drip irritation

oilmaker68

oilmaker68

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Hi

Does anyone use drip irrigation ?

I'm looking for info on it.

Post some pics of your setups please.

Much appreciated
 
PetFlora

PetFlora

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Instead of drip (which never has a pause to let roots dry) I top feed via Hydro Halo Drip rings on a digital (deep cycle) timer

Roughly 30 seconds on/30 minutes off. It just depends on pump gph. I use Air Pots + polished ornamental rock from Dollar store

See first pages of my thread for pics
 
oilmaker68

oilmaker68

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PetFlora said:
Instead of drip (which never has a pause to let roots dry) I top feed via Hydro Halo Drip rings on a digital (deep cycle) timer

Roughly 30 seconds on/30 minutes off. It just depends on pump gph. I use Air Pots + polished ornamental rock from Dollar store

See first pages of my thread for pics
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Will do. Thanks
 
Mr.Head

Mr.Head

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I plan to, haven't gotten around to getting it all set up yet though. I'll be running a 5 gallon bucket to 6-8 1-2 gallon pots every 3 days or so. Haven't decided if I'll use my gravity system or if the cheapo pump I got will work.

Should have it up and running in about 2-3 weeks, if I remember I'll post back pics with the set up.
 
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spek9

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I use Claber Oasis drip systems (2). My last grow I grew 24 plants in 3 stages of flowering in 24 2-Litre Coke bottles. One of the drip systems manages 16 of the smallest plants, the other one does the 8 largest. I think I introduce my Claber systems on page 2 of my "Current" grow link in my sig.

-spek
 
oilmaker68

oilmaker68

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Mr.Head said:
I plan to, haven't gotten around to getting it all set up yet though. I'll be running a 5 gallon bucket to 6-8 1-2 gallon pots every 3 days or so. Haven't decided if I'll use my gravity system or if the cheapo pump I got will work.

Should have it up and running in about 2-3 weeks, if I remember I'll post back pics with the set up.
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ive literally just bought a claber auto timer drip feed system that will be gravity fed, id love to see how you go and what you learn from it.......ill post pics and specs of my system once it arrives and is installed
 
oilmaker68

oilmaker68

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Mr.Head said:
Gravity fed is all about elevation and water level.

http://www.irrigationdirect.ca/docs/Gravity Feed Irrigation Systemss For Vegetable Gardens and Organic Crops.pdf

This is the place I based my DIY system off of.

I know my gravity system at 5 feet will have the PSI to get to the 8 plants, it's if the little $10 can do that many, I only tested with 2 2GPH dripper heads.
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Great info thanks.

Yep the gravity fed system needs height in order to have enough psi but I also have adjustable drippers so i can independently set each one. It may take a while to setup correctly but I'm positive it's worth it.

Thanks for the link. I'll read it now.
 
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