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Automated irrigation and drainage, please help

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Automated irrigation and drainage, please help

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Hello everyone! I am growing in two 1m2 tents, I am growing in coconut and I am dealing with two main issues.
The first is the tray where I have the pots resting, it is not the best and it does not drain properly, I have to maneuver it so that all the excess water drains properly.
The other issue with irrigation is that I have the outlet for 3 pots that does not directly draw water, I have to water them manually. So the purpose of this post is the following, with respect to the water outlet, I plan to clean the entire system with phosphoric acid, does anyone know this method? And with the issue of drainage, I can't think of how I can change the structure to make this issue more efficient. I'm from Argentina so industrial solutions are out of my reach.
Greetings and good smoke
 

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Zill said:
Pip,

Why are you disinfecting with phosphoric acid?
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Because in automated irrigation the lines that carry the water get clogged by the accumulation of salts in the solution. And according to what I read, running a very acidic solution removes the accumulated salts.
 
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Got it. Do you see salt accumulating on the inside of your plant pots?
 
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Zill said:
Got it. Do you see salt accumulating on the inside of your plant pots?
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I don't see it directly, I noticed that there are 3 pots where the water does not come out and I estimate that that must be why
 
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Pip,

If you find that phosphate isn’t very effective try using something with citric acid, salt. It does a much better job chelating metals. Or use that CLR stuff.
 
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Well, in the end I was able to solve it. I used phosphoric acid and I was able to make two videos. In the first it is showing that the equipment is on and the water does not come out, after a minute of making that video it started to come out full. I also adjusted pressure issues in the irrigation system and it improved significantly.
 

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