Heath Robinson
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My apologise for keeping you waiting while Ireturned from the dark side of the moon!
I ended up putting the cuttings into the system a week later than I had planned but am now back on track so the updates will be more regular.
now to answer a few questions,
The total cost not including the bulb and ballast was £500 for everything. The room it is stood in is 6ft by 9 ft.
The Brown pipe is standard soil pipe the type which is attached to the toilet and is usually buried underground.
The plant I am using is the Viking an old positronic strain which unfortunately is no longer available.
The plants should end up around 12 to 14 inches tall.
I change the nutrients every 2 weeks, I am using Vitalink at an EC of 1.
All the verticals I have built have the potential to hit the 2gpw mark, my last grow in the mini vertical very nearly did it so I am hoping I do it with this. This design could be easily scaled down to a 3ft internal diameter but I wouldnt reccomend going any smaller.
A 400l per hour pump is more than enough I run this one on a bypass to reduce the flow, one 600w is perfect for this system but it could easily run with 2x600w but It would benifit from another row. non of these things are set in stone and good results could be had from smaller dimensions and wattages.
here is my autocad which explains how the system and adjustable water levels are controlled.
and a picture of the res with the return pipe from the vert and the bypass on the pump.
CapnBud good to see the modded waterfarm is working so well for you keep up the good work
Ok here are the latest pics, the first ones are taken 6 days before the second set (Sunday) and they were swiched to 12/12 on the same day.
And 6 days later and 1st day of 12/12
My apologise for keeping you waiting while Ireturned from the dark side of the moon!
I ended up putting the cuttings into the system a week later than I had planned but am now back on track so the updates will be more regular.
now to answer a few questions,
The total cost not including the bulb and ballast was £500 for everything. The room it is stood in is 6ft by 9 ft.
The Brown pipe is standard soil pipe the type which is attached to the toilet and is usually buried underground.
The plant I am using is the Viking an old positronic strain which unfortunately is no longer available.
The plants should end up around 12 to 14 inches tall.
I change the nutrients every 2 weeks, I am using Vitalink at an EC of 1.
All the verticals I have built have the potential to hit the 2gpw mark, my last grow in the mini vertical very nearly did it so I am hoping I do it with this. This design could be easily scaled down to a 3ft internal diameter but I wouldnt reccomend going any smaller.
A 400l per hour pump is more than enough I run this one on a bypass to reduce the flow, one 600w is perfect for this system but it could easily run with 2x600w but It would benifit from another row. non of these things are set in stone and good results could be had from smaller dimensions and wattages.
here is my autocad which explains how the system and adjustable water levels are controlled.
and a picture of the res with the return pipe from the vert and the bypass on the pump.
CapnBud good to see the modded waterfarm is working so well for you keep up the good work
Ok here are the latest pics, the first ones are taken 6 days before the second set (Sunday) and they were swiched to 12/12 on the same day.
And 6 days later and 1st day of 12/12
