Aeroponic Tub Setup (1000w)

[Mitus]

This is my 2nd home made hydroponic system and I opted to go with Aeroponic this time rather than a drip system. I'm using a 3 part General Hydroponics nutrient mix for Veg and Advanced Nutrients Sensei Bloom A + B & other A.N. bloom products I'll talk about later.

I built 2 seperate 7 plant systems from 35 gallon rubber tubs. These tubs are unlike the average rubbermade tub because they are meant to hold tools (lots of weight) and the plastic they are made with does not flex with water inside of it. Yes the lids are yellow and you need to account for the small amount of light that may get through but thats not hard to do. I've started with 14 clones of Green Crack which came from a local dispensary.

I'll post a few pictures in order to give you an idea of where i'm at. I'm just starting week 4

 

[Mitus]

These are the next selection of pics take a few days later

 

[Mitus]

and here are the next ones

 

[Mitus]

And here are the next ones

 

[Mitus]

So i'm in the begining of week 4 and i'm about to stop using the advanced nutrients tarantula. The roots exploded when i used that stuff and i have to say i'm very impressed. I'm attaching a pic of my bloom nutrients.

Recently I've had some issues such as I overfed them for a day. I did correct that quickly and its fine now. I also had some rather large jumps in PH that i wasnt used to yet haha, but i'm learning how to take better care of that.

Any tips, comments or questions are always welcome!! Thanks for checkin out my stuff guys!

-Mitus

 

[naturalhigh]

looks good

 

[morrisgreenberg]

very nice job, you gonna flower those soon? i personally use the rubbermade tote for cloning, but to finish plants in these type of setups with space on the lid being an issue, its not too tight in there?

 

[Mitus]

Started flowering begining of 3rd week. The space doesn't seem to be too much of an issue though there are things I will do diff next time

 

[GreenThumbSucker]

I use the same totes you do, toughbox. Best tote on earth for growing with. Most totes are flimsy and cause a lot of problems when the plants get heavy. The ToughBoxes never bow under weight. Because the lid is slightly inset, I make drip tables out of them and they never spill. I just drill holes in a pattern all over it.

My friend is going aero with his toughboxes and is having a stunning grow, he is about two weeks from finish. I will take a picture of his setup this weekend when I go to help him then post them.

 

[Mitus]

I've made about 8 of these toughbox aero setups. Each one comes out better than the last. And I'm going to toy with an aero spray/fog tub and see how it comes out

 

[GreenThumbSucker]

I've made about 8 of these toughbox aero setups. Each one comes out better than the last. And I'm going to toy with an aero spray/fog tub and see how it comes out

My friend has about 2 lb coming in on ONE superbox tote. His setup is areo like yours, six plants. Ill post a picture of it here tomorrow, it is just unreal how much bud is on that thing. He has me convinced that crowding isnt as much of an issue with hydroponics.

Greatest tote on earth. Here are some pics of some toughtotes Im using for drip setup. Little plants are clones in 3 inch pots under a cheapo halide yard light 175w.

Bigger ones have two plants to a tote.

This was from last weekend. Plants were ready two days later.

 

[Mitus]

Awesome man! I'm using this super heavy tool tote from osh for my 10 plant aero/fog setup. I'll post picks of the project so far tonight. I'm going to use a 400w hps to blast my plants from the side as well as the 1000w over the top. Starting to see lots of sexy little white hairs and the sweet aroma fills the area. I have one plant in a gh drip bucket. It's a clone of some UK Cheese. One of my fav buds.

 

[westcoast1]

definitely gunna be tryin out the toughbox's soon this is lookin good Mitus! will b checkin back on this 1

 

[Mitus]

After a lot of trial and error with the rubbermade tubs I will stick with these instead for sure. Check later for details on the tubs I'm building for my other setup.
-Mitus

 

[Mitus]

After a lot of trial and error with the rubbermade tubs I will stick with these instead for sure. Check later for details on the tubs I'm building for my other setup.
-Mitus

 

[morrisgreenberg]

look at the difference in growth between the aero and the water farm, nothing on this plant outperforms aero, one thing i know is the sidebranching is unbelievable, excellent side colas

 

[Mitus]

Here is some pics/info about the two types of units i'm building and a sneak peak at a 4x4 growtent i'm working on a setup for.

First pics are an inside veiw of the tubs i'm using for my current grow (14 Green Crack plants)
-27 Gal toughbox plastic tote
-3/4" pvc manifold down the center of tub
-330 degree sprayers along pvc
-7 plant sites w/ 3" netcups
-one 4" inch access port
-1" bulkhead to drain @ water change
-pvc valve for optional forced water draining or to get sample of water to test
-1/2" grommet @ base of any side to fit 1/2" elbow & blue tubing (water level like a GH waterfarm)

The only time i turn off the sprayers is when i'm going in w/ my probe to test the water levels (which i prefer to do rather then letting a sample drain out), or when i'm doing a water change(which i do once a week).
The water level is optional but cool to have so you dont have to lift the lid or look inside to see how much water you have.




The 2nd (larger) tub is our "Big Boy" project haha... I'll let the pictures tell most of the story. Pretty much its the same idea as the smaller tub, but its made for 10 plants, its more heavy duty, and we're adding a fog unit which i'll add a few pictures of. The unit that will house the fogger is still being made so i'll post pics of that later

And... the 4x4x6.5 growtent... you havent even seen what's going in there

-Mitus

 

[Mitus]

Hello buds !!

 

[drizzyrogers]

i have a drip system with 24 babies how much did u harvest?

 

[morrisgreenberg]

everything looks really good, may i make a suggestion? try 1/2 pvc, i notice a substantial difference in water pressure thus creating a very fine mist, especially when making a more elaborate spray manifold with more heads on it