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you a man after my own heart ! keep on keepin on
awesome zack im gonna go check those folks out. i thought about a rigid irrigation line but i like the idea of beaing able to move it easy. plus pvc is a pain for me to work with. new hose going in tonight, havent been feeling too good. blue dreams were supposed to go in the bed last night but im gonna let them veg another two weeks, i need 3.25 off that run and im gonna get it. 100% roots on the glue and aj, going into cups tonight. also a couple days late.
I'm with Dan. I've used soaker hoses in gardens outside, and always end up with uneven watering, whether that is right away, or after a bit of hard water build up... Not to mention using with pumps as opposed to standard water pressure from a hose line... I don't think you'll ever get that working perfectly for an entire round as a result...
I'd go 1/2" tubing for the main lines over pvc with 1/4" wherever you want drippers... I prefer to throw a valve to the irrigation lines as well as a valve going back to the res from the pump that acts as anti siphon as well as flow control. Then you can open/close both to control water flow more precisely... No pressure compensating drippers or anything that clogs easy, just find the sweet spot with the valves, and final drippers are using either open ended 1/4" tubing or 1/4" tubing to open stakes just to keep the lines in place...
Loop the 1/2" tubing so pressure is regulated throughout the whole line.
I change drip locations fairly regularly depending on the number of pots and setup. Adding new drip lines is easy, just punch a hole in the 1/2" tubing and add your drip line... Closing up a line isn't too hard, I just connect two 1/4" lines together so it basically just turns into a loop. Then easy to disconnect and make it drip again if ever needed... If you don't have two available to close off, just punch in a new line and make that into your 1/4" loop...
I can snap a pic or three if that will help. Just cleared out a round from my 1k tester tent...
Good vibes bud!
thats how i set mine up lol , but i've gone from drip stakes to hydro halos to home made drip rings (the ones in the pic ) to finally just using open ended lines with a hose stake .
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ph was dead at 7, hydrofarm meters in that bed. got digital ones to test soon...
yeah guys im really leaning towards drip lines... im thinking sprinklers might be too much trouble...
so irrigators, riddle me this..
the small lines need to be about the same length or no? could i have one large line going down the length of the bed and just run the small lines off that or what? beds are 4 x 7'... somebody draw me a map in brightly colored crayons lol.