hey so over the last couple of months ive been working on my pneumatic aeroponic system.
its 2x4 and it has one delavan 30609-11 siphon nozzle although i own two nozzles. and will be installing other when i start growing my leaf lettuce.
. i kind of killed my basil plants as you can see in the pictures. i just didnt have time for them,i accidentily unpluged the timer for a few hours once and they never grew out of it, plus i didnt use my ph or ec meters at all. i was running 7.22 ph and low 1ooo ec using 700 ec tap water
observations i made during my short grow were.
1. the plants nearest the nozzle never really got proper mist coverage. i will solve this by adding the other nozzle to the other side of the chamber.
2. its loud, im thinking off ways to tame the sound as i live in an apartment, i think the only way to solve this issue is to drape a mass loaded curtain over the top and back and surround the nozzle in polyfil outside the chamber not inside, it would be a wet mess.
3. most of the mist is no longer in suspension after1:45,, this is with a 4 second burst and the roots are glistening in tiny droplets, i think this would mean that i have larger particle than others users who go 3 minutes or longer.
4. rock wool really seems to suck for this after i go from hand watering to just misting my rockwool cube is an algea infested mess and the cube stays so bone dry. i wonder if this drys my plants out.
5. im unsure if basil is capable of fluffy roots like cannabis. but i did see some fishbones. not as incredible as cannabis picture pom pom roots i saw on g loves thread though
6. im really afraid of tap water as mine has so much calcium in it. i really want to start using RO water and filtering my stock solution as i use it to bring my ec up. im thinking of using a buchner funnel with a fiter flask, filter and a hand vacuum pump.
its 2x4 and it has one delavan 30609-11 siphon nozzle although i own two nozzles. and will be installing other when i start growing my leaf lettuce.
. i kind of killed my basil plants as you can see in the pictures. i just didnt have time for them,i accidentily unpluged the timer for a few hours once and they never grew out of it, plus i didnt use my ph or ec meters at all. i was running 7.22 ph and low 1ooo ec using 700 ec tap water
observations i made during my short grow were.
1. the plants nearest the nozzle never really got proper mist coverage. i will solve this by adding the other nozzle to the other side of the chamber.
2. its loud, im thinking off ways to tame the sound as i live in an apartment, i think the only way to solve this issue is to drape a mass loaded curtain over the top and back and surround the nozzle in polyfil outside the chamber not inside, it would be a wet mess.
3. most of the mist is no longer in suspension after1:45,, this is with a 4 second burst and the roots are glistening in tiny droplets, i think this would mean that i have larger particle than others users who go 3 minutes or longer.
4. rock wool really seems to suck for this after i go from hand watering to just misting my rockwool cube is an algea infested mess and the cube stays so bone dry. i wonder if this drys my plants out.
5. im unsure if basil is capable of fluffy roots like cannabis. but i did see some fishbones. not as incredible as cannabis picture pom pom roots i saw on g loves thread though
6. im really afraid of tap water as mine has so much calcium in it. i really want to start using RO water and filtering my stock solution as i use it to bring my ec up. im thinking of using a buchner funnel with a fiter flask, filter and a hand vacuum pump.