Heraldo Goes Frankenstein On An Aerogarden

[Heraldo]

After not being able to complete my last journal this summer, I'm back with a new project:
I took my old AG, took it apart and rebuilt it to use 4 normal bulbs and an external airpump. At the moment I've got about 100w of CFL, which is probably too much, considering it's for a week-old seedling (Critical Jack Auto). I just saw some 35w CFLs that would be a nice addition during flower, if they fit...
And... she just got her first taste of nutes...
There's not much to see, but pics will be uploaded in the next post (if I remember how...)

 

[Heraldo]

I've been waiting for my girl to get used to the AG and start growing properly. It looks like the time has come.

There's the whole setup... Temps get a bit too high, so I'll be adding some fans soon.

A bit of a closer look...

My girl. First set of true leaves is coming in and they don't look as wacky as these other ones.
She's 16 days old there.

Boring update. I know, but it's just the beginning.

 

[Heraldo]

Day 22 in the life of this young specimen.

 

[Heraldo]

Day 27. Switched to flower nutes today... been doing some LST...

 

[Heraldo]

another lazy half-assed update:
Day 31
Lots of sloppy LST to be seen (if you're able to see anything in these not-so-good pics)

 

[Heraldo]

Day 35. Been feeding flower nutes for just over a week now.
I won't be doing any additional LST unless it's necessary (I can only raise the light another foot).

 

[Heraldo]

Day 39. Almost 2 weeks feeding flower nutes, but I'm pretty sure I switched nutes too early.

I ended up tying her up a bit more...

 

[Heraldo]

Day 43. She's about 1 inch away from the lights... seems to be enjoying it...
Looks like buds might not end up AS fluffy as I expected. Fingers crossed.

 

[Heraldo]

Day 48. Crossing my fingers wasn't enough. A few leaves got scorched. Light has been raised. It's getting pretty stinky in there.

 

[Heraldo]

Day 55. Not much to say. It is what it is.

 

[Heraldo]

Day 62. Today will probably be her last feeding before flushing and chopping.

 

[Heraldo]

Day 71.
Been flushing for a week now. Seeing the first amber trichomes, so will probably chop tomorrow. I'm expecting about 1/2oz, which I'm pretty happy with considering the setup. I'm not too good describing tastes and smells, but the smell reminds me of critical+ with what I want to say is a hint of diesel. I'll give a proper smoke and yield report once she's all cured.

 

[Heraldo]

Quick update: after further inspection I feel like I might've chopped a bit early. That being said, I'm still pretty happy with the results.
After a bit of screwing around and anxious test smoking the results were:
20g in jars, 1g extraction and 1 cigar.
I'll post some pics soon and we can consider this aerogarden monologue completed.

 

[Heraldo]

Sorry, been kinda busy.
Someone has a bit of a selfcontrol problem and this is all that was left in the jar after about 2 weeks. About 1/2oz

Journal completed

 

[Amadeus Forzin]

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