are aeroponics a failure?

White Widow Woman

White Widow Woman

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simple grower said:
hey widow women thanks for the reply,um yer i bin growin on and off for the past 7 years,i started off in a system called turbo tanks,there pretty basic but dam they were good,ya dont hear much aboutem these days wich is a shame,they varied in differant sizes,and werent to costly....i just thought id go up a notch or two into the advanced area,iv made my own simliar to ffs ideas,dam talk about water leaks!!! hard to get the right container that has the right grooves,ive just spent the last 3hours doin sum mods and a few changers(thank fuk for plastic glue guns lol) and im just seeing how it goes,the problem with the seedlings was that wen they were first put in,nutes were added,but were to high so yer the little girls didnt like that much..goin to simple straight water with a good ph has bring them back pretty quik,just from my first post this mornin till now is a big change in life for them,over the years of lending equipment to mates(BAD IDEA) they have had raids ect and unfortunatly i lost alot of expensive equipment,testers ect....now to get to the end of this now is what are the speacial nutes to use for aeros? i could search google this forum ect,but willin to get sum straight up info,and one more thing,TDscan 1 meters,are they anyhelp for measurings nutes? i know there old,tho at this stage is all i have,but know f all aboutem,and theres not alot to surf on the net about them either, i will never get over loosing my truncheon,they are the BEST cheers

EDIT(woops about the seedlings. i posted a thread earlier..they didnt look to good all good now tho)
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I've only been growing about 5 years or so, but I remember turbo tanks. They are sorta like NFT where there is no medium and the nutrients just flow throught the tanks or channels. No reason you can't do that now.

Oh I see, you are trying to recreate FlithyFletch's system --- well that is simple, just ask him!... lol --- If you are far enough along and ask good questions, I'm sure he will get you through your first grow in his system.

I think too many people join this site, see a system they like and then try to re-invent the wheel --- instead of just following the proven record of that particular system and finding out just how it works. After you have worked with a system and have gotten a harvest from it, then you should do modifications from the perspective of what worked well for you and what didn't.

I don't know how old your seedlings were when you nuked them... lol But I always give my babies atleast 2 weeks of just ph'ed water --- but I am glad to hear that they are going better!

That sucks that you lost some of your equipment, but you should remember the cardinal rule --- TELL NO ONE --- follow that and since no one knows you grow, no one will want to borrow your equipment... lol

As far as your TDscan goes, it is suppose to register the amount of dissolved solids in your nutrient mixture, but if it is as old as you say; I wouldn't trust its readings. Unless you get calibration liquids for it, that is.

Good luck with your grow dude and post some pictures when you get the chance...

:peace:
Widow
 
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