Aeroponic or bubbleponic? ?

JorgeGonzales

JorgeGonzales

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Anon Emaus said:
Depends on the person, space available and so on. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. In a perfect world I'm pretty sure Aero is the top contender.
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I've grown both side by side and if there was a difference in growth I didn't see it. DWC is a lot less fidgety, nothing to clog or filter with single buckets. Just a pump and airstone.

The biggest downside to both is needing to keep nute temps under control.
 
RolllingStone

RolllingStone

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JorgeGonzales said:
I've grown both side by side and if there was a difference in growth I didn't see it. DWC is a lot less fidgety, nothingto clog or filter with single buckets. Just a pump and airstone.

The biggest downside to both is needing to keep nute temps under control.
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Whlat the temp an nute to be at veg n flower
 
DePhazz

DePhazz

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You forgot about sprayers/ misting nozzels that coud clog easily.
Besides that, you can loose your whole harvest in hours, if not minutes in case of pump failure/ clogged nozzels.

If you are just diving into aeroponics/hydro, i would give dwc a try.
 
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Atomizer

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The plants wont die in minutes ;) With decent quality nutes (no lumps) and the correct nozzles you wont get any clogging, especially if you run it drain-to-waste. A pump that runs a few minutes a day will last for years. 12v dc pumps, timers and solenoids make the nute delivery immune to mains power outages.
 
RolllingStone

RolllingStone

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Atomizer said:
The plants wont die in minutes ;) With decent quality nutes (no lumps) and the correct nozzles you wont get any clogging, especially if you run it drain-to-waste. A pump that runs a few minutes a day will last for years. 12v dc pumps, timers and solenoids make the nute delivery immune to mains power outages.
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Is there a link on ebay or amazon to the timer you talking about ?
 
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Atomizer

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I would but you wont find them on ebay or amazon :) If your planning to go for bubbleponic or low pressure aero you dont need anything special.
 
RolllingStone

RolllingStone

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Atomizer said:
I would but you wont find them on ebay or amazon :) If your planning to go for bubbleponic or low pressure aero you dont need anything special.
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what do you need then for aeroponic causing running the pump on for 24/7 will heat up the water right ?
 
Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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Just my two cents but I would recommend not to consider a flooded or spray system unless you can keep the water temps consistently under 70 or you will have issues. I tried low pressure sprayer's and went back to flood and drain due to a few reasons but manly simplicity and no difference in growth. And yes the spray heads do clog on occasion, plant material and other stuff does get in there. It's the Res temps, IMO, that are the key to maximizing the grow, unless able to deal with them, pick something else :).
 
RolllingStone

RolllingStone

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Budley Doright said:
Just my two cents but I would recommend not to consider a flooded or spray system unless you can keep the water temps consistently under 70 or you will have issues. I tried low pressure sprayer's and went back to flood and drain due to a few reasons but manly simplicity and no difference in growth. And yes the spray heads do clog on occasion, plant material and other stuff does get in there. It's the Res temps, IMO, that are the key to maximizing the grow, unless able to deal with them, pick something else :).
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What range for res temp? Min max
 
makka

makka

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Cooler water = more dissolved oxygen
Warmer water = less dissolved oxygen

Cool 16 to 20c max good
Warm 21c above inreased risk of pathogens/fungus/slime

This in Dwc for me personally

I have grown in high res temps upto 24
C but only sterile res with hardy strains and been ok but it's not recommended for obvious reasons and weaker strains will suffer for sure
There are other factors also you need to read up on all type is systems before making a choice
 
Alaric

Alaric

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rkymtnman said:
real deal high pressure aeroponic is about the best there is.
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My opinion also.

Just how much better (yield wise) running "true aeroponics"------I don't know.

My guess is 10-15% increase-----and that's a wild guess because I've never run "true aero."

What do you guys think?

A~~~
 
Budley Doright

Budley Doright

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I've got all the stuff to do high pressure aero but fuck, I had enough issues with low pressure lol. I also think in order to get the increase in yields you need to provide all the things the plant needs to increase metabolism like co2, perfect temps, etc. Just not ready to make that commitment I guess :(.
 
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