Hello World. My newly finished indoor aero garden

[pilotguide]

So it's now the start of week 4. Things are going great with the system. I finally got my General Hydroponics nutrient solution. The plants really seem to be enjoying the change. The other benefit is NO SMELL! It was a pleasant surprise when I changed from the tomato fertilizer. The roots have taken so well that I am no longer able to pull the plants up to look. There is just too much of a possibility of damaging them. I have also been using H2O2 (Hydrogen Peroxide) for a couple of weeks to help keep the root system healthy. It's amazing the growth they have experienced since adding H202. I would recommend it to anyone. I have only been using 1ml per litre. I've attached a photo below that illustrates the growth over the past 26 days. I'll do my best to keep this updated until all plants can be harvested.



Thanks for viewing!

[GpsFrontier]

REALLY NICE,
The plants seem to be taking off really well. I have herd about using H2O2 (Hydrogen Peroxide) but not tried it as of yet. Though it's on my list of things to do.

[pilotguide]

I was a little hesitant at first to try out the H2O2, but had read posts about several other growers having excellent results. I have been using just your average everyday 3% solution. After the first couple of days I had noticed the strawberry plants growing a tonne of new leaves. Apparently the H2O2 helps break down dead and decaying roots, leaving the fresh ones intact to take up all of the oxygen. The general rule was not greater than 3ml for every litre. So I started at 1ml per litre and have left it there.

[pilotguide]

It's the beginning of week 5 and I'm on my way for some family vacation. This will be the first time I have left the system unattended for more than a couple of days. Should be a good test of its reliability. I'll either come back to bigger plants or complete devastation.

Week 5 of the Hydroponics


Lettuce plants


Strawberry Roots


Tomato Plants


See you again in a week! Wish me luck!

[silentscorp]

Can't wait to see the progress, this is such a helpful series of posts that we are setting up a version for ourselves over the course of the week. Ours will be condensed to 9 plants, but going for the same looking outcome!

[pilotguide]

Welcome to week 6. We've been away from the system for a full week. It's been unattended for the full week and we weren't sure if the results would waiver a bit without its daily monitoring. We arrived home and wow! It worked perfectly. We're only running a 7 gallon reservoir and close to half of that was gone by the time we got back due to evaporation and plant uptake. Every plant is doing great. Lettuce is good to go, tomatoes are enormous and the strawberry plants have flowers! So we're hoping those flowers will turn into strawberries in the near future. If anyone has questions about the system please feel free to post or send questions. I'm attempting to get a construction plan completed but it may still take a while to finish due to my work schedule.

Front view of the system. Tomato plants are huge!


Lettuce is ready to go. Just a slight amount of tip burn. May be due to the lack of new water being added to the system last week.


The strawberry plants are flowering. Hopefully they will bear the fruits soon.


The system is still holding up great. The roots are intertwined in the grow tubes. Pulling them out will likely damage the plants. We have hung up a fly catcher. We've noticed a few pests here and there so this has done wonders to rid the plants of these annoying little buggers.


The plan is working! Fresh vegetables in winter. We just had our first snowfall. Proof that this can work anywhere.

[GpsFrontier]

Just wondering how the plants are doing and if you have any new pictures?