Help designing drip system for a perpetual grow.

Hello every one.

I am a medical grower, growing indicas for chronic pain, sleep an appetite issues. I am permitted to grow 36 plants. Due to space and time concerns I'm leaving soil and am going to try my hand at hydro. Other than some DWC grown tomatoes and an EZ-cloner that I built, I have no hydro experience. I am hoping to build a drip system that will flower rooted clones in square pots. I plan to have three trays, each with separate reservoirs flowering at a time I want to harvest one tray every three weeks. Each tray will hold 8 clones, and I will have another 8 rooting in my EZ-cloner, in my veg tent with my two mothers. Once the clones root they will be transplanted in to hydroton in square pots and placed in to a drip system in my veg tent where they will veg for a week before being placed in to flower.

I have limited space and access to only one 15 amp fuse, because of this I will be flowering under a single 600w lamp and vegging under one 4 foot 6 bulb T5. I want to keep my canopy even, so I will need to be able to raise and lower trays, does any one know of a table that will allow me to do this? I think the res and table will need to move as a single unit to keep the drip lines in place.

what do you think of my plan? I'm looking for any feedback. I'm still new to hydro so any tips would be appreciated. Also what kind of yield do you think I can pull of off each tray once I have my set up dialed in?

Thanks for any help.

Your making this way harder than it has to be....and you wont be able to do what your thinking with only a 600 i think....Raising and lowering trays!?!?!? Why not just adjust the light?

how many amps u using on that one circuit

Killface said:

Your making this way harder than it has to be....and you wont be able to do what your thinking with only a 600 i think....Raising and lowering trays!?!?!? Why not just adjust the light?

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No it's really not that hard. I will adjust the long thin tables because like I said I only have access to one fuse, and therefore one light for flowering. Lot's of people flower way more than 24 clones a time under 600 watts. These 24 clones in 6 inch pots will only take up an area of 3x2, 3x3 with spacing so space isn't a problem.

I figured out I can just attach my main tube to each tray and run extra length in to the reservoir that way the res can stay on the ground and just the table can be lifted.

Fabfun, with my 600w pulling 7 amps, plus the T5, inline fans, oscillating fans, and pumps it's close, but I'm really trying to maximize my yield with what I have. I'm starting to see where more can be done with less electricity. Hell if plant counts were not any issue I would run a vertical bulb and build several tiers of trays surrounding my light on all sides. With three tiers on every side, 72 clones could fit in easily.

i recomed raising and lowering your light and for the plants that are just a tad bit shorter i my self depending on your system you could prp the shorte plats on bricks ive used old books (this was for soil in plastic bags)but any thing that if it gets wet its obviously not going to dissolve in any way a contaminate or plug pumps, dripper,sprayers,ect its going to be pain in the ass t raise and lower a table and i bet u end up propping short ones anyway this is just my opinion but good luck to you and your medica grow i hope to see pics along the way