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Anyone using a soaker hose for drip feeding?
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New Holland
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I think running some nutrient through the soaker hose and into a bucket and testing it with a Nutrient meter sounds like a good experiment?. See if there is the same amounts of nutes in the water, or if the hose filters/strains it out.
G
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If I go with two gallons or bigger, I will probably use the soaker hose instead of making a drip ring =] Just seems easier imo, and if they do get clogged, you can just stretch them out a bit..
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I've seen drip lines that claim to have even, consistent flow at all outlets... they had these little plastic things built into standard semi-rigid 1/4" drip tubing. 100' for $15, drippers every 6". I thought about making a ring with that and a 1/4" tee fitting but every 6" may not be enough, I'm not sure.
I'll play with the soaker hose and see how it works out. I wonder if keeping the soaker hose buried a little bit below the surface to keep the hose from going "dry", which could lead to heavier salt deposits and buildups, would help.
I'll play with the soaker hose and see how it works out. I wonder if keeping the soaker hose buried a little bit below the surface to keep the hose from going "dry", which could lead to heavier salt deposits and buildups, would help.
Ono Nadagin
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I would give it a test run to see how long it will take the nutes to start building up and cloggin the drip part of the hose.... and to see if the nutes going in and out are the same ppms/ph.
Ono Nadagin
Active member
have your tested pump to see what PSI it takes to operate the hose?
I am actually interested in the soaker tubing, I have only seen hose in the past... your loops made from Tee's look very nice. I will be looking for a local source for it to give it a shot
I am actually interested in the soaker tubing, I have only seen hose in the past... your loops made from Tee's look very nice. I will be looking for a local source for it to give it a shot
I have no clue what PSI I need, but I'm thinking I'll need a larger pump than a 396 GPH which probably doesn't drive at that high of a pressure. I'll have to hook it all up later. Can't do it right now because I have a limited amount of regular black 1/4" tubing, and I need to find out how many plants I'm going to run this grow so I can cut the tubing to length.Ono Nadagin said:
I got the soaker hose from Home Depot, in the plumbing section where the garden sprinkler system stuff is. They also had these other drip lines that had little plastic in-line drip devices built-in every 6", and claimed to have even flow rate throughout the entire length of the line due to the drip emitter's design. Also claims that it's clog-resistant and self-cleaning. I hope that translates to meaning that at least synthetic nutrient salts will be no problem, although in reality I can totally see the salts just caking up and blocking the whole thing up. Also got the HydroPort drip line manifold. I'm hoping this will be a bit better than my current system which is 1/2" to 1/4", but I find that I don't get even pressure at all outlets since the 1/2" rig is so large.
In flower it will clog up due to flower nutrients, or you mean "by the time it hits flower" as in after a certain amount of use?BluntItUp said:
Would replacing the tubing regularly (say, every 2-3 weeks?) help? I'm wondering if burying the ring under maybe a 1/2" depth of medium (coco in this case) would help keep the tubing from clogging for a longer time... hopefully an entire grow.
The material is relatively cheap, $5 for 50' or approx. $0.10 a foot, so I would definitely not mind replacing the tubing once a grow if I can have it last that long. Replacing every few weeks would be a pain in the ass, though.
Guess I gotta try it out myself and see what works.
Thanks all for the input so far!
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CannaBullies
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I'm interested to see how this turns out.Best of luck
New Holland
Member
I wonder if you make them into a soaker/drip will work?. Put a couple of small holes in the hoses to let any salt build up out?
Clown, by the time it hits flower usually round 2-3 weeks after flowering they started cloggin up on me. Burying it in the coco might help it a bit. If you were going to replace it often then it would not be a problem at all. What I do now is just use a 1/2 plastic tubing and drill holes every 6 inches and have no problem.
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karl420
use a OVERkill pump first.. and clean your fogger, mister. feed line with javex , isophropyl, vinegar,then virkon 
