Fog generator

[CleoXIX]

This is my plan for my nutrient fog generator.

question, do I need to cover up the nutrients and protect it from light?

 

[Speed of green]

most foliar sprays should be used immediately, so exposure to light wouldnt be an issue. The photos of what seem to be a DIY atomizer are confusing, im not sure the question you are trying to ask.

 

[CleoXIX]

I appreciate your attempt to answer, I know I'm a terrible diagram artist but here goes:

I guess I'm asking do I need to UV protect the fog in the hoses from light or can I use clear hoses? I don't like using anything except for silicone so that's why it's an issue.

 

[CleoXIX]

Is my picture showing up ?

http://tinypic.com/r/2i0g8cw/9

 

[resin_lung]

No its not.

Pictures need to have these at the beginning an end for it to work.

This should work for you. I'm not sure it the best way but it's how I do it.

Ventura huh? I can go for some Andrias fish'n chips right now. Some chowder in a buoy sounds good to!

I live on Pierpont across the street from the park. On the weekends anyways.

Good luck on you grow. Get your post count up to 50 and pm me if you need some help.

 

[CleoXIX]

I'll give it one more try.

Well it's nice to have someone so close by, thank you.

 

[resin_lung]

I dont like using clear hose in a grow room. It's a matter of time before algae finds it way in there. With all those nutes and bright light, the hose won't be clear for long.

I'm not sure what the effect would be on your plants in a setup like you describe, other than maybe stealing a bit of your plants food.

I don't like the way it looks when hoses get funky. In a recirculating system it would happen fast.

In a system using drip emitters or in aeroponics where misters are used, clear tubing would soon lead to clogged parts.

avoiding issues like that is what will make all the difference between a successful grow and a complete and unholy nightmare.! Especially when using aeroponics and fogponics.

Those two methods are well known for not being very forgiving, even for the most skilled growers. There's no room for mistakes. Zero. Failure happens fast and with little warning.

Fogponics, especially, isn't something that I see really used anymore, I'm sure it's used by someone, somewhere but I don't even hear it really brought up anymore. Even for rooting cuts. That's not to say that someone around here doesn't swear by it. Its just not as popular as I once thought it might someday be.

There were a lot of growers who were really enthusiastic about it for a little while.

 

[IntelliGeneS]

Definitely good to not allow light in, otherwise you're bound to get algae.

I'm wondering how long a CPU fan will work to push very-high-humidity air (fog), that strikes me as a probable fail point, since those fans aren't usually intended to work in wet conditions and might corrode and stop fairly quickly. Using a fan designed to move moist air might be preferable, but would be much more expensive. Come to think of it, you have a fan in a more or less sealed cavity but are expecting it to move air in one direction... this might not work as you are conceiving it, you may need a loop for re-circulation or an inlet and outlet(s). If you go with inlet-outlet, you can use a fan at the inlet to pressure the system and won't be passing moisture through the fan, but then of course you are venting your nutrient fog which is probably not the idea.

 

[CleoXIX]

I'm doing a proof of concept prototype, I just need one more part to try it out. Thank you all for your observations I've made some adjustments based on them. The whole idea for gravity fog in my mind is that the nutrients automatically float downward due to their density; as such I want to see how it goes w nutrient mist bathing the roots as they settle and that none of the heavier nutrients are missed.

I'll throw some garden seeds in it before I risk babies. I'm not insane.

 

[resin_lung]

Ive heard that those ultrasonic transducers can get crusty. I wonder if the nutrient(or some part of it) falls out of solution when it's being transformed into the "fog"?

It can't be much as I think I remember reading that they lasted for a while before they would start to fail and need cleaning.

Maybe checking it before and after with a tds meter. Just a thought.

Keep us posted. I a little curious how it works out.

 

[Speed of green]

put that CPU fan in the lid of the fog generator rez and it will bring in air from the atmosphere and then push the fog, no humidity issue.

My ultrasonic fogger will splash water over 18" high, so i put it in the bottom of a tall trash can with a float set to 7" of water depth.

What stops the fog from blowing out of the drain hole? does this run continuously? if so the RH in your rooms might spike.

 

[Speed of green]

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