Vertical hydro tower for clones

rkymtnman

rkymtnman

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Greengrouch said:
Anyone thought of or tried it? Like the kind you sometimes see people growing lettuce or strawberries in basically a pvc tower with cup holders and water flow kinda thing.
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go for it. i'd try to put the clone tower in the center so that it rotates around a vertical light source. that'd be cool
 
@EastCoastGenetix

@EastCoastGenetix

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If your using HID's. Turn it vertical and grow your plants around the light source.

If using LED'S, just stack them like the pallet racks

Clones would quickly out grow this outdoors
 
sicpuppy

sicpuppy

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Greengrouch said:
Anyone thought of or tried it? Like the kind you sometimes see people growing lettuce or strawberries in basically a pvc tower with cup holders and water flow kinda thing.
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you could try flat growing, super scrog them, in a 2m high tent you might get 8 plants horizontal, but basically same as growing up right, but realy like your train of thought trying to get as much into your grow space as you can, happy puffing
 
Drop That Sound

Drop That Sound

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You guys think it would be better to let it trickle all the way down from the top of the tube\rail, with a few layers of plastic mesh strips running down the inside.. to possibly help mitigate some of the water loss\splash? Or, would it be better to have an internal spray bar manifold with mister heads in each rail (with the mesh screen strips still), spraying more towards the back side of the channel, and away from the angled net pots. Like vertical stinkbud style rails, with one mister at each plant site?

My only real concern is the water loss in most the tower designs I've seen, which it seems is inevitable to some degree. Outside on the patio, I could care less if it drips or splashes out a bit here and there.. Indoors, I would want it to be sealed up good from any kind of leaks. Maybe even ventilate the tower itself by pulling in air through the top, and put foam inserts in the net cups and make it all water tight the rest of the way down to the res..

Seems easier to go horizontal (but still grow vertically) with the rails IMO.. I don't like doing things the easy way though.. ;)
 
Rblade

Rblade

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Drop That Sound said:
You guys think it would be better to let it trickle all the way down from the top of the tube\rail, with a few layers of plastic mesh strips running down the inside.. to possibly help mitigate some of the water loss\splash? Or, would it be better to have an internal spray bar manifold with mister heads in each rail (with the mesh screen strips still), spraying more towards the back side of the channel, and away from the angled net pots. Like vertical stinkbud style rails, with one mister at each plant site?

My only real concern is the water loss in most the tower designs I've seen, which it seems is inevitable to some degree. Outside on the patio, I could care less if it drips or splashes out a bit here and there.. Indoors, I would want it to be sealed up good from any kind of leaks. Maybe even ventilate the tower itself by pulling in air through the top, and put foam inserts in the net cups and make it all water tight the rest of the way down to the res..

Seems easier to go horizontal (but still grow vertically) with the rails IMO.. I don't like doing things the easy way though.. ;)
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This is mine.
3d printed. Working above 86F . No leaks. I do only for veg a little time.

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ttystikk

ttystikk

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Drop That Sound said:
You guys think it would be better to let it trickle all the way down from the top of the tube\rail, with a few layers of plastic mesh strips running down the inside.. to possibly help mitigate some of the water loss\splash? Or, would it be better to have an internal spray bar manifold with mister heads in each rail (with the mesh screen strips still), spraying more towards the back side of the channel, and away from the angled net pots. Like vertical stinkbud style rails, with one mister at each plant site?

My only real concern is the water loss in most the tower designs I've seen, which it seems is inevitable to some degree. Outside on the patio, I could care less if it drips or splashes out a bit here and there.. Indoors, I would want it to be sealed up good from any kind of leaks. Maybe even ventilate the tower itself by pulling in air through the top, and put foam inserts in the net cups and make it all water tight the rest of the way down to the res..

Seems easier to go horizontal (but still grow vertically) with the rails IMO.. I don't like doing things the easy way though.. ;)
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The action of water running down the inside of a rail or pipe automatically oxygenates it. There is not need to spray anything. A slight tilt from vertical away from the slit in the side would be enough to keep the nutrient solution inside.
 
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