AeroGarden Pro200 1st Time Grow: 1 Feminized Violator Kush, 1 Feminized White Widow

Hey everyone. These pictures were taken today. The one from yesterday looks alot better, but I just dont understand. As soon as I noticed the Nute burn I completly drained and refilled with fresh distilled water. Then I put in the "better" nutes (General Hydroponics Flora Series) "starting dose" 2.5ml of each Nute per US Gallon. I even dilluted that a little because I added about 2 more cups of extra water. I thought maybe my lights were too close also because one of the Power Skunks leaf tips was starting to curl a little. So I raised the AeroGarden light to the second setting and moved my 4 foot 40 watt FL about 4 inches out. The PH seemes to be perfect after todays test. but last night it was a little high.

I just hope there ok! I think they will be. Just let me know what you all think??? and remember this is my first grow ever!

Planted: 4/5/08
Today: 4/23/08
(Day 1

Does anyone have any suggestions about the plants? Should I cut the dieing leaves off?? Are they still ok???

You can cut off the dead leaves , You do know that when you flower those plants that they will tripple in size .. I grew 4 in the aerogarden and it was rough .. they were drinking 48 oz a water in 12 hrs , then there is the restriction of them growing .. the most I'd do in ther is 3 plants ,, But Now i do just 1 at a time .. This is trainwreck

korvette1977 said:

You can cut off the dead leaves , You do know that when you flower those plants that they will tripple in size .. I grew 4 in the aerogarden and it was rough .. they were drinking 48 oz a water in 12 hrs , then there is the restriction of them growing .. the most I'd do in ther is 3 plants ,, But Now i do just 1 at a time .. This is trainwreck

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Thanks alot Vett. The 3 plants in the back and the front center one all are Power Skunk (non-feminized). So once I start flowering I'll weed out the males then there wont be as many. From what I heard I'll be lucky to get even 1 female with 4 seeds if there not feminized. The far front left one is Feminized Violator Kush and the far front right is Feminized White Widow.

I guess my main question is: Is it better to cut those dieing leaves off or does it really matter? Also if I do decide to cut them off, where do I cut at, the base of the leaf, or the base of the leaf stem where it connects to the main stem?

When do you think I should start flowering Vett? There at about 2 weeks now on 24/0

The questions in the above post are really for everybody. Can anyone give me a little more help?

get a timer and start 12/12 now. start tying them down. good luck

caddyluck said:

get a timer and start 12/12 now. start tying them down. good luck

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Ok I can do that! What do you mean by "tying them down"?

to keep them from growing up, grow out instead, gently tie the branches down to promote lateral growth

I started flowering last night 12/12

How many day do you think it will be until I can tell the sex? The sooner I can weed out some of the Power Skunk males the better for the Fem. White Widow and definatly for the Fem. Violator Kush!

Heres a new picture from today. Since the plant are drinking so much water every night (about 1 to 2 Cups) its hard to tell how much nutrients I have in at any given time. I'm trying to start a good schedual, right now I'm gonna add 1ml of each FlorGrow FloraBloom FloraMicro every other day.

Planted: 4/5/08
Today: 4/25/08
(Day 20)

Are you able to change the light and spray cycles to what you want?..like a 12/12 ? and can you change the lights to HPS's for better quality ?

velious said:

Are you able to change the light and spray cycles to what you want?..like a 12/12 ? and can you change the lights to HPS's for better quality ?

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The AeroGarden does have pre-set light and "aeroponic sprayer" settings but non of them are for 12/12. Thats kinda the draw back. I just bought an air stone and a pump and let them run 24/0. Then I just plugged my AeroGarden into a digital timer for 12/12. So when the lights are off, so is the AeroGardens "sprayer" system but the airstone is still running 24/0 so that helps give the roots oxygen.

As far as the lights go, prolly not. You will just have to get an HPS light. I'm not positive on this, but the AeroGarden lights are just designed specifically for the AeroGarden. Meaning nothing else will fit into the sockets except for another AeroGarden light. Hope this helps!

you got a TDS meter?

caddyluck said:

you got a TDS meter?

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Na. I'm thinking about getting one though, I just dont get how to use it....? Do you have one?

yeah, it's a must for hydro. simple meter you just dip in the water. I got one off e-bay for like $20, it's also a thermometer. you need one, I seen on here someone said they got one at walgrens for $15.

caddyluck said:

yeah, it's a must for hydro. simple meter you just dip in the water. I got one off e-bay for like $20, it's also a thermometer. you need one, I seen on here someone said they got one at walgrens for $15.

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ok cool I'll definatly start looking to order one right now! The TDS meter tells you how much Nutrients are in your solution right? What should mine read for the AeroGarden Res.

It's gonna b hard to get the males out, the root systems are surely now entangled and if u cut the male down the roots in ur res. will start to die and rot spreading to ur females. i would leave the males in and trim them so they dont bud, leave just enough leaves to keep em alive but non productive cut off any male buds you see starting.

First, do not add nutes every other day. top-off with water as needed, and change your res every 7-10 days.The TDS tells you the Total Dissolved Solids, I would measure the tds first and see where it's at. my guess is with the 'seedling' dose your sitting around 250ppm-400ppm. unless you have been adding nutes.it's always best to start with less nutes then up them as needed. different systems can use slightly different amount of nutes, it's all about what is right for your system. I know nothing about the AG. My system has less than 2 gal for the res but ATM I am using the dose for just 1 gal. that puts my ppm at 250, which is fine for me for the first 3 weeks, my plants are doing great but drinking more water than nutes--which is fine, but knowing your ppm is good.

earnie said:

It's gonna b hard to get the males out, the root systems are surely now entangled and if u cut the male down the roots in ur res. will start to die and rot spreading to ur females. i would leave the males in and trim them so they dont bud, leave just enough leaves to keep em alive but non productive cut off any male buds you see starting.

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Does anyone else have any suggestions? Or does everyone agree this is whats best?

not saying your wrong earnie by no means! Just want more input!

p.s. I just raised the AeroGarden light today to the 3rd setting.

Planted: 4/5/08
Flower: 4/25/08
Today: 4/26/08

Don't blame you, i'd like to know other options too. Although I'd like to hear from aerogarden growers, the aerogarden is made different from other aeroponic systems. It allows the root systems to get profusely entangled which is okay if ur growing all fems or garden herbs, but if u have to remove a plant ur gonna cause damage to the roots of the plants around it, if you cut off more than 50% of a plants leaves it will die and roots left behind begin to rot. I ran into this prob my first grow with aerogarden I tried to remove the males root and all but couldnt get enough of the males roots out without cutting a lot off the fems so I left a lot of the dead roots in and they began to rot spreading to the fem roots. I tried using canna-zym which is an enzym thats supposed to help break down dead roots and make them usable to the plants. It might have worked if i coulda got more of the dead roots out, had to harvest early due to root rot. since then i just let the males live but not pollinate. Hope someone in here can give us an alternative. it would be great to have the extra root space.

Here's a new picture. I trimmed 1 leaf off of one of the Power Skunks because the Feminized Violator Kush is still pretty tiny! She hasnt been able to get much light because all the Power Skunks fan leaves.

Planted: 4/5/08
Flower: 4/25/08
Today: 4/28/08
(Day 23)