The 30 minute 6 plant aero build

[tckfui]

no I dont have any pictures, just the 2 of the system... and I had help putting those up... I'm crazy
yea I put a few plants in there from soil, I sprayed the roots pretty hard with my house, not too hard, but hard, it took a while to get all the soil off but I got most of it off, with hardly any roots break, than I tried to put some of the roots through the holes of the net pots, and they all worked out fine!

 

[inbudwetrust]

so is my 400 watt hps good enough for these six plants in this new system I have.

 

[tckfui]

yea, I;m using 400W HPS, and growing more than 6 plants without a problem... so far...

 

[inbudwetrust]

stoked. So the only maintance is manicuring, and adding water. and nutrients

 

[tckfui]

pretty much, and you have to PH the water like every other day, and you should check the PPM about as often too.
I read that these things dont even need to be drained except when switching from veg nutes to bloom nutes

 

[ryan33212]

Yea i think im totally gonna have to take you up on that man just give me a few weeks lol..

 

[inbudwetrust]

what is ppm? damn I need to learn how to ph water too. I just use my drinking water from cullingans right now.

 

[tckfui]

that should be fine. PPM is parts per millionth. it tells you the tatio of water to non water particles, for new plants the PPM should be low. I foget how low, the hydro nutrients you buy should have a rough idea of how much chemicals to add for a certain PPM, I heard you dont need a PPM tester but you should. EC meters test PPM but in a diferent way.
PH needs to be mesured, you can use litmus paper, or go to a fishstore and get the PH test juice and some little test tube bottles, that wil do fne, or you can order a meter, but they can get quite expensive, I think fletch got a EC and PH pen for 30 bucks on ebay.

 

[ryan33212]

ph level should be 5.8-6.0

 

[weediscool]

about how often do you have to add water in this setup. and whats the best way to do that when the plants get big. seems it would be hard to lift the lid and pour some in when you have 6 3 floot plants on the lid.

 

[FilthyFletch]

This thread of mine keeps going and going and going.I have revamped the newer version of these type systems I sell and build. I have added better res tanks with locking lids for tight closure no top leaks. I have added the drain setups.Hevay duty net pots with tighter holes to hold roots and hydroton better. Also added a better setup for the pump plug with a rubber closer so its nice and tight but also gives you a place to add water or nutes right in.I reccomned a ful res change every 2 weeks max can be done every week if you like. In between drains just top off with plain ph 5.8 water and then check the res ph and adjust if needed..Lets see hers a few pics of a newer model with 8 sites....

 

[weediscool]

looks good dude. slap your avatar on the side and start mass production imo

 

[FilthyFletch]

I got a logo already and I mini mass produce

 

[weediscool]

what does the pvc under that setup look like?

|-|-| im guessing?

i think i like the 8plant version better than the 6 plant one. 2 extra plants!

 

[FilthyFletch]

Looks like this picture..I build these to request 2,4,6,8,10,12 and then single mother plant 5 gallon buckets setups and clone buckets for clones.

 

[tckfui]

have you grown plants in the 8 sight tub?
how big do the plants get? they dont get too close together?

 

[wbinwv]

awesome thread...+rep

 

[inbudwetrust]

Yeah I thought the eight would be way too close

 

[weediscool]

im assuming the tubs are mainly used for sog. so youre really just getting 1 big cola and trimming the lower half off and keeping the rest of the side branches maintained.

 

[FilthyFletch]

In each setup the more sites I add the larger the res size so this 8 site setup is about 12 inches longer and 5 inches wider then the 6 plant setup. As wth all of these type setup you ll be lollipopping your plants to keep them from crowding and giving you the best large colas possible.If you dont lollipop or trim back you can crowd them and get a bunch of smaller slower growing buds from lack of ligh penetration.