It is impressive the design identifies and solves some of the problems which is prevalent with a vertical hydroponic build. The chief of which is equal distribution of the nutrients to each of the plant holders. I have a simple 4 tower square design which was a common design offered by several on the Internet. I found the pump to be inadequate requiring absolute leveling to get the nutrient flow evenly divided. Thank you very much for your observations and thought but more than that, your willingness and expertise to share this with others. This makes you a great person, one who believes not in held information but rather shared information to benefit us all. In this very divided world we live in, this speaks volumes about your character. I truly appreciate it.
You were my inspiration when living aboard a boat, traveling to the Bahamas, and wanting fresh greens the whole time. Mine was much smaller, but it worked beautifully! Thank you AH!!
What an excellent resource. I searched everywhere to find out how the water was effectively distributed through the pipes, that disc is genius. Thanks for the thorough walk through. I really appreciate it!
You have been a pioneer, you have inspired more than 1,000,000 people, thank you, we pray for you. My question: could you tell us more about the scientific name of the 3 main components of the formulation for salads? (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) to buy them on the internet and mix itself at home.
When you use a hidroponic system without substrate it's important not to have power outages and leave plants without water for a long time that's sounds like what may have happened
You guys are an absolute inspiration. I've loved following your evolutionary journey from vertical farming (and the unreliable national grid dilemma) to RDWC. And what a lovely surprise to find out you're in South Africa ♥
Also have a look at our comparison between each system ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZlM9Yzdwr4U.html and which is the better of them, but that also will vary depending on circumstance.
you can buy a longer net pot so it will reach, at least, the middle of the main pipe. I bought a transparent pot and find it much better with this black pot. just a suggestion.. ;-)
Why did he discontinue the vertical system? I really liked the idea of rotating the pipes I thinking to start small and build my way up. I have a tendency/history to fail and waste money on my ideas so I starting slowly to learn the basics.
at 653 now i understand why this system was discontinued, it barely touches the net pots, as such the lettuce or plant will be deprived. In the philippines we just use a heat gun to soften the pipe, then insert a bottle with a bottle with the same size dimension as the net pot to be used, just a suggestion.
Thank you to sharing your knowledge, but you didn't finish it. The installation of a pamp and water system connected through the PVC. I hope you will show us how to connect all together. Thanks
Was there anything you'd do differently? Any pains you may have encountered? Did it live up to your expectations? And, why did you decide to decommission it?
interesting points ,if anyone else needs to find out about diy aquaponics system plans try Tarbetti Amazing Aquaponics Tutor (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my partner got amazing success with it.
yes in a case like ours where the trees are very close to each other you will get shading of the lower plants especially when they get big and by using double wye fitting it will get worse, so I would recommend leaving adequate space for light if you intend using double wye fittings.
Hello sir, thanks for sharing this wonderful video. i would like to know about number of plants that can fit there. Do you mean you can plant 1215 plants in that net pot (1215 numbers of net pot) Thanks in advance
As much as this system is indeed beautiful the problem i had with this system is sunlight exposure to the lower plant..to maximize sunlight exposure of each plant i must space each tower further apart which is against the principle of saving space..thus i switch to nft system
hello, I live in Brazil and I'm interested in this system and I have a doubt what is the time for the irrigation timer, how many minutes it stays on wstering and how long it stays off, thanks for your attention! :)
Apparently they're based in South Africa, which sadly suffers major power outages on a daily basis. Without electricity the water pumps won't work, and so the plants were probably dying under the intense African sun. Well done AH Hydroponics for overcoming the national grid issue with your latest RDWC design , your ingenuity is inspirational.
It is very easy to see where the tube goes into the tower, but where and how it joins the main supply line is harder to see. Where the small water tube goes onto your main supply line is there some type of fitting? Or is it glued? or just a tight fix. If you are using a fitting what did you use to tap the holes?
Why was it discontinued? Was it not producing the desired output or was there something else wrong. The reason why I ask is that I was thinking of moving back home & doing something similar to your setup in Somalia, where lettuce is in demand but the crop is difficult to grow because of the high temperatures in some seasons and lack of water for most of the year. PS Thanks for putting up this video and all your other videos.
How did you make the plastic blue plate? Where did you get the plate from or that plastic sheet from? What tool did you use to cut the notches around the circumference?
There are divergent views on the food safety aspect of PVC. Did you use any special kind of food-safe PVC pipe and if so, is it easily available and how should we ask for it at the store?
the water you drink from the tap comes from miles of pvc pipe. MILES of it. but it is nsf-51 pipe to be clear. and quote.. "Thanks to the aforementioned NSF-51 standards along with FDA approval, it is safe to conclude that PVC is food graded." not that the fda is always right.. so yes. pvc pipe you get from the store will be almost always foodgrade safe.
@@krazyklown8160 The reason the miles & miles of PVC coming into our homes with our tap is safe is because it runs UNDERGROUND. The moment you let direct Sun hit PVC is when the leaching begins. Think of Bruce Banner vs. The Incredible Hulk. Same person, same PVC . But the moment you expose it to what will degrade it (Sun/UV rays cuz it was not designed for that tolerance) it starts to fall apart chemically. I live on a farm & we have used PVC for 3 generations now. They degrade & crack if you leave them outside. But well before you visually see the cracks, chemistry within has degraded. No one wants THOSE chemicals in them!
I love the idea of a plastic disc to distribute water! I have a vertical aquaponic system that uses expanded clay as the growing media, and it isn't working very well. What type of substrate do you use?
Can you tell us what you used as the substrate? The "media" in which you put the lettuce seeds? Would coco fiber work? Also I was thinking, the problem which you mentioned in 6:55 would a longer netpot work? Thank you for the video, very informative.
I dont see how the water gets from the reservoir to the actual plants? You mention there was a top rail but thats the most important piece to explain as the system is useless without how the water gets from the tank to the actual plants. otherwise a great video. It could be an amazing video if it was complete.
@@FooxYT pretty sure that info is in the old video, but to be honest any hydroponics forum or website should help you get a general ballpark and you can fine tune it based on how well your plants are growing.
depending on the weather conditions etc ,but in normal circumstances its good to run the pumps at every hour for a few minutes ,In extreme heat you may want to shorten the intervals so the roots do not dry up.
we had a sump tank and a pump which pumped water up to overhead distribution pipes then to feeders on every tree, the water drained back to the tank and is circulated on an hourly bases by means of a timer switch which comes on for 5 to 10 mins every hour.
The inlet pipes are standard 25mm pvc pipes but we have drilled holes in them to allow much thinner flex pipes to fit exactly in with no leaks which then feed the water to the grow trees below.
Yes that can work, but your spacing between the trees would have to increase and also you would not have a spiral formation without blocking light coming from directly above (in the case of grow lights), update us in the future on your system. Thanks.
@@AHhydrogrow Double why can be stacked at 90 degrees to provide the same spiral effect your system had. or you can spin it 60 degrees each level, so it would provide much better ventilation, lighting and space for growth
@@AHhydrogrow thanks a lot. So if you don't get power outage is that a better system than RDWC ? And how long a power outage can cause health problem to plants ? Thanks a lot :)
In terms of space the vertical system is obviously better but we found better growth (head size) in the RDWC system, On a very hot day we found that the roots can dry up if not watered ,so you can possibly pull through a power outage in normal circumstances (in our case 2 hours a day ) but we felt it was better if the roots were submerged , Exactly how long causes health problems to plants would vary on circumstances , thanks.
He doesn't tell us why it was discontinued. Doesn't show how the water will actually get to the top and flow to the different poles. Doesn't show how the water flows back at the bottom and not just sit there. Really doesn't show anything that we actually need to know
@@cutiebaliwFreedownload well will be on our other channel as we build it, Midwest Mangos. I'm designing a high efficiency power supply for our diy full spectrum led grow strips right now but we're also working on a hydroponic design that allows for high density planting as well. We also have a Facebook page that goes under the same name if you're interested, m.facebook.com/MidwestMangos/
hello, I live in Brazil and I'm interested in this system and I have a doubt what is the time for the irrigation timer, how many minutes it stays on wstering and how long it stays off, thanks for your attention! :)
