Aeroponic Space Shuttle

[Coors]

Actually my plan is to build a 3'X3'X4' tall ScrOG chamber with Co2, Full Mylar, an air cooled 400wt HPS (and maybe a couple of 70 MH to complete the full spectrum) and possibly add pure O2 to the root system with an O2 tank. I figure that having the grow chamber isolated from the water tubs will help keep my water temp down as well. I figure that buying a water heater is cheeper than buying a cooler.

How often do you water your roots? Is it ok to have the misters going all the time? Or do you need a timer for you water pump as well?

Do you really need both water tubs?? or could you get by with just one and have a "U" shaped root chamber? or maybe even one straight 3' tube with a cap on one end?

How much water do you plants drink in a day or week?
How many plants do you think that I could put in this system? I was thinking 4, but with how full your plant were I am now thinking only 2 would be better.

Think it will work?

Thanks for your help and inspiration!!

 

[jwop]

you are a friggin genious man. i think i might try this but instead of tubes going directly into res ... might try a manifold to get more rows

one question just to get a better mental ... if you were a drop of water what path exactly would you take? obviously from high side through pipes to low side ... but how does the float valve come in and how do you transfer water from the low side back to the high side? im going to keep reading e thread as i haven't yet so if you already answered this i'm sure i'll see it so thanks!

EDIT: didn't see the little words between the actual pictures ... just got wreck'd via train

 

[Earl]

I am glad you guys are inspired.

I am not going to design your system,
but if you start a thread,
and send me a link,
I would like to see what you both come up with.


I have two bulkhead fittings in each tub,
that connect the bottom of each tub
with two 3/4 inch pcv tubes.

You can see one of them in this pic.

I call them the cross-flow tubes.
These two 3/4 inch tubes keep both rez's at the same level.

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[Coors]

I am glad you guys are inspired.

I am not going to design your system,
but if you start a thread,
and send me a link,
I would like to see what you both come up with.

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I under stand, but I have a few questions out side of the design aspect that I am still curious about. such as.

How often do you water your roots? Is it ok to have the misters going all the time? Or do you need a timer for you water pumps as well?

and

How much water do you plants drink in a day or week?

Also if you don't mind, aside from the lights, water cooler, and fans how much did it cost you to build?

thanks again Earl!

 

[Earl]

You do not have to run the spray jets on a timer.

The roots will be more aeroponic if the spray is off sometime.

A simple timer will work if you want.

30 on 30 off is good for most of the grow.

I run 10 on 30 off,
but I change the timer during the grow.

You should experiment.

The plants can go for a couple of hours,
depending on the amount of light and the humiidity.

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[Coors]

Cool Thanks for the info!! is that 30 min. or seconds? also do you need to flush out you plants at the end of the grow period? if so how long? I know that you need to when growing in soil, but I have no idea about hydro set ups.

 

[*8BaLL*]

i got a quick question, what did you use to drill the wholes in your tubeing

 

[Earl]

The timer is minutes.

I flush the rez every 7-10 days
It depends on the brand of nutes I am using.

I bought a hole saw kit on ebay,
It's cheap, but good for plastic and wood.

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[khamsin]

love the setup!!!

 

[Enigma]

Another subscriber!

 

[Enigma]

How small can the net pots for clones get?

I'm thinking a 6" tall clone in a 2-3" pot sunk in a 4" PVC tube should hold enough for an aero op. I'm really trying to squeeze things into a 4'x4' area.

Enigma

 

[Earl]

4 inch tubes have been tried,
and they would not accommodate the roots,
and the grow failed.

You can use 6 inch tubes.

I think a 2 inch net pot might work.
I use 3.5 inch pots.

take some pics,
and show your grow.

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[We TaRdED]

hey earl! how the grow going?

can you get 8" pvc pipes from anywhere? would that work better than 6"?

i think im going to get Amazon.com: Raindrip #312025B 25PK Barb Connector: Home Improvement

something like that to tap into my 1/2" supply line. do you think that would work if i epoxied it in place? maybe ill get a metal threaded 1/4" barb and screw it into the pvc. im still contemplating, plus i havent seen many 1/4" barbs that have male threads, maybe im not looking in the right places.

 

[Enigma]

4 inch tubes have been tried,
and they would not accommodate the roots,
and the grow failed.

You can use 6 inch tubes.

I think a 2 inch net pot might work.
I use 3.5 inch pots.

take some pics,
and show your grow.

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https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/18869-how-build-aero-setup.html

It seemed to work with him @ 4" with 3" net pots.

Keep an eye out in the hydro forum for a new thread.. it may take some time to get the funds together.. but I'm sure you guys will love it.

I've got ideas.. the gears are turning.. and I'm losing sleep over this new design lol



Enigma

 

[Earl]

8 inch pipe is very expensive,
and not gonna give you a better yield,
it's just going to cost you more money.

You need to make sure the plumbing you use
is equal to your ability to handle leaks.

If you have a concrete slab,
in a basement with a drain,
then you can handle some leaks.

If you have wood floors
and no way to deal with a leak,
you had better invest in good plumbing parts.

Good plumbing is expensive,
but a leak will bring disaster faster,
from landlords,
or mold and mildew,
and expensive to repair warped flooring.

Epoxy doesn't make good plumbing connections.

Remember the old saying.
No bucks,
No Buck Rogers!

Speed = Money,
How fast can you afford to grow?

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[We TaRdED]

i personally like guru Earls design better! im trying to duplicate it except a little differently with a couple more plants! SOG style.

 

[Enigma]

i personally like guru Earls design better! im trying to duplicate it except a little differently with a couple more plants! SOG style.

Earl's design looks great for a full-sized plant. And from what I can tell it has been working just fine!!!

I'm just thinking outside of the box.. trying to find new ways to do the same thing.. when I finally get something 'in stone' you'll see it in the hydro forum.



Peace,
Enigma

 

[We TaRdED]

Epoxy doesn't make good plumbing connections.

Remember the old saying.
No bucks,
No Buck Rogers!

Speed = Money,
How fast can you afford to grow?

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ya, you have to spend money to make.....errr... save money! i grow for solely medicinal purposes!

now you got me rethinking now! maybe ill use your fittings!!!! im just really broke right now! ill look into metal 1/4" barbed and threaded fittings! whats the name of the brass fittings you use so i can google it? or a link of where you got it would be great.

i dont know the old saying (im not that old, under 25) and i dont get your last saying with how fast can i afford to grow? are you saying you have to spend money to speed the process?

thanks a bunch Earl!

 

[Enigma]

ya, you have to spend money to make.....errr... save money! i grow for solely medicinal purposes!

now you got me rethinking now! maybe ill use your fittings!!!! im just really broke right now! ill look into metal 1/4" barbed and threaded fittings! whats the name of the brass fittings you use so i can google it? or a link of where you got it would be great.

i dont know the old saying (im not that old, under 25) and i dont get your last saying with how fast can i afford to grow? are you saying you have to spend money to speed the process?

thanks a bunch Earl!

Yep. More money = more light, better setup.. ect. ect.

 

[Earl]

If you have no money,
then growing outside, under the sun, is free.

You don't need anything,
but many, many, many, seeds.
Some will survive.

Or you can spend the bucks, and do this.

Check out a movie called, "The Right Stuff"

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