Kinda Flood&Drain/Dripper system

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wispymossops

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I have a problem, we have some plants at my mates house in the loft, only accesible by a tiny loft hatch up a pair of stepladders, which is a massive pain in the ass. At the minute we have to mix the food bucket by bucket downstairs then carry it up stepladders one bucketb at a time every time we feed the 16 plants up there. The plants are in coco so need feeding quite often. As you can imagine its a massive pain in the ass.

Another friend of mine has a 100 litre water butt for sale cheap. I was thinking about putting that up there and filling that with feed then running a pipe off the tap and splitting this into 16 to feed an open end in each pot. I was then just going to go up once a day, open the tap, let the water/nutes flow until there is a little coming out of the bottom, then soak this up and get rid of it. Will this work OK? Can anybody see any problems with this? I cant see why it wouldnt work as it is just the same as feeding by hand isnt it? Just much easier?

I have read a bit about dripper systems but am not too sure of this as if the tap is open constantly if/when one of the fittings fails my mate is having 100 litres of nutrient solution coming through the ceiling into his bedroom. Which I dont think he would be too keen on.

How long can I leave the water stood there before it starts to cause problems? And would it be beneficial to have an air stone in there? Let me know if you have any more questions, ill be on and off all day.

Oh yeah, and first post (I think)!! Ive been lurking for months so thanks to everyone here who has helped me without knowing it!!!
 
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painkillerman

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just idea man 1/4 horse sump pumps bout 50 bucks and put ball vavle on hose end no more water to carry bro also no worries buddy waking up swimming ,also if ur city has chlorine in water its good 4 days if not add h202 to ensure clean 02 rich water rate 1ml /l also if making one stop water system make a" WATER MANAFOLD" so the distance to any pot has the same water pressure to ensure even growth its something that needs be seen check holmes on holmes water manifold system its home reno show easy follew advice will take a little more work but no headaches down the road
 
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wispymossops

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painkillerman said:
just idea man 1/4 horse sump pumps bout 50 bucks and put ball vavle on hose end no more water to carry bro also no worries buddy waking up swimming ,also if ur city has chlorine in water its good 4 days if not add h202 to ensure clean 02 rich water rate 1ml /l also if making one stop water system make a" WATER MANAFOLD" so the distance to any pot has the same water pressure to ensure even growth its something that needs be seen check holmes on holmes water manifold system its home reno show easy follew advice will take a little more work but no headaches down the road
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Cheers mate,

Ill do that, Ill make sure to get some h2o2. I was speaking to someone at the hydro shop yesterday about a water manifold. Everything being the same lengths to each plant etc, seems a bit of a pain in the ass to set up but Im sure itll be worth it.

I am thinking about piping it up to a pump on a digital timer then I can feed them for a minute or two once or twice a day. It should take a lot of work out of it.

Is it worth putting an air stone in the water butt or will this not really do much? Also once I have mixed a batch of feed will this stay well mixed? ie I wont get all the nutes settling at the bottom and feed my girls a batch of 3.6ec feed if I leave it will I?

Thanks for the help.
 
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