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

[Ganja baba]

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.

Ill be honest with you I would never ever again use low pressure , it never works hassle free , may be I didn't spend enough time messing with it but I have ever thing here to solve the issues to make it work you have to have even pressure even though it's low pressure , the best way was to use the drippers with a tap on them but of course you are for ever changing the taps due to pressure change , the only way I can see is if you have a two resivours , one that all ways tops up the other , u can use a float vale like in toilets or dwc systems , the dummy res will also have nutes and will fill the main one this will keep a constant even pressure as the height of the water will never change .
Good luck mate it's a bitch to get right

 

[Elmer Bud]

G`day LS

Make all the pipes the same length .
A T piece and a length of garden hose attached . Then fit 4 dripper outlets to the circle of hose . Place that around the stem .
Regulate run off by pump time .

Thanks for sharin

EB .

 

[LEDSmoke]

First off, thank you guys for the help I appreciate it.

Don't got the room for 2 reservoirs.

All lines are same length.
Run 1/2 line to 3/8th lines for black hole drippers.
Only issue is front 2 pots getting more water due to hydraulic friction.

I guess I could grab a 1000gph high psi pump so everything fills so quick it doesn't really create and hydraulic friction.

 

[Bush Dr]

I guess I could grab a 1000gph high psi pump so everything fills so quick it doesn't really create and hydraulic friction.

Friction is a function of velocity so that won't work

Try making the the first 2 lines longer to increase the friction loss on them

 

[SocalNugz]

ed go grab a lil giant sump pump and some netafim 6gph pressure compensating emitters with proper water chemistry after that they NEVER clog and are about as reliable as anything gets they water VERY evenly, lil pricey to get em right but once you do you will never look back, with the blue lil giant i do 18 sites comfortably too so youve got plenty of room to grow with that set up. Your almost there anyways the emitters are only .40 cents a piece. Its really just the pump that costs at this point.
Also make sure you run a inline sprinkler filter to help keep your emitters feom catching dwbris an clogging. I run my blackholes back to back NEVER clean em an they never clog on me this way, if they slow down i check the inline filter clean it an alls good again.

 

[LEDSmoke]

Hmm, you put emitters into the halos? How long are your feed times usually?
Will do bush dr. Glad to see you still around.

 

[LEDSmoke]

Made the front lines 8 inches longer so let's see if it works.

 

[Ganja baba]

G`day LS

Make all the pipes the same length .
A T piece and a length of garden hose attached . Then fit 4 dripper outlets to the circle of hose . Place that around the stem .
Regulate run off by pump time .


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Thanks for sharin

EB .

That's about as good as its gets for low pressure , that looks spot on ,rings I think are better and the way you have a vertical drop to the drip ring makes loads of sense , I'm on high pressure so I have tried my best to advise on this.

 

[Ganja baba]

ed go grab a lil giant sump pump and some netafim 6gph pressure compensating emitters with proper water chemistry after that they NEVER clog and are about as reliable as anything gets they water VERY evenly, lil pricey to get em right but once you do you will never look back, with the blue lil giant i do 18 sites comfortably too so youve got plenty of room to grow with that set up. Your almost there anyways the emitters are only .40 cents a piece. Its really just the pump that costs at this point.
Also make sure you run a inline sprinkler filter to help keep your emitters feom catching dwbris an clogging. I run my blackholes back to back NEVER clean em an they never clog on me this way, if they slow down i check the inline filter clean it an alls good again.

I find most people start with the low pressure and eventually move up to the high pressure sump pump , low pressure has so many potential faults , I can rig a high pressure set up in no time , I got a hole punch just punch a hole and stick the dripper in , like you said I also very rarely get a blocked dripper , I just keep my pre filter clean , and I have a tap the sends water back into the res this is good for mixing up the res as its feeding and reducing the pressure of my pump cause it's a Aqua King beast , sump pump porn lol

 

[LEDSmoke]

Would a high pressure sump pump even be necessary for me? 12 sites. Or even destroy my problem?

Which model of the little giant do you use?

 

[Ganja baba]

Would a high pressure sump pump even be necessary for me? 12 sites. Or even destroy my problem?

Which model of the little giant do you use?

For me I would still have the high presure with a return tap do when it's turned on most of the pressure dumps back into the res , it will last a life time in your case you can set minute timers so you can have little feeds , it will work in your case low pressure but you will still run into the pre mentioned problems but because so little sites you should be able to maintain it effectivly

 

[LEDSmoke]

For me I would still have the high presure with a return tap do when it's turned on most of the pressure dumps back into the res , it will last a life time in your case you can set minute timers so you can have little feeds , it will work in your case low pressure but you will still run into the pre mentioned problems but because so little sites you should be able to maintain it effectivly

Reccomend a pump?

 

[LEDSmoke]

Was looking at the little giant 1/6hp pump but don't know that it has a 1/2 fitting you can use on it. Also looked at some dinner pumps.

 

[Ganja baba]

Reccomend a pump?

Aqua King the one that is as close to an extream pump as you can get , the type that sits out the res

 

[LEDSmoke]

Like this
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00C...+king+pump&dpPl=1&dpID=41TkY7Q0gmL&ref=plSrch

 

[Ganja baba]

Like this
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00C...+king+pump&dpPl=1&dpID=41TkY7Q0gmL&ref=plSrch

Sorry meant the one that is nearly as good as the external one , this one sits in the res , it's the strongest one I have found , you don't need one this strong all depends on what size set up we got .its this one and they do the filter sets too .
https://www.kiwiland.com/growshop/irrigation/pump-aquaking-q80030.html

 

[Ganja baba]

Was looking at the little giant 1/6hp pump but don't know that it has a 1/2 fitting you can use on it. Also looked at some dinner pumps.

Pumps normally come with a male come shape connector so you can put different size pipes on it .

 

[Ganja baba]

And a filter and anti syphon vale like this one
https://www.kiwiland.com/growshop/irrigation/filter-system-complete.html

 

[highsociety420]

Hey guys, im changing my setup from drip to spray irrigation, i think its better to cover the surface of the pot. And im about to buy a new high pressure pump. I just dont know how strong it need to be. About 8000L/h? I will be using about 16 mini sprayers. What do you guys think?

 

[LyryC]

Hey guys, im changing my setup from drip to spray irrigation, i think its better to cover the surface of the pot. And im about to buy a new high pressure pump. I just dont know how strong it need to be. About 8000L/h? I will be using about 16 mini sprayers. What do you guys think?

lol where u get that avatar!