Drip-System +Granular= best for soil?

[2Hearts]

So its automated and maybe im just an old timer but if you say drip system to me i think of the originals which were just gravity fed constant ru eventually adapted to hydro.

If i say hydro do you know which system i refer to? Or does it just suggest basic water culture like if you generalize drip system.

Do you also assume every car has a manual transmission until someone specifies theirs has an automatic transmission? You said you’ve never seen a soil grow work on a drip system before, you didn’t specify that you’ve never seen a soil grow work on a drip system without a controlling valve. BTW, a blumat system is still a passive system. Mine has no external energy sources driving it, the “sensor” is just a water filled cone, that releases pressure from the valve at the top, when the water in the soil begins to dry out. Then the water comes through with no power or pumps...it’s just gravity fed.

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

So its automated and maybe im just an old timer but if you say drip system to me i think of the originals which were just gravity fed constant ru eventually adapted to hydro.

If i say hydro do you know which system i refer to? Or does it just suggest basic water culture like if you generalize drip system.

I didn’t generalize anything anymore than you did. I posted a picture of what is clearly a blumat drip system. You can see the blumat carrot in the soil and @Richard Drysift even suggested using blumat a few posts after mine. Seems to me like you are just nitpicking to try to save face.

 

[2Hearts]

Great but is the op using a drip system or blumat?

I didn’t generalize anything anymore than you did. I posted a picture of what is clearly a blumat drip system. You can see the blumat carrot in the soil and @Richard Drysift even suggested using blumat a few posts after mine. Seems to me like you are just nitpicking to try to save face.

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

Great but is the op using a drip system or blumat?

OP never specified. They just said they have a 24/7 drip system, fed by a garden hose, which is also an option with blumat.

 

[2Hearts]

Is a blu mat 24/7?

Shocked you got blumat from the op, i just got the old constant run systems and related to that.

OP never specified. They just said they have a 24/7 drip system, fed by a garden hose, which is also an option with blumat.

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

Is a blu mat 24/7?

Shocked you got blumat from the op, i just got the old constant run systems and related to that.

I honestly don't know why I even bother interacting with you, you never can admit to being wrong and just nitpick and nitpick until people give up and abandon the conversation. How is it not 24/7? I can tell you this much...If I look at my plants, at pretty much any time of the day, at least one of them has water dripping from the drippers. That said, even a dripper system that doesn't have a blumat carrot in it can be dialed in to only provide enough water to keep the soil damp enough while also permitting oxygenation of the roots. The only difference is that you would need to adjust it based on the temperature of the room and the size of the plants as the parameters change over time.

 

[2Hearts]

Oh so its a right or wrong thing now and im meant to admit im wrong?

I honestly don't know why I even bother interacting with you, you never can admit to being wrong and just nitpick and nitpick until people give up and abandon the conversation. How is it not 24/7? I can tell you this much...If I look at my plants, at pretty much any time of the day, at least one of them has water dripping from the drippers. That said, even a dripper system that doesn't have a blumat carrot in it can be dialed in to only provide enough water to keep the soil damp enough while also permitting oxygenation of the roots. The only difference is that you would need to adjust it based on the temperature of the room and the size of the plants as the parameters change over time.

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

Oh so its a right or wrong thing now and im meant to admit im wrong?

No, what I'm saying is that you just argue things to the point where people give up trying to explain what they mean to you. You could've just replied to my original reply to you and said that, when you said that, you specifically were referring to a constant drip. Instead you insist on nitpicking my response by asking me how I prevent over saturation, as if you can't clearly see the blumat carrot sticking in the soil, and then claim that the OP never mentioned blumat. They also didn't mention that they weren't using blumat or if they even considered it as an option. You also don't seem to be considering other factors like the fact that organic fertilizer should never be permitted to dry out to the extent that we let our soil get to when feeding salt based nutrients.

 

[2Hearts]

No i didnt recognize the blu mat carrot, wasnt paying much attention to it just thought you were refering to a hose with holes in.

No, what I'm saying is that you just argue things to the point where people give up trying to explain what they mean to you. You could've just replied to my original reply to you and said that, when you said that, you specifically were referring to a constant drip. Instead you insist on nitpicking my response by asking me how I prevent over saturation, as if you can't clearly see the blumat carrot sticking in the soil, and then claim that the OP never mentioned blumat. They also didn't mention that they weren't using blumat or if they even considered it as an option. You also don't seem to be considering other factors like the fact that organic fertilizer should never be permitted to dry out to the extent that we let our soil get to when feeding salt based nutrients.

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

No i didnt recognize the blu mat carrot, wasnt paying much attention to it just thought you were refering to a hose with holes in.

Then you didn't seem to look at the picture at all. There's no hose with holes in it in either of my pictures, you can clearly see a carrot and 4 drippers.

 

[2Hearts]

I looked but paid zero attention, when he said 24/7 i used all my brain energy to picture a system where a drip drops constantly not when a carrot says so.

Then you didn't seem to look at the picture at all. There's no hose with holes in it in either of my pictures, you can clearly see a carrot and 4 drippers.

 

[Tangerine_]

Check out blumats; they work great outdoors or in.

They're game changers!

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

They're game changers!

Definitely one of the best investments I've made for my plants.

 

[farmingfisherman]

Definitely one of the best investments I've made for my plants.

I'm sold on it! Now I got to look into the compost tea feeding routine.. Thanks for sharing

 

[TreeFarmerCharlie]

I'm sold on it! Now I got to look into the compost tea feeding routine.. Thanks for sharing

Your welcome!

 

[Tangerine_]

I'm sold on it! Now I got to look into the compost tea feeding routine.. Thanks for sharing

You'll probably love them. The plants sure do.