Hey guys, I've been trolling for several months now, and I decided to start a grow in the AeroGarden deluxe. My only other experience was helping my cousin grow in soil 5-6 years ago, and that was limited. So I started my own plant with just what came in the box. It wasnt until later that more CFL's were added. I regret not adding another pump like in the sticky guides. Hindsight... So it's been a lot of good luck, a little of bad, but I'm here with one decent female 65 days in.
First off, let me get some questions out of the way, I could REALLY use the help!
I am almost out of the original nutrients (AeroGarden salad bar series) so I bought some FoxFarm Big Bloom.
Judging from their .pdf online, I should be using 3 capfull : 1 gallon of water. Is this correct? If so I will need to switch really quick; I have one gallon mix of the AeroGarden nutes left. Also this switch should be done right at dark?
Secondly, I have noticed I guess fungus coming out of the stalk. I tried to take a good picture
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but there is also some around the edges of the res where light has been getting in. I have not flushed the res out since week 3-4 because I'm afraid of ripping all the roots. I realize this is also from light penetration, not enough circulation, and lack of flushing, but since I probably have about 24-30 days left of bloom (actually another question?) is this much of an issue?
I initially started with two plants using only what came in the aerogarden box.. nutrients included. i ran into some typical problems over nuting the plants
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read up on that and started a third plant one week later from the other two.
May 31
This is when I started a third plant, and the future holds this was a very wise idea. About 2.5 weeks into growth, I 'forgot' about the plants and the res ran completely out of water. I see three plants drooping over. I didn't take a picture of this, I guess I thought it was over.
Here's the stroke of luck. Two of the three plants died and this is what I've got and pictures of the grow to today:
JUNE 8
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JUNE 29
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bent stalk to start growing out and not up..
also trimmed the lower leaves up a bit
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Just a nice bud behind my leaves![Joint :joint: :joint:](/styles/smilies/joint.gif)
JULY 9
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Oh there she is!
JULY 29
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I added 4 1660 lumens CFL a few weeks ago, two on each side..
AUG 4
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and my top.
If you made it all the way through, thanks for the read. Hopefully I didn't leave anything out. I could really use some professional advice!
First off, let me get some questions out of the way, I could REALLY use the help!
I am almost out of the original nutrients (AeroGarden salad bar series) so I bought some FoxFarm Big Bloom.
Judging from their .pdf online, I should be using 3 capfull : 1 gallon of water. Is this correct? If so I will need to switch really quick; I have one gallon mix of the AeroGarden nutes left. Also this switch should be done right at dark?
Secondly, I have noticed I guess fungus coming out of the stalk. I tried to take a good picture
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg299.imageshack.us%2Fimg299%2F1630%2Fimg1181i.th.jpg&hash=2ba49b449cd16f0daa5effb5a2900a82)
but there is also some around the edges of the res where light has been getting in. I have not flushed the res out since week 3-4 because I'm afraid of ripping all the roots. I realize this is also from light penetration, not enough circulation, and lack of flushing, but since I probably have about 24-30 days left of bloom (actually another question?) is this much of an issue?
I initially started with two plants using only what came in the aerogarden box.. nutrients included. i ran into some typical problems over nuting the plants
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg821.imageshack.us%2Fimg821%2F2606%2Fimg1041i.th.jpg&hash=9a96dcc8c403f12ef7d1a22656ed9257)
read up on that and started a third plant one week later from the other two.
May 31
This is when I started a third plant, and the future holds this was a very wise idea. About 2.5 weeks into growth, I 'forgot' about the plants and the res ran completely out of water. I see three plants drooping over. I didn't take a picture of this, I guess I thought it was over.
Here's the stroke of luck. Two of the three plants died and this is what I've got and pictures of the grow to today:
JUNE 8
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg375.imageshack.us%2Fimg375%2F4643%2Fimg2018t.th.jpg&hash=b77f30a54b412e9f31f84d652c7eda0f)
JUNE 29
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bent stalk to start growing out and not up..
also trimmed the lower leaves up a bit
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg825.imageshack.us%2Fimg825%2F450%2Fimg2085b.th.jpg&hash=dd0c55c76ce7fa2eb0e79d4d239cf1eb)
Just a nice bud behind my leaves
![Joint :joint: :joint:](/styles/smilies/joint.gif)
JULY 9
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Oh there she is!
JULY 29
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I added 4 1660 lumens CFL a few weeks ago, two on each side..
AUG 4
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimg580.imageshack.us%2Fimg580%2F8240%2Fimg1182x.th.jpg&hash=eb3f9ab9b374d842569657f3229f0c98)
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and my top.
If you made it all the way through, thanks for the read. Hopefully I didn't leave anything out. I could really use some professional advice!