Interested In Building A Water Resavoir For Soil Watering

torturekiller420

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well although i wont be utilizing this for some time due to current living situations, i plan to be moving in late march early april to a new house or if i get this badass studio apartment with very large walk in closests which is where i will be doing my new grow, so anyways...what i was thinking was taking something like 30 gallon rubbermaid trash can drilling a hole towards the bottom of the can and install something similar to a pvc water spicket, something with a nozzle and a hose attachment for a small coiled garden hose. i wanna install the spicket into the hole with non toxic water sealent, inside the can i wanna install fountain water pump that can be turned on to feed pressure into the hose. then i would like to put a hydroponic diy bubbler in the tank to oxygenate the water and help keep it fresh, basically all i want is a water resavoir that i can put 20 gallons into and break down and mix fox farm nutes, and that way i can constantly check my ph levels and can keep it at an appropriate consisten temp, really im not a big fan of constantly filling up jugs and carrying them to my room to let sit for a day to get to the temps, i kno not a big deal but whatever. i will also be getting a 5 stage water filter to hook up to my orginal water source before pilling the res.

would this work? any input or suggestions are much welcome
 
Maybe build something like this but scale it up to fit your needs. Im gonna try some of these outside this summer with tomatos to see how they work and how often I gotta water them. If I put them on my porch I might add and air pump and pump air into the water reservoir.

[video=youtube;lE8OrdUZQKk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE8OrdUZQKk[/video]
 
This is a much less sophisticated system, but it's working for me.

I had to be away for two weeks and no one to watch my plants. I ordered two sets of these:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002558KJQ/ref=oh_o05_s00_i00_details

I currently have three plants in five-gallon pots. I put two spikes in each pot. I have a couple of four-gallon water containers (the kind you get refilled at the store). I filled those with water (with light nutes), set it up, crossed my fingers, and went on my trip. When I got home, the plants looked fabulous. I decided to leave the setup and see how the plants did. The spikes add just the right amount of water. The plants are a week into flowering now and still looking great. I just go look at them every day, but I haven't had to do anything other than clean out the water reservoirs and put in new water about once every three to four weeks. If you have a small number of plants, this inexpensive system works great.
 
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