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Well dang...the roots on the front two are goin crazy today. The cookies plant is now the biggest of the 3 but the roots on her neighbor really took off in all directions! I took some more videos and I'm waiting for my iPhone to upload them to my pc right now. I think the main problem might...

Maybe lol..... I'll get to testing spray patterns and take some more videos/pics very soon. This might be the last time I take pics of the roots until I raise the lights up since they're getting pretty long and I can't comfortably lift up the net pots without bumping into things. Edit...

Thanks! I'm going to get one of the other bins spraying either today or tomorrow so I can analyze the mist pattern some more. The way the net cups are arranged right now, the empty hole doesn't have any visible mist underneath it. I know the atomized particles *should* fill the entire...

I think I finally found the angle where all 3 cups are getting nearly equal mist. I was kind of disappointed with the root growth throughout the day yesterday, but this morning there are some new shoots, bigger shoots and hairs further down on the root tips of all 3 plants. As always...

Here's a fresh set of pics from this morning. I tweaked some settings on the camera so I think you can see the close-ups with much better focus. Not sure that I noticed any vegetative growth, but the plant that was swapped to the further position that received less mist appears to have gotten...

The gains weren't quite as impressive as the first full day with aero, but there was still some visible growth today. The cup furthest from the mister was almost totally dry when I pulled it out. Just slightly damp in a few spots. Looks like one of its roots somehow became a bit thin in a...

Grabbed the camera and took a few close-ups...Didn't think the roots would adapt this fast to the aero environment. Do these hairs look good? You might have to open the imgur link to see the full resolution...The cubes still have a little bit of a mildewy odor I noticed when getting close with...

Just some observations...I guess you can't really expect these industrial pumps to really break that easily. Quite a few things I've read about people with debris inside their diaphragm pumps jammed up. But after I disassembled it Thursday I realized they're pretty well-made. The entire time...

Ok....woke up nice and fresh. Guess I was a little paranoid about the pump. You can just unplug the terminals from the pressure switch and bypass it yourself. Pump is just fine! xD Filled from 90-100psi in about 20 seconds. The first 9 gallons move the sensor from about 0-40 psi and the...

Was starting to see root tips at the bottom of each net cup yesterday so moved them over last night and filled the tank this morning with EC 1.3 nutes at about 2:1:2 with all the micros added this time. Been giving them half a second on and a full second off all day and the cups were staying...

Finally got everything together....holidays seem like a great time for relatives to bonk their heads and end up in the hospital, so there were a few unforeseen delays getting everything hooked up, even though I had the parts. I soaked the gro-block cubes in EC 0.4 nutrient solution that I...

Whew! So it took longer than I expected to get the LEDs assembled. I should have just ordered everything from Digi-key but I didn't want to pay their prices since I'm trying to keep this under budget...Some eBay sellers ship from China even though it doesn't mention it on the sales page so I...

From the research I've done, there is a selection of AA nozzles available on aliexpress or the other chinese sites for around $25....the selection is limited to the most common types, however. They appear to also be used for waste oil burners which you might need if you had some kind of metal...

Ok! D&D was cancelled tonight so as promised, I was able to get a test relay set up for the one mister and get a feel for what the spray pattern will actually look like. At the end of the video I tried to move the camera up but it was pretty awkward and I only have a close-up lense for that...

@rkymtnman I don't know much about bacteria. I may have done a search or two but the conclusion I tentatively came to is that if I flower the plants as soon as possible, grow strains that are known to ripen fast and do a reasonable job keeping the system clean I could avoid any problems with...

I want to run DTW. I have quite a few sets of Solid-state relays that can operate the solenoids as quickly as they're capable of opening and closing. As long as the tube from the valve to the nozzle is short like in the recent pics, the mist seems to be very responsive with almost no spatter...

Hooked a nozzle up and played around with the angle. If it's pointing straight down it looks like the cone becomes narrower and it just shoots all the mist at the bottom of the bin. It looks like placement near the top of the bin, pointing at a downward angle is going to be closer to ideal...

I'm planning to run SOG-style with 4 plants per barrel, going to 12/12 as soon as the cuttings have a root system. I'll definitely be putting a layer of foil over the top as they are not quite light proof. Go with black bins next time for sure. Yeah, I've tried to read pretty much all of...

The only problem is the entrance to the crawlspace is smack in the middle of the room....I didn't consider blocking it, but in the 3 years we lived here the only time someone even entered this back room was when we added insulation under the house so I suppose it isn't that important. However...

Hey everyone! I spent a lot of time reading and absorbing information throughout this past year before finally arriving here. I love the community and all the knowledge sharing that goes on here. I'm more knowledgeable in electronics engineering and chemistry than biology and genetics so...