psychadelibud
Well-Known Member
Howdy, just wanna apologize ahead of time for my lack of knowledge on this subject... I am your average hillbilly grower, who actually has around 17 years of growing experience, but have always grown the old fashioned simple way "watering by hand".
Basically, I'm getting older, my back can't handle all the toting of hundreds of gallons of water per week. My room is getting crowded and I need an easier way of watering and feeding. So I have been looking into the cheapest auto watering system I can design to ease the hassle and allow me to focus more on other important things and save a backache.
What I have in mind is an automatic, top feed irrigation system. I kinda understand the basics of how it all works, I am just trying to find the easiest, cheapest possible design. Basically what I am planning is something like a 50 or 60 gallon reservoir, with a pump that can feed around 30 to 36 plants. My room is 17ft in length, 6.5ft wide. Plants are in 3 gal to 7 gal plastic grow bags, ready to flip to 12/12 any time now. I would love to just get this designed and setup before I flip. I will be going on vacation in a month and I most definitely need it up and functioning by that time. What exactly do I need? How much will it cost me? Just a rough estimate?? How exactly do I set this up? I know 50 to 55 gallons wont get me by too long on a 4 day vacation but I can set it up at that time period to dispense a smaller amount of water just to get me through till return home.
I saved an interesting link that goes in depth pretty well on a simple system and according to this link and by estimating what I think I'll need, I am looking at around $300 to get it going, or possibly more. However, it would be nice if I could do this even cheaper if someone had an easier way... Sorry for my lack of knowledge with these systems and I appreciate any help I can possibly get!
Here is the link I was referring to:
https://cocoforcannabis.com/diy-automatic-watering-system/
I forgot to mention, I am in promix.
Basically, I'm getting older, my back can't handle all the toting of hundreds of gallons of water per week. My room is getting crowded and I need an easier way of watering and feeding. So I have been looking into the cheapest auto watering system I can design to ease the hassle and allow me to focus more on other important things and save a backache.
What I have in mind is an automatic, top feed irrigation system. I kinda understand the basics of how it all works, I am just trying to find the easiest, cheapest possible design. Basically what I am planning is something like a 50 or 60 gallon reservoir, with a pump that can feed around 30 to 36 plants. My room is 17ft in length, 6.5ft wide. Plants are in 3 gal to 7 gal plastic grow bags, ready to flip to 12/12 any time now. I would love to just get this designed and setup before I flip. I will be going on vacation in a month and I most definitely need it up and functioning by that time. What exactly do I need? How much will it cost me? Just a rough estimate?? How exactly do I set this up? I know 50 to 55 gallons wont get me by too long on a 4 day vacation but I can set it up at that time period to dispense a smaller amount of water just to get me through till return home.
I saved an interesting link that goes in depth pretty well on a simple system and according to this link and by estimating what I think I'll need, I am looking at around $300 to get it going, or possibly more. However, it would be nice if I could do this even cheaper if someone had an easier way... Sorry for my lack of knowledge with these systems and I appreciate any help I can possibly get!
Here is the link I was referring to:
https://cocoforcannabis.com/diy-automatic-watering-system/
I forgot to mention, I am in promix.
