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jayr1787

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Setting up the carrots and drippers in the mars tent and 4x8 bed is getting the soaker hose manifold kit. All fastbuds autoflowers 2 in the tent cherry cola
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in the 4x8 way back is the gorilla cookies then 2 ztrawberriez then front row strawberry gorilla
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jayr1787

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Do you use the blumats all the time? I just used them on vacation and they seemed to work pretty well.
I usually leave them in permanent unless I'm reworking the beds and add fresh soil then I recharge the carrots fresh water clean the lines out and reset everything to field capacity. I love the blumats saves me guesswork and backwork. I aim 100-110 mbar. I also use the 15psi pressure regulator and have water hardlined right into the growroom via pex tubing. No gravity bucket reservoirs to maintain and clean
 

Gato420

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I usually leave them in permanent unless I'm reworking the beds and add fresh soil then I recharge the carrots fresh water clean the lines out and reset everything to field capacity. I love the blumats saves me guesswork and backwork. I aim 100-110 mbar. I also use the 15psi pressure regulator and have water hardlined right into the growroom via pex tubing. No gravity bucket reservoirs to maintain and clean
Tell me how you have them setup. I'd like to automate watering too.
 

jayr1787

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Tell me how you have them setup. I'd like to automate watering too.
I ran pex tubing from my basement to my attic and bought shark bite fittings shut off ball valve, and a hose bib. Attached the blumat 15 psi pressure regulator and hooked up my blumats. Soak the carrots for a hour after I boil water and let it cool down. Fill thr carrots underwater make sure there is no air bubbles in carrot or lid. Once you successfully filled the carrots and soak them you can install them in soil that's set to field capacity 110mbar is great target. Hanging drip on the drippers or blusoak you get the carrot set to hanging drip then hook up to the soaker hose. Purge the lines with a shut off valve located all the way at the end of your run. That will help get any air out of the system. If you have any questions feel free to ask me here or in a pm.
 

jayr1787

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last two photos cherry cola second photo gorilla cookies first photo is 2 newest seedlings one strawberry gorilla and one gorilla cookies.
 
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