damn stink... i have made it a solid 60 pages of reading on this. you are a master! i love your system, so much i have been out gathering parts to make my own. i plan on using 6" PVC. my flower area is rather small. roughly 3x3x7. I plan on two small flower systems, but due to space, im going to run 10gal res. there will be 4 pipes, holding 4 pots each. do you see running the 10gal a problem for each system? also for the veg unit im also going to use a 10 gal for a res, but have a 18 for the root area.

it looks mouth watering

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I used smaller reservoirs and had heat issues in the water. I am in a position like you and had to make a smaller system. Mine is 4 holes in each fence post, so 8 holes total in my flower unit. I am having to buy a water chiller to keep temps down. I've had no successful summer grow because of the heat.

The only problem is your going to be refilling it ever other day with water when they really start drinking it up during flower. If you dont mind filling water every other day it should work fine.

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im in soil now, so the water every few days shouldnt be a big deal. damn basement and there short ceilings, lol. only if i had another foot to work with.

Im running double stack flower units that are veg units modified and outside. Im using 14g for the res and 18gal for the top half for the roots to hang in. The temp has been a little warmer but they love the natural sunlight. Ive been moving my indoor clones strait to my veger/flower units outside and they do fine without any light shock. But if I move them into dirt from indoors they get some light shock uless I gradually put them in the light.

The ones I have in the flower/vegger unit I let them get about 1.5 -2.5 foot tall and use to the light outdoors for about a week or 2. Then I yank them out and transplant them into dirt. Its been working awsome without any shock. Maybe I will get off my lazy azz today and take some pictures.

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I was doing mine in a basement till summer hit, Then I desided to use natural sun and still use the aero units. Im doing a bunch in soil too but I transfer them from the aero to soil once they are use to the sun.
The colder basement floor will help keep your res cooler. The humidity was just too high in the basement I was using to keep it up in.

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It just depends on how hot it is or your res temp will get hot like Heheheman said

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i will be running two, 10 gallon reservoirs. 8 plants per res. the res will not be in the lights path, and on the bare basement floor. temps down there are 60-68 depending on the season. so its not heat im really worried about, just hoping its enough water... Im on unemployment now, so runnin low on water shouldnt be a prob, im always home now... well almost, i tend to be on the golf course alot more. lol. anyway...

you should be fine then

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