aeroponic grow

[JoeSmoe]

Sorry a little off topic but could you use clones in the aerogarden and what kind of light does it put off. Full spectrum or more reddish? I cant find anything about their bulbs.

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

team its full spec but its like 1400 lumins (pic of wat?)

but anyway WORDS - i know what your taling about and my only thought is if its possably to pull out the clear plastic thing thats incerted in the holes (basically pull the whole plant out), and carefully put them somwhere and then fill the revisor with a hot mix of water/bleach and run it through for about 2 hours, it should be gone, OR you can take it apart but you'd still have to remove the plants and its a bitch to get back together.


also is your filter filled with that shit?

[wordsandwich]

yes the filter definitely has some in there...i got most of it out yesterday but there's plenty left. man i wish i had my camera at home yesterday when i cleaned out the res. if only you could have seen how much of this shit was in there!

i am changing about 1/4 of the res water every day and adding fresh nute solution with hydrogen peroxide...the HP I have is just like the 35% food grade stuff but it's already diluted to the 3%, it's sold at a local health food store as a spray for your food...after reading up on HP for the last few days i am finding out that there is this whole popular health movement using HP as a supplement. in fact lots of cancer patients believe it helps them..kinda interesting if your into that whole holistic medicine thing.

i am going off topic...can you tell i'm high as a kite right now?

if I were to remove the plastic cups with the rapid rooter sponge in them (effectively removing the entire plant from the aerogarden) i would be able to clean it out much better. that would involve moving the plants quite a bit though, plus i would have to cut the root mass with scissors as everything is obviously all tangled in the res. Do you guys recommend doing that? it seems like it would be a huge stress on the plants. Maybe i should see where i am in a few days with just running the HP?

Also, as an added problem, i am using about 60% of my vertical space right now and I need to start flowering soon. any advice there?

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

yea when im messed up i stagger on and off topic too,
that was my thought, that you wouldnt be able to remove plant with out cutting roots, so dont cut them

im looking for a solution for you on cleaning that but, in the mean time i would flower tommarow, the peroxide(i know this stuff it crazy, even saw somthing about it being an aid to help quit somking) has been there a little wile, but i would set to flower, not sure if you know the technical details of flowering but its basically,

your going to remove the cfl light, and set up the hps on a timer (timer is better but not necessary) on a 12/12 light cycle, and when the hps is off the plant needs 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness and in 3-10 days we can start to tell the sex of your plants

[Opie Yutts]

Wordsandwich, considering how much space you have left, I would probably try a couple more days to get the snot out then go to flower. I don't think I would cut apart roots at this time. You may end up doing more harm than good.

Teamgreen, what plant in the AV are you talking about? I didn't see one. That's cool they have an upgraded light system. If I were going to spend $109 plus shipping though, I would probably consider a 150W HPS instead, or better yet a switchable ballast or digital ballast (more money though).

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

hmm, ok cleaning that with plants in there is going to be a project, i thought of every possible way it could be done and all has a negative efect on the plant, my thought is its prob going to be killed by the peroxide but remain until cleaned out (ater the plants flower) just got to hope they dont get clogged and stop water from flowing (is the water flowing in all sockets?) other thought is to maby turn up the pump all the way maby it will help get a little out,

when your plants finish, i would boil a pot of water (not to boil but make it HOT) pour it into the revisor and add a little bleach (open a window so you dont breath the bleach fumes) and turn it on for a few hours, when you come back the water will be filled with all the crap, then repeat with no bleach added and it will be like new i still got this in my mind and if i come up wit anything to do wit the plants in there ill post it

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

yo word what the hell is in your avi?

[Opie Yutts]

What? You can read that. Man, get some glasses.

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

glasses?, think i'd need a telescope

[Opie Yutts]

For the snot problem I would be flushing. And flushing some more. I would flush with a fungicide like the one I linked. I think Serinade is a more popular fungicide, not sure. I would do a combination of following directions and using your judgment, but in general I would drain the res and fill it with some solution of water and the antifungal. Start at a low strength to make sure it doesn't have an adverse affect on the plants. Turn on the bubbles and anything else that helps circulate, and let it sit for an hour. Dump that and start again with a slightly stronger solution, and keep doing it until you reach recommended full strength, or beyond if you feel adventurous. I would think after a day of this treatment the snot should be mostly or completely gone. Just my guess though.