Cockerel in the hen house!
Thatās a possibility! Using the green leaf line up, itās all pretty fine except the cal-mag, those dissolve pretty quickly and I even wait a few minutes to let it all do its thing. I run a heavy h2o2/water mix in a small clean bucket to drain the line after each use. Ive seen the bottles I use with left over feed in them left for a while in the heat and thatās not what I want in the plants lol!
I forgot to say, this is the entire reason for it
Iāll admit, Iāve had my plants bone dry way too many times! when I say Iām broken, I mean Iām broken! 
That's a hell of a pump for drip lines I'd think. And it aint supposed to be making the water turn in that direction unless, and I'm guessing again, but maybe too much pressure in the lines. I'm w/ tumble and would like to see ya pull this one off. Back in the early hydro days for me the word "syphon" came up way too often
So before I thought about a clog as tumble mentioned, this was one of my thoughts!
Hey bear, a couple of things...So before I thought about a clog as tumble mentioned, this was one of my thoughts!
Another thing I hadnāt taken into account is this was an old pump i got from the guy who gave me a couple lights for helping him out! Maybe itās just old and toasted.
If it is in fact too much pressure im wondering if i could add a relief valve or if that would allow too much pressure too escape thus not enough pressure to get the drips dripping?
Either way im going to keep playing it! : ) itās still really nice and is functioning at 90% in my opinion. And if i gotta have a couple cobwebs (as long as itās not from spider mites) im ok working along with them hahaha!
Thanks jj!
Crap now I gotta check drippers...Hey bear, a couple of things...
I mix my nutes in a 1gal pitcher with about 6 cups of water, using my cordless drill and plastic paint stirrer. Add to the reservoir once thoroughly dissolved. First I do the calmag+ by itself and dump in the reservoir. Then I mix the rest of the greenleaf nutes all together and dump that into the reservoir. There is a separate pump in the bottom of the reservoir that runs 24/7, keeping everything mixed, moving and aerated.
I don't use drippers bc they clog; just wide open 1/4 inch tubes to each plant.
Loop the trunk line back to the reservoir with a valve on it that can be opened and closed to increase or decrease pressure at the drippers (or in my case just open 1/4" tubes). You've already seen the 1/4" valves I use on ea lead.
Don't forget my anti-siphon hack if your reservoir level is higher than your plants
Hell yeah Mike! Even I can understand that system. Just one question, timer for the pump gets increased run time as plants get bigger?Hey bear, a couple of things...
I mix my nutes in a 1gal pitcher with about 6 cups of water, using my cordless drill and plastic paint stirrer. Add to the reservoir once thoroughly dissolved. First I do the calmag+ by itself and dump in the reservoir. Then I mix the rest of the greenleaf nutes all together and dump that into the reservoir. There is a separate pump in the bottom of the reservoir that runs 24/7, keeping everything mixed, moving and aerated.
I don't use drippers bc they clog; just wide open 1/4 inch tubes to each plant.
Loop the trunk line back to the reservoir with a valve on it that can be opened and closed to increase or decrease pressure at the drippers (or in my case just open 1/4" tubes). You've already seen the 1/4" valves I use on ea lead.
Don't forget my anti-siphon hack if your reservoir level is higher than your plants
My system is recirculating. The feed pump runs the entire 12hrs the lights are on, then 15 min on 30 min off during 12hrs dark bc of the small pot size. They drink about 1.5-2gal during dark hours.
Was wondering about the pot size but itās obviously working! Youāve basically modified an NFT system, sweet bro!
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oh yeah!Was wondering about the pot size but itās obviously working! Youāve basically modified an NFT system, sweet bro!
You taking notes
gettin the wheels turning : )
Right on man, thank you for the explanation! Iām going to have some time to play with it all in the next few days.Hey bear, a couple of things...
I mix my nutes in a 1gal pitcher with about 6 cups of water, using my cordless drill and plastic paint stirrer. Add to the reservoir once thoroughly dissolved. First I do the calmag+ by itself and dump in the reservoir. Then I mix the rest of the greenleaf nutes all together and dump that into the reservoir. There is a separate pump in the bottom of the reservoir that runs 24/7, keeping everything mixed, moving and aerated.
I don't use drippers bc they clog; just wide open 1/4 inch tubes to each plant.
Loop the trunk line back to the reservoir with a valve on it that can be opened and closed to increase or decrease pressure at the drippers (or in my case just open 1/4" tubes). You've already seen the 1/4" valves I use on ea lead.
Don't forget my anti-siphon hack if your reservoir level is higher than your plants
that sounds like an interesting technique : )
I yanked my Mekong Thai out of the tent last night for the same reason. Sorry