Opie, I Need A Little Help

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

i figured id ask you because your one of the few who give me good, accurate answers, but anyway its about my rainforest 66, i got my seeds today and began to germ then and i setup the system but its a little different than im use to and, it has CocoTek liners in the net basket then my hydrotron in the cocotek liners, and the spray does not penetrate the cocotek liners and my hydrotron are dry(very dry), now ive only had it powered on for about 12hours but it seems almost like the liners are water resisent:wtf:.

and its a little prob because my plants will be germed very soon, any ideas?

oh and sorry for the story just wanted to include the details

Thanks

OLDJIMMYBONES Reviewed by OLDJIMMYBONES on 01-02-2008. Opie, I Need A Little Help i figured id ask you because your one of the few who give me good, accurate answers, but anyway its about my rainforest 66, i got my seeds today and began to germ then and i setup the system but its a little different than im use to and, it has CocoTek liners in the net basket then my hydrotron in the cocotek liners, and the spray does not penetrate the cocotek liners and my hydrotron are dry(very dry), now ive only had it powered on for about 12hours but it seems almost like the liners are Rating: 5

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

took a couple pics, to better explain

[Opie Yutts]

I have not used them, but I know the roots are supposed to grow through the liner without a problem. It seems weird that water wouldn't penetrate them. Are you supposed to let them sit in water for a few hours before using them or something? Well your roots have got to get moisture, so until you can get some better help on this, I would be sure to poke several holes in each liner to make sure the water is going to soak the hydroton. I'd poke em especially where spray hits the liner most often.

Another thing you could do is lay your roots in some capillary matting, cut a slit in the bottom of the net pot and liner, and feed the matting through so that it gets wet. The water will seep up to the roots. Or, I don't suppose with that system you could flood the net pots occasionally? Until your roots penetrate the liner, you may just have to hand water twice daily or something. Once roots are through, no problems.

Sorry I can't help better. I'll think about it some more.

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

Well, I cant understand how it doesnt include instructions, but I tryed to fill the cocoa liners with water and it drips slowly out the bottom but the rocks slowly start to dry:wtf:. I was going to cut some holes but I was thinking... It probably has the liners, so no particals get into the revisor and clog the sprayer. So cutting holes would defeat the purpus of the liners (just a thought maby wrong).
capillary matting seem like a good possability as does temporally watering daily.

I can actually flood to a certin point, It has a flush valve on the side of the system to empty it, so i could just clog it with somthing and flood it.

I dont understand how they expect this to work, I realize once the roots break out of the net-pots it will hopfully work great but until then its an aggreviation (hopfully avoidable)

I very much appreciate all your input, Thanks :thumbsup:

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

oh, I had 1 other question, do these aeroponic systems have to run 24/7?

If i remember right i think eather you, stinky, or weedhound was talking about a friend of theirs who lost power for like 2 days and lost their whole crop, but i skimmed like the last 50 threads of me with you stinky and weed in it and cant find it.

So if any of you remember and can confirm that (think it might have been weedhound but not 100%). Thanks

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

now that im thinkin about it, it might have been stinky. but if i had anything close to a decent memory i wouldnt have to ask. BTW where is stinky? i know i havent been givin the board a lot of attention lately but i feel like i havent seen her post anything in a long time.

Well i gotta go to sleep, so i wake up when there still a little daylight

[scagster]

I've used coco liners and the nutrient solution goes through it, just takes a little bit. When it's saturated with moisture the liquids move through it easier. i guess if you don't like it, you can poke some holes with an awl or something. I find I have to drill the shit out of my pots I use hydroton in otherwise they somehow fill every hole and my pots overflow.

Never run an aero myself, but it seems like it would need to be on constantly to maintain the moisture and humidity levels on the roots? Just me theorizing.

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

yea i agree, just thinkin it would suck and the lights went out or somthing and screwed the crop (dont think that would ever happen, happen like once 6(maby 4/5/6/7 agian bad memory) years ago when the whole east coast went out but never know)

im going to try soaking them now since i cant sleep for shit

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

i summerged them in water for a little wile then filled them back with hydrotron and put them back in the system, (in the mean time i was watching true life i have ocd and this girl had to touch the top of every door she entered to please god so her mother would live longer:wtf: some weird shit) but i should give it some hours to let the spray try to absorb (but it didnt seem to absorb any water) but im staggering on and off topic and im gunna actually go to sleep now

[PharmaCan]

Jimmy - if you are using coco anything you need to figure out how to keep it wet. Coco dries fast and needs to be moistened regularly. Why do you even have the coco cups? It seems like they defeat the purpose of the bubbler. They are a barrier between the roots and bubbles. I looked at the rainforest 66 on-line and I didn't see coco-cups mentioned anywhere. You should maybe think of ditching the coco cups and just use hydrotron in a net pot. Isn't that the most common way?

PC :smokin: