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Cannabis Grow Bible.pdf - the DMT-Nexus

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Figure 9.8 - Aeroponics can be classified as a branch<br />

of hydroponics, but in recent years it has become<br />

something of a method in a field of it's own.<br />

These systems are generally expensive and<br />

are used by professional growers. The unit<br />

itself can be recognized straight away by its<br />

design. The plants are grown in a medium that<br />

is placed into slots along a lengthy tube. The<br />

tubes can run anywhere from 1 meter to 20<br />

meters in length. Inside <strong>the</strong> tube are nozzles<br />

which mist down <strong>the</strong> roots of each plant with<br />

grow nutrients. The reservoir, which contains<br />

nutrients, is kept outside of <strong>the</strong> tube in a<br />

tank. The nutrients are pumped from <strong>the</strong> tank to<br />

<strong>the</strong> nozzles and <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> remaining solution<br />

that drips from <strong>the</strong> plants is drained into

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