Low pressure aeroponics system 2017 - Final update

[@MattGarver]

Experimental hydroponics are fascinating, and you did excellent with your low pressure aeroponics system! With the upper spray chamber and lower highly-aerated circulation chamber, you seem to have addressed fast early growth and the ability to later feed large plants. Overall, your hybrid hydroponics method is very impressive.

[@pepperdactyl]

Thanks Matt! I'm hoping to scale this beast for next year.

[@denish8905]

Peter, that was very informative. Perhaps I'll go with an arrangement like dutch bucket with a reservoir to check the quality of water and doing away the flood and drain arrangement. I intend to keep three sprouts in each bucket . Pump size will have to be changed. Thank you so much for giving the video and all the later updates.

[@pepperdactyl]

Thanks for watching, denish! Good luck with the system you decide to go with.

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

I enjoyed watching this project from start to finish Peter. I built an aeroponic cloner earlier this year in a big tote and it's amazing how well plants grow that way. I was thinking of making a version of your aeroponic bucket system,but in a 55 gallon drum and see if the jumbo size makes any difference.

[@pepperdactyl]

Thanks for watching, and commenting! I'd love to see how the larger system does if you make one. I've wondered about that myself.

[@jaredmccutcheon5496]

My plan is to document my growing season on my channel this comming season, so if I end up making one, I'll for sure video it. I was also thinking there must be a way to run multiple 5 gallon aeroponic buckets on a single pump and resivoire, I may experiment with that as well.

[@anthonytran9191]

It's was pretty rad Peter. THX for sharing this.

[@pepperdactyl]

Thanks Anthony!

[@AlfredTanious]

Thank you so much Peter for sharing, amazingly crazy results. I was hoping you can she some light on how were you feeding the plant and the nutrients used in this project, I am planning to copy it for next season. Thanks again

[@pepperdactyl]

Thanks for watching! For nutrients I used Dyna0Grpo 7-9-5 at 6 ml/gal throughout up until the last 2 months, when I upped it to 9 ml/gal.

[@pepperdactyl]

Just to amend my last reply, I made a typo. The nutrients I used are Dyna-Gro 7-9-5.

[@AlfredTanious]

Thank you for your reply, yes I figured that it was a typo. I know the product but I didn't think of trying it before, now I have a very good reason to try it. 😀

[@1111supercoolguy]

Love growing, really like all your vids. Great job and thx

[@pepperdactyl]

Thanks for watching!

[@jeffjefferson2676]

Why not keep it going till the bitter end??

[@pepperdactyl]

I don't remember exactly, so long ago. Probably didn't have time in the season to push another round of pods.

[@thefaeryman]

I wonder why the root ball is so big and involved. one would think that the reason a plant puts out more roots generally is to capture more water and nutrients,. but this way of growing gives the plant more than what it should need, so why such a root system, could it be that plant was not getting what it needs?

[@pepperdactyl]

Thanks for your question. What I believe is happening, and I could be wrong, is plants need bigger roots as they grow larger. As the root mass increases it's just using what's there at a faster rate. This encourages more growth, which grows more roots, etc... One concern I have with this type system is possible nutrient imbalance as a result of rapid nutrient depletion leaving leftover salts and unused nutrients. This could affect pH and also cause deficiencies. The prevention solution is to periodically flush what's circulating and replace with fresh nutrient solution, instead of just adding more nutrient solution to what's there.

[@thefaeryman]

nice

[@pepperdactyl]

Thanks!

[@websitedesigner7158]

Now build a vertical aeroponics system.Tower garden

[@pepperdactyl]

I've looked at those, interested in trying it one day. I have all the parts to attempt a version 3 of this low-pressure aeroponic design, which will support multiple plants.

[@websitedesigner7158]

Ok When you build it notify me.

[@SpudLab]

da roots on dat

[@wm-bl6jm]

You really need to speak a little more clearly.