Splitting Irrigation Flow 4 Ways

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guitarguy10

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I'm growing in these pretty wide and large 9 gallon pots that have been a bit of a PITA the hand water.

So I bought a bunch of those 6" watering halo rings to try and not quite automate but simplify watering for this grow. In the pic you can only see 3 of them but there's a 4th ring which is what's needed to cover the entire surface.
http://imgur.com/a/WGPQ1Fv

Question is that with an 800gph submersible pump does anyone have any suggestions on how to plumb everything together so that there's a roughly equivalent flow to each halo ring? I've only been able to find 4 way barbed fittings like this one:

uxcell 12mm or 15/32" ID Brass Barb Splicer Fitting 4 Ways Brass Cross Barb Fitting Air Gas Water Fuel,2pcs - - Amazon.com

uxcell 12mm or 15/32" ID Brass Barb Splicer Fitting 4 Ways Brass Cross Barb Fitting Air Gas Water Fuel,2pcs - - Amazon.com
www.amazon.com

Not been able to find a 5 way (1 inlet, 4 out to each fitting), nor a manifold that has 1/2" od fittings and those rings have a 1/2" fitting), the closesnt manifold I found was this one and way too small ends: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B004RUJ2OE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Any suggestions on a good 1/2" manifold, or how to do it without a manifold maybe just daisy chaining some barbed tees together with some ball vales on each one?

Really appreciate any help, i'm kind of stumped here.
 
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Lordhooha

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guitarguy10 said:
I'm growing in these pretty wide and large 9 gallon pots that have been a bit of a PITA the hand water.

So I bought a bunch of those 6" watering halo rings to try and not quite automate but simplify watering for this grow. In the pic you can only see 3 of them but there's a 4th ring which is what's needed to cover the entire surface.
http://imgur.com/a/WGPQ1Fv

Question is that with an 800gph submersible pump does anyone have any suggestions on how to plumb everything together so that there's a roughly equivalent flow to each halo ring? I've only been able to find 4 way barbed fittings like this one:

uxcell 12mm or 15/32" ID Brass Barb Splicer Fitting 4 Ways Brass Cross Barb Fitting Air Gas Water Fuel,2pcs - - Amazon.com

uxcell 12mm or 15/32" ID Brass Barb Splicer Fitting 4 Ways Brass Cross Barb Fitting Air Gas Water Fuel,2pcs - - Amazon.com
www.amazon.com

Not been able to find a 5 way (1 inlet, 4 out to each fitting), nor a manifold that has 1/2" od fittings and those rings have a 1/2" fitting), the closesnt manifold I found was this one and way too small ends: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B004RUJ2OE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Any suggestions on a good 1/2" manifold, or how to do it without a manifold maybe just daisy chaining some barbed tees together with some ball vales on each one?

Really appreciate any help, i'm kind of stumped here.
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Why so many rings per plants? They're made to go around the bas of the plant and saturate from the inside out. You just need to adjust your timer accordingly.
 
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guitarguy10

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It's Promix HP and there are so many rings because when I was hand watering it it developed dry spots very easily all over because the pot has about a 17" diameter and also 4 of these rings fit perfectly.

I would have bought the 9" or 12" rings but they were out of stock everywhere I had looked and now that these are out of their package I'm just going to stick with them since I cannot return them.

If I could go back in time and return these for 12" rings I would, but I can't and I'm already $50+ in, so I'd like to figure out a way to do it with what I've got already if it's possible.
 
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