Rising Ph

[jackfrost]

15min on/ 15min off is 2 long for aeroponics (in regards to misting) you will most likely get some root rot and mister blocking.(IMHO)

 

You can buy a increment timer from most hydroponics store, they have two dials, one for pump on and on for pump off in 1 minute intervals.

 

Aeroponics is really trickly to get right, but can have really explosive growth when you do.

 

some things that can cause you trouble-

 

1) root rot - caused by a few things, watering times not correct, resi temp set to high 19 degress, virus and diease (run a sterile tank).

2)blocking up of misters - to long between misting (salt creep)

3)using organic ferts - only run a sterile tank (using chems)or you will have trouble.

4)varying levels of ph and ec - you really have to watch this because everything happens so fast in a aero system - check once or twice a day.

5)equipment plays a big part - you need a high pressure pump with a psi pressure switch/gauge and at least a 40litre pressurised reserve tank so your pump is not cutting in and out all the time

 

Once you have got used to growing aero you will never go any other way - nothing beats it for yeild and speed.

 

Jack

[WantDaChronic]

i read somewhere that using aeroponics can make an orange the size of a grape fruit

 

think i read that on high times a couple of years back, not sure now but it sounded like total bullshit till i saw the pic of a giant orange :reallyexcited: imagine what it can do for mj when done right :whistling

[Luke Skywalker]

Aeroponics does have spectacular growth rates, but only when used correctly. Not a system for a beginner IMHO.

 

Professor Gericke, one of the founders of hydroponics, grew a tomatoe which cropped over 2000 fruit in his water culture techniques, and grew over 7 meters.

[F420]

4)varying levels of ph and ec - you really have to watch this because everything happens so fast in a aero system - check once or twice a day.

 

yea this is what damaged mine when I tried it out. I havent seen one of these two dial timers?

I have seen a good setup using aeroponics and yea the growth is awesome, :reallyexcited:

But it seems to tricky for me, :scratchin

[Luke Skywalker]

DWC would probably be a better bet for ya ferengi, it has many of the advantages of aero and few of the problems.

[F420]

yea been there tried that .

I had two bucket setups done by the book and also a few thread on buckets confirmed i was doing things right.

 

I couldnt get the plants to grow, when they did they looked really unhappy.

I only had plants in them for about 4 weeks and then threw them out, as I got very little growth and the noise of the airpumps was driving me nuts.