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Part 3 - Veg Side Dripper
I constructed my dripper system following the guidelines in the "Mr Green" video series. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find that 8 headed water diverter, but made due with some small air diverters instead.
The system consists of:
1 14gal Rubbermade tote
A bunch of 1/4" air hose (bought a 50' roll)
2 5' lengths of 1/2" outer 5/8" inner vinyl hose
2'x2' grow tray with a 1/2" drain fitting
2 5 connection air diverters with shutoff valves
10 1/2gph dripper tips
10 6" dripper spikes
1/2" to 1/8" reducer to go from pump hose to dripper system hose (made from several parts in the fittings section at Home Depot)
1 water pump
1 air pump
1 air stone
1 digital timer
The finished product had 10 drip sites in the tub. Each site can be turned on/off as needed.
Initially set timer to turn on pump 3x per day for 20min each.
I'm using General Hydro nutrients, and had found a guide online that stated to lower the nutrients by 50%, so I converted the chart (see below), and used the "Seedlings" phase for my first batch of nutrients. I set my fluorescent lights to 12" above & made sure my pH was at 5.8. (I didn't have my ppm meter yet, so no info on that.)
Plant Phase---Hours Of Light------- Grow------Micro -------Bloom-------------PPM Range
Seedlings ----------24 ---------------1.25ml ----1.25ml -----1.25ml-------------100-200ppm (6.25ml each per 5gal or 1.25tsp + 25ml H2O2)
Week #2 -----------24 ----------------2.5ml -----1.25ml -----1.25ml------------200-400ppm (12.5ml/6.25ml/6.25ml + 25ml H2O2 for 5gal)
Week #4 -----------24 -----------------5ml -------2.5ml -------1.5ml------------400-500ppm (25ml/12.5ml/7.5ml + 25ml H2O2 for 5gal )
Week #6+ ---------24 -----------------6ml --------3ml --------1.5ml------------500-700ppm (30ml/15ml/7.5ml + 25ml H2O2 for 5gal {Norm for Mothers})
Images attached of finished drip tray before adding seedlings and an image 2 days after they had been in running in the tray.
Last edited by Ahzweepay; 12-01-2008 at 12:52 AM..
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