Looking for a cleaner for my drip system.

[norcalkell]

I'm looking for a cleaner to run thruogh my drip system. it includes, rez, pump, pvc, 4-way addapters and lines. I need to clean out salt build up and ick...

Hydrogenproxide?? Green bio clean?? Any ideas wood be great!

Gracias!!

 

[John goodman]

prevention u can use this ata clean
http://www.atami.com/countries/prod...oductLine=ATA&SubCategory=Product+Information

hydrogen is good if not using the system just soak other night and then remove all the shite!

best of luck

 

[Tolkin Bowls]

I always use a 10% bleach / water solution to kill bacteria. I also soak the drip emitters in lemon juice to remove salt build up.

 

[Opaleye]

This is the best I've ever used. In all, stages, the plants grow vigorous and everything stays clean and salt free. I know a tion of people who use different lines of nutes, but will not give up the drip clean, it is amazing. Even if you overdo it with the nute cioncentration, this product seems to keep it all balnced out,. good luck

Here's the manuf. description :

House and Garden VAN De zvaan

House & Garden Drip Clean is an extremely useful agent for anyone working with a drip or aeroponic system. Drip Clean works like a magnet, removing dirt particles at every nutrient feeding so that the piping remains clean. Drip Clean furthermore gives plants a boost, improving their greenness and vitality.
Drip Clean is a 100% safe agent for your plants provided it is used in the correct proportion. Drip Clean contains potassium and phosphorus compounds, two very powerful and useful elements in the nutritional plan of the plant. These concern engineered compounds; one particle has been removed from their structure. The incomplete element thus works as a magnet. As molecules always seek a complete structure, Drip Clean attracts dirt particles with every nutrient feeding keeping the drip emitters or aeroponic misters squeaky clean. Drip Clean never fails and is a very effective agent against a clogged hydroponic system.

 

[Opaleye]

Any ideas wood be great!

Morning wood!

 

[george j warner]

calgon to remove the salt build up then bleach and water to steralize then clean water for a week to remove the bleached water.

calgon is the shizz

 

[CannaBunkerMan]

Found this, it looks like Nitric acid at pH 4.5 is an effective salt remover, no need to buy expensive flushing agents:

http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/opp4591

Drip irrigation systems are a necessary part of any modern greenhouse facility. The simplest drip irrigation system includes pressure regulator, filter, tubing and emitters (drippers). It provides a controlled and uniform distribution of water and nutrients between plants located along the irrigation line. However, emitters are prone to clogging from deposits of calcium carbonate, algae or bacteria, so irrigation lines require maintenance for better and longer service.
The drip system filter should be checked every day and cleaned if necessary. Disc and screen filters are available on the market. The preference should be given to disc filters, as they are more resistant to clogging and easier to clean through back flushing. Check lines for leaks.

A pH higher than 6.0, and high EC may lead to precipitation of calcium and magnesium salts, which will clog the emitters. Precipitates may build up to the end of the season even when precautions have been taken. Partially clogged emitters may still conduct feeding solution, but they will distribute nutrients unevenly among the plants. Therefore, the lines should be flushed with acid at the end of each season to remove build-up.

Nitric acid is a most efficient solubilizer although sulphuric and phosphoric acids can be used too. Flushing lines for one hour with pH 4.5 solution is usually effective enough. However, you can leave the solution overnight if you have a particularly tough precipitate build up. Flush the lines with water afterward. Avoid precipitate build-up through preventive measures rather than drastically eliminating it at the end of the season.

Mineral precipitates are relatively easy to remove compared to the organic slime formed by bacteria and algae. The preventive measure would be injections of chlorine or commercial bacterial control agents. Use 2 ppm chlorine daily to "rinse" at the end of irrigation cycle and 30 ppm if slime becomes a problem.

If there is already a lot of algae and bacteria growing in the pipeline, emitters can be plugged worse when the slime begins to break off and gets carried downstream. Therefore, it is very important to flush the lines extensively before irrigating again. Automatic valves flushing several liters of the feeding solution at the end of each irrigation cycle are not expensive and can be installed at the end of each dripline. This will prevent any build-up of particles or slime at the end of drip lines. To eliminate all microorganisms in your irrigation system; at the end of growing period inject sulphuric acid (pH 5) through one injector and 50 ppm chlorine through a second injector downstream from the sulphuric acid injection leave the solution overnight and flush it out the next morning. CAUTION: When dealing with acids make sure that appropriate gloves and clothes are used. Always add acid to water not water to acid.

 

[wrinkles88]

I might have to try that H&G Drip Clean.I've heard good things about it but have never tried it.