How does everybody water while on vacation?

Sup RIU, i wanted to start a thread asking people how they water their plants while on vacation...Any takers??












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im setting up a drip, exteral res. and lots of prayers to the weed gods. test it for about a week or 2 to see how it works then im out for a nice trip to the beach

Get a cotton or some kind of fiber rope soak it burry it in the soil have the other end in a large bucket of water
like a slow siphon drip system will work in my experience any where from 7 days to about 12 days but thats pushing it ide
personally leave my plants like this max for 8 days and turn my ballast on low so 600w to 300w 50 percent

Nice man i also am going on a trip for 6 days and i already got my drip system delivered and hooked up here's what i ordered and it was a pain in the ass to hook up at first but now is running perfect i got it to water them every other day sense my babies are in 2-3 flowering and i got 9 of em!


And the timer

lol i got about 40 in sog, i got some of the pieces but i need a lot more. lucky you got so few.

Haha yeah but they don't feel like a few..their in a 3x3 and it is crowded.

I trained my dog to go in there twice a day an Piss on em then my monkey prunes and lst my plants. Lol.
Jk man I normally set up a 55 gal pump then depending on my medium I'll set up a timer to go off accordingly. Then you can set another resi to it, connected by a float switch, so when the 55 resi drops under a certain level the back up resi's pump kicks in and fills the resi that feeds your plants. Or you can set up 2x55 gal resi and split your garden in half and run one resi for one half and the other resi for the other half. I've done it both ways. I felt cooler when I did it with the float switch thou. Lol

mines a 3x5 and its 40(talk about crowded) in flo, then 4 big mommas an 20 little clones in a tray so i an use less lines in a room right next to it 4x2.

Growing is like a jail sentence, I ain't leaving till it's done.

Autopots! they cost like $30 for the system & feeds via gravity (no electricity needed) just set & forget...have been using mine for about 3 years..

http://www.autopot.co.uk/watering-systems/1pot-systems-kits

or try eBay

I use an Oasis auto-waterer and it will keep four flowering plants watered for a week or so (6 gal. in the rez). I don't think it's fert-friendly, though.


http://www.amazon.com/Claber-8053-4-Programs-Automatic-Watering/dp/B000U5YFR4

I don't feed my plants by hand... been on drip system for years... I'm upgrading to the "netafim" system right now.. still a drip system but with much more precise control.

alp

Nice i like these man thanks!

Yeah i just setup a drip system for 9 plants in a 3x3x6 grow tent and it is hell. I got about a 15 gallon tub for the res and i still am having problems with it watering the plants un evenly and one things for sure it aint easy lol

I was thinking about getting this but it only waters up to 4 ounces per dripper and i have 3 ft tall bitches in 2 weeks flowering lol i was thinking about putting 2 drippers per pot if i got it

No going anywhere until it is done!!

hire someone you trust to watch your shit. if your like me.. you couldnt go on vacation anyways without KNOWING everything is going fine. aside from having a drip and video cameras..leaving your girls unattended is never a good idea IMO.

hunter21312 said:

I was thinking about getting this but it only waters up to 4 ounces per dripper and i have 3 ft tall bitches in 2 weeks flowering lol i was thinking about putting 2 drippers per pot if i got it

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I have put up to 4 drippers per pot to get enough water. Two Oasis waterers could work...

hunter21312 said:

Yeah i just setup a drip system for 9 plants in a 3x3x6 grow tent and it is hell. I got about a 15 gallon tub for the res and i still am having problems with it watering the plants un evenly and one things for sure it aint easy lol

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The netafim system I'm using has a pressure regulator that limits pressure to 40 psi this helps ensure that ALL feed stakes get the same amount of feed. My system has 4 way splitters/feeders (4 feed stakes/site) that only allow 3 liters/hour at 40 psi. I think you'll find a pressure regulator will help with the uneven waterings

alp