I will be purchasing a new hydro system to fit my current (2) grow rooms, and need advice from anyone familiar with aeroponic systems. My room dimensions are L-5',W- 2', H-3' and L-5', W-6', H-7'. The small room has a 400 watt HPS and the large room has two 1000 watt HPS. For the smaller vegetive growth room , I intend to use half the space (approx. 2 ½' X 2' X 3') keeping 4 - 8 mothers alive indefinitely for cuttings, and the other half of the space for 8 daughters in their vegetive stage. The larger flowering room can hold up to 32 plants. The trick to estimating the equipment, space, and timing requirements for an operation like this, is having a good knowledge of the four different stages of growth: mothers, clones, veggies, and flowers. For example, one needs to know approximately how quickly or how many clones a mother plant can produce, as well as how long it takes for flowers to ripen. If sizing the system??s input capacity (the capacity of the mothers to produce cuttings) with its output (the capacity to ripen flowers) weren??t tricky enough, one needs to coordinate the cloning and veggie stages into the operation as well. Here is how I estimate this timing will work with my new system: Four mother plants should produce at least eight cuttings for cloning every two weeks. The clones would then be placed in an aeroponic cloning machine where they should take two weeks to root. After rooting, eight of the clones would be placed in the larger aeroponic growth system. They would be grown vegetatively for two more weeks, then moved into the flowering room where they would spend eight more weeks flowering. The whole operation is based on a two week cycle, where the mother plants?? input of eight cuttings every two weeks correlates with the harvesting of eight plants every two weeks. Do these estimations seem plausible or are they way off the mark.

Two more specific questions:
Most manufacturers of aeroponics offer two types of systems in their product line: one for cloning and the other growth. My question concerns the larger growth systems, which come fairly standard with five inch baskets spaced about eight inches on center. Since the manufactures do not offer larger aero systems capable of handling ??tomato size? plants, like the drip systems which use large buckets and clay pellets for a media, I must assume that the compact aeroponic systems must be large enough to handle plants to their maturity. Admittedly, I have some doubts about this because the spacing and basket sizes seem so small. However, my belief is that these systems are indeed big enough, because they were probably engineered to be used in a Sea-of-Green operation, where the plants are kept small and close together. I just need some reassurance on this point.

I had intended to grow my mothers in 5 gallon buckets with a soil mix. However, I??ve considered growing them hydroponically in one of those ??tomato? buckets currently on the market. Can someone advise the best way to keep mothers?
mahatma Reviewed by mahatma on . Need advice on aeroponics systems I will be purchasing a new hydro system to fit my current (2) grow rooms, and need advice from anyone familiar with aeroponic systems. My room dimensions are L-5',W- 2', H-3' and L-5', W-6', H-7'. The small room has a 400 watt HPS and the large room has two 1000 watt HPS. For the smaller vegetive growth room , I intend to use half the space (approx. 2 ½' X 2' X 3') keeping 4 - 8 mothers alive indefinitely for cuttings, and the other half of the space for 8 daughters in their vegetive stage. Rating: 5