Aeroponics 101 – The true build – for hobbyists
Aeroponics 101 – The true build – for hobbyists
The true way to utilize the benefits of aeroponics depends upon air compression and delivery.
This build is made of these components.
Air compressor with regulator
Solenoid valve
Arduino (micro controller)
Relay (for connecting the solenoid to the arduino)
Aeroscience nozzles 10 microns
Steel mesh filter
Grow light
Nutrients
Wifi plugs to program the light and my drainage system
On a small scale this setup isn’t too convenient because of the noise. I found a pretty quiet compressor, but I still hear it if I listen in even though its in the garage. It’s not soo loud, but it goes off every 15 minutes or so and is a bit annoying. I’ve since moved into soil. The reason that I’m showing this setup is because the NASA scientists used a smaller droplet, and this is the way that they did it.
On a larger scale the setup begins to make more sense, because you can get a nice compressor with a 1000 gallon tank and charge it once a day or something.
Anyways, best of luck to you all.
Very helpful, thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for a reply ,may i ask you one thing ? 👍 ,Do you think HP Aeroponics is the Best of all Soil Less grow systems ?
The smartest video on the subject.
Hell yeah man, glad to see more air atomized aeroponics out there! I’ll be joining eventually
I think the sterile vs benes is a very interesting topic, however from most I have heard, they had trouble running organics… I would love to some how figure out how to make that work tho…
Your fog/mist looks great… you may want to make two nutrient reservoirs tho as beans and tomatoes may potentially each have their own optimal ph and nutrients ratios…
Also, I know a lot of people have shot for around 1 sec on and 1.5 min off, however, there are some calculations for obtaining a certain flow for a given chamber size…
You are way ahead of me so I can’t really say much other than great job and look forward to your updates! 👍🏻👏🏻
looks awesome! what material are the boxes made out of you are using?
Great looking setup! How has this system been working? I have designed and 3d printed an AAA nozzle, and I get good mist (bordering on fog), but I am finding that the root chamber although wet and root development seems to be good, plant growth is slow. I also find that a single nozzle isn’t giving coverage to the plants closest to the nozzle, but out of the stream aren’t doing as well. Would love to have a further conversation with you about this.
it looks like a contraption from venus
Great video. Almost bailed early because of the music.
Nice work bro
Have you ever tried using a pond fogger,? ( basically its a scaled -up , ultrasonic humidifier
Hell of an expensive way to grow a few strawberry plants- don’t you think?
In pressurized water aeroponic system the roots take up air in the root chamber. You don’t need to supply any oxygen to water. Droplet size depends on water pressure. I have that system and the roots are hairy white same as yours
Oh yeah, simple set up. Anyone can do it. Just got that stuff laying around. 🤪
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What type of solenoid valve did you use? It looks to be the type for liquid based systems, like an RO, but used on the pneumatic line. Is that correct? Also, how many gallons is your compressor? Thanks for this very helpful video! I’ve been looking for a true dry fog/ air atomizing aeroponics system build for a while now.
Nice set up.
I love your spray set up.
That’s trick.
When i first wanted to start growing with areo. HPA.
I purchased everything, then once I started building my systems.
I said screw this.
I just saw to many problem’s that were going to happen.
So i did some more research and decided to go with LPA. Low pressure areo.
And have been growing this way for almost 10 years now.
With the sprayers I use im able to use micros.
With the spray system you are using I would think if you found a mfg. that only has the micros in their product, with NO other fillers, you would be ok.
I use NPK INDS. micros and it has some kind of filler in it that doesn’t desolve.
But it doesn’t glog my sprayers.
Also in regards to kelp.
What I use for my base nutes is a product called
MAXSEA.
It’s a powder, in fact come to think about it.
Everything I use now is a powder.
But that MaxSea is a great product and it’s inexpensive.
I’ve gone with all powdered nutes. Cause it’s cut my cost down to a quarter what I was spending.
As you can probably guess, I’m growing cannabis.
I built 4 areo systems.
Each system has 2, 21 site grow chambers with 1 res.
Each system is 3’x3′.
And I use 1, 3’x3′ led light over each system.
Anyway good luck and have fun.
I notice you have the booster/accumulator pump system as well as a separated air/nutrient pump system. Is that from a previous attempt with the cheaper nozzles being repurposed as the scavenging pump? Or maybe it’s a secondary backup? From my understanding the cheaper(less expensive than Aeroscience anyway) nozzles on amazon can get down to around 25-30 microns when paired with one of the booster pumps (~100psi). This seems to be considerable reduction in cost as well as a more compact system with a steep disadvantage in the pump being more prone to failure(pressurizes nutrient rather than air) as well as less oxygen(larger particles and you’re not feeding air). I’m a bit torn between the two systems since I could essentially build the cheaper system on the cost of a few of those higher quality nozzles, and is the likely maintenance/replacement point. On the other hand a few pump breakdowns and a need to vent the roots for more oxygen would be on the same order of cost, but that’s not a given and not up front costs.
Amazing. May I ask how do u drain the water accumulated inside the tub?
This video is 5 months old ,how is the plant growth ?
Tbh the plants are more the carbon from the air than they are the nutrients
I ran across your video by chance and man I’m glad I did! I’m currently just waiting for the compressor. I was messing with low pressure and then started into the high pressure, basically a giant pain and waste of money. Then I saw this video and emailed aeroscience about the nozzles and now I’m just waiting for my compressor to come in tomorrow. Can’t wait!
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just did a run in my low pressure aero system, started off great, then they got a mucus buildup and nute locked then started dying. https://www.instagram.com/aeroboone/ I could try another run with adding more oxygen direct to the roots with an air pump but I figured they got enough with the low pressure sprayers, what do you think? Maybe it was an anaerobic issue. Nice system tho enjoyed the vid.
Are u ever making a vid on how u installed the solenoid relay , adruino and pump instead of showing it off??
Thats is Fogponie or Ultraponie
So you’re saying that nasa is wrong?
I’m interested in setting and aeroponic cloning system like yours viewed from YouTube I would like to know if you could build one like yours for me that I can purchast
Best video I’ve seen on an aeroponic setup by far. Using the aeroscience atomizers actually simplifies the system a lot and is more true to the NASA build with the size of the droplets you’re delivering. Nice work!
Others have pointed out that the low pressure or "mister" setups work, but I’d be curious to see the difference in results. The other methods are essentially doing a hybrid hydroponics which isn’t aeroponics. Like you said there is a scalability "issue"; however, I think that could be easily overcome. When I saw you using the atomizers my first thought for cost savings was 3D printed atomizers. Also my guess is the pressure demands don’t hinder large scale aeroponics companies from using HPA.
Keep it up!
this is great dude
Hi, really nice set up, exactly what I’m planning right now,except I have designed a 3d printed tower. Any advantages of using the air compressor over a water pump like the 8800?
Hi Ghanzo,
I am trying to see if I have this right. Please correct if I am wrong. So you run a sleep timer on the Arduino that executes code to turn on a switch/relay that will open the solenoid allowing air to go through (compressor) whilst simultaneously sucking air from the line you have going to your nutrients. This is the main function of you setup correct?
So how did you know/get the mixture right in your nutrient tank (big glass jar) as well as the right ratio of air to nutrients mixture? Nutrients in PPM but nozzles in microns.
Hello I have not had chance to read your comments replies etc. But quick answer to your questions you stated in your *excellent video by the way..is that beneficial microbes are ALWAYS NEEDED AND DESIRED IN SOIL AND IN ALL HYDROPONICS OF ALL PLANTS! IN FACT, STERILIZATION OF YOUR GROW DEVICES IN HYDROPONICS IS NECESSARY OF COURSE TO BE VERY CLEAN AND TIDY* BUT NOT TOO CLEAN ALSO AS A MATTER OF FACT. FOR EXAMPLE WHEN USING A FILTER ON WATER PUMP(S) IN AEROPONICS FOR EXAMPLE I AND MANY OTHER EXPERIENCED HYDRO GROWERS ACTUALLY DO NOT USE BLEACH OR OTHER HARSH THINGS TO FULLY STERILIZE FILTER ELEMENTS BECAUSE IT WILL KILL ALL 100% OF THE BENEFICIAL BACTERIA YOUVE APPLIED AND ALSO BENEFICIAL BACTERIA IS NATURALLY LIVING WITHOUT HUMAN – SYNTHETIC APPLICATION AT LEAST IT’S ALWAYS EXISTING IN MINUTE AMOUNTS UNLESS STERILIZED FULLY WHICH IS WHAT IM TRYING MY BEST TO EXPLAIN, EASILY HOPEFULLY IN MY COMMENTS..MANY BRANDS/TYPES OF DIFFERENT BENEFICIAL MICROBES COME IN MORE OR LESS "POTENT" AND MORE OR LESSER OF "PURE QUALITIES" WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU PAY FOR- "GENERAL HYDROPONICS" BRAND IS MY PERSONALLY USED AND FAVORITE FOR OVER 12 YEARS GOING ON STRONG. ANOTHER BRAND, "VIVOSUN" IS OTHER USED AND A PERSONAL FAVORITE IN PRODUCTS I’VE USED RELATED TO YOUR VIDEOS RELATED CATEGORY.{I DO NOT WORK FOR, NOR DO I/WILL I HAVE ANY REIMBURSEMENT IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER, OTHER THAN MY SATISFACTION/ PERFECTION IN ALL OF MY GROWS IS DUE TO USING PRIMARILY THOSE BRANDS IN PRIMARILY HYDROPONICS, BUT ALSO IN SOIL. EVEN WITH MY AWESOME GREEN THUMB SO FAR AFTER 14+ YEARS WITH MY BOTANY SKILLS AQUIRING MY BACHELORS DEG IN BOTANY WAS EASIER ALSI WITH THOSR BRANDS AND OTHERS ALSO.
这个厉害，用到arduino,继电器，定时,COOL
Hi, how much water pressure did you set? You onky talk about air pressure, thanks!!