First grow EVER. Fogponics & LED's.

:wave:Here we go!

Hey everyone, thanks for taking a look at my first grow. I am going to be using a 4x4x7 DIY tent, 90W LED UFO light, general hydroponics nutes, and ultrasonic fogmakers. lots of pics & journal. Stay tuned!

Sounds good, man! Just an FYI, I used two 240w Blackstar LED lights in my 3x3 tent, and could have easily used four of those lights. You might want to consider adding more light, or not expect to use up all the space in that tent. I look forward to following along, and seeing your build!

Thanks for the info! im only planning on growing 5 plants in it, just wanted to make some extra room for me to walk around in there if i needed to.

I'm not trying to be a buzz kill, but I don't think that's enough light for 5 plants. I'd go on a limb to say that I think you could use one of those lights per plant. But you never know. Perhaps it will work for you, though, you'll have to let us know.

No worries, all input is appreciated. If i notice lack of growth ill just add a few more. I had a closet grow once before, and it was just bag seed, but it was almost 2 feet tall on day 45 and it was just in a 2 gallon pot with some park dirt and a 15W desk lamp so i think they'll do fine. Plus im only planning to grow them and keep'em in veg, they'll be mother clones.

So i just moved to a new place, and it just so happens i have an extra 5x5 closet:D I'm going to ahead and just grow in there instead of making a tent, the only problem i see atm is air circulation. When the door is closed, there is a gap under it about an inch tall, so ill have to adapt the fans i have to suck air in and out through the gap, perhaps some soft of air intakes, idk yet, i'm sure ill get a few good ideas once my vape warms up

So i got myself a plastic container, some pvc pipes, and some duct tape (i f***ing LOVE duct tape) and got to work, here's what i came up with. Feel free to ask/comment on the pics.

Pics of the fog "machine" i made.

And some more pics

I also started germinating the seeds last night, so far the blue venom and zero gravity have a nice root coming out, still waiting on the pineapple express. That one was the smallest seed, and i dont even think its gonna make it, BUT I HOPE IT DOES! Also jack and humboldt are peeking out. The seeds are all feminized except the zero gravity, its a regular seed and im hoping it comes out male so i can breed it with the others

I don't mean to be a buzz kill dude, but all my attempts at incorporating fog into my otherwise very successful grows have failed, and i venture to guess, by looking at your setup and having made something with its design flaws already, that your temps are way over 74F in the root zone area to be? Hope i'm wrong and i wish you much success, but that's def something you'll need to deal with if not. Even when i got temps low enough i still didn't have much success in the fog, and if your foggers are anything like mine they make whats called dry fog, particles in the 5-10 micron range, which i fear is too small to adequately saturate new clippings, at least in my testing. Most who have success with fog have there roots in the res solution, which offers it's own draw backs.

Wow never seen fogponics before!

This looks sick I'm gonna be following!

theres a reason why you never see it dude,.. duh

The current water temp is 65, theres a water chiller in the container, the temp inside the container is around 70, since there are cooling fans running around it.
I'm thinking of growing the seedlings out in a soilless mix until they are big enough to transplant into the aero unit.

I don't mean to be a buzz kill dude, but all my attempts at incorporating fog into my otherwise very successful grows have failed, and i venture to guess, by looking at your setup and having made something with its design flaws already, that your temps are way over 74F in the root zone area to be? Hope i'm wrong and i wish you much success, but that's def something you'll need to deal with if not. Even when i got temps low enough i still didn't have much success in the fog, and if your foggers are anything like mine they make whats called dry fog, particles in the 5-10 micron range, which i fear is too small to adequately saturate new clippings, at least in my testing. Most who have success with fog have there roots in the res solution, which offers it's own draw backs.

Thanks for all the advice, i really appreciate it when people share and make things easier for noobs like me. I knew what issues i was going to be dealing with before hand, a little while ago i watched a vid on the setup NASA is running, it was detailed enough and it mentioned the temp and what not. I also read up earlier that the fogmakers heat the water up so i ended up getting the chiller at a local pet store. If theres anything else i might of missed that you can catch on the pics let me know!!!

the chiller is a must, glad you got one,.. but what is nasa growing in fog? if it isn't plants with big flowered buds of some sort it wont compare. mj in particular needs a lot stuff not carried well in fog. i'm not saying it wont work as a cloner with that chiller, that was always my problem, but to flower one out all the way, good luck. id add an auto refiller, like how a water cooler works, other wise you'll be refilling a lot,.. fogger work best at a specific water level, the floats for them are nice

So all seeds are germinated. Blue Venom was the test subject for the setup, i noticed that the fog isnt reaching the top of the container, so the little tap foot was hanging dry for almost an hour!!!!! ' i just put all 5 of the seeds into pots with organic soil and really hope that my poor seed makes it. Ill keep you guys updated....

Already found the perfect water level, im working on getting a water pump so i can get the water to stay on that level, my setup def needs some more fine tuning, and im def planning on using it a little later on, but until the plants actually develop a root system i'm keeping them in pots.

So i ended up putting the seeds in pots, at least until they have nice strong roots.

I may be completely wrong here, but from what I understand, those two things taped to the inside of the plastic container make the fog, right?

If that's the case, couldn't you simply get some pink construction styrofoam and make a float for them? That way when the water moved, they'd move with it. You could just cut 2 holes in the styro, and push those units into it.

Does that seem.... applicable?