Aeroponic Space Shuttle

When it is cured,
then vacuum seal them,
for later enjoyment.

This bud was vacuum jarred Jan 20th 08,
and smoked great today.

was it dry to the point where it would crumble when broken up by hand...? cuz it looks perfect still

Jesus, I just finished reading this thread and....WOW!!

Earl said:

Each side holds 10 gls
for a total of 20gls.

I only grow four plants at a time, so the rez volume is 5gls/plant.
I am able to achieve very stable nute solutions.

I use RO water,
and I have a 40gl RO rez connected to a float valve
that maintains a constant water level in the nute rez.

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I am interisted in this. What are the advantages to having a big or small volume of the res to plant site? For example why whould it be better to have 12 plants with a 20 gallor res or 25 plants with the same 20 gallon res? More or less is better? Why?

There are a couple of factors that you need to take into account
when you are determining the size of the rez for your system.

As the plants get larger they will use more water,
so you want to have a rez volume per plant,
large enough to handle the mature plants.

The VPD of your grow room
will determine the transpiration rate of your plants,
and if you have high VPD,
your plants can drink a small rez volume
in a short time.

High transpiration can shrink the volume of H2O in your rez,
while leaving behind the nutes,
this causes the solution to become too high tds,
and also throws the pH off balance.

If you have a large rez volume per plant
then transpiration imbalances are less,
and easily corrected with daily attention.

If you have a small rez volume per plant
then you will need to make frequent corrections.

Mostly, your corrections will consist of adding back fresh RO,
with an occasional pH adjustment and regular change outs.

If you have a float valve
feeding your rez with RO,
then the size of the rez
could be smaller.

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Hey Earl, what are you doing for running that electricity. Any fancy sub panels, etc...?
I guess if u spread it out it's only like 15amps for your lights, but if you are doing anything special besides just pluging in into a wall, I would love to hear about it.

did you go over how exactly the float valve works? It lets in plain ph ed h2o correct?

RO isnt contained to a certain ph....the ph can differ, however the important thing is the ppms

Earl said:

I have set the spray timer to 10 min on, 60 min off,
and removed one of the 400w hps.

I moved the other lights up.

Light is not good for trichomes.


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Can I use a 15 min increment timer and do on for 15 off for 60 min?

CustomHydro said:

Hey Earl, what are you doing for running that electricity. Any fancy sub panels, etc...?
I guess if u spread it out it's only like 15amps for your lights, but if you are doing anything special besides just pluging in into a wall, I would love to hear about it.

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Nope, nothing special.

I have 4 circuits in the room.

I have room in my breaker box,
for a couple more circuits,
if I need them.

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edux10 said:

Can I use a 15 min increment timer and do on for 15 off for 60 min?

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Yes you may.

The float valve in the left hand corner,
is connected to a RO rez.

The RO rez feeds the float valve with plain RO.
DO NOT PH ADJUST PLAIN RO.
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Got it thanks!

The stick-n-seal glue I used
did not work out.

I switched to JB weald,
to achieve a better seal.

I scrubbed the lid before application.








You can remove the sealing ring if you want,
the jar will remain in vacuum.

You don't really need the valve.

You can slide the suction cup of the pump
off of the hole,
and cover it with your finger,
then seal the hole
with some foil tape.

The budz can be vacuumed when they are cured,
or you can vacuum them early
and cure them later.

You will have to experiment with that,
and see which method works best for you.

I like to put them up a little moist,
and then let them dry a little more
if they need it,
before rolling.

So when are you leaving on vacation? Those HempWarp are getting ready for the first harvest. VV

I'm back.
I didn't go to Florida,
due to gas prices.
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I flew down to Texas for a week.

Well that changes some things, I'll talk to you Monday. VV

............kool..............

Earl said:

I flew down to Texas for a week.

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Your first flight didn't get delayed by any chance... right? That would be a trip if you were on the same plane as me.....

Anyways, its good to see your back Earl. I haven't heard from you in a while.

RON PAUL REVOLUTION

~PEACE~