Using Blumats to water for you

i use-

spaghetti tubing. it's cheap as hell. 5000' 120 dollars.

.060" inner diameter. it's about the size of spaghetti. in the greenhouse they use 30 pound wall poly tubing, in circuits. there is a small hole punching tool(like pliers), the they insert the length of drip line into the bigger 30 pound wall. the poly has a memory so it shrinks back up, sealing around the spaghetti line. put the feederline into your pot. some have lead weights on the end, and you just throw them in the pot(ornamentals), others just poke the line into the dirt a litlle.

i use garden hose. install your 55 gallon drum with pump, and plumb to garden hos. run the hose around the perimeter of your room. using a long slender awl, poke a hole in the garden hose( the green ones your neighbor is always throwing away work best. use repair ends to eliminate the lawn mower holes), and insert your length of spaghetti line in the hole. practice a few times first to get the piercing action down. this will instantly seal once you get the hang of it. then put the spaghetti line into the top inch or two of your pot.

set your timer to your desired watering on time. i run four spaghetti's at each pot location. then i add them to the pot, until the pot stays wet per my timer schedule. some pots use one, some two, some all four. just bend them in half and put a bread tie around it and it's off, when not needed, at a site.

super cheap easy tunable drip. i get the line from a greenhouser near capac. he will ship direct with credit card.

pm me for more.

happy growing.


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How frequently do you water? If one pump and one timer is used, how do you account for different pots needing a different amount of water?

frequency-

i set the timer to a schedule that will keep all pots wet using all four(4) spaghetti's, or less, at each pot site. at each location there will be a pot,(my room is static), there are four spaghetti lines tapped into the main(garden hose). knowing the plants like waterings best at night, but also need adose during the day(due to increased uptake), i set my timer to 15 minute on intervals, throughout the 24 hour period, at a frequency that satisfies me. my timer come s on for seven(7), 15 minute intervals throughout the 24, mostly during dark.

then.

at this point all pots should be sufficiently watered, or over watered, with all four spaghetti's in the pot. the ones that are soaked, take one spaghetti out, pinch it in half and put a breadtie around it ot secure it(like you pinch off the garden hose?). if the pot is still to wet, pinch back another line(running two). if it's reallly slow, pinch back three, and run one live.

if wide open wont keep the pots wet. increase the timer, and tune again.

run the garden hose, at thigh level, around your room. secure it to the wall using this .





buy a tee, and amke the circuit around your room a loop, so it will have equal pressure at both ends.

the rep button-

is the star.

happy growing.

just kidding-

adjust the frequency of the timer so you can run at least three psaghetti's in each pot for nice distribution patterns. plug in dirt two thirds way from stem to outside of pot.

also-

all these values are proprietary. they can all be manipulated. run forty seven tubes at one, or one. also the tubing is available in all different diameters.

sorry about the thread jack.

Wow. I'm not sure I have the patience for that. Glad that works for you, though

whatever you say-

i copied this.

I have a manifold set up for Belle's 4x4 flood and drain table and it is set up like that going to rockwool cubes.
Me and homeless beans have had quite a few discussions about this.
I have every intention on experimenting with timed feedings vs. using a moisture sensor like the blumats.
The blumats are probably just about double what I originally expected, but if it feeds my plants perfectly, then it must be done.
Whether blumats are the best thing to hit my garden, or they are just another grow-bust investment, I will be messing around
with the way you are talking about (I believe anyway, I just glanced over the posts and will read in the morning.)
Thank you for the info Murfy

I know this is an old thread but can someone tell me how the lines hold up? If you take them off of their barbs too much do they stretch out? Are the quick disconnects worth it or are the .10 cent caps good enough?

The rubber has been good. And if a tip of hose gets weird, just cut it off

Im setting up mine now. I can't wait to have it done. I spent way more than I had originally planned but if they are as good as people say they should totally be worth it.

Let us know!!!!

Rrog said:

I have large trays with sensors that detect water. If I were to get a flood, the sensors would shut off the water and sound an alarm. That's what I did, anyway.

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Could you tell us a little more about your auto shut off system? Which sensors you use and how you plumb the valve? Im thinking of branching off the cold intake on my washing machine, run thru a tall boy filter then into a 5 gal gravity fed bucket reservoir with a float valve. Do you think I'd be better off using the pressure reducer rather than the gravity fed bucket? Do you think the blumats would perform better one way or the other?

How do you like the bluemats Gladstoned?

resinhead said:

How do you like the bluemats Gladstoned?

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I've had the box of shit down there well over a year now and never used them yet.

Have a quick question. I'm using 2 carrots in my 7 gal smart pots (one shirt one long)

Literally half the pot on top is noticeably dry on 1 compare to the other side. Do I need to open up the carrot on the drier side? The plants are fine but want to be sure I'm dialing in correct.

stoobeey said:

Have a quick question. I'm using 2 carrots in my 7 gal smart pots (one shirt one long)

Literally half the pot on top is noticeably dry on 1 compare to the other side. Do I need to open up the carrot on the drier side? The plants are fine but want to be sure I'm dialing in correct.

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If the carrot is not dripping you can adjust it so it does.

xtsho said:

If the carrot is not dripping you can adjust it so it does.

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To even it up with other dripper? Just don't want cause and runaways and floods in tent