Drip irrigation

[kor420]

Never did a drip Irrigation before. I have a small setup with a 5 gallon reservoir mixed with my nutrient combos. I have 3/4 hose with the drip lines running off of that to my plants, that is planted in a mixture of perlite/coco coir (40/60).

My question is.... How long would you normally let it drip for every day?

 

[giggles26]

How big are your containers? Are they in flower, veg? How big are your nozzles? 1/4GPH, 1/2GPH?

 

[kor420]

1/2 GPH. They are in veg and they are sitting in 2 gallon pots.

 

[ThaMagnificent]

Check out Blumats

 

[kor420]

Check out Blumats

This?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blumat-Deck-and-Planter-Box-Kit-small-/331026533760?_trksid=p2054897.l5663

The reason i'm doing Drip irrigation is because i have to get on my knees to water my plants as i am doing scrog. I have very bad knees and when i get down on them for 10mins i'm in some tremendous pain for the rest of the day..

 

[Lysergicpt]

Check out Blumats

Listen to the guy , blumats rox its the best irrigation system arround .. very reliable and easy , you just need to have your reservoir in a higher posicion so it works properly , its functions by "gravity". Off course if you connect to the watersource you dont need it cause you already have pression in there.
But i supose you want to add the nutrients and everything in your reservoir soo...

 

[ThaMagnificent]

This?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blumat-Deck-and-Planter-Box-Kit-small-/331026533760?_trksid=p2054897.l5663

The reason i'm doing Drip irrigation is because i have to get on my knees to water my plants as i am doing scrog. I have very bad knees and when i get down on them for 10mins i'm in some tremendous pain for the rest of the day..

Yes, but make sure it's not the Jr model. Make sure it's the regular sized one

 

[Lysergicpt]

Yes, but make sure it's not the Jr model. Make sure it's the regular sized one

I sugest if your pot its big enought you go with the Maxi Version not the Normal.

 

[kor420]

I sugest if your pot its big enought you go with the Maxi Version not the Normal.

I run 2 gallon to one gallon smart pots.

I'm using the 2 gallons smart pots this round, but i just can't put many in there. If i use one gallons, i can fit 6 of those pots in the cab. I've been averaging 40-50 grams from one plant. if i use one gallons, and no more than i smoke, that will last me a long while.

If i buy the blumats, will i be able to use the 1 gallon pots?

This is my current setup

 

[PetFlora]

This?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blumat-Deck-and-Planter-Box-Kit-small-/331026533760?_trksid=p2054897.l5663

The reason i'm doing Drip irrigation is because i have to get on my knees to water my plants as i am doing scrog. I have very bad knees and when i get down on them for 10mins i'm in some tremendous pain for the rest of the day..

Buy magnesium chloride crystals (Swanson Vitamins). Make ~ a pint of Sol (strong solution) keep it in a jar. Apply several times a day, rub it in. Also get DMSO: if not readily available, substitute with organic coconut oil.

Rub the CO on your knees in between Mg Sol rubs and take a tspn/tbs of oil and begin "oil pulling". Look it up for details. Within a few weeks you should feel an improvement

Also, see my thread for a simple DIY F & D

 

[oilmaker68]

Just make sure your medium gets soaked through. I ran a drip irrigation system and the roots grew to the drip site as I wasn't leaving it on long enough to soak all of the medium. Small root mass and it didn't venture to the bottom of the pot until I hand watered instead. Have a look at autopots. That's what I'm running now.