fabodnickMD
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Ok folks, so here I have some pics of a project that I did from earlier this year that I have been meaning to get out there but haven't had the time. I put this cloner together because of the outrageous prices that I encountered attempting to price a cloner that would suit my means. I am going to explain everything to a minimum to avoid time getting the upper hand, any questions can be levied at a later date to cover any details that may be desired. So without delay........
I paid less than 100 bucks (far less) for everything that you see here, the air pump I already had and I actually just stuck it in the pic because I wanted to display one....I use a 70L that covers alot of ground and used that instead. I also use 4" round airstones now as opposed to the "bar"type pictured here....and obviously the tools are mine.....gotta get yur own........
Parts list....
1 - 10 Gal res...I used a Rubbermaid
1 - 185 Aquaponics water pump
1 - 4" Round aquaponics air stone
1 - .7Liter or better air pump
1 - 1/2" threaded to 1/2 " 4" PVC spacer
1 - 1/2" threaded to smooth PVC "t" fitting
2 - 1/2" t's (smooth)
4 - 1/2" elbows (smooth)
8 - 180° misters (yellow)
4 - 360° misters (red)
1 - 8' 1/2" pipe insulation
And of course I am assuming that you have 1/8" air line...........
DO NOT USE PVC GLUE IN YOU RES!!!!!!! Do you put crazy glue in your milk on your Captain Crunch©?
First thing you want to do is establish a spot in two of the corners so that you can draw your guideline...its always good to determine the ammount of area its going to take to provide for how many "sites" you want to have, so do some measuring and visualize how much space is being taken by each site before you begin drilling. I usually in this case factor in the space BETWEEN each site also....Just sayin.......
Once you have the lines marked, go ahead and drill your holes......
Once you have your holes drilled, its time to cut some plugs, unless of course you want to go down an pay way too much for these, you can do what I did and use a cheap ass pipe insulation, cost me a buck somethin @ the HD, you can do the math on 88 sites and the cost of 1&1/8" plugs at the hydro store.........you can see that I cheated on the cutting, but I want to emphasize the importance of having a consistent plug size, so that the spray from below is always uniform.
Now take your cut plugs and eliminate the sticky.........pull the tape off of the ends and stick them together, pull it apart from another spot, or cut it if you have that much energy....You can always try and put the effort into trying to find the insulation that doesnt have the tape, but these days its a crapshoot..........
Ok, now you can put the plugs into the holes, provided you aren't too Baked to hit the holes.......its not complicated, but there is some margin for trail and error......
You may notice that there are two types of tubing here, thats becaause I use the inside sites and the rows closest to the outside edges are rubber (neoprene)
now you can put together the rest of it, hook up the "aeroponic" pump with all of the parts to spray your babies butts, and run your air lines to feed the miccrbiologicals to the roots as they pop out.
Now cut yourself some babies, get yourself some cloner stuff, wrap them up in their lil blankies and pop them into place for some shower time.......
Dont forget to give them a little haircut.......
Now that you have them all tucked away and comfy you can check on them periodically to see how they are progressing.........
<NOTICE THE PLASTIC LID ON TOP<<<
After a week you will see baby root nubs popin out all over the place, congrats....your a proud parent!!
Tomorrow I will finish this up a bit with the transplanting and vegging....and I will also list the parts, I am too beat right now to go through with it....L8T.....
I paid less than 100 bucks (far less) for everything that you see here, the air pump I already had and I actually just stuck it in the pic because I wanted to display one....I use a 70L that covers alot of ground and used that instead. I also use 4" round airstones now as opposed to the "bar"type pictured here....and obviously the tools are mine.....gotta get yur own........
Parts list....
1 - 10 Gal res...I used a Rubbermaid
1 - 185 Aquaponics water pump
1 - 4" Round aquaponics air stone
1 - .7Liter or better air pump
1 - 1/2" threaded to 1/2 " 4" PVC spacer
1 - 1/2" threaded to smooth PVC "t" fitting
2 - 1/2" t's (smooth)
4 - 1/2" elbows (smooth)
8 - 180° misters (yellow)
4 - 360° misters (red)
1 - 8' 1/2" pipe insulation
And of course I am assuming that you have 1/8" air line...........
DO NOT USE PVC GLUE IN YOU RES!!!!!!! Do you put crazy glue in your milk on your Captain Crunch©?
First thing you want to do is establish a spot in two of the corners so that you can draw your guideline...its always good to determine the ammount of area its going to take to provide for how many "sites" you want to have, so do some measuring and visualize how much space is being taken by each site before you begin drilling. I usually in this case factor in the space BETWEEN each site also....Just sayin.......
Once you have the lines marked, go ahead and drill your holes......
Once you have your holes drilled, its time to cut some plugs, unless of course you want to go down an pay way too much for these, you can do what I did and use a cheap ass pipe insulation, cost me a buck somethin @ the HD, you can do the math on 88 sites and the cost of 1&1/8" plugs at the hydro store.........you can see that I cheated on the cutting, but I want to emphasize the importance of having a consistent plug size, so that the spray from below is always uniform.
Now take your cut plugs and eliminate the sticky.........pull the tape off of the ends and stick them together, pull it apart from another spot, or cut it if you have that much energy....You can always try and put the effort into trying to find the insulation that doesnt have the tape, but these days its a crapshoot..........
Ok, now you can put the plugs into the holes, provided you aren't too Baked to hit the holes.......its not complicated, but there is some margin for trail and error......
You may notice that there are two types of tubing here, thats becaause I use the inside sites and the rows closest to the outside edges are rubber (neoprene)
now you can put together the rest of it, hook up the "aeroponic" pump with all of the parts to spray your babies butts, and run your air lines to feed the miccrbiologicals to the roots as they pop out.
Now cut yourself some babies, get yourself some cloner stuff, wrap them up in their lil blankies and pop them into place for some shower time.......
Dont forget to give them a little haircut.......
Now that you have them all tucked away and comfy you can check on them periodically to see how they are progressing.........
<NOTICE THE PLASTIC LID ON TOP<<<After a week you will see baby root nubs popin out all over the place, congrats....your a proud parent!!
Tomorrow I will finish this up a bit with the transplanting and vegging....and I will also list the parts, I am too beat right now to go through with it....L8T.....
thanx love the post again
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