lifetime of submersible water pump?

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bigwheel

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Well I read in the FAQ or somewhere similar this fella who builds these gizmos using no water pump at all. Just has an airpump and aereates the snot out of it. Guess a high liquid level when the plants are young then as the roots drop down and start growing in the res..seems like you could lower the level a bit. Even if a person use all those misters dont see how it gonna help the roots which down in the water. All you got to mist is the middle part. How critical could that be? If the fish bubbler goes out figger if you got the majority of the roots growing down in the water might could survive a week unattended. Think I may build me one like that. He called it Bubbleponics I think. Straighten out my faulty thinking here. Thanks.

Big Wheel
 
cloudflyer

cloudflyer

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vandula said:
is that like a deep water culture system? hempy bucket?
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Deep water culture is submersing your roots in your water and putting a few airstones in the bottom and blasting them with bubbles. Prone to root rot though. A little H2O2 will solve that problem.

Flood and drain is usually done on a flood table. Depending on your growing medium your timer turn on everyso offten and fill the table up with water. Your medium sucks it up and feeds the plant. When the water turns off the excess water drains into your res.

Here is a pic of a flood and drain that I just built for a friend.
 

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cloudflyer

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bigwheel said:
Well I read in the FAQ or somewhere similar this fella who builds these gizmos using no water pump at all. Just has an airpump and aereates the snot out of it. Guess a high liquid level when the plants are young then as the roots drop down and start growing in the res..seems like you could lower the level a bit. Even if a person use all those misters dont see how it gonna help the roots which down in the water. All you got to mist is the middle part. How critical could that be? If the fish bubbler goes out figger if you got the majority of the roots growing down in the water might could survive a week unattended. Think I may build me one like that. He called it Bubbleponics I think. Straighten out my faulty thinking here. Thanks.

Big Wheel
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The purpose of the misters is not to give the plants more water. It is to give the plant more Oxygen.

Soil less that 10% O2
Flood and drain 30%
DWC 50-605
Sprinklers (semi Aeroponic) 70%
True aeroponics 100% More O2 than the plant can take. Look at the wildlife around the base of a waterfall.
 
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vandula

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cloud? what's the amount per gallon or per liter of h2o2 i should use if do have a DWC setup. i only plant to grow 1-3 plants so im not sure a drain and drip is economical.

instead of using a misting system, is a sprinkler system ok or a "fountain" system. would the courser droplets of water be damaging to the microstructure of the roots?
 
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cloudflyer

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vandula said:
cloud? what's the amount per gallon or per liter of h2o2 i should use if do have a DWC setup. i only plant to grow 1-3 plants so im not sure a drain and drip is economical.

instead of using a misting system, is a sprinkler system ok or a "fountain" system. would the courser droplets of water be damaging to the microstructure of the roots?
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H2O2 read the pic below

The roots will be fine unless you spray a direct stream on the at a high PSI
 

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cloudflyer

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vandula said:
thx cloud, you're the man. what book/magazine is that you posted?
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That one is an old one called grow like a pro. I highly recomend George Van Pattons indoor growers bible (it's about all plants.) I will also be producing a 3-5 part DVD collection from conception to harvest using Aeroponics. It will be out in about 6-8 months though.
 
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