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How To build A Recirculating Drip System For A Closet Grow [Easily]

Learn how to build a recirculating drip system for a grow closet or grow tent. My video will show you how. Easy and cheap DIY hydroponics project! Growing in small spaces can be a challenge but you can still get great yields if you do it right. Here is a picture of my recirculating top…

High Pressure Aeroponics DIY System Step-By-Step Build

I have been growing aeroponic weed for a couple of years now with great results in a high pressure aeroponics diy system. Here is my original diy aeroponics system. It works very well but I wanted to update it and improve it by incorporating some of the things I have learned along the way. I…

Aeroponics – Keeping It Simple Stupid

You have probably heard the term KISS which is an anagram for keep it simple stupid. That is my approach to aeroponics, growing weed and to life in general. The more complex, the more moving pieces something has, the more likely it is to break. I am certainly not alone in this belief as the…

GROW LIGHT GLASSES

Looking for a good pair of grow light glasses at an affordable price. Check out these grow room glasses from AC Infinity. These LED grow glasses come with changeable lenses so you can use them for HPS and blurple LED lights too. They are way cheaper than Method 7 glasses but they are not cheaply…

SCROGGING MENDO BREATH APPLE FRITTER PLATINUM CANDY

Scrogging is a great way for growers to maximize your yield and make the most of your light. It is also a great way to grow if you have a plant count. I talked briefly about SCROGGING and plant training here: Cannabis Plant Training How To Get Get Big Farm Yields In Small Spaces I…

Cannabis Plant Training How To Get Get Big Farm Yields In Small Spaces

Cannabis Plant Training is vitally important whether you are in a commercial setting or in a grow closet or tent. In fact if you grow in a small space it is even more important because height is usually more limited. When I first started growing I just let my plants grow any which way. As…

BLACK BANANA COOKIES SEA OF GREEN

Black Banana Cookies is a strain from Solfire Gardens. My cut is BBC #9 and is a F1 from the breeder. Black Banana Cookies or BBC for short was created by Solfire Gardens in 2017. Taking a female cut of Black Berry Kush gifted to Solfire by his friend Ex from Exotic Genetics which was…

MAC 1 THE BEST SOG STRAIN

MAC 1 is the best SOG strain. The bag appeal is off the charts and the growth habit is perfect for sea of green. MAC 1 is Cap’s Cut of Miracle Alien Cookies which is his clone only strain of Alien Cookies F2 x {Colombian x Starfighter}. As a closet grower with little space for…

HOUSE AND GARDEN NUTRIENTS BEST WEED NUTES FTW

We all want to grow good weed but for those that want to grow the best cannabis I recommend House And Garden Nutrients. Over the years I have tried most popular nutrient lines and most are pretty good. Pretty good is not good enough if you want the best quality and yield. This is very…

An Introduction To SIPS Or Sub Irrigated Planters

Here is a video where I explain a bit about SIPS or sub irrigated planters. How do they work? What are the advantages? Are they hard to build or expensive to buy? Watch the video and find out! I hope this video was of some help. Although I may not have answered all your questions…

SUB IRRIGATED PLANTER BED OR WICKING BED GARDEN

This is another example of a sub irrigated planter bed I set up. It uses capillary action or wicking to water plants and is also called a wicking bed. I shot this video in 2 parts. Partly because it was getting long and partly because of YouTube’s guidelines about restricting videos. So the first part…

Recirculating SIP Grow System

I want to share a video I made of my recirculating SIP grow system. It was designed for use indoors but could easily be set up outdoors as well. I want to give a word of warning here. I am a legal medical marijuana grower and the video below has cannabis plants in it. So…

DIY Evaporative Cooler – Build Your Own Grow Room Swamp Cooler

I just finished building this DIY evaporative cooler more commonly called a swamp cooler to keep my ladies nice and cool this summer. It is easy to build and works great. I have a 3 x 6 under 1200 watts and I am getting 10 degrees of cooling with only a 100 cfm fan. DIY…

Aeroponic System OG Kush Grow

Here is my latest OG Kush grow in my homemade high pressure aeroponic system. The strain is called Biker Kush and it is from Karma Genetics. It is a Hells Angel OG X SFV OG cross OGs are fussy and hard to grow. They produce killer smoke but don’t have a high yield generally. They…

DIY Aeroponics – High Pressure Aeroponic System Build

This DIY Aeroponics tutorial will show you how to build a high pressure aeroponic system. If you want to grow an aeroponic garden this is the best way to go. My low pressure aeroponics system works well but you will get better results with a high pressure system. Unless you have thousands to spend a…

High Pressure Aeroponic Misting Head Assembly

This is an example of a high pressure aeroponic misting head assembly that you can use inside your totes. I used reptile misters on my first high pressure aeroponic system but I am planning to update with a different assembly. They were expensive, although the fittings were excellent quality and worked good. I don’t think…

General Hydroponics RainForest – Aeroponic/Hydroponic System

If you are looking for a simple way to start an aeroponic garden without a lot of complicated gizmos or gadgets the General Hydroponics RainForest can be a great way to start aeroponic gardening. The RainForest is considered a hybrid aeroponic/hydroponic system and it is actually quite unique. It is also bulletproof and very easy…

C A P ART-DNE Adjustable Hydroponic Interval Timer

The C A P ART-DNE is an adjustable timer used in many hydroponic and aeroponic systems. The CAP(Custom Automated Products) timer is something of an industry standard and considered by many to be the best available interval timer. It has earned a 4 out of 5 star review rating on Amazon which is pretty good…

Aeroponic System Design – Closed Loop System Reveal

One of the most important aspects of aeroponic system design is maintaining equal and adequate pressure at each misting head. The best way to accomplish this is by using a closed loop system. With a closed loop system mainline the pump will connect directly to a tee. A loop is created as each side of…

Aquatec CDP 8800 Aeroponic Misting Pump The Best

The Aquatec CDP 8800 is a great little pump to use for aeroponic misting systems. This pump will put out 80 psi or more depending on the number of misting heads you run. It plugs into a 115v volt outlet but it runs on 24 volts and is very economical to use. The transformer is…

Cinderella 99 Low Pressure Aeroponic Grow

Aeroponics DIY – Low Pressure Aeroponic System [ Easy ]

This low pressure aeroponic system is a diy project that starts out as a simple one tote low pressure aeroponic system. You can expand it to include more than one tote and a reservoir. This was the first aeroponic system I built. It was trouble free and produced very good yields. It’s layout also became…

Aeroponic Interval Timer – CT-1 Short Cycle Timer

The CT-1 Short Cycle Timer is the timer that I have been using for my aeroponic grows for the past year. I have used this interval timer with both high and low pressure systems and never had any problems with it. I run this 1 minute on and 5 minutes off. My roots are slightly…

Tefen Misting Nozzles – Aeroponic Mister Nozzles

I have been using Tefen misting nozzles in my high pressure aeroponic system for a while now. They work great and produce a fine mist in the 50 to 140 micron range depending on the pressure. They are rated at 3 GPH. My mist is at 80 psi and the droplets are fog or mistlike with…

What Is Aeroponics? Why You Want An Aeroponic System

What is aeroponics? That’s a fair question that deserves a straight forward answer. The term aeroponics comes from the root word aero for air and ponics which means working. So hydroponics means working water and aeroponics means working air. Some consider aeroponics a special kind of hydroponic growing system and some consider it a totally…