AeroGarden!? Just got one and need tips or strategies!

Hi I'm kind of new to the whole growing thing and I need some tips or hints to growing with the aerogarden. If anyone here has grown with it I would like what nutrients you used (with schedule), what lighting periods you used, or any other important things/necesities. I'm not completely new, but all help or suggestions are welcome. I'm growing with the Pro200 so idk how tall I'm able to grow or anything like that. Also a timetable on germination, vegitation, and flowering would be great. Thanks for your help!

I too have an aero garden but only plan on using it for seedlings/cloning because of the limited space. Search (aerogarden) in the search tab and look for some of korvettes posts.

-good luck man

You can use Pro200 for growing, not just for cloning and seedlings. You will not get very much yeild says Hightimes mag, and its true. It will grow good pot though. You could have spent a lot less on an home made system. What are those things running at? $200 $300. So if you want use it to grow seedlings or clones, then switch over to a bigger system.

Aerogarden tip #1: Keep the box & receipt so you can return it for a refund ASAP. Only generally useful for cloning and you needn't spend $300 on the gear needed to do that job.

Chumlie said:

It will grow good pot though.

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Flowering with fluoros tends to yield fluffy, weedy buds. I spoze it's better than no dope at all, but there's ways to grow much better buds for the kind of $ you put into an Aerogarden.

AI B. Fuct I just veg with fluo. I flower with an 400hps. Not to be rude but pot is not dope. Dope is heroin, smack. I don't even consider marijuana a drug.

Chumlie said:

AI B. Fuct I just veg with fluo. I flower with an 400hps.

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Vegging mums with fluoros is cool, the mums may tend to get a bit leggy from limited light. If the mums get out of hand in between taking batches of cuttings, you can always prune them back. No big deal. My comment was mainly about attempting to use fluoros for flowering.

Not to be rude but pot is not dope. Dope is heroin, smack. I don't even consider marijuana a drug.

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'Dope' has been a common synonym for cannabis for longer than I've been alive and I'm nearly 50. You may not like the term, but there's no confusion about what drug a person has been using when they say 'I've been smoking dope.'

...but you're right, cannabis isn't a drug. delta 9 THC is a drug. Cannabis is a plant.

i would have to agree with alby about the aerogarden if your planning on growing herb in it i bought my girl one for xmas but not for weed we just grow herbs for our food in it its great for the basil although i hate basil but i really like the dill it grows on just about everything weve got dill basil purple basil and some kind of mint and a couple other things and its great for just having in the kitchen and growing fresh herbs we keep a plate of fresh dried herbs all the time now and its awsome but i wouldnt even think about trying to grow bud in it especially with the factory lights its just a waste of time in my opinion you should grow the edible herbs in it and get some rela lights gear for your homegrown

if you doid grow ganja in it i would think you would want 0 veg time since they will shoot up from clone and probably get taller than your aerogarden will grow and you proabbly wont anna grow more than like 2-3 really small plants in i i would be surprised if you got more than an oz every couple lmonths at best and for the 300 bucks it cost you coulda bought a 400w hps and go get some potting soil and nutes and get a good biit mroe

bigtittymilf said:

i would be surprised if you got more than an oz every couple lmonths at best and for the 300 bucks it cost you coulda bought a 400w hps and go get some potting soil and nutes and get a good biit mroe

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I'd be surprised if you could get 1/4z every couple mos by flowering with an Aerogarden. It's just not suitable for flowering cannabis. Yep, for $300 you could have a SERIOUS grow with a 400 which would make more dense, heavy buds than you can smoke by yourself.

They DO make the thing look pretty schmick in the late night TV ads though, don't they?

lol yeah they do and your apparently much more experienced with hydro than me so im guessing you have a better idea for yeild like i said when i bought it i knew that i wasnt gonna put ganja in it i just thought it was a good xmas present for my girl since she is so into plants our house is like a jungle we have so many houseplants and having fresh dried herbs all the time is AWSOME!!!

AI B. Fuct thats good stuff "How not to grow dope" Ur the pro, Im not.... Lets learn something, Have your heard of using carbinated water if you can not affored a Co2 system. If that will not work what else could I do?

hey .. what about t5 fluoros? will they flower alright? like if i had a 2' , 4 bulb with 2 - 6.5k and 2 - 5k? how well would they flower?

bigtittymilf said:

having fresh dried herbs all the time is AWSOME!!!

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I grow 'em in my veg patch. Somewhat less exxy than an Aerogarbage.

Chumlie said:

Have your heard of using carbinated water if you can not affored a Co2 system. If that will not work what else could I do?

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CO2 is not worth doing unless done right and it's VERY expensive to do right.

You need to know the concentration of CO2 you are keeping in the atmosphere; to accomplish that, you need to know how much you're applying and the gas has to be kept in the room at the correct levels at all times.

A proper CO2 system has a tank of gas, a regulator and a controller which can measure the gas concentration and control exhaust blowers and air conditioners, so it can replace gas as needed.You won't get away with this for under $1500-2000 or so.

Inexpensive chemical reaction methods of making CO2 (baking soad/vinegar, yeast/sugar) definitely make CO2 but you have no idea how much. If your exhaust fan runs, out goes your gas. These cheap methods are a waste of time and money. Don't bother.

Roots want O2, not CO2, I don't see the point of carbonated water on the roots. I suppose you could foilar spray with it but the gas would be gone in seconds, not nearly long enough to do any good.

Gilfman said:

hey .. what about t5 fluoros?

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They're still fluoros and will deliver thin, weedy buds.

If you have a small grow, flower with a small HPS. 250W HPS is common as a security light in hardware stores, but HTG Supply sells a proper 400HPS with ballast, lamp & ref for about $120.

Life's too short to grow crappy dope. Get proper lighting and you'll get some nice dense nugs.

Thats what I ment, as foliar spray. So it want help, say you did it 3 times a day or more?

Chumlie said:

Thats what I ment, as foliar spray. So it want help, say you did it 3 times a day or more?

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Nope, waste of time. The CO2 will be gone in seconds, not maintaining a 1500ppm level constantly, as is needed to do any good.

Moreover, wetting a plant that often may encourage fungal problems.

Drink the carbonated water instead. At least you will be able to amuse your friends with funny burps.

ok Al. B .. only reason i asked cause i think ill be getting a 4' 4 bulb t5 for my ebb and flow hydrosystem for growing tomatoes, herbs, and stuff like that ... don't plan on growing inside anytime soon

Gilfman said:

ok Al. B .. only reason i asked cause i think ill be getting a 4' 4 bulb t5 for my ebb and flow hydrosystem for growing tomatoes, herbs, and stuff like that ... don't plan on growing inside anytime soon

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silly fuckin' me, I thought this was a cannabis board.

Al B. Fuct said:

silly fuckin' me, I thought this was a cannabis board.

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i was just curious ... ..

And I was putting in a lot of keystrokes talking about cannabis growing on what I thought was a cannabis related query.

Thats to f--- ing funny

well dont gotta be an asshole about it