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Its hydroponics. The water always has nutrients to feed the plants

Research hydroponic A + B.

Solar would be great as in reality, 1h on 2h off is enough. You can bring the 2h down to 1h if necessary.

Absolutely, a nice easy one for people to start with.

Grafting is really needed to grow proper apples and a lot of other fruit.

Depends on your ambient conditions. Start with like 5 mins on, 45 mins off and adjust from there.

That’s high pressure aero, this is low pressure. Two very different things. Most people don’t have the means to do high pressure at home on a budget, low pressure though is more than achievable.

@@ArcVerdi ok but you will not have significant improvement from DWC to LPA.. So IMHO LPA is not the way you can maximize your yeld.. people can stick to hydroponics systems.. they're more "errors forgiving" than LPA (specially blackouts are LETHAL in LPA not in hydro), they're cheaper... Easier to build.. I was persuaded by my salesman at the growshop to switch to aeroponics..he convinced me to buy a LPA setup. Really hated it. zero improvement, more complications. The "amazon" LPA kit is really a scam. An expensive piece of plastic. Like the "full spectrum x blue-red grow lights.. everyone keeps telling they're good for YEARS, science proved it WRONG. Full spectrum goes from uv to far red/infrared. Aeroponic is better than hydroponic WHEN YOU CAN GIVE YOUR ROOTS WATER AND NUTRIENTS PARTICLES BETWEEN 50-100microns. Tons of scientific literature, and studies made by NASA, proved that. If you cannot achieve 50-100 microns... stick to hydro..

@@DanielElia2036 to be fair, I agree. The results from HPA is head and shoulders above anything you can expect from LPA. You know what it's like though, people like to play with hydro of all different types. I'm an advocate for all types from Kratky right up to HPA which is probably the most complex method around. I'll try and do a HPA video next year. Thanks for commenting and sharing your experiences, it really helps the channel.

@@ArcVerdi tnx mate, hope to see your video about HPA soon!💪💪💪

@@ArcVerdithis is so great btw. Ignore the keyboard gate keepers.

A new more in-depth video is coming soon.

​@@ArcVerdiNice... I will wait for that

They’re doing very well, lots of fruit. You won’t be disappointed.

Great to know, I’ll give it a try.

Not had a single drop from any of them to be fair. I don’t think these Mastercraft ones are advertised as water tight but they are doing great. I’m going to be reusing some in some upcoming videos.

I definitely need to do a follow up, they are growing well. Doubled in size in my basement under artificial light.

All things that newcomers should learn about. I’ll go over these subject over time. Light leak isn’t an issue for me here, no algae growth of any kind or gnats although I am keeping a keen eye on these.

You can just use any filament BUT there is a deeper question regarding the suitability vs environment. PETG would likely be better.

I just take the sections apart and dip it in a bucket with water & detergent in and scrub with a sponge. Super easy.

I'm not sure if those were printed or purchased. I had the same question. @ArcVerdi would you be able to help us out? :D

Yeah you could get a much larger pump and run the buckets in parallel. Reducing the pump output to match the requirement.

Thank you 🙏

Exactly, constant use is much better than single use.

Great advice 👍 I ended up trying some stainless nozzles and they have been excellent so far.

If we are forced to buy plastics, at least we can control these a little more with a 3d printer right!

Nice, sounds like a great route 👍

The nutrient should be changed when it becomes elementally unbalanced. As a rule of thumb, you can generally run the nutrient until you have added back the same amount of plain water as the nutrient you started with. You`d change out a 20L reservoir when you have added back 20L of plain water. If your tapwater has a high sodium (Na) content, you should add back reverse osmosis water or a mixture of tap and RO.

It appears the OG model was removed fro some reason. I will continue to try and track it down and will post the links once i've got them 👍

@@ArcVerdi Ah that's a pain, and totally understandable. Thanks for replying.

@@ArcVerdi do you still have the files? you could upload them online and share.

Some very good points and I agree, much more research needs to be done. Over time, I’m going to be looking deeper in to the subject and try and uncover more solid details and facts.

I plan on printing a hydroponics tower with PETG, which is supposed to be 100% food safe and even approved by the FDA. Now what does that really mean? Probably not too much. I'll say this much, I plan on keeping my towers indoors. I hate not being able to have fresh veggies in the winter and I would guess that since UV light won't be hitting it, I won't have to worry about any potential breakdown of the plastic (at least from that source). PETG is supposed to be really good at not succumbing to UV light, but it'll be even better if I don't subject it to it in the first place!!! With that being said, I think we all need to be realistic. Microplastics are EVERYWHERE. It's in the air we breath, the water we drink and has been found in well over 80% of the human population. I've seen studies showing 98% of us have it in our system. It's been found in our hearts. It's even been found IN OUR BLOOD! Let's not even start talking about PFAs. Forever chemicals are everywhere, in everyone and there's no getting away from them. What's my point? While I'm not trying to eat a microplastic salad every day, I think the ship has already sailed on us trying to keep these terrible things out of us. It's too late. If you tell me we could flush them out of our system and never consume them again, I'd be all in on that. But they're everywhere and we're not avoiding it.

So aggressive! Maybe you should relax a little? The degradation is very low and after 5 years, they are still going. PVC…. Maybe do some research on that a little my friend. So much misinformation floating around these days. -40C to +40C and PLA holds up EXCEPTIONALLY. Certainly not good enough for load bearing but that’s not what’s being done here.

If that sounded aggressive to you sorry for that. Not all PLA is made equal, i've had some PLA prints that survive 6 years, some disintegrate after 16 months, only thing I have that is still going is the gardening tags in nylon I printed from my Tevo almost 8 years ago. I've been using PVC pipes for sprinklers and irrigation perfectly fine for a decade I know they can hold up. When I warn people to do their own research, I think that is considered pretty general advice getting into anything, there's no reason to take that offensively. You mention it's been going for 5 years, I see you printed this with a Bambu P1P and that printer has only been on the market for a year unless you have another system running that you can show. I already did try building hydroponics tower before, costed about $70 for 3x1m hydroponics towers with a 6" PVC pipe and using a heat gun to deform and create the holes. I decided to switch back to soil gardening, but if you do find hydroponics as a enjoyable hobby I do wish you bountiful harvests and a happy endeavor.

@@am_stephanos No problem, I enjoy a genuine discussion. No I've had 3D printers for a long time, the P1P is only a year old but its my favourite by far. I think 3D printing for food, has a LONG way to go to actually become functional and "completely" safe (if anything ever is). I only like to remind people that over the last 100 years, there has always been something..... something to be concerned about. The likely hood is 3D printing is that problem for this generation (along with lack of water and all the other issues facing the world). I also LOVE soil gardening, I have a tiny garden where I live so no longer have the space I once did. Always open to a genuine discussion so feel free to chime in later down the line.

You shouldn't apologize to overly sensitive people, they need to get over themselves.

I printed some PLA plant pots and it warped only after couple months. As OP wrote PLA is really bad choice to do this. As a side comment to @ArcVerdi - if you accuse somebody of aggressive tone, you really might not want to do the same in your comment mate ;) Interesting video nonetheless:)

No one knows at this stage, we’ll find out in the future.

It’s great to be informed. What specific problem do microplastics cause? What are the acute symptoms or what are the negative effects

The first me I had to sea the top holes as the water kept coming out them. The second tower (coming in next weeks video) has a different top without the holes and is much cleaner. That’s all though.

@@ArcVerdi According to what I understood, the filament should be food approved, and even if it is, you should add a sealing layer inside... This is from what I understand...

@@thebigdoss3410 food safe, ideally yes but again this information has been twisted and turned around online like you wouldn't believe. The food safe argument is more related to direct food contact such as cookie cutters, chopping boards etc. The roots of plants (which is what is in contact here) is of no concern as the roots of plants touch much worse things in soil. You can though, use UV resin on the inside should you wish.

You can always use aquarium filter foam placed at some points to quieten the flow of water.

Try a smaller water pump

I checked on them this morning and they are forming well underneath. I am starting the filming this week for the update.

I'm working on a new video about the subject where I go through the entire process including costs breakdowns, time etc.

Thanks for watching 🙏

Yeah no worries I’ll try and get it done this week.

Yep I am, I’ll do a video on nutrients as there’s a lot of really bad info regarding this subject floating around TH-cam.

Haha nope definitely not.

Thanks 🙏

I have too many of these buckets in the garage! Work brings us here and I’ve never felt happier than being here in AB 🇨🇦

@@ArcVerdihow much was the cost to build this project excluding the 3D printer ?????

$25 CAD, the print costs are super low and the pump doesn’t have to be expensive, $10 on Amazon.

I think that’s a great idea. The internal pvc could just slit together to expand/reduce the size. I agree, the current design is far from perfect and I’m going to start designing a new one but I like the sound of your idea!

Did you print the grow light arms yourself ? Or how did you make it

@@TheJAIRCRUZ Yes, it was on thingiverse Modular Hydroponics Tower w/ Grow Lights

I am doing an update video on this in the next week or so.

You can grow almost anything in mist, the tricky part is supporting the top of the plant.

Corn plastic is a non-petroleum material made by converting corn into a resin called polylactic acid (PLA). Mostly made from corn because it's the most affordable and available, however it can be also made from sugarcane, tapioca root, cassava and sugar beet. Welcome to the world of science!

I was thinking the same thing. How would the long term of the plastic hold up and would the plants be tainted by the plastic. Plastic poison is a thing they need to do research on this and if there is I haven't read it.

I think over time, the printed materials will change and adjust to more environmentally friendly options. I am in the process of doing a long video about the subject which is quite interesting.

The thing to do is to print this in PET, which is the same stuff they make milk jugs out of (in the US at least). It's UV stable, so the grow lights won't cause it to degrade and it doesn't leach anything into liquid. It's inherently food safe. And one of the few plastics that actually recycles.

@@hodgeacdid you mean PETG? I’ve been researching safer materials for this

I’m going to do a quick follow up this weekend actually showing how they are doing 👍

@@ArcVerdi nice cant wait, i printed my sections in different filament types to see which one holds up best with the elements outside. Thanks for the inspiration