CMJJMC2000
Well-Known Member
Hello, folks! It's been about a year since my last project. I spent the last 2-3 years working in chilled Aerogarden Ultra's on prior grows (Dwarf Low Flyer, Massive Midget, Med Gom 1.0 (twice), Critical + Auto, Fastberry, Pineapple Express, Industrial Plant CBD) and I learned a lot, but most of all I learned that my life would be much easier with a larger reservoir! So, I put together a system that took my reservoir from 1 gallon to 10 gallons - although, I'm only using about 6 gallons of actual water in the reservoir.
So, life has been busy, I'm about 3 weeks into my grow and all plants now have pistils at the nodes and growth is coming on strong.
The new setup - 12 gallon tote with blackout lid and 6 holes cut for net pots. I also cut and plumbed in one of the iceprobe chillers from one of the old custom Aerogardens I used to work with. The chiller is much more effective with a larger reservoir size and the tent is staying much cooler (high of 74, low of 68) due to the increased cooling effect that the chilled reservoir has on the overall tent environment. Tent is a 36x36x72 running a 4" fan and Phresh carbon filter. Per usual, I'm running the FULL line from Advanced Nutrients on this grow.
The plants - I was so pleased with the results off of my last Fastbuds grow (Fastberry and Pineapple Express), that I decided to give them another roll on this one. I have 2 Tangiematic's at the back of the tub, Blackberry is front right and the last is Blue Treacle at the front left - which is not a Fastbuds creation but instead from Feminized Seeds. I'm taking a bit of a chance on the Blue Treacle, but have read decent things about it.
Germination - I germinated ALL seeds via papertowel + paperplate method. Once I had about 1/2" of taproop, I then placed them into their mediums. I started 1 Tangiematic and 1 Blackberry in rockwool. I PH adjusted the cubes prior, of course, and really just dropped the seedling in the rockwool, set up my net pots with hydroton pebbles and waited. The other Tangiematic and the Blue Treacle were sprouted in the Aerogarden, using Aerogarden grow media. With no rockwool experience, I wanted to spread the uncertainly on sprouting around a little bit. As can be seen in the pictures, the seeds that sprouted in the Aerogarden are about 4 times the size of the ones sprouted in the rockwool. All around, the seeds sprouted in the Aerogarden exceed every measurable metric compared to the Rockwool; stem height, stem girth, time taken to reach 3 full sets of leaves, time taken to sprout pistils, etc. I'll definitely continue this method of using the Aerogarden to grow out.
Current conditions; PH at 5.8, PPM's at 400, reservoir temperature at 69F and tent temperature at 74F with 45% humidity. It's getting a little skunky, but not anything crazy yet. However, if it continues to pick up, I'll be grabbing a second fan + carbon filter to scrub the room and not just the tent.
I've included a few pics below. With life being as hectic as it's been, the pics aren't ideal - but I'll work on that this weekend. Note, all plants on the left were sprouted/grown out in the Aerogarden. The plants on the right have been in the Tote since the taproot broke out of the seed. Tangiematic taking up both back spots - look at the difference in size! Blackberry is front right and Blue Treacle is front left.
So, life has been busy, I'm about 3 weeks into my grow and all plants now have pistils at the nodes and growth is coming on strong.
The new setup - 12 gallon tote with blackout lid and 6 holes cut for net pots. I also cut and plumbed in one of the iceprobe chillers from one of the old custom Aerogardens I used to work with. The chiller is much more effective with a larger reservoir size and the tent is staying much cooler (high of 74, low of 68) due to the increased cooling effect that the chilled reservoir has on the overall tent environment. Tent is a 36x36x72 running a 4" fan and Phresh carbon filter. Per usual, I'm running the FULL line from Advanced Nutrients on this grow.
The plants - I was so pleased with the results off of my last Fastbuds grow (Fastberry and Pineapple Express), that I decided to give them another roll on this one. I have 2 Tangiematic's at the back of the tub, Blackberry is front right and the last is Blue Treacle at the front left - which is not a Fastbuds creation but instead from Feminized Seeds. I'm taking a bit of a chance on the Blue Treacle, but have read decent things about it.
Germination - I germinated ALL seeds via papertowel + paperplate method. Once I had about 1/2" of taproop, I then placed them into their mediums. I started 1 Tangiematic and 1 Blackberry in rockwool. I PH adjusted the cubes prior, of course, and really just dropped the seedling in the rockwool, set up my net pots with hydroton pebbles and waited. The other Tangiematic and the Blue Treacle were sprouted in the Aerogarden, using Aerogarden grow media. With no rockwool experience, I wanted to spread the uncertainly on sprouting around a little bit. As can be seen in the pictures, the seeds that sprouted in the Aerogarden are about 4 times the size of the ones sprouted in the rockwool. All around, the seeds sprouted in the Aerogarden exceed every measurable metric compared to the Rockwool; stem height, stem girth, time taken to reach 3 full sets of leaves, time taken to sprout pistils, etc. I'll definitely continue this method of using the Aerogarden to grow out.
Current conditions; PH at 5.8, PPM's at 400, reservoir temperature at 69F and tent temperature at 74F with 45% humidity. It's getting a little skunky, but not anything crazy yet. However, if it continues to pick up, I'll be grabbing a second fan + carbon filter to scrub the room and not just the tent.
I've included a few pics below. With life being as hectic as it's been, the pics aren't ideal - but I'll work on that this weekend. Note, all plants on the left were sprouted/grown out in the Aerogarden. The plants on the right have been in the Tote since the taproot broke out of the seed. Tangiematic taking up both back spots - look at the difference in size! Blackberry is front right and Blue Treacle is front left.
