Aeroponic vert mini-sog

[rryyddeerr]

Planning on sneaking this in the corner of my flower tent. I have 15-20 cuttings taken off my girl in flower that I plan to divide between the available slots. A pump in the bucket will push water to the very top. It will splash and fall over the roots on its way back to the bucket. Plan on securing the clones with hydroton. There is rigid plastic mesh inside that will keep it in the slots.

thoughts?

 

[rryyddeerr]

These ladies

 

[Nizza]

great work! I can't wait to see this!

 

[Nizza]

btw this is technically bubbleponics

 

[Nizza]

i think unless there is a medium your pump will have to run 24/7 and cause heat issues.

 

[rryyddeerr]

Thanks me too. But I thought bubble ponics required bubbles.
Running the pump on a 15 on/15 off timer. Is hydroton not considered a medium?

 

[MrMeanGreen]

It will probably get clogged with roots, nice idea and my work with bigger piping.

 

[rryyddeerr]

Hopefully, not. It's a 3" ID pipe. Water will just have to flow down through the roots. If the pump is only pushing a modest flow rate it shouldn't back up. If it does, I can trim and make it bigger next time.

This is is a test run. The plan is to line the walls of a 4x4 tent with several of these linked together.

 

[Bud Candy Man]

Do your clones have buds on them ?

 

[rryyddeerr]

Yes, they do

 

[rryyddeerr]

got 12 clones started in the "tree-of-green" today. mixed 5 gallons of RO with 3tsp of big bloom, tiger bloom and grow big. 500ppm, 5.5ph. pump running water through the system is 400gph. pics tomorrow.

 

[rryyddeerr]

You know what's really funny? With a submersible pump running, my ph pen reads 11-14.5. Hilarious

 

[Nizza]

Is the pump a magnetic drive? This isn't aero if your using hydroton, it would be a drip setup (drain to waste)

 

[rryyddeerr]

Decided to go bare roots, as this is how my cloner is set up. They have neoprene plugs. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[rryyddeerr]

And it's recirculating.

 

[supchaka]

Yeah I was gonna say thats not drain to waste Although I do prefer it, it obviously wouldnt be feasible in that setup

 

[Dogenzengi]

Looks like a Cool idea!
Is it just a straight up pipe inside sitting on a submersed pump spilling out in the top cap?
I.E redneck kidee shower.
Redneck kidee shower -
bury bucket put in pump with vertical pipe topped with an elbow.
fill bucket with clean River rocks and water.
Plug in pump to let kid shower, Protect cord with a GFI circuit!
Dont fry your Child!

 

[rryyddeerr]

that sounds like it. I've got some plastic mesh thats originally designed to act as a "gutter-guard" type of product rolled up and chopped to the length of each section running up and down. it breaks the flow of water and splashes it around and will give the roots something to grab. like i said before, this is just an experiment. I'm still at the point where i don't want to throw out perfectly usable would-be clones/cuttings. these were just culled from the large number of bud sites on my plant in flower that were never going to get good light. now, hopefully, they will.
and thanks!

 

[rryyddeerr]

These are growing already. Pics this pm

 

[rryyddeerr]

They seem to be enjoying the flower tent much more than the cloner