jackdawack aero question

Deprived, the pic of the sytem is what i'm using now I'm not trying to retro fit. I'm making a new system for my buddys closet. Thanks for all the pointers guys!

well i hope u can manage to set one of these up becuase there seriously amazing.

I'm not sure how fast they are supposed to grow at what stages but I believe my seedlings have just made it to the official veg stage...start of the 5th node...I'm at or possibly just over a month from seed but I've had several problems which should have killed em anyway so it's a miracle they're teenagers haha anyway I've noticed over 1inch of growth horizontal and about 1/2inch vertical growth each of the last 3 days

I just listened to one of those Growreport.com clips and it seemed like helpful information if ya got the time

I'd like to get the info into more of a chart form...it would be great if someone set up a page where you type in answers to a bunch of questions and it spits out average growth rate, estimated nute strengths etc...after the 3rd day of steady growth I've concluded that with aero I can not get my 400w hps too close as it's nearly resting on the tops of the plants

For that current setup you have running how far do you generally keep the lights up and how long do the various stages take on average?

I'm really curious to compare height and width daily growth rates from hydro to aero as well if a few people could chime in to give a realistic guideline

With regards to your new setup I'd try to build the plant chamber and res to fit snug to the walls this way ya can use less light if it's all reflected or atleast mostly it'll help keep the res cool...I'd definately prop up the res a bit even though you'll lose some vertical space from experience I know how much it sucks to crawl in and move shit around when ya can't even turn yer body a 2 or 3 inch lift will let you empty a 5-10 gallon res in just a few trips to the sink...ventilation is a big one too...but judging from the systems you've already put together I'm sure you know most of this...

it would probably make the most sense in a limited space like that to just create one plant containers that have a screw in end for the water feed if you incorporate a shutoff valve you could easily remove one from the loop for maintainance without messing with all the others

I'm almost tempted to build a setup that lets me just pick the best mother for each of a few different strains and just flower the best clone...taking care of one plant more closely seems to offer more yield when in a confined space atleast from what people are posting for cured weights

how much are people generally getting per plant? I'd assume most people have atleast 2-3 ft when done with flower is 6 feet double the weight of a 3 or generally 3 to 4 times the amount? any ideas JW?

I've been listening to the grow report to it kicks ass!!!! I actully havent used my new system yet my seedlings are in a tray and are only one week into sprout. i'm going to wait until they have 3 nodes till i put them in and start veg under a 1000w MH. look for my grow log in the next couple of weeks.

i ussually harvest on average 2-3 ounces a plant, thats a 3 1/2 foot plant. vegged for a month from seed. Pretty good results i think for doing practically nothing but res changes ph and nutes.

I find the aero systems grow very quickly and buds are alot nicer, larger more dense. They seem to adapt to the amount of nutes they can take in and fully take advantage of it. ive actually had like a 1 1/2 foot top cola weigh in at like 1.6 ounces, dry. I thought that was the coolest thing, unfortunatly the rest of the plant pulled in about 1 ounce, but i had 5 of them going and light penetration was a problem for a 400wtthps

i personally like the lsting method so size is confusing but the bud sites shoot right up to canopy level, u could get a 4 foot lst plant to harvest probably like 3-4 ounces

jack you dont use co2? what about mylar? I bought a tank and a reglator for my last grow and it gave me a noticeable difference. I got mylar for my new grow.

mylar is the ishnish. lol. It helps out so much. u will notice some of your fanleaves turn like sideways grabbing light from the walls now. I never used co2 just becuase i never really had that many plants all at once, and on 1-4 plants its not useless but not all that worth it, atleast to me. A systems + refilling i dunno i get great results now, so i dont really feel a need for one..yet.

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i just made an aero cloner. i put some test cuttings in there. they were nice and straight yesterday, but today, the stems are curled up toward the lid. is this because of cold res temps?

I just took my first top from a plant today and I have it in a dome so I got my fingers crossed...unfortunately after all the reading I'm getting info that seems to contradict...I think your best bet is to keep an eye on the major things ph, light and ventilation and just tweak things slowly with regards to other factors for the closet grow...have you come up with a plan yet pete I see your mood is angry :-( so hopefully it's nothing too serious gl