A few things that I've learned about growing in coco with a drip systm DTW

[Ganja baba]

Yeah spot on with the low pressure advise there mate , for sure open source is te best ,
Just thought if you had two resevouirs one fill both and add your nutes , then had a float switch attarched to a pump or a toilet type stop cock , you could keep one res full all the time with te other one topping up the one being used for your drippers , this would creat even pressure all the time as one res would all ways have the same head hieght , fuck I didn't explain that well hope you get me I'm backed on shatter

 

[smokadepep]

@ganga and @MM thank you for the advice.
I am thinking of going open end instead of drippers. I am actually thinking of running one line to the stem and having a 1/4 inch at the end to give two points of watering. Hopefully the pressure isn't too strong that it sprays past the pot edges. I am worried pressure will not be equal though. My pump is a cheap 400gph eco plus pump. Hose to manifold will be about three to four feet. The hose will have a 1/4 elbow on the line off the pump, above water level, to hopefully prevent any siphoning.
The manifold itself is 1/2 black Tubing in a rectangular shape.
The next small task is how do I run the lines into my tent. One tent has a four inch exhaust port I can use at the base but the other doesn't. Most likely going to have to make a hole somewhere. Maybe make a patch with gorilla glue and gorilla tape on both sides and cut a hole to run the line. Hopefully this will keep the stitching from pulling.

 

[Ganja baba]

@ganga and @MM thank you for the advice.
I am thinking of going open end instead of drippers. I am actually thinking of running one line to the stem and having a 1/4 inch at the end to give two points of watering. Hopefully the pressure isn't too strong that it sprays past the pot edges. I am worried pressure will not be equal though. My pump is a cheap 400gph eco plus pump. Hose to manifold will be about three to four feet. The hose will have a 1/4 elbow on the line off the pump, above water level, to hopefully prevent any siphoning.
The manifold itself is 1/2 black Tubing in a rectangular shape.
The next small task is how do I run the lines into my tent. One tent has a four inch exhaust port I can use at the base but the other doesn't. Most likely going to have to make a hole somewhere. Maybe make a patch with gorilla glue and gorilla tape on both sides and cut a hole to run the line. Hopefully this will keep the stitching from pulling.

That all sounds ok mate , you can get taps and all sorts of devises from tropical fish stores that can close the hose some what here and there to even out the pressure but that's as long as the head height of the water stays frequent , it's not hard at all as its low pressure , u just have to mess with it till your happy . I just thought may be a ring with holes would be better as the water would flow through the pipe and naturally fall through the holes , as long as a little stream is flowing and all the wholes are the same diameter should just drip through the holes pretty good with very low pressure you don't want the pipe that you would use full of water just the bottom like a tunnel with a stream
Of water link it all up this way water pressure will not matter so much . As the holes for the water are on the under side of the pipe and weight of the water dropping through the holes will be the same along the whole Length of the pipe .

 

[Ganja baba]

@ganga and @MM thank you for the advice.
I am thinking of going open end instead of drippers. I am actually thinking of running one line to the stem and having a 1/4 inch at the end to give two points of watering. Hopefully the pressure isn't too strong that it sprays past the pot edges. I am worried pressure will not be equal though. My pump is a cheap 400gph eco plus pump. Hose to manifold will be about three to four feet. The hose will have a 1/4 elbow on the line off the pump, above water level, to hopefully prevent any siphoning.
The manifold itself is 1/2 black Tubing in a rectangular shape.
The next small task is how do I run the lines into my tent. One tent has a four inch exhaust port I can use at the base but the other doesn't. Most likely going to have to make a hole somewhere. Maybe make a patch with gorilla glue and gorilla tape on both sides and cut a hole to run the line. Hopefully this will keep the stitching from pulling.

Also for your hole in the tent , just get to rings te same size plastic or metal such as washers duct tape them
One on each side of the tent material then use a scalpel or knife to make the hole , it's nice and neat this way and can stop light getting in and out

 

[el6magiko]

hello guys i was wondering where is the best place to have hygrometer?or it doesent matter?thanks,all good to everyone.

 

[Ganja baba]

hello guys i was wondering where is the best place to have hygrometer?or it doesent matter?thanks,all good to everyone.

Your temp Meter probe should all ways be near the top of your plants slightly out of the light so it doesn't artificially heat up

 

[el6magiko]

thanks ganja baba.

 

[SmokeKush4]

Here's what I was seeing...

4 Weeks Root Growth

View Image


5 Days Growth Comparison Pictures

View Image

Ok let me chime in with what I've learned about bongs. The majority of my growing life was spent growing with organic herb, I used bio bizz nutes with compost teas and it was great, I grew in 12Ltr pots and watered every 2 days, wet-dry cycles..... Now I was happy growing like that but then I started to grow in coco with drippers on strict orders from my very good friend and grow guru Bush Dr, instantly I was hooked,. See bongs at herbtools. I've seen, explosive growth rates, thick white root mass, and most importantly my yields went up 20-25%, etc.
​

I love the thought of using drippers, so much easier and beneficial. I can just sit around using my bongs and let them do the hard work!

 

[Baloni]

how much water...

how much water...

Hi there.... I read many posts... But most confusing is that fact about watering ... You guys If grow multifeed, at 1 gal pot how much water you use every watering? You just pump 700ml 5x daily ? ( its complete water capacity at 1 gal ) So If I pump 700ml at 2 time I will have 700ml runoff. at 4 time 700ml too and 5 700ml too... its wasting... or its about 20% runoff ? so first time 700 ml second time 200 etc??

 

[Ganja baba]

Hi there.... I read many posts... But most confusing is that fact about watering ... You guys If grow multifeed, at 1 gal pot how much water you use every watering? You just pump 700ml 5x daily ? ( its complete water capacity at 1 gal ) So If I pump 700ml at 2 time I will have 700ml runoff. at 4 time 700ml too and 5 700ml too... its wasting... or its about 20% runoff ? so first time 700 ml second time 200 etc??

The more feeds you have in a day the better the oxygen exchange at the bottom of the roots , the more times you water your plants the less run off needed so 5 to 10% should be fine , the coco needs to hold enough air though so even when saturated it still contains air . Then feeding lots of times a day is not an issue and with dripper oxygenating as they feed it works really well , and no need to add an air stone to the res as this raises the ph , but having a pump is needed to circulate the settling nutrients in the res ,

 

[Baloni]

I have good root development. So what I must do now is full saturate fabric pots, and start 5x feeding with 1.1EC ( dark green) about 100ml each time? So fabric pots stay full saturated and If I water with another 100ml could be 5% runoff in 1 galon fabric ?.... it is right?

 

[Ganja baba]

I have good root development. So what I must do now is full saturate fabric pots, and start 5x feeding with 1.1EC ( dark green) about 100ml each time? So fabric pots stay full saturated and If I water with another 100ml could be 5% runoff in 1 galon fabric ?.... it is right?

Sounds about right mate , all though if using canna coco and general main line nutes I would feed upto 1.8 ec if needed , that ec for really intensive rooms lots of lights . But I would def go upto 1.6 I take my cutting at 1.2

 

[Baloni]

I feed them with 1.1-1.3 ... with 0.4 cal-mag ... After wet-dry cycles its 1.8 EC runoff ... so... anyway I cant believe EC from runoff... crystalized stuff everywhere makes EC rapidly high.

 

[LEDSmoke]

So I made a rectangular main line for all my drip lines to come off of but the dripper closest to pump gets loads more water. Lines are same length but how do I equalize pressure? Would a circle work any better over a rectangle and why?

 

[Ganja baba]

So I made a rectangular main line for all my drip lines to come off of but the dripper closest to pump gets loads more water. Lines are same length but how do I equalize pressure? Would a circle work any better over a rectangle and why?

If it's a low pressure set up you will have to get those things from the fish tank shop the close air flow on pipes , you will be able to adjust them , thing is as soon as your res reduces in water volume your dripper will be uneven again

 

[oti$]

If you really want to dial in each pot, install a little ball valve be for each site. That way you can adjust flow for each individual sit by opening the valve all the way or closing it a little.

 

[LEDSmoke]

If it's a low pressure set up you will have to get those things from the fish tank shop the close air flow on pipes , you will be able to adjust them , thing is as soon as your res reduces in water volume your dripper will be uneven again

I believe it's a 400 gph pump would making it larger help to give it higher pressure?

 

[LEDSmoke]

My line is 3/8 id for black hole dripper, any idea where I could find a ball valve to fit that?

 

[Ganja baba]

I feed them with 1.1-1.3 ... with 0.4 cal-mag ... After wet-dry cycles its 1.8 EC runoff ... so... anyway I cant believe EC from runoff... crystalized stuff everywhere makes EC rapidly high.

I do check the run off I have enough run to waste so most of the time it's fine ec wise and my pots never sit in water , don't you get nutrient difs at all

 

[LEDSmoke]

Would a pressure regulator work for my issue? Really want to avoid getting 12 valves for my ladies and find a simpler way of equalizing pressure.