Also any updates or changes to the setup would be good…

Thanks for the article.

Plus my experience with foggers is that even though you get longer life from the Teflon discs the transformers don’t last.

Irrigation heads – no way. Droplets are too large and the constant feeding drowns roots and can lead to root rot, pythium…

Why reinvent what NASA spent billions of tax dollars developing?

All you need is a high pressure pump in combination with a pressurized storage tank to deliver 50-80 micron droplets in an efficient aerosol that roots can easily ingest. Faster harvests with explosive growth.

I disagree with your assumption that the root growth will clog the foggers….first off he ha a huge 55 gallon drum being used in each site!!! Just massive..if you could grow enough roots to fill that enough the fog will still penetrate better than an aero sprayer, and he has both.

As for “Sweet” products clogging the fogger it depends on if you buy a fogger like mine “Aeromist Fogger” which has a teflon coated transducer preventing build-up. Not all are created equal! Infact many people are using this Aeromist and the Cutting Edge Solutions “SUGAREE” which is used throughout the life cycle of the plant and increasing in dosage in the last month.

Also you mention your reservoir is useless in 5-6 days….you should be able to maintain a clean reservoir for a months at a time..your ph can be easily controlled via a doser for under $200 as well.

Lastly you mentioned “mosquito dunks” PLEASE DONT USE THESE HARMFULL PRODUCTS ON THE PLANTS YOU EAT!
Organic methods such as Neem and fly traps can be used instead.

As to DEVIN AND THE MOUNTAIN TOP CREW…you guys are awesome, and showing people what can be done is a real eye opener! These Aeromist Foggers are in use from small cloners to now…..THIS!

Anyone needing these exact foggers used in this just email me
email@sunflowersupplies.com
Ryan Clout

It isn’t the mechanical system but biology that usually does in most hydroponic growing systems, and this applies here. A fruiting tomato plant will require a liter of water a day (during the daylight hours), more or less, depending on the plant fruit load and atmospheric demand. The aeroponic method of water supply will not be sufficient to maintain the tomato plant turgid with a heavy fruit load and under high atmospheric demand conditions. What is the provision for maintaining the constancy (water volume and elemental content) of the circulating nutrient solution? For biological control, beneficial organisms require a food source. If the food source is the bad guys, without them the good guys will die, but even a presence of the bad guys can do considerable damage, although being kept under some degree of biological control. You need total absence of the bad guys, period! This requires that the nutrient solution must be sterilized if it is to be recirculated.

The answer to the question, “are these guys destined for greatest? – the answer is no. The system may “work” in terms of supporting a growing tomato plant, but fruit yield and quality will probably be low, and the operating costs high. I would also suspect that the nutrient solution dispensing system will not be able to supply the tomato plant with its required water and essential elements since a tomato plant has high water and essential element requirements. If this system was being used for a low requirement plant, then it might work.