Has anyone ever used this to grow cannabis?

[ModernDayHippy]

I am currently growing in soil and am looking to upgrade to hydro after I harvest. I have been looking and researching my ASS off to try and figure out what kind of system to use. I have always liked aro versus other methods but I am also leaning tward DWC. But i have seen this system and wanted to get opinions from other cannabis growers as to how well this system would work for growing. Seems like it would work well but my main concern is that it only accomodates 3" net pots. I know that the roots go under the plant/pot and all but is a 3" pot w hydroton really big enough to support a can. plant. comments? oppinions? ~appreciated:thumbsup:

:hippy:

[rhizome]

Yes.

Great system.

Those 3" net pots snap in fairly tight- no lack of support.

I wouldn't veg more than a few days- shit grows ( and overgrows) real quick in aero.

Great investment.

You should also look at the American Agritech stuff for larger systems.

[LOC NAR on probation]

Exactly, alot of small plants. No trees. Flower at 6 to 8 inches.
Go with the DWC if you want some big stuff. Nice if you got the bucks.

[Al B. Fuct]

MDH, I'd LOVE to have one of those. I do a Sea of Green in rockwool/flood (http://forum.grasscity.com/advanced-growing-techniques/156593-get-harvest-every-2-weeks.html#post1649792) now, which works quite well, but I think an aero or NFT would do much better.

[Al B. Fuct]

I wouldn't veg more than a few days- shit grows ( and overgrows) real quick in aero.


Yep, the pictured aero system is horizontally spaced for SoG. Zero veg time, clones get flowered as soon as they have good roots, prune off all the branching from the lower 1/3 of the plant in wks 1 & 3. Nothing but a little forest of budstalks- mainly top colas. :thumbsup:

[xxxhazexxx]

they are amazing systems second best to nft but still top noch, dont worry about support you wont need it pack as many clones you can fit in the pots,:thumbsup: 3" is plenty i flower in 3"blocks and i have no trouble,flower small 8-10"then your good for 1 oz a clone,good luck

[PharmaCan]

MDH - can you post a link to the table?

Thanks!

[rhizome]

That's a GH Aeroflo2 60 site.

GENERAL HYDROPONICS (http://www.generalhydroponics.com/genhydro_US/aeroflo2.html)

Even swanker

Botanicare : Product Overview : Hydrogardens (http://www.americanagritech.com/product/product_detail.asp?ID=3&pro_id_pk=13)

Ahhww Yeahhhh....

[ModernDayHippy]

Hey everyone,
Thanks for all the responses. I have a friend who has the aeroflo 2 60 site that is willing to sell me for about a 1/4 of the price that a new system would cost me. I have always liked the way that this system is set-up. Just wasn't sure how well it woud work with weed. but now I am convinced and am going to be buying it off of him end of this week for sure.

I won't be ready to set it up yet for about another three weeks tho cause it is going to be used in my flower room. and i have about three to four weeks left till harvest... I really like the idea of going strait from clone to flower just cause it'll give me more space in my veg room...

Thanks All for the support and I'll keep everyone psted on how things go as soon as I get it set up... going to be starting a better grow log with this next grow coming up... oes anyone have any pointers and/or tips on how to use this system to its max efficiency would be greatly appreciated as well...

Peace!:hippy:

[Al B. Fuct]

The only query I'd have about using such a system is if it is possible to harvest only part of the system's capacity at a time or if the rootmasses become so intertwined that pulling one plant would hurt others.

I run my SoG in pots in a flood system mainly so plants are portable within the op. This is handy for pruning, spraying if needed, etc as the plants can be picked up and turned around. Plants not doing as well as others can be moved into preferential lighting positions to even out growth- or easily turfed out if they're failing to thrive.

I do think aero (or NFT) will yield better than my present system, but I'm a sucker for the convenience of my low-tech stuff- so far, anyway.

[ModernDayHippy]

Hey Al. Nice Threads on SoG and cloning in rockwool. I used to clone in rw myself but then decided toswich to rapid roters or jiffy pellets. I get my clones toshow fat roots in as little as 4-5 days. my prep method is pretty similar to yours with scraping the stem before diping into root powder....

Anyway that back to your comment... my plan was to do a SoG with this system to where I can harvest from 6-10 plants every 2 weeks or so... I alredy have about 30 clones in veg waiting for harvest... its looking like i am going to have to give away a few or even a lot of plants before i am ready to get this system really up and running. but thatll just give my mama more time to produce bettter bigger clones... :)

Happy Growing!:jointsmile:
:hippy:

[Al B. Fuct]

MDH, thanks for the compliment. :)

Just about any moisture-holding material can be used as a rooting medium. I use rockwool cubes as they are non-organic and can't mould or rot. My pots are stuffed with loose rockwool floc as well. Jiffy pots also can go to bits, which can allow particles of peat to foul the recirculating watering system. You won't want to use them in the aero system.

A Jiffy pot is a little smaller than a 40mm rockwool cube, accounting for the day or two sooner before you see roots. Both methods will have root nodes going in about the same about of time- but you just can't see them until they emerge from the medium. I've seen aerocloners develop roots in 4 days (and you can see 'em cos there's no media), but that'd have to be the cloning speed record. :D

The system you propose will change the way you grow entirely. In SoG, one need not (and preferably does not) veg clones before they are flowered. This keeps the plants short, well within the foliar penetration limits of indoor lighting. They will continue to veg a little until wk3-4 when they stop gaining height and start packing on bud weight. Under a 1000HPS, they will get to about 33-36" (1m) tall by wk4 and finish up pretty close to that height.

[Al B. Fuct]

Did I mention you're only growing top colas? Yeah, you're only growing top colas. Lots of top colas. Nice, dense, thick, heavy, frosty top colas. That are nice, dense and frosty. And heavy. Man. :D

If mature plants are easily separable in the system you're describing to permit easy individual plant harvesting, it'd suit me fully.

[PharmaCan]

Did I mention you're only growing top colas? Yeah, you're only growing top colas. Lots of top colas. Nice, dense, thick, heavy, frosty top colas. That are nice, dense and frosty. And heavy. Man. :D

If mature plants are easily separable in the system you're describing to permit easy individual plant harvesting, it'd suit me fully.

Al - check out the link Rhizome left above. The aeroflo looks like it is sectional and designed for partial harvests.

[Al B. Fuct]

ooooooh, PC- it could be luv. :D

[Chabnoc]

Where i live is very hot during the summer. I mean really hot, like 120F. for a month hot. When it is this hot, my house is about 85F inside. Now I have a 5'X5' grow room, with good venting, but if I am pumping in air at 85F, how do I keep it below 85F with out killing my wallet? I saw a small swamp cooler at Lowes for $250. this would help also with the humidity, it goes at about 30%. Any ideas on a way to keep this room cool with out breaking my bank or my amount of time? These need to be equal.

Thanks for any input you guys and gals might have.:smokebong:

ARGH!!! I took one to many BONG hits.. I thought I was making a new post. How do I delete this?

[Al B. Fuct]

Don't worry about it, we're all mostly stoned stupid as well. :D

[Al B. Fuct]

I saw a small swamp cooler at Lowes for $250. this would help also with the humidity, it goes at about 30%.

The short answer is that swamp coolers aren't very useful in the grow. They only cool air a few degrees and put a ton of humidity in the air in the process.

Don't worry about low humidity. Low humidity will never cause you a problem aside from being very good for spider mites- but if you haven't got any mites, it's not a problem. High humidity will cause thin or stretchy buds, powdery mildew and a host of other evils.

[LOC NAR on probation]

Get the small A/C at slowes. It's only about 99 bucks and will keep a 5x5 plenty cool. I used one on a 4x6 and it works great but I had to get a dehumidifier also in my case cause RH was too high and small A/C's don't pull it out. They don't cost much to run.

[Al B. Fuct]

LN, is there some benefit to having a separate small a/c and a dehumidifier or would a slightly larger a/c unit replace them both?