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nice so when u going to use it
Tefen Nozzles @ 100 PSI for Aeroponics
Just thought I would share some R&D I'm doing on a commercial Aero system I'm designing..
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http://youtu.be/mREl9DzmsYE
Last edited by indrhrvest; 07-25-2012 at 12:14 AM.
nice so when u going to use it
Still fabricating the entire system right now. I'm going to test a variety of nozzles.Originally Posted by F A B
well look forward to seeing it all in action
Some progress being made..
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where did u get the res? how much
thats nice what goes on top?
Sweet I'd love to see that in action. How many plants does it run and what does the top look like?
My Grow Tent - Qrazy Train, Sweet Tooth, Lemon Skunk
It's not a rez, it's actually a 450 gallon Aquaculture fish tank I cut in half. We also plan to use these for large root plants.
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I had the tooling done to make 48"X96"x24" (aquaculture tank) and 48"X96"X12" (Aero root chamber) HDPE molds. They are the same outside deminsions, one is only deeper. I don't have my 12" molds done yet so I cut one of the 24" in half so I could get started fabricating the system.
The system is stackable, so you can have 1,2 or even 3 stacked, depending on what you are growing. For example you could stack three of them if you were growing microgreens. If you are growing a larger herb, you'd probably only want one unit.
I'm waiting on the tops to get finished which they should be any day now. The nozzle manifold is designed to be quickly swaped out. The lids will come, some with 2" or 3" holes, various spacing and a lid that you can use a grow mat to grow mirogreens. When you swap lids, I'll also have different manifolds you can drop in for each lid. The system was designed to be vary modular, flexible and scalable. You can use whatever lights you want. I'm going to just use trusty T5's for my R&D on the system itself.
The system I'm building here is being setup for Basil, so I'll have a lid with 102 holes for a 2" net pot on 6" centers. The stacked system will have a total of 204 holes (stacked) and should push about .5-1 lbs of basil per square foot a month. How many holes you want depends on how big a plant you are growing. I have the 24" deep trays for guys growing some serious root systems.
The system is being developed for large scale commercial Aeroponics. I'm also developing skid built R/O water processing and storage systems as well as a nutrient distribution piping system. These units can be on casters, or mounted solid. They simply "plug into" a nutrient manifold system, set the ppm, recycle timer and that's it. It's a drain to waste system.
We have a Facebook page /indoorharvest
Here's what the rack looks like without all the plumbing. Also no top lights hung yet.
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Last edited by indrhrvest; 07-27-2012 at 12:10 AM.
i didnt mean res lol
WOW....yes I can definitely see how it will be flexible for many different types of setups. I could imagine 3-4 nice BIG bushes in that blue tank with some huge root systems....or dozens of small ones in a SOG style just depending on your lighting and grow preference. Good stuff man, good stuff.
My Grow Tent - Qrazy Train, Sweet Tooth, Lemon Skunk
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