4 inch Tube Aero with Chiller

Welcome to RUI.

Why not start a DIY thread in the hydro forum
and take more pictures of your Homemade chiller.

My only concern would be copper/aluminum metals
leaching into your nutes from the chiller.

Post a link to your "How to" thread here
when you get it on the board.
Welcome.

I have seen and done every grow with tap water and seen one with ro. The cost does not make sense. There is not one thing wrong with the tap grows I have seen so pay if you want but weeds don't need so much babying and if you could see how fast the ones I am growing now are growing with tap water you would not listen to the bad rap on it..... Huge buds and great veg growth . what else do you want. Just change the rez every two weeks and you are golden......

Talisman said:

I have seen and done every grow with tap water and seen one with ro. The cost does not make sense. There is not one thing wrong with the tap grows I have seen so pay if you want but weeds don't need so much babying and if you could see how fast the ones I am growing now are growing with tap water you would not listen to the bad rap on it..... Huge buds and great veg growth . what else do you want. Just change the rez every two weeks and you are golden......

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I follow earls grows because he is an experienced grower and I learn things. I keep my mouth shut most of the time but this guy pisses me off.

Hey Mr. know it all. You assume everyones tap is the same. It is not.
Yours may be fine to grow in but most city water supplies are full of crap. Like you. You can go on line, find your city water supplier and get a list of the contaminates. I have found it varies greatly from city to city. Hell, I am in silicon valley, Mine has more then twenty times the amount of arsenic thats acceptable by law from the silicon chip plants. How the hell any arsenic is acceptable is beyond me. That along with all the decayed pesticides from the past orchards puts it at 330 ppms. Mix manufactures recommended amount of nutes to that and you might as well put a torch to your hydro grow.

Look at the big picture next time before you shoot your mouth off and give poor advice.

Sorry Earl. I will sit down now.

Talisman said:

I have seen and done every grow with tap water and seen one with ro. The cost does not make sense. There is not one thing wrong with the tap grows I have seen so pay if you want but weeds don't need so much babying and if you could see how fast the ones I am growing now are growing with tap water you would not listen to the bad rap on it..... Huge buds and great veg growth . what else do you want. Just change the rez every two weeks and you are golden......

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You're the example of who NOT to listen to. My city's tap water runs 7.8ph and almost 300PPM.

I'd never use tap water....ever.

Change the res every 2 weeks huh? lol

Talisman said:

I have seen and done every grow with tap water and seen one with ro. The cost does not make sense. There is not one thing wrong with the tap grows I have seen so pay if you want but weeds don't need so much babying and if you could see how fast the ones I am growing now are growing with tap water you would not listen to the bad rap on it..... Huge buds and great veg growth . what else do you want. Just change the rez every two weeks and you are golden......

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Please post a link to your picture grow log.
If you don't have one, then you need to be careful.
You are not making friends with your blanket statements
and no proof to back up your words.

Wow, Earl.
This is great journal.

You are officially my hero today!
Very smart and interesting read!
rep!

Thanks!

McFunk

With a rudimentary understanding of Heating/cooling technologies one can build a water cooler from scratch at very little cost.

wow...nice set up earl. just out of curiosity, how often and for how long do you have the pump spraying water on the plants?

Seedlings get spray 24/7
and then after a couple of weeks I start using the cycle timer.
1min on / 15 min off

i see, is that the same as your aeroponic space shuttle? because it looks like the roots are submerged in water even when they are not being sprayed.

I try to keep the roots out of the rez
by stuffing them back in the tube.

great thread i just built my self a 30 plant 4" squared aeroflo system, so ro water filter is pretty major? would a two step filter work?i heard it takes most sediment out and calcuim but leaves some trace minerals.. very vague on the back of the box i was reading didnt want to buy it tothrow it away to get a ro filter lol... ill be searching ur thread and maybe asking future question later- jack

Earl said:

If I would have figured out the 2 inch net pots,
the shuttle would be 4 inch PVC tubes,
with a little more spread between them,
(I could have put them closer to the edge of each tub)
and there would be a little more room for the plants to fill out.

If you build one
be sure and
post a link to your show
here in my thread.
Thanks.
.

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Great job on your aero unit. You inspire me. (50 site) 6" tube / 3.5" net pots. What do you think?
Thanks Earl!

Do you have a grow journal going ?

Looks great,
I would like to watch it grow.

Post a link here please.

Earl said:

Do you have a grow journal going ?

Looks great,
I would like to watch it grow.

Post a link here please.

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You know I really just don't yet. This is only the first half of my diy unit.
I'm running through the preliminary test phase right now of this side to ensure everything is calibrated properly. I should be up and running very soon. Everything looks GOOD so far!
I'll make sure to post to my grow link when I get to that point. Thanks again Earl!

Hey Earl, respect for your grow man, your system is awsome, just loved the root matt.
Thanx for all the valuable info bro, could you please answer a few questions for me,

are u still using AN nutes?
if so apart from the sensi grow and bloom, what else do you use?
Do you use anything to keep the nastys out your water?
How often do you do a res change?

I am also gonna use AN nutes, did i get it right 600ppms max in veg and 500ppms max in bloom?

sorry for all the questions, i'll look forward to seeing more of your beutiful work... thanx Earl

I am still using AN nutes.

I also use some Barricade or Silica Blast to raise the pH
one or two drops until you know what it will do.

I run around 600 during the last phase of veg and through transition
and then start the flower nutes around 600 and may go up to 700 for a very short time.

I added too much Hammerhead (0-9-18 ) too soon
on the last batch
and I was disappointed in the yield.

The lack of nitrogen stopped the growth.

I like the taste of the buds when they are grown this way
but you need to time the withdrawal of N correctly
to get max yeild.

You will need to customize your nute loads for the strain you are growing.

The key is to figure out the lowest nute load
that will get the job done.

Too high nute loads will reduce yield
and burn out the flavor.

Too high nute loads are not obvious
until it is too late and the damage is done

Too low loads will just slow down your grow or reduce yield
and can be seen before damage is done
but fixing this problem is easy.

so, if i was gonna use the AN nute calculator on light feeding 1200ppm peak, it would be to much? would it burn my plants? even though it is supposed to be light feeding?

Hey Earl, this is what i am thinking of using.

sensi grow a+b
sensi bloom a+b
big bud
overdrive

and cannazym

Do you see any probs with this mix?
would i need to add anything else to keep control of disease?

sorry for all the questions, i hope u don't mind but i've never done aero before or hydro.

Thanks Earl

You will probly need some Sensi Cal Mag

1200ppm is too high for aero.
500-600 tds is best
with 50-100ppm of that being calmag

Good meters, (tds & pH) are aero essentials.



Big bud and Overdrive need to be added/used
at just the right time,
and not in very large amounts.

To control disease,
first make sure your system is clorox sterile clean before you start,
and then keep the rez temp below 70º,
I like around 65º-66º