MikeGanja
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Have anyone tried growing low pressure aeroponics with dutch bucket setup instead of tubes? Would 11 litre bucket be enough?
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And for what it's worth, I don't see any piping whatsoever in your picture.With this kind of system 4-5 plants grow together in each pipe. The pipes are 8-10 inches wide. her when growing indica strains.
Each bucket is irrigated individually with a 360 degree sprayer, one plant in each bucket. The water is drained from a hole in the bottom of the bucket into the reservoir below. It looks like the roots from each plant have more space compared to similar systems built with PVC pipes. I don't know if the extra space makes any difference. It looks simple and effective but I am not sure.So you still didn't explain what you want to happen inside these buckets.
Thanks Darkoh69, that's valuable information. I'll start looking for larger dutch buckets. Would you recommend 27 litre buckets or even larger?Do you think there would be enough root surface area? I grow in a dutch bucket type system 27 litre buckets recirculating continuously. The roots take every bit of space they possibly can. I dont understand how you will spray all that root mass through evenly? Maybe you mean a recirculating deep water culture system?
I think you are right. I can't understand why the growshops market this size as "perfect for larger crops". What you say about 27 litres buckets have me convinced.Im sure that bucket you've pictured above would be half full of root mass in less than a month. How will you mist all that area?
No, I mean low pressure aeroponics. The roots will be hanging in air. I guess you can call it aeroponics/NFT if there is water on the bottom between spraying cycles.Im just not sure how well buckets will work aeroponics. Or do you mean dwc?
Yes I mean a small crop. I'm not sure exactly about the plant size but I am thinking grow/flower cycles much like what people use in Aeroflo or Stinkbud systems. I think you are right about the 360 vs 2 x 180, why spray the side of the buckets..I wonder if they maybe mean like a small crop is say 4 to 8 buckets and larger crop is just more buckets say 16 or more.
If you keep the plants below 20"...I usually let mine get about 16" to 18" at most and scrog...those buckets should work fine, but bigger plants will for sure need more room.
I find with my setup (not this one shown) the root mass is almost equal to the plant mass...so if you want to grow trees then use garbage cans...lol
Not sure why they use a 360 sprayer...seems useless to spray the buckets...I would probably convert it to 2 x 180's with one on either side.
Good luck and happy growing
I have not seen anything that's worked 100%. I've seen grows that used like a fabric and the roots still eventually grew through that.Has anyone figured a good way to (lack of a better term) "block" the drain from the roots, but of course allow the water to still drain?
Hanging in the air inside those little containers?No, I mean low pressure aeroponics. The roots will be hanging in air. I guess you can call it aeroponics/NFT if there is water on the bottom between spraying cycles.
Has anyone figured a good way to (lack of a better term) "block" the drain from the roots, but of course allow the water to still drain?
When I started building mine a couple years back I couldn't find any good solutions so I had everything contained in the res tote, but then had to add a small second pump to control water flow in the tote to keep the roots out of the main pump. I also didn't want to risk putting holes in totes and praying for them not to leak...I live in an apartment and I'm sure my landlord wouldn't like any water damage...lol
Basically the second pump pushes from the center of the tote to both directions left and right so it makes 2 circular flows of water circling in opposite directions. The roots grow in the pattern of the flows and very rarely are even close to the main pump.
I have no idea what type of system this would be called...just kind of a Frankenstein thing I've been working on...seems to work fine for my needs.
Red lines show water flows from 2nd pump (little 12VDC @ 240 LPH) and the temp sensors have been, or will be soon, changed to temp & humidity sensors in 1.
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Also added a pic of the roots from a plant that veg'd about 50-60 days...I do 35 days now.
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