could be high or low. Just had a good Calculation page. http://www.apc.com/tools/ups_selector/index.cfm