Looking for BADASS air-injection pump for SOIL buckets

[Guest]

hi im looking for a BADASS air pump for air-injection into 5-gallon SOIL buckets. The thing is for me, its a question of economics. Based on my recent experimenting, i have decided the minimum i should use is a single 2-outlet air pump per 5-gal bucket. each outlet runs a seperate 5" airstone. the pumps i am using are $10 wally world pumps, that push 2800ccs per minute.

are there any SUPER badass pumps that will ECONOMICALLY replace a whole wall of these $10 pumps? perhaps i should adapt a larger automotive style air compressor with a regulator and output manifold? I am looking to air-inject up to 25-30 8" buckets, or maybe ten 5-gallon buckets, depending on which way i go... thanks!


here is my Butter plant, that is currently run off a single 2-outlet pump running dual 5" airstones. The stones are under about a 4" layer of aquarium stones, then 50/50 soil/perlite mix. its hard to overwater this plant!!





these are the $10 wally world pumps:

 

[Verite]

Dont be out done. For the supreme bad ass.

 

[Guest]

looks like the tank might be leaking??

 

[madcat]

If you want to mix air and water look no farther than www.aquaticeco.com (fish farming supplies).

 

[sunnyside]

I guess the real question of the day is why are you injecting air into soil? ...this is not a hard plant to grow. Don't make it harder than it has to be.

 

[DankBank]

Good point. As long as your soil is mixed properly (good amount of perlite, etc) and you airiate your water, you're going to be fine. Pumping air into your soil won't produce results that make it worth all that effort. If you want to see the kind of difference that I suspect you're looking for, it's time to switch to hydro, my friend.

take care,
db

ps a rule of (green) thumb I try to follow - whenever considering some new technique, give it the 'ol "someone else" test. Meaning, there is nothing new under the sun. Sometime, somewhere, someone has already tried your (reather creative) idea. If it was the bomb, it would be common practice now. Hell.. if people have grafted hops to cannabis, they've surely pumped air into soil. So... if it's likely that someone else has already done it, and most everyone is not doing it, there's a reason.
db

 

[Guest]

Hmmmm.. I like the idea how often do you water daily ?

 

[wantaknow]

try a ring compressor like what you would find in bait shop to pump air to the tanks ther 110

 

[wantaknow]

i have seen this done befor with very good results lots of root mass