Yktind - Aeroponic Continuous - The Legend of SWOG and SNOG

Here is the new page for for my Aero Log.

Here is a link to the old Thread:
Aero Log - Green Crack

This is a homemade unit based on some stuff that I found on Google and different forums.

Nutes:
- Gh Series; Gro, Micro, Bloom
- Veg Only: Superthrive
- Flower Only: Kool Bloom, Flora Nectar

PH = 5.5 - 5.8

PPM = 600 - 1300 (It depends on how much water they drink. I purposely let the PH and PPM's swing so that the plant gets different thing throughout the week)

This is a recirculating unit.

I use 3" and 2" net pots I feel they both have their pros and cons. Haven't really made a solid decision on which to stay with. All the net pots really are is a place to hold the stalk up. Since the roots free float in the root chamber. My rez is separate but connected with bulkhead fittings.

I start with 10 gallons of (now) tap water only. I add in my nutes, ph and take ppm's.

I follow the GH guidlines but I usually max out around 4 - 6 gallons. i.e. if they say 1ml/ gal I only add 4 - 6 ml in my setup. When water is low I top off with straight tap water.

The rez gets a cleaning once a week and then fresh nutes and water.

Here are the pictures... BTW this marks

Week 1, Day 1: Skywalker OG




Here are the mom's to be. Starting to get tied down like good little bitches.

Mom on the left with two arms = Skywalker OG (SWOG) (You can google this one, this is my first run with her). She was topped once then trained and the ends of those were also topped. So a total of 3 chops with LST.

Mom on the right with a bunch of arms = SNOG (Random OG Pheno that my buddy found. "It is one of the frostiest things he has ever seen". So we shall see about her once we get some clones going.). She has been topped once and then tied down.

Mothers without conception:

Subbed! I know this was mentioned earlier - I don't use superthrive any more. Not very happy with the results. Vitamin B, CalMag, and Micronutrients (seaweed is a good one). For micronutes I am still using my AN Micro until it is gone. I have had very good success with Neptunes Harvest:





Smells like alphabet soup! Not to be confused with Alaska Fish Fertilizer 5-1-1 - which works great in veg but makes me want to puke!

Not meant to be bossy - just passing along some wisdom




Cheers,
Mo

I def use Organics when it comes to soil. But it really worries me using it in an Aero setup.

Especially since the teas I use to make with guano would explode overnight. I add 1 airstone in 5 gal of water with a couple tbs or so of guano and other stuff (mychrazea, blood and worm meal, etc) molasses . It bubbles over within a couple of hours.

How does seaweed react to constant spraying and bubbling?

For pure hydro just use the AN Micro. They have an organic version now. I try to avoid any of the dark additives in my hydro. Always caused problems.

I added Sea Green once and it has a surfactant. Surfactants reduce water tension so water can retain bubbles or penetrate soil and roots. It does not go well with air stones:




Cheers,
Mo

Mohican said:

For pure hydro just use the AN Micro. They have an organic version now. I try to avoid any of the dark additives in my hydro. Always caused problems.

I added Sea Green once and it has a surfactant. Surfactants reduce water tension so water can retain bubbles or penetrate soil and roots. It does not go well with air stones:




Cheers,
Mo

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Lol, that is exactly what I am trying to avoid.

nice dude looks great!!
hope mine looks half this good...
def subbing and checking out your last grow!!
cheers!

Broke my phone on Friday. So I will have pics up asap. Or when I can get a new camera device.

Also, I posted a recipe for canna coconut oil. This is very potent! We used 3/4 cup in our cookies which ends up like 2 grams/ cookie. Anyway long story short, my GF and I had half a cookie + I had a spoon full of dough. <Green Crack = Sativa Hybrid. Will cause extreme heartrate, etc, etc etc.> I have never felt like I was hallucinating on cannabis but this is damn near there. I felt like I was on mushrooms (mild in comparison) but same emotions. Please take dose that is small and work your way up. Especially if you use a sativa and are not used to the sativa high. It'll make you freak the fuck out if you aren't ready. Next day had a quarter of a cookie and was fine.

I put some coconut hash oil in a cup of Kona coffee. I thought my chest was going to explode!

Making mine Wednesday...

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Mohican said:

I put some coconut hash oil in a cup of Kona coffee. I thought my chest was going to explode!

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Exactly!!!! Haha, Me and my chick ate them at like 9:30 or so. I set a timer for 1 hour and I was like "okay so when the timer goes off we need to think about how high we are"." Well we were stoned after an hour and after two hours my legs were shaking she felt nauseous both of our hearts were pounding. Hearing weird noises and then paranoia set in. Then it got to the point of I just want this to end. <not sure if you have ever done mushrooms but every once in a while I've taken them way to late at night and then you just lay there trying to go to sleep and all you can do is trip out and wait for your thoughts to shut up> any way yeah it was pretty intense.

I did a little research and found that people used to eat hash and the like and then meditate. Basically opening you up to really explore all the nooks and crannies inside your brain. Pretty crazy but I know for sure that THC is defined as a psychoactive ingredient.

When I first tried acid I took it at night and had the same problem. The last time I had L we took it at 5 am and went back to sleep. Woke up tripping Got a bit edgy around 2 pm and we hit some moroccan hash and the edginess went away! I was blown away that I could feel the effects of the hash through the acid trip.

Hey Everyone,

I was able to use the Girlfriend's phone last night and take some pics. They aren't the best but beggars can't be choosers.

Flower Stuff (SWOG):
PH = 5.5 - 5.8
PPM = 950 current <---I may increase a bit more depends on how the girls looks tonight.

Flower Nutes:
Flora Series, Gro, Micro, Bloom, Kool Bloom, Floralicious Plus, Flora Nectar
Currently Following the feeding chart Week 5 @ 5 gallons (1/2 strength)
*Edit* My Rez is filled with 10 gal of tap water BTW



Veg Stuff (Moms + SWOG - Will be taking SNOG clones to get them started)
PH = 5.5 - 5.8
PPM = 294

Veg Nutes:
Flora Series, Gro, Micro, Bloom, Rapid Start, Super Thrive
Currently following the feeding chart Week 1 @ 1 gal (1/10 Strength)
*Edit* My Rez is filled with 10 gal of tap water BTW



I transferred 5 clones over to the veg unit. I forgot to take pictures though. Not a whole lot to look at anyway though.

Looking impressive Yktind! Had to go back and read what SWOG and SNOG were again

That clone has happy looking roots!

Mohican said:

Looking impressive Yktind! Had to go back and read what SWOG and SNOG were again

That clone has happy looking roots!

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I'll have to put the definition every so often, haha

SWOG = Skywalker OG
SNOG = Indica Pheno That get's crazy frosty (Snow G, get it). Don't know the genetics my buddy gave it to me. I'll ask him if he remembers.

SNOG Genetics = Mystery Sativa (mom) x OG (dad) .... ~ 80/20 og/sativa

I'm in for the ride! Good job on your setup!

Subbed & +Rep

Thanks for the info. I was gifted a strain called Paki Punch that is like that but they did give me the genetics:


Pakistani Punch is a cross between So Cal Seed Co's Old School Kush male [Old School Hindu (fem) x Kapt'n's Afghani #1 (male)] crossed with Swerve of Cali Connection's lost SFV OG Kush F3 female [SFV OGK original cut (fem) x Kapt'n's Afghani #1 (male)] so the Afghan lineage comes out the strongest.


Cheers,
Mo

Mohican said:

Thanks for the info. I was gifted a strain called Paki Punch that is like that but they did give me the genetics:


Pakistani Punch is a cross between So Cal Seed Co's Old School Kush male [Old School Hindu (fem) x Kapt'n's Afghani #1 (male)] crossed with Swerve of Cali Connection's lost SFV OG Kush F3 female [SFV OGK original cut (fem) x Kapt'n's Afghani #1 (male)] so the Afghan lineage comes out the strongest.


Cheers,
Mo

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That Sounds great, MO. I have the genetics but I was told to not show them yet because they are unreleased.

Jad3 said:

I'm in for the ride! Good job on your setup!

Subbed & +Rep

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Thanks for stopping by. And thanks for the compliment, Jad3

Ah - got it. Canna R&D

Look at the seed tubes I ordered:




and I got 11 bags of chicken crap - oh excuse me - poulet poo hehe:




Cheers,
Mo

Hey Everyone,

I decided to leave my nutes at a 50% strength because I noticed a slight burn on the tips of new growth.... <This is key!!! If it looks a little burnt do not increase. Sounds like common since but when I first started, I felt that 4 hours should be long enough to show more, lol. Noobs>

Anyway, did the water change last night straight tap water.

PPM = 950's
PH = 5.9 <--- I dumped 15ml of ph down into my rez which would normally put it about perfect. So I'll wait til tonight to finish PH>

This will be the last week I use my grow formula. I should be able to increase to a 60% and 70% concentration without the additional gro formula. Also from what I've learned and experienced after 3 weeks no growth takes place well beside the flower sites. I want the to focus on flower not veg.

Here are the girls and the SWOG and SNOG mom's below:



The legendary SWOG (Left) and SNOG (Right) moms:



Also, I got some batteries for my camera "Cannon Powershot S5 IS" <----See above. If there are any photography experts out there... I have a question for you. How to take close pictures of something small? I want to take pictures of the pistils and flowers forming but when I get close or zoom in it focuses on the background instead of the foreground resulting in a blurred image. Any advice and our links would be greatly appreciated.

You need to use Macro mode if it is available on your camera.

I just looked it up. It has a super macro mode: