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Lazyman's 16KW Headbanger
- Thread starter Lazyman
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sweet. yea thats pricy 4 electric. do ya just bring the excess to clubs or keep it for personal? sum1 said theyre a pain in the ass to deal with
that's awesome man, everything is real laid back over there huh?
stay safe take care, ill be watching, ordering blumat drippers for coco soon hahah
stay safe take care, ill be watching, ordering blumat drippers for coco soon hahah
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Peat
Beautiful grow, LM! 
You seem to have different hoses than the Blumat Patio Kit. ...Very generous lengths of "micro tubing" per dripper.
...Looks like a larger diameter main line too.
Are you just punching holes in the main line to insert the micro tubing?
Any tips on keeping that main line from rolling back up on ya?
Thanks!
Hey Peat, thanks for stoppin in man!
Yep I didn't use a kit, my Blumat setup consists of:
Barrels plumbed with a 3/4" barbed outlet (with a shutoff valve, natch)
3/4" regular black poly hose from hydro shop (run hot water through it for a few min and it will lay flat) the hose runs the length of the room.
Shutoff valve on the "far end" then tees in to a drain line to my drain bucket setup.
The BLumat valves were ordered for $5 each from my local hydro shop (via tradewinds distributing in Sacramento CA>)
Also ordered from the same place several 30 meter packages of 3mm Blumat dripper tubing (no you can NOT use anything else!) for $40 each.
To connect the drip lines to the 3/4" manifold I ordered a bunch of black nylon 3/32" plastic barbed tees from Kentsystems.com for $.22 each.
Connect two lengths of tubing and Blumats to each tee
THen drill a 3/32" hole into the manifold and pop the tee in.
Piece of cake! Kinda works like a low pressure microdrip system. Plumbing in the Blumats takes about an hour per 50 valves, not hard at all. Just make sure they are filled with water and soaked overnight prior to use, and water the plant heavily before inserting. Do not let them dry out or they will need to be reactivated by filling and soaking again.
Yep I didn't use a kit, my Blumat setup consists of:
Barrels plumbed with a 3/4" barbed outlet (with a shutoff valve, natch)
3/4" regular black poly hose from hydro shop (run hot water through it for a few min and it will lay flat) the hose runs the length of the room.
Shutoff valve on the "far end" then tees in to a drain line to my drain bucket setup.
The BLumat valves were ordered for $5 each from my local hydro shop (via tradewinds distributing in Sacramento CA>)
Also ordered from the same place several 30 meter packages of 3mm Blumat dripper tubing (no you can NOT use anything else!) for $40 each.
To connect the drip lines to the 3/4" manifold I ordered a bunch of black nylon 3/32" plastic barbed tees from Kentsystems.com for $.22 each.
Connect two lengths of tubing and Blumats to each tee
THen drill a 3/32" hole into the manifold and pop the tee in.
Piece of cake! Kinda works like a low pressure microdrip system. Plumbing in the Blumats takes about an hour per 50 valves, not hard at all. Just make sure they are filled with water and soaked overnight prior to use, and water the plant heavily before inserting. Do not let them dry out or they will need to be reactivated by filling and soaking again.
Nah, passed my twenties a couple decades ago. Glad you like, thanks for stopping in!
You have really grown in the past year on these forums Lazyman awesome work! Definitely a lot of work you have put into this and it shows
Thanks a ton, much appreciated. Automation and simplicity, all in one!
No most are close friends and relatives who need medicine, but I find that word of mouth helps. I believe if you have a good product then the people will follow, and I'm told my product is pretty damn good even by NorCal standards. I only take credit for pushing the plant to its genetic limits, the breeders deserve the real credit!
I must say lazyman, every time I read any of your threads I get motivated to improve. Keep up the good work and thanks for the idea of wrapping the reservoirs in reflectix.
Glad I could be of help! I have used fiberglass water heater blankets in the past too, works great, maybe even better but I like the radiant barrier mylar provides.
Well me and my two helpers spent 8 hrs Saturday night, moved all the vegged girls to flower, plumbed them with blumats, transplanted 60 girls into 2 gallon Smartpots in veg (with another dozen Blumats,) and took 3 trays of cuttings for the next batch. Added in a mini-fridge full of sodas and beers for the trimmers later this month.
Going back tonight to mix a few tanks of nutes and take some panoramic pics, stay tuned!
Going back tonight to mix a few tanks of nutes and take some panoramic pics, stay tuned!
whats sup lazy 
good morning bro, is it update time yet?
cheers,
good morning bro, is it update time yet?
cheers,
