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Make the net pot lip wider to accommodate the opening you want and use plastic fasteners. 4 twist locks or thumb screws for easy removal.I have an idea. What if I did something like this crude approximation:
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Where the black part twist locks into the blue, and has eye holes printed in to accept 2 rods like the green one there, might be 3/4" PVC for example, and then you use the PVC for tie down. Make it whatever length you want. And then once you are tied down, you can still untwist the plant and take the whole thing, tydowns and all and move it around.
You might have missed it from another grow journal but Moe is making these as a fix for bucket lids drilled out for 8" net pots so that we can use smaller ones to get more water in my system. The locking system he designed is to keep the net pots from tipping like they did in the original version, this is a refinement on the original design.Make the net pot lip wider to accommodate the opening you want and use plastic fasteners. 4 twist locks or thumb screws for easy removal.
Of course I'm basing this mostly off of my "Dining Room Caper" grow but we also had the same issues in the beginning. The air stones were filling the reservoirs with air and the only place it can escape is through the media so they were floating the pots. If you install a small blow off valve in each rez you won't get water coming up.You might have missed it from another grow journal but Moe is making these as a fix for bucket lids drilled out for 8" net pots so that we can use smaller ones to get more water in my system. The locking system he designed is to keep the net pots from tipping like they did in the original version, this is a refinement on the original design.
Here is a photo that shows what I mean...
As far as sealing the underside, it's not a big deal to have a bit of water leak through there. The salts you can see in that photo are not from that but actually from spills from some weekly top feedings I have done. I have not noticed any water coming up through, just a tad bit around the edge of the ring Moe created.
It seems to me I recall reading something about that here at the farm? If not, it was someone else growing in a dining room. It sounded like an adventure that's for sure, lol. The trash cans also ring a bell. Of course I could just be spaced out and none of this is really happening?Of course I'm basing this mostly off of my "Dining Room Caper" grow but we also had the same issues in the beginning.
That actually makes alot of sense ..good thinkingMake the net pot lip wider to accommodate the opening you want and use plastic fasteners. 4 twist locks or thumb screws for easy removal.
You're going to need to seal the underside of the net pot lip or it'll push moisture through the underside. You're going to have that problem with your twistlock collar unless you install a pressure relief valve on the top of the reservoir that equalizes the pressure inside the rez.
Guilty as charged...........It seems to me I recall reading something about that here at the farm? If not, it was someone else growing in a dining room. It sounded like an adventure that's for sure, lol. The trash cans also ring a bell. Of course I could just be spaced out and none of this is really happening?
I’d like slg to get 14 oz minimum. But I’m calling 13 if you want to start a poll.Yeah .speak or forever hold your peace
I really appreciate the feedback, designing by yourself in the basement dungeon can be a bit of an echo chamber.Make the net pot lip wider to accommodate the opening you want and use plastic fasteners. 4 twist locks or thumb screws for easy removal.
You're going to need to seal the underside of the net pot lip or it'll push moisture through the underside. You're going to have that problem with your twistlock collar unless you install a pressure relief valve on the top of the reservoir that equalizes the pressure inside the rez.
Haha…Ok then..I’m in ..I’ll go 8 ozzies.I’ll bet half a pk of Winnie blues and 2pks of hermie prone seedsI’d like slg to get 14 oz minimum. But I’m calling 13 if you want to start a poll.
Ok let’s make this official. I win, I get nanners. You win? I guess I’ll send you a pile of roaches?Haha…Ok then..I’m in ..I’ll go 8 ozzies.I’ll bet half a pk of Winnie blues and 2pks of hermie prone seeds
A lare spacer ring will provide stability to a small net pot allowling a big hole with a small net pot. This will add stability also.I really appreciate the feedback, designing by yourself in the basement dungeon can be a bit of an echo chamber.
There are actually multiple things I am trying to address here. I want to use these both in my fog and RDWC systems. I want to start with a common size netpot in the fog cloner which can then be transferred to any grow system. Veg, RDWC, fog. They all have slightly different requirements. For example in the fog I want them air tight to hold in the O2 being injected. It’s pretty much impossible to pressurize the whole res but I would if I could to take advantage of higher O2 sats under pressure.
Then there is the fix SLG mentioned. We both have that problem. For a while new lids for the square buckets were on indefinite back order and I wanted a smaller netpot. But truth is I have since learned that you still need the larger hole to pass the roots thru once plants become full size so a new lid with a small hole would just be a different problem.
What I want is a system that works everywhere in my farm and provides a large hole to pass roots, mechanical strength to firmly hold the small netpot, an air tite seal, a series of mount points for LST, and quick release without tools to get access to the roots. Oh and everything printed out of ASA plastic so no rust or metals in the water and the UV stability provided by ASA. I have ditched my PETG and PLA for these parts due to UV in the growspace.
I have it mostly done but always open to ideas.
Hopefully you are feeling better and the move / job is all good man.A lare spacer ring will provide stability to a small net pot allowling a big hole with a small net pot. This will add stability also.
a super fine mesh liner will prevent media from passing through the large holes Yet easily allow root to rip through it. the outer edge of the spacer ring lined with eye hooks for training tie down spots.
A spacer ring that fits the inside lip of the lids perfectly would be best imo but will require more material
Getting there think i had that respiratory virus. Loving work , thanks broHopefully you are feeling better and the move / job is all good man.
Yea, that was me getting in there and trimming, I know, you'd never knowThis image, 7:00. Something on the leaf that is white, then the leaf starts getting dark after. What is that? Hoping physical damage that has severed the vein caused by you, not a pest.
Ya know, if she is, it's very few. Many are turning rust now, even on the lower flowers.Still throwing new white pistils?
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