Drip to waste hydro setup
spent hours and hours cutting two diff lengths of 1/4" hosing. 144total. and attaching a barb plug and dripper to each end of the hose. took a lot longer then i thought but works great so im stoked to finally now have up and running hydro auto feed for my vegging clones.
for anyone whos interested in the details;
1/2" hosing for main feed channel hose and attachement to 250gph submersible pump to feed the drippers. then attached to the 1/2" hosing u branch off 1/4" hosing with a barb attachment that punches into the 1/2" tubing. then a dripper at the other end sticks into the rockwool and does a slow drip to feed the roots and make them grow outwards not just down. rockwool soaks up like a sponge.
one thing to remember with running a drip system is u need to maintain even water psi across the feed system so all lengths on the table need to be equal and symetrical. plus it just looks cleaner. the table is on a slight slant and drains out the other end of the table into a bucket.
for getting rid of my waste water ( i will have 3 total waste runnoff totes ) i bought a 300gph submersible pump and hooked up a 25' garden hose so i can drop that pump into any of the three waste rez and run the pump to push water thru the hose and into the bathtub down the hallway. works gtreat for me.
i do need sum advice, now that ive put in the drippers the rockwool white covers dont fit obviously as they were before, but im assuming i just need to cut two more spots for each dripper on the cube to fit in as well? i cant imagine another method lol.
oh and the reason i went with two drippers instead of one; is even watering and in case one gets clogged for any reason even tho i have a prefilter for the drip system.
fyi the flower room drip system will be using a ring drip setup.
heres a shot showing the 1000w lamp has been moved down to 3ft away from the canopy. i left it high for the fresh clones to adjust to high lumens. i will see how they react to the new lighting and prob lower it to about 2ft eventually if needed. the aircooling helps alot conisdering i can keep my hand 6inches away without getting hot.
oh and dont mind the temps, i fukd up a breaker and had my AC and inline fan off while i was working on this shit.
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oh and the 40gallon rez has 4 airstones in it. this pic shows the splitter. i have another splitter that does 8 as well. this keeps the water airrated for the feeding cycle. allows better nute uptake and roots breath.
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