Sammy B
Oct 24 2009, 03:55 PM
Hi its been a couple of years since my first bubbler grow, i'm growing 2 Kritical/Kali Mist from seed. The seedlings are currently 3 inches in height. so fingers crossed.
My question is; Would piping in fog from an ultrasonic fogger be benifical at all?
I have two large (twin outlet) air pumps for aquariums, with a 4 inch and 6 inch air stone running into each.
The reserviours are 18L Feed and Expansion cisterns from a central heating system
has anyone else tried this in DWC? did it work?
Tutu
Oct 24 2009, 04:11 PM
The hassle involved to the benefits are slim, foggers are better for cloners or amazon's. The constant bubbling of air disperses the fog quickly.
Maplins is the place for foggers and in an xstream they can take a day off cloning times but TBH the hassle invloved is more than waiting 1 day.
I have 2 foggers, barely used but very good for raising humidity.
Sammy B
Oct 24 2009, 04:30 PM
Thanks for the advice Tutu
I'll was close to mocking it together
saved me the trouble
GreenNinja
Oct 24 2009, 05:39 PM
I've tried using misters for aeroponics, and did three plants - 2 in DWC, 1 in aero - to compare. All 3 plantsstarted to develop pythium and were transplanted to coco to save it. The aero/mister one had excellent growth, and really small fine hairs on the roots, but the air temps/nute temps in the pot were too high.
Basically, as a proof of concept it worked, but my implementation was a fail. They were in black 10l pots which weren't big enough to keep enough distance from the heat of the light, and so I should have covered the pots with silver foil. Next time I'd do much bigger buckets (20l+) and make sure they were covered with reflective material. The greater internal volume should also help with temps.
So, keep an eye on your temps in there and you should be good but the misters definitely work "aeroponically" and there is awesome root growth.
Post up a diary if you do it...
GN
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