Super, can't wait. I was assuming "media" was the liquid in the bottle. I worked in a research lab for many years and we mixed different medias to grow different things on plates and bottles. :) Will watch for the pictures.
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Super, can't wait. I was assuming "media" was the liquid in the bottle. I worked in a research lab for many years and we mixed different medias to grow different things on plates and bottles. :) Will watch for the pictures.
I am no techie :( so lets clarify :D liquid in bottle=nute solution, grow meduim= rockwool,h
ydroton, perlite ect.....
Thanks, sorry for asking so detaily and all...Once a scientist always a scientist I guess. I've been retired 3 months and still decompressing. Gotta mellow down. I want to give some hydro a try. Been doing soil since high school, my mind craves something new! :thumbsup:
Once i started calming down and stopped being so over zealous, hydro became fun fun fun. it gave new meaning to lazin away the day watchin the grass grow...really it grows almost that fast. This will be interesting (if peeps come play) to see how problems are overcome. Heat will be a big one. for a decent grow your gonna need 8 cfl's and 2 liters of fluid will heat up quick. add to that the little bit of heat even a single diaphragm single output air pump gives to the air it pumps. it will interesting. maintaining a proper ppm and ph balance will be very tough as the plant gets bigger. Light proofing the rez will be interesting to see too as there are so many ways it could be done but very few optimal ways. Remember as long as you use cfl's a 2 liter bottle and a single output aquarium pump to make your bubbler, the rest is up to you and what you have on hand and what you can imagine. Man i wish more people would jump in this thread and participate!! Good times
Hey Baby!!! I'll grow mine,you grow yours?? lol Hah,ha,ha.....we'll see....;) I hope you hear back from Dude so you can unveil the rest of your "master plan" ! lol You'd get more people in that way!! Love you Babe!
So here are my parts and the assembly. I have a couple more pics to upload so i will give my assembly play by play in the following post.
So far it's interesting. My hubby is staring at the pics you uploaded so far and drooling. He's bored bored bored and needs something to occupy his time now. Thanks for giving him some inspiration. Lately the only fun was seeing whose indoor plants were better so far. I imagine he'll be hitting up wally world and home depot before the night is through. :thumbsup:
I first wrapped the soda bottle in two layers of duct tape. both for light proofing and hopefully a small bit of insulation. I cut the top off and wrapped the edge of the top piece with duct tape to help seal and to make it easy to remove for rez changes. added 3 small strips of tape to help hold the top in place. I cut a 5" piece of 1/4 airhose and made a circle connecting each end to a "T" Then proceeded to drill small holes in it with my razor knife. There is my bubble ring. I used my razor knife as a drill again to drill a small hole in the bottom of the container. feed my air line through the hole attached my bubble ring and removed all the slack so the ring would sit nicely on the bottom. Silicone, silicone, silicone. Lots of silicone to seal around hole no leaks=:D. flipped the top piece over and dropped it into the top of the bottle upside down. there is my grow cup. lookin around now to find a piece of foam or something to hold my plant up as i will only be using the rockwool my plant is in now as medium.. the black thingy in the picture is part of a plastic shelving system. it will serve as both my screen for my scrog and as a light fixture. more to follow as i complete the entire setup and add me a cute little girl:D
Well here is the almost complete setup. saturday i will get a roll of heavy black plastic and some velcro to completely light proof it. saturday will also be the day i pick up my cloning gel and take some clones of my nigerian. 1 to flower for early sexing and the rest to grow out. 1 of those (lucky?) ladies will end up in the bubbler in about 2 weeks. Just wanna note a few things. I used light weight foil to line. heavy duty may hold more heat, just guessin there though. and if you get yourself one of the porcelin light fixtures,($1.95 at wal-mart) and a 2 prong lamp cord(also $1.95 at wal-mart) the gold screw is hot the hot wire silver for the ground. you will know the hot wire in the cord because it has several rows of ridges that run the length of the wire. I zipped tied my power strip to the shelf as well as my pump. tidied everything up with wire ties. Going to add a couple of small computer fans for air flow and maybe a small diy carbon scrubber. I may decide to add a diy co2 made using yeast water and sugar in a small jar with a diy airlock. but we will have to see.
BTW those are 2- 26w cool white cfl's, will be adding 2 warm cfl's when my clone is ready.that will put me at 52w per sq. ft.