aeroponics system needed that only uses ez-clone neoprene inserts for medium?

4tatude

4tatude

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i mix my nutes for res change in a 45 gallon plastic garbg can n drain into my UC system, quick n easy n its 20 feet away
 
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tree king

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4tatude said:
flex tubing can be run anyway you want
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yeah i cant see whats under there so its just regular tubing that i can connect and make it as long as i want? as far as the drain i forgot to mention that i wanna put it on the side at the very bottom cause i dont see a way i can get to the bottom while the res is full. 4tatude i need a connection to screw in a garden hose on the res and then when its unhooked i need a cap. sorry i forgot to mention that
 
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tree king

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4tatude said:
i mix my nutes for res change in a 45 gallon plastic garbg can n drain into my UC system, quick n easy n its 20 feet away
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how much water is left in your res after you drain it? where on your res is the drain? it sucks for me cause after i pump my water out i still have like 6 inches of water left. this makes me never want to change it lol
 
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tree king

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actually i dont even know what im talking about because as soon as i unscrew the cap there will be water everywhere lol. i dont know what to do
 
4tatude

4tatude

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6 in is too much, the drain is too high put another in lower. i lust use the pump in mine to pump out yhen vacume about 4 gallons total to completly clean or add 20 n pump out again. youcan get a hose x fip addaptor at any hw store that will screw to a hose on one end n pipe on other
 
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tree king

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4tatude said:
6 in is too much, the drain is too high put another in lower. i lust use the pump in mine to pump out yhen vacume about 4 gallons total to completly clean or add 20 n pump out again. youcan get a hose x fip addaptor at any hw store that will screw to a hose on one end n pipe on other
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what do you use to vacuum the last 4 gallons? can you give a specific name to what it is. yeah this is really confusing for me if i dont have the specific name to everything i need to buy. im gonna talk to the guy at the hardware store about this.
 
4tatude

4tatude

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tree king said:
what do you use to vacuum the last 4 gallons? can you give a specific name to what it is. yeah this is really confusing for me if i dont have the specific name to everything i need to buy. im gonna talk to the guy at the hardware store about this.
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basic shop vac, for anyone workin g with a water medium its a must have item.
 
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tree king

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4tatude said:
basic shop vac, for anyone workin g with a water medium its a must have item.
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great info 4tatude. im definitely gonna buy one of those incase theres water left in the res after i drain it through the valve or incase a spill happens at anytime. i just got back from the hardware store and the guy there helped me out alot. i got a bulkhead fitting and everything involved to make the drain valve
 
PetFlora

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tree king said:
guys im looking for a system similar to this in the link below which is the Pipe Dreams Plant Tier V96
http://www.progressive-growth.com/proddetail.php?prod=24004B

i was actually planning on buying the pipe dreams system for a long time but i just realized that the height of it is insane and doesnt make sense. i also dont like how all the pipes arent an even height. does anyone know a system thats similar to this except every pipe is an even height and alot lower to the ground. just remember that all i want to do is take neoprene inserts out of my ez-clone 120, slip them in the aero system then im done. i dont want to have to take all the clones out of the neoprenes and transplant them into something else. also no hydroton rocks will be in the system. it will just be a king size ez-clone type system. my ideal system would be 80 plants in a 5' x 10' space with 2 1000 watt lights. does anyone know a system like this?

just to add ive never ran aero before and i dont want to build my own system. i know thats what everyone is gonna tell me but id rather spend the money and be done with it
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Sounds like you want to finish plants in aero with no net pots, right? IME once plants get big and heavy, they will drop through the hole neoprene and all. No bueno.

Cloning systems are designed just to get a decent root system, then transfer to their final home

Here's how I do it. Once roots are big enough I transfer 4" net pot directly into my DIY F & D tote
 

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tylerkewl

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I just scoreds2 Pd4s.It was part of a estate sale. was thinking of using the PD4s to get the ladies big enough to transfer into hydro buckets. But also thinking maybe with covers and the right drip heads , misters or whatever they would work for the rooting phaze itself
 
Keesje

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PetFlora said:
Sounds like you want to finish plants in aero with no net pots, right? IME once plants get big and heavy, they will drop through the hole neoprene and all. No bueno.
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You are right.

The way to avoid this is to stick the neoprene collar in a netpot.
The edge of the netpot will prevent the collar to fall through.
You still will need no medium.

What also might help even more is to grow a lot of smaller plants per square meter, which means less weight per collar.
Also the 'load' is less heavy when the rootball is on the bottom of the tray, and is somehow a bit supported.
 
coreywebster

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tylerkewl said:
I just scoreds2 Pd4s.It was part of a estate sale. was thinking of using the PD4s to get the ladies big enough to transfer into hydro buckets. But also thinking maybe with covers and the right drip heads , misters or whatever they would work for the rooting phaze itself
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Start a new thread mate.
As you can see if you resurrect an old thread from 2011 those who read it will answer the original posters question.
 
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