First grow ever! 18 Gal hydro!

So I'm new 2 this and I've done my fair share of reading. I was and am on a very tight budget so everything is either ghetto rigged or cheap, but I'm confident that I will succeed! I'll keep ya updated if anybody gets interested lol Happy growing! Oh and for you grower's out there that just like 2 look at pictures, I will be doing a lot of that!!

OK So I went 2 Walmart and Mednards and bought everything that I absolutely had 2 buy which was an airstone, airpump and some tubing, I bought some PVC pipe and 3 T joints at menards, I was looking for a water pump but the lady told me they were seasonal, how gay!! So I had 2 order that offline so I have 2 wait a day or 2 for it 2 come, here's some picture of what I bought, I set up my system I just have 2 wait for my pump 2 really set it up, next post I'll show you pictures of my bae's that are going in here! So stay tuned or not that's your decision lol I'm gon do this reguardles

first I germinated these as lil seedlings in a cup of water for 24 hrs, then I moved them 2 a black hand towel for a couple of days I don't recommend using a hand towel because the taproot get's tangled in the towel (Beginner mistake) then I planted them all in a old ice cream bucket just 2 get them 2 sprout. I had an aerogarden that one of my friends gave me the pump on it doesn't work and it didn't come with the plastic cups so I ghetto rigged up something and stuck a few plants in that so the roots wouldn't completely get entangled with each other. It's a pain having 2 pour water on them like 6 times a day tho so I can't wait til my pump comes so I can be rid of the aerogarden, I will be using the light from it tho!! I have 7 plants total right now and 2 will be staying in soil.

whyyy sdo i see two plants in one pot in pic one they will fight for nutrients so i would put 1 plant for one pot

that was only temporary until I re-planted it

OK so my back room is starting 2 stink! I have gone away from my first design which was an 18 gallon and I now have 2 plants that are about 2 weeks older in soil, and I have 3 plants that about 1 week old in water, 2 are in a 10 gallon container with 3 air stones and the third one is in a gallon container with 2 air stones. I haven't completed my setup thus far but it works for now.


Pictures 1-4 are plant 1 in soil
Pictures 5-7 are plant 2 in soil (my biggest plant)
Picture 8 is my plant in the gallon container, looking a little droopie but she should look better in the morning!

Unless you want really tiny bushes, you need more light. Also, why are they in soil if you are doing hydro?