Great thread. Very helpful. Thanks!
Now I have a question for you. Maybe two.
Just building my 1st room and was thinking to go with a very similar set up to what you have. But I am wondering if this makes sense:
Make ONE type of system/setup and just keep the plants in the same spot from start to finish. Why build 3 different setups and have to move the plants around so much?
The only real difference I see is your choice NOT to use misters beyond cloning. Which makes sense and I will probably want to use the larger sprayers as well (I wonder if those sprayers would be OK for clones?).
In any case, I was thinking to build the same set up only I might put some wheels on the bottom so I can move it from my cloning area, to veg and then onto flowering without ever having to move the plants around...seems like it would be less work (initially), less hassle (throughout), and no need to worry about roots tangling up and not being able to transfer them so easily, etc..
I would like to build just one system for all phases initially to spare myself the added expense and headache of building three different things. Then as I can afford more I can just replicate the same thing over and over as I expand.
Anyhow, my basic question is this: Can I build your flowering system and just use it throughout the entire life of the plants?
I would like to save time and money, of course, but ultimately I want to use the MOST effective system(s) as humanly possible. Learning curve or not, I don't want to start off with what is "easier" and then have to build an entire system again in just a few months. I'd rather do it right the 1st time. So again, if it makes sense to make 3 separate systems, I am all for it. Just wondering if it was necessary though.
Thank you in advance!
Hahaha!!!
........remember me saying that(patting myself on the back, jk)....? Then 'why' do I need one....... No.... I was running them in the veg bubbler to get the roots out of the baskets.......is 'why' and using 3" net baskets as that's what my GH AF uses, + hydroton......2-3 days in the new vegger and roots are out and they can go straight into 12/12 before they're 6" tall........ I only have 24 sites on the veg unit(all that would fit) so I can pick the best 20.......then I do a run for one of my tables and new mom's, etc-------has worked out great(You and StinkBud get the credit!).
Hope things are going good for you and yours!!
Very cool of you to respond in such length. Thank you!Good day there.... And the answere is yes.... But!
You'll need to do things a little different,
don't veg them at all if you gonna use sonething that small....
And i think that using the spinner sprayers for the cloner would work but i think the stems prefer the finner spray, and if ya can't find those kinda sprayers just get a buncha airstones and do it bubble style to get the mist...
Your setup idea's sound good, but a few things to remember...
You can use 1 big Rez for all the units Only if they are all filled with plants at the same time,
if you gonna do a steady supply setup then you will need different Rez's for each batch, PPM is Major in Aero, each new batch must start in the mid 100's, and in mid to upper 1000's in a few weeks!....
And i'll tell ya, i've desided Not to even use my Veg rig anymore, i have killer luck going from the cloner to the flower systems!
I found they got too big if they had any more veg time then the round 2 weeks in the cloner!
So, unless you looking to have Huge plants, hieght i mean, then forget about the veg stage and make 2 rooms, Clone/Mom room and Bigger flower room with 2 or 3 diff Batches with there own Rez's and you'll get your crop each 3-4 weeks! (depending on the strain too tho)
Thats how i'm Rearanging my rooms right now, well kinda.... i gonna have the cloner in a cubby hole in the bigger hydro room, got a real nice 4 bulb 2' fixture for it and the cloner sits on my Bud Dryer! Got a 400w HPS and gonna change out the 400mh and toss it into flower room too!
All these changes are under way presently, just got the extra lights few days ago but been running a water line to the room! finally water in there!
i even made a DIY Float/fill valve outa a $10 Plastic float valve for a toilet!.....
But anyhow.... will update some latter all, just got my PC workin so gotta catch up!
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..that is why I ask.
Good day there DogWisperer.... this is my first full finishing batch in my Aero so i can't give ya finish numbers yet! lol, but i must say, i got half the plants i did in soil and they got way more bud then my last soil batch produced already!Wow your setup is just pure amazing, what do you get for yield? Like a couple pounds every 3months. I someday wish to setup a grow room atleast with a few plants but im very restricted.
good day there smppro, how ya doin.....
But, you only put the fish into it if you want to make that food for the plants, and it all started with fish farming!
........I am seeing a big light going off in your head, epix! haha!!
