Drain to waist / drips system / what you think?

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Fiete

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Hi, i planing a drain to waist drip irrigation system and i need a Dripper & a Big Pump. What drippers
Are the best i have 4 pieces in my Spider how you think they perform?

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How much Pressure per Liter my Pump needs for 4 Plants in a 80x80x160cm tent?
 
Nrk.cdn

Nrk.cdn

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Do also have a way of draining the excess water? Floraflex has potpro platform to drain excess nutrients.

Coco for cannabis website has diy solutions for DTW.
 
O0gieBO0gie

O0gieBO0gie

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The best drippers are the ones that dont clog fast with your nutrient feed. Both organic and synthetic feeds will clog the drippers eventually. Why do you think you need a big pump?
 
Hook Daddy

Hook Daddy

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I never found a dripper that didn’t clog. If your in coco and perlite just ditch the drippers and use 1/4” drip lines with a tee at the end and short pieces of tubing to where you want water, you can use more than one per plant if you have larger totes or pots. While not needed, I put a twist type shutoff on each feed line, partially closing it will allow you to control water pressure for each line. Then you can open it a bit then return it once a month or so while water is running to clear it, no more clogs. A large pump is not required, for just a few plants small is better. Your main irrigation line should be a loop, not dead ending, this will help keep the pressure constant for all the feed lines.
 
O0gieBO0gie

O0gieBO0gie

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Hook Daddy said:
I never found a dripper that didn’t clog. If your in coco and perlite just ditch the drippers and use 1/4” drip lines with a tee at the end and short pieces of tubing to where you want water, you can use more than one per plant if you have larger totes or pots. While not needed, I put a twist type shutoff on each feed line, partially closing it will allow you to control water pressure for each line. Then you can open it a bit then return it once a month or so while water is running to clear it, no more clogs. A large pump is not required, for just a few plants small is better. Your main irrigation line should be a loop, not dead ending, this will help keep the pressure constant for all the feed lines.
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MtRainDog

MtRainDog

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I like my ring drippers. These are 5" rings from a brand called Netafim.
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The emitter (on the right) attaches to the main line poly tubing. Microtubing is used from the emitter to the ring, and each micro line has a twist turn on/off valve (on the left). I have an inline filter before my pump to catch any large particles.
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Fiete

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Hook Daddy said:
I never found a dripper that didn’t clog. If your in coco and perlite just ditch the drippers and use 1/4” drip lines with a tee at the end and short pieces of tubing to where you want water, you can use more than one per plant if you have larger totes or pots. While not needed, I put a twist type shutoff on each feed line, partially closing it will allow you to control water pressure for each line. Then you can open it a bit then return it once a month or so while water is running to clear it, no more clogs. A large pump is not required, for just a few plants small is better. Your main irrigation line should be a loop, not dead ending, this will help keep the pressure constant for all the feed lines.
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I show you my line later my pump is a 2000l but i can switch to 1000l it's a bigger one and the halo ring running 600ml in 1 minute so i only feed 30sek x 4 times a day gives me 1200ml a day and the run off is a litte but just for checking run off...
 
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