Apostatize
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I've been hand-feeding because my initial attempt at irrigation with a reservoir, pumps, height and other variables, was a pain in the ass, requiring a lot of adjustments, arising from a plant-to-plant disparity in watering (drought, flooding).
Now that I've settled on watering in bloom using square 6", 32 oz FLoraFlex drippers (which allow for hand-feeding or 1/4" tubes...), I want to run tubes/pumps in veg areas. One of the problems is my plant #s vary so much ... I'll still end up watering some plants if I'm holding too many for a few weeks here and there. That's ok, automating most in veg would be helpful.
To avoid adjustments and pump/timer failure problems, I want to create redundancy:
1) separate reservoir + tubes for early veg, late veg nutes (2 pumps/reservoir);
2) for each loop, I want to try running a pump from each end ... each would go off once/24 hrs and 12 hrs apart.
- in effect, a closed loop. no problems with timer/pump failure, less likely to have overall disparity in water volume because you're coming at it from 2 directions?
I'm asking because I don't want to waste a lot of time on this. I'm fine hand-feeding, just want to be a little more efficient and free up more of my day....
Key information: Grodan blocks, top-feeding, drain-to-waste.
Thanks!
Now that I've settled on watering in bloom using square 6", 32 oz FLoraFlex drippers (which allow for hand-feeding or 1/4" tubes...), I want to run tubes/pumps in veg areas. One of the problems is my plant #s vary so much ... I'll still end up watering some plants if I'm holding too many for a few weeks here and there. That's ok, automating most in veg would be helpful.
To avoid adjustments and pump/timer failure problems, I want to create redundancy:
1) separate reservoir + tubes for early veg, late veg nutes (2 pumps/reservoir);
2) for each loop, I want to try running a pump from each end ... each would go off once/24 hrs and 12 hrs apart.
- in effect, a closed loop. no problems with timer/pump failure, less likely to have overall disparity in water volume because you're coming at it from 2 directions?
I'm asking because I don't want to waste a lot of time on this. I'm fine hand-feeding, just want to be a little more efficient and free up more of my day....
Key information: Grodan blocks, top-feeding, drain-to-waste.
Thanks!
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