What Ever Happened to Fogponics

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disposition84

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Running my fogger 100% still gave me those ultra fine hairs I've only seen on fog grows.

I've done aero and it does not give those same fine hairs that the fog systems do.

So why do you say that if you run it 100% it is the same as aeroponics?

Not attacking you, just curious to learn more.
 
UrbanAerO

UrbanAerO

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Earl is right the proof is in the pudding, I still havent seen any decent flowering done in fogponics. Maybe Im not seeing right. Are these the hairs your talking about? These clones are 30 days after I cut them. Feeding week 3 veg, I had clones root in 4 days, transplanted in 8 days. Many people do aero wrong. 3600gph 1/2hp sump pump, high pressure no mag drive pump can deliver(I used to use 550's). timers is 5 seconds on/ 20 minutes off. Super silver haze, critical mass, black widow, flowering begins tomorrow. This is what Aeroponics should look like.
 
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disposition84

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Those are nice roots, and I've gotten the same with my aeroponic the hairs i'm talking about are these ultrafine hairs that look to be only a few microns in size.

You could have them as well, I just can't tell from the picture. But when I ran my aeroflo systems with 1min/4min cycle timer the spray never got fine enough to give me these types of roots.

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feminized

feminized

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forgewithinfire said:
The issue with traditional ultrasonic humidifiers is that the pizzo-electric disk has no coating. As a result you get buildup over time and have to replace the disks frequently. The ones you can get from futuregarden.com are teflon coated to prevent crusty buildup and are the same used in the Nutramist systems... plus the company has great customer service and is always willing to answer questions.
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I was going to buy a mist maker from futuregarden and found this House of Hydro guy on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220672715311&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_4418wt_1139

I got it in 3 days and it had a float and a spare set of discs for cheaper than futuregarden. So far so good, it says its the same one as nutramist and it looks the same as the one in the pic.
 
feminized

feminized

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dspec said:
Ive been using a fogger in my cloner...it runs off of the pump timer, 15on/45off. For 5months now, i cleaned it once. Heats my res up 1*C. It was either 20bux for a heater, or a fogger. I have 100% success now, using Rockwool or NO media. Nubs start at 7 days, 20 days ready for transplant. I wouldnt use it for flowering, i dunno its kinda of a little bitch, if its not the exact depth it fogs poorly.
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Have you tried a float? They are cheap. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220618629638&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT#ht_2108wt_1270
 
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MrFoggyFrog

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Hi guys,

i'm running a fogponics setup for around 5 month now. if your interested please follow my Youtube channel it can be found at:

Summary Fogponics movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPlStRU1rEg

It summarizes around 5 month of experience with fogponics different setups and its progress. It running pretty good so far.
I'm using it to test the progress / harvest on vegetables and herbs and how it performs.

I am using a standard pond mistmaker / pond fogger since five month. To be honest, i do not clean it very often, and it had now lasted already for 5 month.
I only take a sponge and wipe it down every two month. It still works. I had it timed 15min On/Off.

MrFoggyFrogs.jpg

Just to give some ideas/inputs...
 
sguardians2

sguardians2

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Did a hybrid aeroponics/fogponics grow a couple of years back and the Raspberry Cough grew to over 8' tall under 2 1000 watt lighting system. Should have done a scrog because the plants grew very fast and very large and became very hard to manage. Used a floating ultra sonic fogger set up. After that experience I returned to soil grows, which require much less work and fewer problems, not as fast, but far easier to manage.
 
indianajones

indianajones

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you should be sure to clean off the head on your fogger
occasionally. i have noticed hard water buildup on mine after
a few weeks use with only 135ppm tap water. a cheap
toothbrush should fit the bill just fine. i used ultrasonic foggers
to provide humidity for a 100 sq ft mushroom grow room and
they worked really well.

the other really cool thing about ultrasonic misters is that they
sterilize the rez as they work. the high frequency sound waves
literally kill micro life, allowing what has potential to be the most
sterile hydro method to date.
 
indianajones

indianajones

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oh yeah forgot to add- IMO napa part #8822 would probably be a
good medium for the net cup in this application.
 
Keesje

Keesje

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Hi guys,

Did a lot of searching and googling, but so far I did not find ANY full report of a grow using solely Fogponics.
Using it for clones... yes.
It seems to work great for it.
But the moment the plants become bigger and need more nutrients.... Fogponics does not work anymore.

Anybody around who could prove me wrong?
 
pinner420

pinner420

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Keesje said:
Hi guys,

Did a lot of searching and googling, but so far I did not find ANY full report of a grow using solely Fogponics.
Using it for clones... yes.
It seems to work great for it.
But the moment the plants become bigger and need more nutrients.... Fogponics does not work anymore.

Anybody around who could prove me wrong?
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seems to be an unpioneered area. Got any pics.
 
Keesje

Keesje

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It is pioneered, but mostly unsuccesful.
A lot of people do use them for cloners, and with good results.
But when the plant gets bigger and needs more nutrients, the droplets a too small to 'carry' these nutrients.
Bigger droplets would be the solution, but....
A. The membrane in the mist maker can't produce bigger droplets, and...
B. Even if it could produce bigger droplets.... would bigger droplets still 'float' like mist/fog? Or would they just drop on the floor due too gravity?

But perhaps there are some new developments.
There are some people telling that they either doing a full grow or starting one.
But you never hear from them again, or they don't have reports or tell any end results.
 
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