pppfemguy
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Ice plants in AeroFlo 1st try at hydro
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fallinghigh
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looking like a big hall for ya what is ice genetics it looks like rumulanxkush a romulan bud formation and kushy leaves what few leaves it has how is the flav and high
fallinghigh
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General Hydroponics
murtymaker
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Can't wait to see your final harvest and weight! Keep it up broda'. Do you think you could of gotten less or more if you would have lolipoped?
jointmcfatty
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I dont know. The top buds could have been fatter, but the lower nodes grew really tall and are producing lots of buds as well. Ill have to wait til my next grow to actually see if there is a difference. I will do it both ways next time. Ill hopefully have new pics up later today or tomorrow
pppfemguy
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haha i know but i was asking where he got his systemGeneral Hydroponics
jointmcfatty
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From General Hydroponics, its the aeroflo 20. Bought it online.
jointmcfatty
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Got some pictures of the plants for today. The leaves are starting to yellow. Tomorrow will be week 7. Some hairs are turning. Some of the buds are getting heavy and fallling over. lol. ive been having to tie them up. but that isnt something u will hear me complaining about. haha
murtymaker
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I bet ur roots are a tangled mess in there eh? That's what happened to mine at least w/ the aeroflo. Didn't seem to really affect the plants that much though
jointmcfatty
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Oh yea. So much so that I can only pull the cups about half an inch up. And I feel a lot of resistance when I do that. So I know if I pulled harder, Id be ripping things. 7 WEEKS into bud today. Yaaaa, i know its that much closer now
fallinghigh
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jointmcfatty
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Got a new bud shot for today. About 7 and a half weeks in. The leaves are yellowing more and more. Ive had to tie up nearly every plant, they're just getting too heavy. Guess I found the downside to this system. But if thats the only problem I have, I think I can deal with that one. 
Mathematics
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wow nice work dude. I've been trying to figure out which hydro system to get and this might be the setup right here...plants are lookin awesome.
how much maintenance would you say you're having to do? I've done soil before and am used to checking daily but with my job now they might have to go 3-4 days without some attention.
anyways nice work man, keep it up. stoked to see what your final yield looks like.
how much maintenance would you say you're having to do? I've done soil before and am used to checking daily but with my job now they might have to go 3-4 days without some attention.
anyways nice work man, keep it up. stoked to see what your final yield looks like.
crazy-mental
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looking good, hope my 4 foot ice with 20 main colas"outdoor greenhouse grow uk".
i hope my ice girls end up like that.
fucking ace.
im getting excited for my ice plants now.
i hope my ice girls end up like that.
fucking ace.
im getting excited for my ice plants now.
jointmcfatty
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The system doesn't take much maintenance at all. I usually change out the res once a week or so. I do have to top of the res A LOT, because the system only came with an 8 gallon res. Im planning on modifying mine next go around and making it into something like a 30-50 gallon res. I would say every 3 days would be the very least I could check it due to the water level going low so quickly. I would say u would need a chiller for this system unless the ambient temp in the grow room is low. The res temp usually stays right around the room temp, which is too hot for mine as I usually have right around 78-80 degree temps. I dont have a chiller myself right now, and I have to throw in a frozen gallon jug every 4-5 hours(kind of a pain in the ass). The water pump doesnt generate much heat at all tho. I use GH Flora seriers and the cool thing about that is that the Flora series has PH buffers which automatically stabilize the PH. I have never had to adjust it yet(anyone need some ph up or down? lol jk). So I would say as long as you have a chiller, it maintenance free for up to 3 days, up to 7 days if u had a larger res on the system. Also, there is an aeroflo 18 and an aeroflo 30, that already has a 17 gallon res. I would definitely recommend getting one of those over the 20 site, as it already has a res that hold 10 gallons more than the 20
crazy-mental
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how many plants are in the pic?Got a new bud shot for today. About 7 and a half weeks in. The leaves are yellowing more and more. Ive had to tie up nearly every plant, they're just getting too heavy. Guess I found the downside to this system. But if thats the only problem I have, I think I can deal with that one.
how long did you vegg for?
did you topp or fimm?.
and what are you feeding for 12/12.
crazy-mental
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anymore pics of them plants?.Got a new bud shot for today. About 7 and a half weeks in. The leaves are yellowing more and more. Ive had to tie up nearly every plant, they're just getting too heavy. Guess I found the downside to this system. But if thats the only problem I have, I think I can deal with that one.
how long have you been floe=wering.
hope my ice turn out like that.
jointmcfatty
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I cloned and only let them veg long enough to get roots coming thru the cups. VERY LITTLE veg time. I took exactly 20 clones, and they all rooted, but some rooted faster than others, I should have taken more than 20. That is why the ones in the front, about 4 of them, remained really short. They didnt root nearly as fast as the others. As for the the training done on them, they were just bent. Ive been using this technique for a while and it seems to have no bad effects on the plants. It allows me to make the most use of the available light, just bend to a place where there arent a lot of buds growing. It also keeps them from getting to close to the light. Ive never really experimented much with topping, but Im looking into trying it out soon. There are 20 total plants, but like I said the 4 in front didnt get big due to the fact that they didnt have as developed roots as they should have before going into flowering. The two plants in the very back arent doing as well as the others either, cuz the water/airflow isnt good in the very back. So I have about 14 BIG plants 3-4 Average plants, and a couple little ones. All these issues will be taken care of the next time around, just my first time using the system, and still working out the kinks. Im feeding them the GH Flora line, using the lucas formula. Running a low nute solution now, getting ready to start the flush soon.