The 30 minute 6 plant aero build

InXanity said:

I've been gathering the materials to build one of these. I have a couple questions to get your opinions on FF.

1 - I'm planning on 4 plants. What size rubbermaid container do you recommend?

2 - Lowe's sells these: Full Circle Mister/Spinner Would these work?

-InXanity

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That looks to be a high-pressure sprayer.. I think the low pressure ones are what you are after here. It says it will spray 6-8 feet.



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FilthyFletch said:

I personally dont grow any kind of passive hydro as I dont have time to deal with those as they take to much work and my time.If I cant set it up on timers and be able to just take a few minutes a day to maintain it its not worth it for me.I like growing aero and flood tables mainly. These are the easiest and require the least amount of work from y years of trying pretty much all grow methods.

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Damn.. you just sold me on that

Aero it is then.

Now here is my final question for you man,

When the pump is on, and the misters are spraying and shit... does it make a lot of noticeable noise??

I am doing this in a closet.. and i really, really would like to know what the noise level is when the sprayers are on..

Would you say its loud??

what do you compare the spraying noise to??

a computer fan??

thx again!!

my plants are doing good!! they are only in rockwool cubes, and about 2 inches! @ only 2 days old!!

Cant wait to throw them into this setup

watering them 2-3x a day by hand sucks..

they almost died on me since i forgot to water them

it was amazing though.. as soon as i waterted them.. they stood up straight again

Id say the unit is pretty much just about silent.You get a little noise when you first turn the unit on as the water fills and starts after that its maybe like as lound as an fish tank if you can relate. Its really quiet and if in a closet with a door closed youd never hear it. Youd be more likely to hear your fans then these units running

InXanity your questions...4 plants I always advise no smaller then like a 30 gallon res you might get awy with a 25 but the smaller thee res the more the roots tangle and your ph will move more daily with the less amount of water you have. The spinner misters wont work.You want to use these or similar..spinners get stopped and clogged
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Thanks. I was going to order those misters but figured I'd ask about the one's at Lowes so I could buy in town instead of waiting for the order.

i know uv been asked a ton of questions so far, but im new to the hydro setup, looking at making one of these tomorrow 4 site version in a 35gal res. This will be in a 3ftx 2 1/2ft closet with about 6ft of clearance to the shelf above. What type of lighting do i need for this? iv always done outside soil grows but figure ill give this a try . Any suggestions would be nice, and thanks in advance

darkwizard021

Id say a 400 watt hps or if in a jam 2 75 watt hps from like home depot.You could go with a 8 tube T5 florescent setup. Pretty much anything but cfls will work as I hate them lol

Looking into a 250w or 400w CMH.
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If you get the CMH post some pics of how it goes Im curious to see how those new bulbs do.

FF if you really want to see what these bulbs can do check out this thread. It is a thread dedicated to CMH and how they grow MJ plants.
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ya i like falling asleep listeing to my DWC systems haha i have like 6 in the room with me hahha and one in a dresser outsdie of the bedroom lol

Fletch

I was thinking of modifying your system a bit and wanted to know if it would work with out killing my plants. I have basically made the same setup as you but I slightly modified it so that instead of water constantly being sprayed I made a drip system with four 3 inch net pots. the container is 24 gallons, With a 280 gph pump and a 7 inch airstone. Well My question is with a drip system and the roots hanging in the water with a airstone would I kitt the plant? Should I use larger pots? or should I just make it like yours and call it a day. I guess more of a drip deep water culture or is the drip part help or it not needed.

Thanks

I make 3 versions of these.The aero as shown.A bubbler with just airstones and then a direct feed line where I use a distribution manifold and run a line to each net pot with a dripper attached to the netpot directly.All work fine your should work just keep the netpots wet all times

Thanks fletch

Smart do you know who posted that video on you tube? They blatantly took all my pics and how tos and posted them and then credited Gardenmaster..very uncool.that ones coming down so it wont be up much longer.Hate people who steal others without asking and dont even credit the person for thier work..

Ive put this thing together for my first time try at aero. I have the idea, got the RW and hydroton, got everything set accordingly with the net pots. I opted to go for the garden sprinkler method being that I thought i was really a great idea, saves a lot of cutting and pasting with the PVC. Using a 340 gph pump, seems to get the job done, the mist isnt quite as misty as I would like but I think it will be fine (does this make a huge difference?) It will def cover all the ground it needs to. I just need a little help with a few things, some of the finer details and steps after where you last left off: 1- Does the mist have to be super fine as long as it covers the whole inside of the chanber? 2- I am using 30 gal Rubbermaid with 6 nets and 2 sprinkler heads evenly spaced, how much solution should be in the bottom, where do I fill it to (Im guessing a few inches below the ne pots, but should the roots hang in the water at all, or should they all or the majority anyway be sprayed only. 3- How far from the nets should the spray heads be, do I want them up a little higher since the rules of gravity will bring a lot of the moisture back down anyway or should I set then lower, they are comming right about an inch below the nets now 4- any suggestions on first time nutes for this system, something simple and safe would be great, at least as simple and safe as I can get doing my first aero 5- Ive read some posts saying you should switch the res solution every 2 weeks or so, is this entirely neccesary, I figured as long as I was watching closely and all was well tha tI should leave it be and just switch maybe once during veg for freshness and then again at nute change for flower.... Thanks very much for any input, Im excited to be H2O equiped finally. Actually doing a whole bunch of veggies now to take her for a test drive, get the feel, they seem to be taking well

dude i dont know. just wanted to show you but it dated 1 year ago but im not saying anything . go email him and tell him that he steal your ideas

yeah I did already just was curious if you knew who the poster was physically.

OK Im officially a dumbass. Please excuse my long list of questions I posted a few days ago as I didnt realized you had already answered them all 6 times, nor did I realize this was a 32 page thread, stoner! Also, I have found a few alternatives that seem to be working well for me so far, just wanted to see what you thought and maybe help a few other folks out.... I was shopping around lowes a couple weeks ago trying to get as many of the materials I could a could there, its close and its cheap, and I found that 3" or 4" atrium grates make for super heavy duty very mnice net pots see here: 4" Atrium Grate - Green
they are most def a little pricy compared to net pots, but they are super thick plastic and will never ever need replaced, also you can easily find perfect fitting caps for the tops if you choose to put covers on, they are about .23 cents a pop

As far as what type of misters and all that jazz, when I first looked at this system and went to build one I like the idea of the sprinkler heads, however I had thought of the roots tangling in the spinners and just the overall lack of coverage that the sprinklers would have. So instead of a spinnin deal I got what I believe you recomended originally which was a popup 360 degree sprinkler. They work nicely, I dont forsee them getting clogged very easily, and my 300 gph pump seems to produce plenty of "mist". it could be a little finer spray but plenty of coverage I think. I actually used a 30 gal tub and 2 of these sprinkler heads: 2 1/2" Pop-Up Spray Head with Adjustable Pattern Nozzle
Im doing 5 plants in the 30 gal and the way everything spaced out I have about 16 gallons or so of res water. Im a big fan of flourecents, have always used them with soil, this is my first H2O go at things

Thanks very much for all the info, this is an awesome thread, nice of you to take the time to share the love my firend, I will post pictures as soon as I can, I dont grwo at my own pad, got a rommier place with some help a little ways off, will update as soon as I get out there, let me know what you think though, thanks again!