My Aeroponics System Week 3

[campgnartron]

can you explain that skirt you have on the inside of the lid please? Is that just duct tape? and if so does it change the ph of your nutrient solution?

[SpidermanRun]

@campgnartron yes, Its thick construction plastic held in place by ph nuetral non bacteria growing Silicon, it's there to stop the sprays of water from hitting the lid of the Bin and leaking down the sides

[stratocaster1986able]

What plants are they?

[NeroEpidemic]

@SpidermanRun i'm sorry but I thought this little conversation was absolutely hilarious. Nice project btw :).

[SpidermanRun]

@JerryOHsu well, thats not really what i tested for, so i cant say for sure, like i state in my last video in this series, there is a high initial cost, but it feathers out after that, also depends on the nutrients you buy, what size pumps, and lights, I also say that it's a great hobby, for people who prefer to watch and interact with their food, or at least some of it, sometimes thats worth more than store prices to some people :-)

[combatarmsloveable]

if your gana be running it 24 hours a day why not just use hydroponic instead ? same thing so since its 24 hours a day?

[SpidermanRun]

@combatarmsloveable , i like this better, more oxygen to the rootzone, the dripping sounds are nice to fall asleep to

[waylan3]

are those light t12,s or high out put

[ramonecaxa]

How many ppm of the nutrient must be in the water?

[SpidermanRun]

@ramonecaxa i was using Liquid earth Vigor and Grow/bloom. . . . the Vigor was allways in at 3 ml per gallon, and the grow/ bloom nutirents were allways at 5 ml per gallon

[petthekittyz]

Wheres your fan?

[meth062]

Nice system, have you considered adding co2?

[SpidermanRun]

@meth062 i actually have, but for a small system like this it is kind of overkill, i do sit in front of my plants everyday and read, and breath out on them which seems to be working :-)

[RebelMusicDotBiz]

@SpidermanRun What I did Was Take a Plastic Coffee Jar And Drilled a Hole into the Lid and ran Air tube from there to My Box, Then You can get a medium sized eye dropper Then Drill another hole in the lid big enough to get a snug fit with the Eye dropper, Then Fill it with Vinegar, Then add a bit of Baking soda in the jar, Close the Lid Attach the Eye Dropper to the lid, and There Ya Go a DIY co2 Diffuser... You Can Adjust The Size of the jar and whatnot that way it works better for your system

[juicyjuicejosh]

@SpidermanRun I here EVERYONE sayingg CO2 Isnt worth the price or hassle!

[SpidermanRun]

@juicyjuicejosh it helps a little bit. . . if you have to the time mess with it, its an option, if you dont feel like it. . it's no big deal

[juicyjuicejosh]

@SpidermanRun Yeah I agree. You worded that better than I!

[TheLostCat2000]

@juicyjuicejosh

Everyone who has tried using CO2 usually stops using it since the benefit of it comes only when the environment is 100% PEFECT, then it works wonders to get extra. Other than that, I'd say nearly every grower out there has yet to perfect their growing environment so before using CO2, one should spend their money on getting a better environment and conditons for their plant, and see the % increase that way. It's like those morons who buy really expensive cars but drive it once yr

[juicyjuicejosh]

@TheLostCat2000 Alright thanks.. Yeah I could see how it wouldn't work out do to bad setup!

For me actually after thought.. I really dont need it.. Seems better for people with less space looking for more growth~! Is that about right?

Thanks for ur comment BTW!

[TheLostCat2000]

@juicyjuicejosh No problem man. Yeah it's pretty much the last "attempt" to get the most out of growing, when a person can't do anything else in their grow space. I don't think anyone really needs to use it unless they are chasing perfection, and I think that's kinda stupid since you can't exactly predict every single thing that happens in nature (plants). Like a person that says they are gonna be a perfect parent, just isn't the case in reality. If you don't think you need it, then you don't :)

[sheemsheem]

@SpidermanRun Some c02 methods are small-scale and cheap like the DIY l3ottle sugar and yeast one...perhpect phor smaller grows with supplying c02 to the plants

[kernman2]

putting an oscolating fan in the room will make your plants stronger. The constant bending from the sway of the plants tears and repairs the stems.

[kernman2]

putting an oscolating fan in the room will make your plants stronger. The constant bending from the sway of the plants tears and repairs the stems.

[wh333t]

What plants are those?

How many watts of lighting are you using? Do you not find that your nutrient solutions get too warm with a pump on 24/7? I guess Areoponic systems are less prone to root rot due to the extreme amounts of air?

[SpidermanRun]

four, 4 fot flourecent lights, i dont know the wattage, i got them out of a big pile of bulbs, the sub pump i used didnt make hardly any heat, the solution stayed about room temperature or a little below, and yeah root rot isnt a big problem

[japhydean]

how many GPH pump do you need?

[SpidermanRun]

@japhydean , in this setup i used a 250 GHP pump, but thats becaus ei had two rows of sprayers, one row of sprayers could probably be dont witha a smaller one, but i dont know exactly

[petthekittyz]

@japhydean you want about 15GHP per spray nozzle

[officechronic]

u need some reflecting light

[SpidermanRun]

@officechronic haha, no i dont, not for this

[sparklerbombg]

when do u clean the water, how do u know?

[SpidermanRun]

@sparklerbombg , well you can buy an EC meter, which tells you how much nutrients are still left in the water, you wanna make sure theres no light getting to the water or algae grows, if its dark or dirty youll wanna change it, i didnt have to change it until i changed the nutrient cycle, because these bean plants arent heavy consumers :-)

[lajeijen]

Interesting,Spiderman what's the diff. between AEROPONIC and HYDROPONIC SYSTEM? Which one is better as to materials and money spending? Do you run you system 24/7 or you and a timer for it? Hit me up with infos thanks...

[DTurbomr2]

How often do u feed nutrients and change the water

[SpidermanRun]

normally you would need a meter tot ell you the dissolved nutrient content of the water, for this i just went by looks, there was enough in the reseviour so that i only needed to change the water once, when i went from the vegetative growth nutrients, to the Bloom cycle nutrients, 4 weeks each

[rainstormaeroponics]

when the roots gett bigger they will start to block things :)

if u need any help just ask :)

make sure u use some enzymes of some sort in the nut tank

sensizym is good to keep the roots nice and clean

[SpidermanRun]

Rainstorm! i cant beleive you actually whatched my vids, but i keep the roots away from the pump, and as far as the enzymes and stuff go,  its hard to get nutrients and stuff like that for theses sytems in new york, so i just have liquid earths system it worked out really good

[knowmore09]

Thanks for the prompt reply. Is there some way you could access this info - maybe thru your teachers or someone - I ask this since you seem to be doing a project and I am assuming you are studying in this line. I know I am asking a helluva lot from a complete stranger! But i have no recourse as I can't buy these here.

Thanks in advance.

[SpidermanRun]

the different set of micro and macro nutrients you would need to attain is much much harder than just attaining the already mixed nutrients, i ordered mine off of the internet, its not hard

[knowmore09]

Thanks.

[knowmore09]

Have seen all your three videos on this!

Great stuff and great growth. Are you using store bought nutrient mix or making your own? In case you are making your own can you please share the formula - cos I don't have acess to any stores selling hydroponic nutrient solutions in the part of the world I live in. However I can lay my hands on any water soluble mineral you care to name. N P K .. whichever. Looking forward to the week 4 post!

Thanks.

[SpidermanRun]

nope i purchased the nutrients, makes things alot easier