My first aeroponic growth

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Dom11711

New Member
Hi everyone!
I believe there's no better place for posting some questions regarding general cannabis growth.

After searching a bit more about aeroponic, and saw this old thread: Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

I would like to invest in my first small aeroponic setup.
I've never been growing hydro or aero before, that's why I would like to gain some more knowledge and the necessary equipment list for my first small test.

I'm planning to start with 4 plants only (seeds only for now), within a 4x4x6 (120cm/W 120cm/D 180cm/H) approx.

I don't want to go crazy on my first test, so want to keep the budget within 1k dollars or so, even lower if possible.

Any suggestions regarding:
  • What kind of equipment to use (pots, pumps, etc.,).
  • Which light to use.
  • Which nutrients and how their feeding schedule looks like.

I hope if anyone can provide me more info and support on this, would be highly appreciated.
 
GoatSoup

GoatSoup

Well-Known Member
I use a Stinkbud system. A large Roughneck (20 gal?) with a 12 gal roughneck tub in it, 200-400 g/min pump in the bottom, up to a spray bar around the top tub. 2" netpots, I use 1-3 pots as the plants get pretty big. See my Grow for pix. SCROG net above about 12" above the top using pvc frame.
Don't glue the PVC as it makes it a pain to disassemble for cleaning. I use four or six spray nozzles around the spray bar aimed down not on top of the bar. IF you don't glue the spray assy, you can turn the nozzles down so they don't spray the top and leak.

Aim the spray so it just hits the bottom of the net pots. Assemble and test the assembly w/o plants to make sure it is aligned to NOT LEAK. This give about a 10 gal rez and tow plants will drink a gallon a day when they get bigger. You can use a cheap 15/15 timer for the pumps.

The roots stay in the upper 'root chamber' and you have to reach in and keep the roots from going down into the rez through the drain hole.
Buy a Harbor freight hole saw 2" is good for drilling the net pot holes and the hole for the pump uptake/drain.
See the Grow , Kick Off-Super Bowl for Superbowl!

Kick Off-Super Bowel for the Superbowl!

This is my, i think, 6th grow. Using a NFT cobbled up and worked good a couple of times. My objective is to grow Durban Poison (Auto) between now and the play offs. A Couple of weeks to cure and then Sativa Splendor for the kick off. I just dropped two seeds in ~6.7 pH, 222 PPM tap water to...
www.rollitup.org

Pix on page 3 show the system. Works good and it is cheap!
 
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Dom11711

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GoatSoup said:
I use a Stinkbud system. A large Roughneck (20 gal?) with a 12 gal roughneck tub in it, 200-400 g/min pump in the bottom, up to a spray bar around the top tub. 2" netpots, I use 1-3 pots as the plants get pretty big. See my Grow for pix. SCROG net above about 12" above the top using pvc frame.
Don't glue the PVC as it makes it a pain to disassemble for cleaning. I use four or six spray nozzles around the spray bar aimed down not on top of the bar. IF you don't glue the spray assy, you can turn the nozzles down so they don't spray the top and leak.

Aim the spray so it just hits the bottom of the net pots. Assemble and test the assembly w/o plants to make sure it is aligned to NOT LEAK. This give about a 10 gal rez and tow plants will drink a gallon a day when they get bigger. You can use a cheap 15/15 timer for the pumps.

The roots stay in the upper 'root chamber' and you have to reach in and keep the roots from going down into the rez through the drain hole.
Buy a Harbor freight hole saw 2" is good for drilling the net pot holes and the hole for the pump uptake/drain.
See the Grow , Kick Off-Super Bowl for Superbowl!

Kick Off-Super Bowel for the Superbowl!

This is my, i think, 6th grow. Using a NFT cobbled up and worked good a couple of times. My objective is to grow Durban Poison (Auto) between now and the play offs. A Couple of weeks to cure and then Sativa Splendor for the kick off. I just dropped two seeds in ~6.7 pH, 222 PPM tap water to...
www.rollitup.org

Pix on page 3 show the system. Works good and it is cheap!
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Thank you so much for your reply!
 
Drop That Sound

Drop That Sound

Well-Known Member
I would recommend a cycle timer. Set for 30-45 seconds every 3-5 minutes.

Also, have 2 spray bars with 2 pumps and 2 timers on the same rail. Have a UPS battery backup supply hooked to one of the spray bars, just in case the power go's out.
 
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Badjem

Well-Known Member
Dom11711 said:
Hi everyone!
I believe there's no better place for posting some questions regarding general cannabis growth.

After searching a bit more about aeroponic, and saw this old thread: Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

I would like to invest in my first small aeroponic setup.
I've never been growing hydro or aero before, that's why I would like to gain some more knowledge and the necessary equipment list for my first small test.

I'm planning to start with 4 plants only (seeds only for now), within a 4x4x6 (120cm/W 120cm/D 180cm/H) approx.

I don't want to go crazy on my first test, so want to keep the budget within 1k dollars or so, even lower if possible.

Any suggestions regarding:
  • What kind of equipment to use (pots, pumps, etc.,).
  • Which light to use.
  • Which nutrients and how their feeding schedule looks like.

I hope if anyone can provide me more info and support on this, would be highly appreciated.
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I built aero cloner but I had no clones had to start from seeds they are almost 3 weeks old and have roots developed can I put them in aero cloner you think sincerockwool stays so wet how should I time it 1 on 5 off ?
 
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