Aeroponics Overview – Setups, Advantages & Shortcomings For Cannabis Growers
Aeroponics Overview – Setups, Advantages & Shortcomings For Cannabis Growers
It’s time for Aeroponics 101 – I’ll talk abit about pure and hybrid systems, low pressure and high pressure systems and why you don’t see many full cycle Aeroponic setups among Cannabis growers.
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Thanks for watching and remember to subscribe! One little edit on the video: the heavy duty misters for high pressure systems are actually most often made of stainless steel, not brass. Apparently the brass/steel mix ones aren’t as good.
Honestly, all of these growing techniques besides soil are crap.. Too industrialized, too expensive and complicated, and the weed is simply not the same as with soil.. These growing techniques remind me of the modern way of breeding animals, stuff them all together cramped in a room like sardines, feed them with chemicals and what not, sell them.. Then their meat is not good.. Most people will say that weed is great from aero and hydro, but they are just dealers and sellers trying to justify.. Weed in soil with organic nutrients is the only way to go, everything else needs to stop..
The short bursts of spray in a high pressure aeroponic system are what changes the roots from hydroponic roots to high pressure root’s. Low pressure aeroponics and hydroponics produce the same kind of stringy root. Most people start with intervals of 3 seconds on every 3 minutes, with the largest gap being 1 second on 5 minutes off. We are trying to create "suspension" in the root chamber. The earth spins at about 1G of force, 20-50 micron sized droplet’s "suspend" in the air for about 8 second’s. This creates a more consistent humidity level in the chamber. This allows the roots to create smaller fishbone like root’s similar to roots in soil. We have found growing Cannabis works best in container’s that are at least 19" high for 3-4 months of growing. True HPA changes the pant by causing more "turgidity" essentially the plant rapidly ages along with the explosive growth. Plants have an extra cell membrane compared to us, during osmosis the cell’s can swell rapidly and True HPA forces this. Another advantage is running sterile nutrient’s the entire grow. Since the roots absorb almost all the nutrients during the day, there is very little runoff. Solely speaking about Cannabis I agree with a lot of what you say. What most people don’t realize is that the advantage to True HPA is the speed of growth and cloning during an entire annual set of grow’s. True HPA simply adds an extra grow annually do to the speed. When comparing what system’s work best for growing Cannabis I have found a good grower will simply win with the system they have mastered. Thanks! Great video.
Will a blackout kill your entire crop with hydroponics too? I had read that if the root ball touch the water solution they didn’t die as fast.
So its an engineering issue? That’s good because that can usually be fixed with a redesign.
i love your videos, you speak clearly, have a lot of knowledge and have a balanced view 🙂
hey can you speak about the modified kratky and straight up kratky for cannabis? thanks
You don’t need brass. Do more research. A pvc supplier outvwest has 50mu misters
I’ve been looking into aeroponics a lot lately and you mention some concerns I haven’t heard before. Namely that the plant will get too big and be unsupported. Is there a way to address this? I’m thinking multiple layers of scree nets, can you foresee issues with that? Thanks for the vid. I subbed btw!
hey man i found some 20 year old seeds (someone gave me them) but im kinda new to growing and i dont kow how to germinate them any help and tips ?
p.s love your content keep it up 💯🔥
Well done, great information!
I use a deep well submersible pump and pressure tank like on a farm, from my reservoir
what about fogging – ultrsonic fogger no parts to jam.
You nailed it , aeroponics is a pain in the ass and not practical , to much human input .
Thank you. Concise and informative.
As always great content. The little details help a lot.
I’m growing in aeroponic system and it’s succeeding. I’m in week 5 of flower. My mistakes were attempting too plants at 1 time so I recommend 2 at most and account for your flower growth! Create anchors for cropping and stress training! Add inner panel’s to prevent drips. Go for it! I’m not using brass but I want them for the next round. I like the set up. 2 totes
1 is not long enough
Dissolved solids do not clog 50mu misters. There’s much misinformation here. Get a good 80psi rated pump. 50mu misters, filter your pump intake. Aerate the holding tank with bubblers.
I don’t understand why this system is faster than dirt. Don’t you need soil microbes to help breakdown nutes?
https://youtu.be/bA6vtYmablo
soil vs. hydroponic link es muerto, ese.
Great as always man. Nice to see someone that actually tells the truth about a system. Not just hey check this out aeroponics sucks this or that is better. Love how you tell how aeroponic systems are supposed to be. A lot just think it’s grab a low grade pump, cheaply made sprayers and BOOM aeroponics lol. Nah it don’t work like that on anything medium size or bigger. Great vid man. Keep em coming.
Solid vid, thanks for the advice
Has anyone tried using mist created by ultrasonic transducers? It would obviate the need for any fluid pressure whatsoever. All you’d be doing is pumping air around loaded with as much vapor as necessary to prevent it forming larger droplets, easily done with sensors and an MCU.
Thanks a lot… not much good info out there.. i am running a low pressure system and its amazing!
I need weed
Monitoring: infrared camera(s) in the tank.. 😉
Great info man, glad I stumbled on this
Sounds like aeroxpensiveponics
A mist maker is able to produce droplets with a median size of 5 microns. Using that with a few pc fans mounted correctly you can get a good coverage. Costs about 80 quid.
MistFitz Aeroponics
I run a aero system in a 50 gal reservoir . Most of the problems you talk about there are fixes for. Like clogs . They made fine mesh pump screen type bags. Net pots get zip tied to the tote your using. Stuff like that . I will say that timer from Blink you showed is awesome I have about 5 . I also have back up pumps and air pumps for everything. You cant beilve the growth I achieve . Ive ran many systems there nothing like a finely tuned aero system though. The gains out way the problems if you stick with it and youre right smaller plants are easier to control.
Soil Versus Hydroponics link doesnt work anymore.
Thanks for the vid thou
Bro I want this for jalapeños
one day when im ready to just wanna chill i like to build a system
Thank you for highlighting the downsides. Great channel
Ive seen patatos being grown on aeroponics. Its great! Just build some big pond with a drain in the bottom, with pond liner. Use some corrugated see-through plastic roofing material, put the pond liner on top. Make holes, use netpots. Get the tubing around, make sure the tubes are "wired" parallel as if it were electrical components, that way the pressure is even everywhere in the system. Ive seen this done to a big huge "field" of patatos on grown on tables in mid air. So it should be doable for weed to, on a really large scale. https://youtu.be/wu-tmmYEewY
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Jeff
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Everything about this concept is intimidating
Can an aeroponic system be used for non cloned plants? Like taking a very young plant and put it into a aeroponic system. I am just now researching aero/ hydro ponics and I am looking for the best method to grow indoors or in a semi sunlit screen room. It seems that the aeroponics produces better results than an aerated hydroponic system. I could be wrong, just going by what I have watched thus far. I live in SW Florida so it is hot most of the year even during our so called "winter". I mainly want to grow strawberries, tomatoes, bell peppers(or any pepper), cucumbers,herbs. Any advice would be great. I am not going into cloning at this time as I have no hands on experience with the basics of either system yet. Thanks.
Good. Thanks
roughly how long is a full grow cycle with aeroponics?
There is a commercial sized aeroponics company out here in AZ called Aeriz. They grow some of the most beautiful cannabis I’ve ever had. So it’s definitely possible to do. I am about to try it at home, because I’m stubborn and like challenges… but I am glad I know what NOT to do at this point.
very informative, thank you!
Dud fix ur accent
All that to grow a weed..🙄😂
trojangrower grows really big plants using aeroponics, should check out his work.
Anybody use air pressure to force the water through the nozzle? Air onto a pressure vessel filled with water. You could depressurization between sprays. More reliable too.
A keep ma airopoincs misters on 24/7.. and gt outstanding resuilts🇬🇧🇬🇧✌😎