Smashing good sir! So glad you put this up… I really like that flood table you made and that DWC unit looks professional, what are the net pot panels from? Excuse my ignorance if you can get these from a hydro shop, we don’t have many where I’m from
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Hey @GumbyBuds I was shopping at wal-mart and found this tote. It was formed to perfectly fit (12) 3" net pots. I drilled them out with a 3" hole saw and (2) 1/4" holes for the air line tubing on the side.
I’m from a small town and we don’t have grow shops here either. The 3" net pots, air stones, tubing, and adjustable heater was all ordered from amazon. Cost was under 50 bucks for everything.
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Wow, nice clean build… I wouldn’t believe that it is DIY and not ready made product… 
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Yeah wow it looks like 3 net pot sleeves or something, zip lock for the win. So nice
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You are very handy and an incredible diy-er. Props
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Hey all just some minor updates to bring this week. Hope all is well, and wish everybody happy gardening.
Started some seeds
24hr soak --> rockwool cubes (5.5ph soaked) --> 3" netpot --> filled with hydroton --> DWC reservoir
I also did some clone some weeks back too. They a bit goofy because I took them from flowering plants.
Clone Bones
Yep, another DIY. I made some clone bones. They turned out great and fit in the system perfectly. This will be great mediumless cloning tool. I use toothpicks as an analog for a quick test. The bubbles in the reservoir does a great job at saturating the bottom side of the toothpicks
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Love that piggy of @Kalgrae
What pack did you decide to germinate, im excited to see the progress!!!
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The number I did was #3 (purple tips)
Hoping to do @Kalgrae 's work some justice, least I can do for him for being so kind
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That’s awesome. I hope you get some thing with some nice color in it. That made me smile!
Having some success myself with three from #1. Hey, what does WOSA stand for?
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And what is the little pig for? Is it a weed breeder or your logo for something?
Everything looks tip top!
SO that is @Kalgrae’s logo then! Cool.
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Thanks! I just picked up this tote. More projects! I have 2" net pots so this should do a ton of clones!
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Weekly Operation Statistics Averages
How far along are yours from #1?
Yes I didn’t know what to call this or what kalgrae’s wish were so I just used the piggy as a designation for this strain.
They are great containers for the price. They could be a tad thicker for a hydroponic or aeroponic reservoir, but its great substitute if you don’t want to spend lots of money.
Wifey has me building another one to clone her roses for this upcoming spring
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@Roux I imagine a sterile room with a couple surgeons and some random nurses in hospital grubs shuffling around each time I see WOSA and the content that follows. I aspire to be that meticulous with cataloging the stages of growth. Impressive! It will payoff. I’m getting close, but not that close. 
Only popped three of #1. One I moved into the grow box straight under 12/12 once it showed it’s tail. It’s moving slowly so far, but hasn’t damped off or shriveled up. Of the other two, one is showing the first set of leaves past the cotyledons and the other is just starting to push the cots out. It’s throwing me off since there are twelve other seeds that haven’t done anything.
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Sounds like we popped ours bout the same time. I soaked 6 but lost 2 in the process (evil kitty 
)…so far 2 outta 4 have emerged and have came up without issue. Both are developing their first set of leaves past there cotyledons, no mutations.
And my room…Lol it’s more of a mud pit than a sterile room…although there is this hot nurse that come around every so often (my wife lol) otherwise my grow tents share the same space as my ceramic studio
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Good Work Brother,
i’ve never understood why people pay these rediculous prices for aero cloner as these are so easy to build. You can even kill the bubble noise with small usb humidifiers. I’m trying these out soon…
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We must have popped about the same time. As of tonight the other two are still laying on the soil. I gave them a little dirt blanket over the tap root.
We’ll have to talk about the pottery. Myself and the hot nurse around these parts would love an additional piece to fill a space or two. That is some really nice work on those shelves. If you don’t mind, would love to see more.
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Newbie grower here - barely 1/2 way through my first grow in soil. Reading through this has really got my interest up in trying hydro. I didnt even consider trying hydro when I started because I just assumed it would be hideously complicated and expensive and difficult. You make it look easy!
I have a few questions…
You built two different systems - ebb and flow and a DWC setup. Is the plan to start the clones and seeds in the DWC container and then transfer them to the ebb and flow? How is that done? Do you just set the pots in the ebb tank with the roots hanging down or?
How often - and easy - is it to clean the ebb and flow tank? Do you also need to clean the table periodically?
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Hey @anon32470837 you nailed it. I plan to use two tents for perpetual grow for all year.
*Veg/clone = DWC
*Flower = Ebb & Flow
DWC containers like you see above will be to host mothers, clones and seedlings in a 4.5 sqft tent.
Once 27 clones have rooted, they will go in 5” netpots filled with hydroton and just sit right in the table in the 8 sqft tent until the are ready to harvest.
Maintenance/cleaning is easy for ebb & flow for me because I only do it after every harvest. Unless something bad happens like algae. As long as everything is functional this system will run itself. I do top off water and resupply nutes from time to time.
Cleaning involves washing the hydroton, reservoir, pumps, tubing, heaters, table, and tent, for the next batch.
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I get ya 100%
I wish my finances would allow me to buy ready made equipment. Sadly I am unable to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on this hobby, I understand most other have the income to spend but I have to stretch my dollar as far as I can. A real aerocloner is on my diy list tho 
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