Aeroponics Yield???

bdt1981 said:

My aero was a gift. There is a thread with 2.5 gm per watt aero. And u did say 600 or 1000. But anyway im going sealed room this time just big enough, its like 60x60 my question is does a carbon filter eliminate the need to bring in outside air? Im way over kill with a 10 in fan and the filter is like 30 in long and its 10 in.

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Dumme said:

2.5 yes, under perfect conditions, and again I'm sure it wasn't his average, just his best ever.


If you have a carbon filter making a vacuum in the room, you can't seal the room. A true sealed room is air cooled lights. Sealed outside air piped in, cooling the lights, than the same air pumped out. Completely sealed wit minimal personal entering the room. A/C in the room to keep temp down. Even the reservoir should be outside the room. Sealed window to look in. Only this way is CO2 worth it, otherwise your wasting it, unless you have the money to pissed away. With this sealed room in place, there's no need for a carbon filter because the smell never leaves the room. The whole reason not to seal the room, and have air inlets is to exchange the air (CO2) in the room. There's plenty of CO2 in the air, normally, to have a very big harvest. It wouldn't be worth the effort for your small grow... imo. But I'll sell you some CO2 if you
From expirence i know i can get a tank of co2 to last 3 weeks inside a 4x4 tent at 1450 ppm. Thats only 10$ a week. And 1 of only 2 real ways to get bigger yields.
Carbon filter is used for more than smell bro. Scrubbing the air is very important, i would think especially in a sealed room. The filter is used so u dont have to exaust outside air into ur room. At least thats what i have thought. Like a fan sucking air out the top thru a filter and blowing back in at the bottom.

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Dumme said:

I wouldn't use a charcoal filter for your air intake. Filter, yes, but not a carbon filter. You can, but youre wasting money, and minimizing airflow. Any allergy, household air intake filter would work for that. All you'd be doing is stopping bugs and buildup on you bulbs, but again, if you wanna spend your money, you could use one.

If CO2 is what you wanna do, by all means, do it. It can help greatly. I just don't recommend it for the average home grower. I dont know your current room specs. Most of the help you find here is based on generalizations. In individual cases, a more detailed view of you grow is needed. But you'll find many ideas.

I wouldn't use outside air to intake, the weather is too unpredictable. I'd pipe in normal house air to cool the lights, the blow it outside.

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Dumme said:

I wouldn't use a charcoal filter for your air intake. Filter, yes, but not a carbon filter. You can, but youre wasting money, and minimizing airflow. Any allergy, household air intake filter would work for that. All you'd be doing is stopping bugs and buildup on you bulbs, but again, if you wanna spend your money, you could use one.

If CO2 is what you wanna do, by all means, do it. It can help greatly. I just don't recommend it for the average home grower. I dont know your current room specs. Most of the help you find here is based on generalizations. In individual cases, a more detailed view of you grow is needed. But you'll find many ideas.

I wouldn't use outside air to intake, the weather is too unpredictable. I'd pipe in normal house air to cool the lights, the blow it outside.

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bdt1981 said:

I see now that the aeroflo2 needs a little modifications. Starting with the sorry excuse for a manifold. Great material yes but that isnt the correct way to have a manifold if u want equal pressure through all sprayers the last elbow should be a t with least 3inches past the last spray line then capped to equalize pressure. I have saw lots of complaints on last sprayer being weak and that is why

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Dumme said:

2.5 yes, under perfect conditions, and again I'm sure it wasn't his average, just his best ever.


If you have a carbon filter making a vacuum in the room, you can't seal the room. A true sealed room is air cooled lights. Sealed outside air piped in, cooling the lights, than the same air pumped out. Completely sealed wit minimal personal entering the room. A/C in the room to keep temp down. Even the reservoir should be outside the room. Sealed window to look in. Only this way is CO2 worth it, otherwise your wasting it, unless you have the money to pissed away. With this sealed room in place, there's no need for a carbon filter because the smell never leaves the room. The whole reason not to seal the room, and have air inlets is to exchange the air (CO2) in the room. There's plenty of CO2 in the air, normally, to have a very big harvest. It wouldn't be worth the effort for your small grow... imo. But I'll sell you some CO2 if you want.

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bdt1981 said:

What do u put in ur res? I cant seem to find a good answer.

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Dumme said:

I have Hydroton/Hydrocorn and worms under my aero heads. As far as Nuts? Currently, Gypsum, FeEDDHA, Potassium Sulfate, Epsom Salt, Fish Shit, Fish Feed, Molasses, Worm Casting Tea, Phosphoric Acid, and I've been using up the Bone Meal I had.

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ben dover haha said:

Was looking at the, AeroFlo2 Model 36, 3x3 aeroponics system....Anyone have experience with these???Are they a legitimate product???

What could you yield off that Aeroponics system w/ a 600Watt light??? What would be the increase in yield if you used a 1000Watt light???

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bdt1981 said:

Dammm thats more than i can handle i think. When using a 3 part, im going with holland secret, i think. Cali magic ??? Can u point me in the right direction for a feeding schedule? Im getting closer to time. Seems its quite a bit different than ebb and flow whrre most my exp lies.

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bdt1981 said:

Dammm thats more than i can handle i think. When using a 3 part, im going with holland secret, i think. Cali magic ??? Can u point me in the right direction for a feeding schedule? Im getting closer to time. Seems its quite a bit different than ebb and flow whrre most my exp lies.

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Budley Doright said:

It's not much different in that you will be pretty much using the same EC and PH just start low and like said let your plants tell you. Watch the nozzles clogging, they really should use more for redundency, I have 16 spray heads doing six sites so if one or two clog it's still all good. Oh and FYI it's really not a true AERO setup as much as a spiked NFT but they are kinda cool.

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CC Dobbs said:

About a pound either way.

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bdt1981 said:

Ouch that blows.

You dont think 1 oz per site is possible or minimum?

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Budley Doright said:

Don't worry about yield, just get it dialed in first. There will be a learning curve then there will be tweaks. I would start with half of what they say on the bottles and work my way up plant dependant. Watch what your EC does over a week then act accordingly. You've done EBB&FLO right? Same shit different box really IMO. Nutrients will be the thing that will block your nozzles so you may have to try a few before you find one that works well. I use Aqua Flakes but there are probably lots that work as well or better. I too am reluctant to use GH due to their corporate structure but their nutes, so I hear, are good. Keep us posted as to how it's going, curious to see if you hit your goals.

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Budley Doright said:

Don't worry about yield, just get it dialed in first. There will be a learning curve then there will be tweaks. I would start with half of what they say on the bottles and work my way up plant dependant. Watch what your EC does over a week then act accordingly. You've done EBB&FLO right? Same shit different box really IMO. Nutrients will be the thing that will block your nozzles so you may have to try a few before you find one that works well. I use Aqua Flakes but there are probably lots that work as well or better. I too am reluctant to use GH due to their corporate structure but their nutes, so I hear, are good. Keep us posted as to how it's going, curious to see if you hit your goals.

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