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Justin121:
Am I correct in assuming that you're growing with an Aerogarden? I try not to top my plants because I was taught by a reliable source that it can take them ten days to recover under the best of circumstances. You can have the topical buds of your plants within an inch or two of the cooler flat CFL's in an Aerogarden without a problem. That's a major of the advantages when growing with an Aerogarden. When you reach the 24 inch height limit, if you have one of the super duper models, you can gently bend them over, tie them off on the stem just below the topical bud with four pound nylon trout fishing line and weight them to control the bend with lead crimp on split fishing weights. Of course if you're not a fisherman I may be speaking Greek to you.
If you have one of the older models that only extends up twelve inches then you have a different problem. You can replace the arm and hood with what A/G calls an "upgrade kit." I think they run about $110. I've had mine for a long time and don't remember exactly. The upgrade kit will give you a hood with three higher intensity flat CFL's and an arm/light stand that extends up to a full 24 inches. I hope this helps.
Am I correct in assuming that you're growing with an Aerogarden? I try not to top my plants because I was taught by a reliable source that it can take them ten days to recover under the best of circumstances. You can have the topical buds of your plants within an inch or two of the cooler flat CFL's in an Aerogarden without a problem. That's a major of the advantages when growing with an Aerogarden. When you reach the 24 inch height limit, if you have one of the super duper models, you can gently bend them over, tie them off on the stem just below the topical bud with four pound nylon trout fishing line and weight them to control the bend with lead crimp on split fishing weights. Of course if you're not a fisherman I may be speaking Greek to you.
If you have one of the older models that only extends up twelve inches then you have a different problem. You can replace the arm and hood with what A/G calls an "upgrade kit." I think they run about $110. I've had mine for a long time and don't remember exactly. The upgrade kit will give you a hood with three higher intensity flat CFL's and an arm/light stand that extends up to a full 24 inches. I hope this helps.
justin121:
I used A/G's nutes when I first started growing with the Aerogarden and I had very mixed results. With A/G's nutes there was too much thinking involved. How many plants are you going to grow? Are you going to use 1/4 of a tab or 1/2? Now with their liquid nutes it's a whole new ball game. I still use them for our kitchen herbs but my experience with A/G's nutes and M/J ran from my plants being underfed and listless to nute burn. Don't forget that A/G's nutes are designed to feed seven of their small herb varieties and we grow a couple of our favorite herbs plants a lot differently. The first thing to consider is that A/G's nutes are designed to keep the plants in a vegetative stage for a continuous harvest. We want ours to flower and you'll play hell getting them to with A/G's nutes.
If you're near a hydroponics store I would strongly urge you to talk to them and consider Technaflora's "Recipe for success." It's complete from the seedling stage to harvest and all you need is a set of measuring spoons to mix it. I've found that if you change your nutes weekly and monitor your pH daily it's very user friendly. They started me with a $30 sample kit and with our tiny reservoirs that lasted for quite a few crops. I'm a happy customer of theirs and I've had no disasters as long as I've stuck to Technaflora. I'm sure there are other good brands but that's the one I use. I lost a few plants trying to use A/G's nutes and that's a bummer.
I used A/G's nutes when I first started growing with the Aerogarden and I had very mixed results. With A/G's nutes there was too much thinking involved. How many plants are you going to grow? Are you going to use 1/4 of a tab or 1/2? Now with their liquid nutes it's a whole new ball game. I still use them for our kitchen herbs but my experience with A/G's nutes and M/J ran from my plants being underfed and listless to nute burn. Don't forget that A/G's nutes are designed to feed seven of their small herb varieties and we grow a couple of our favorite herbs plants a lot differently. The first thing to consider is that A/G's nutes are designed to keep the plants in a vegetative stage for a continuous harvest. We want ours to flower and you'll play hell getting them to with A/G's nutes.
If you're near a hydroponics store I would strongly urge you to talk to them and consider Technaflora's "Recipe for success." It's complete from the seedling stage to harvest and all you need is a set of measuring spoons to mix it. I've found that if you change your nutes weekly and monitor your pH daily it's very user friendly. They started me with a $30 sample kit and with our tiny reservoirs that lasted for quite a few crops. I'm a happy customer of theirs and I've had no disasters as long as I've stuck to Technaflora. I'm sure there are other good brands but that's the one I use. I lost a few plants trying to use A/G's nutes and that's a bummer.