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I’ve been waiting for someone on here to do all this as it’s my end game idea, combined with electroculture.So what I am trying to accomplish here is to maximize growth rates and plant vigor. It's my feeling that Fogponics done correctly may just be the best possible system.
The theory is that you have an atomized mist of water, nutrients, beneficial bacteria, enzymes, and beneficial fungi along with a near O2 saturation root zone, the plants have everything they need at all times. As long as I get the nutes right that is.
There is a positive pressure in the res, which pushes the nute / O2 laden air up thru the coco coir.
Other grow setpoints are maintained with typical methods - temp, RH, light - etc.
I'll be tracking things like Dissolved O2 and atmospheric O2 along with all the other normal setpoints. I should be able to set a VPD and the system maintains it.
I'll also be measuring cannabinoids and other important stuff, reporting back as well.
Should be an interesting grow. If you are a geek like me anyhow.
My swamp cooler pads speak your languageEver run a humidifier with tap water? It will cover everything in minerals once dried
So would this be considered ORGANIC Fogponics?The theory is that you have an atomized mist of water, nutrients, beneficial bacteria, enzymes, and beneficial fungi along with a near O2 saturation root zone, the plants have everything they need at all times. As long as I get the nutes right that is.
Don’t let it dry up lolEver run a humidifier with tap water? It will cover everything in minerals once dried
I think organic would be microbes breaking down the food, strictly (?)So would this be considered organic Fogponics?
Beats me. Definitely following along! Open sourcing this kind of tech is def a game-changerI think organic would be microbes breaking down the food, strictly (?)
I have 2 4x8x8s. Both CO2 injected. One has 8 plant sites, the other 2. I'll try to tabulate the data in a way that makes sense at the end.How big is the flower tent.how many plants you running and how long a veg so i can compare to similar basic grows and watts used..
No, not in my definition. To me, organics means naturally derived nutrients that require other organisms to break down further so the plant can use them.So would this be considered ORGANIC Fogponics?
Yup Yup. I have 4 of them in coco this morning. Will wait for the others to pop to plant. Crossing fingers, I really want to hang on to these genetics. It would be my luck that the ones that pop are all male.When they do that to me i will just plant them and 99% of the time they will come up..
Hey, sperm is genetics, tooYup Yup. I have 4 of them in coco this morning. Will wait for the others to pop to plant. Crossing fingers, I really want to hang on to these genetics. It would be my luck that the ones that pop are all male.
Not sure I am understandingIf you could measure time to absorbtion/root saturation in realtime, you could lower tds/ppm. Then your input would reach equilibrium with the other env variables.
That would be something.
Thanks. I was thinking more of being able to monitor internal nutrient uptake. Thinking ec between micron sized probes at various points along the plant.Not sure I am understanding
time to absorbtion/root saturation in realtime
Are you saying measure how fast a water molecule moves thru the roots? I believe the roots will be approaching 100% saturation continually with this system. Better than typical hydro because the micron range droplets move thru the media as well. I can actually see the fog coming up thru the coco.
EDIT: Welcome to the farm too.
Great point. Also, I knew it was too good of an idea to not have been thought of before.Wouldn't nutrient uptake rate be indicated by some simple ppm/tds/ec monitoring of the nutrient solution?
I imagine the hard part is going to be getting all the systems to a baseline more so than responding to the uptake.
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