drip irrigation

hi im a new grower havent got all my stuff yt waiting on slow ass mail service......

anyways going with a 4x4x6.5 grow tent with a 400w mh/hps with some "big bud" and a 6in inline exhaust at like 540cfm

anyways ive noticed that i havent seen to many drip systems for a full grow is a drip system viable to grow form seed to harvest or is there osmething im failing to see with drip that makes it a not so well choice

well i got my light today..........had to play god in the house and plug her in for a quick test."LET THERE BE LIGHT" anyways no repliess or suggestions? im a week or so away from planting and trying to figure everything out

neowulf said:

well i got my light today..........had to play god in the house and plug her in for a quick test."LET THERE BE LIGHT" anyways no repliess or suggestions? im a week or so away from planting and trying to figure everything out

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i have had several promiseing grows off of a custom drip system. (i have pictures of the system under grow journals) and i have never had an problems alot of the local hydroponic store owners tell me its a very sufficent way to grow. so if there is a problem then i cant find it either. happy growing

and just a few things to look out for is over watering so make sure u have a timer and have done research on how long is right to water and making sure that the drippers dont get clogged( easy to happen if you use organic nutrients)

mushywater said:

and just a few things to look out for is over watering so make sure u have a timer and have done research on how long is right to water and making sure that the drippers dont get clogged( easy to happen if you use organic nutrients)

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I use drip because it is mindlessly easy and dirt cheap. My first hydro crop (drip) came out with a stunning yield and two foot long colas everywhere. Ive never cleaned my emitters, but I dont use organics.

You can use a 60 gal per hour pump with drip, the hardware needs are very lowball. I just built one for my veg room and all the hardware cost 37$.

Heavy duty 400lb toughtote 17$
five emitters 4.75$
cheap 60 gph pump 10$
hose and T fitting - 5$

I ran a line from an existing airpump to an airstone that I had laying around

It is that simple

I see no difference whatsoever between drip and flood/drain as far as end result is concerned.

this system was built uner 130 dollars mostly because the grow tray was 75 dollars. my system can water 8 plants and has room for about 4 large plants i am goin to run three large in the back and 5 SOG clones in the front very efficent way to drip lol. any questions just ask is this similar to your idea?

I am 6 weeks in to flowering and have been using drip the whole time. I started out at 15min every4 hours and keep adjusting it by watching the plants till we have it running full time. I am running 2 12" air stones in my reservoir so I can run it a little to much with it hurting. Just hooked up a pond pump to 1/2 tubing punched 8 holes and ran tubing to each plant. Only problem I had was with a manifold, it keep plugging up so I removed it and know no trouble. Seems very easy to use. Next will be dwc.