I feel ya. After my first 2 plant harvest with the aerogarden i switched to a DWC tub using a rubbermaid. after that I wanted to house 2 mother plants and the aerogarden seem perfect. This is what 3 months of veg will do under a 430watt MH. One of the two died my OG kush X pangea but I still have the purple ogre wich is in flower now