Aqua Man
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Auto watering systems. Can be made cheap. Under $100 easy.
Auto watering systems. Can be made cheap. Under $100 easy.How do you guys devote two hours a day to watering? Maybe I should switch to advanced nutrients coco. Take the calcium, ph and time out of it.
Should I be good with the 560 ppm at this stage?
Ok, so it took three liters to get it to runoff at 20%.
I have a blumat system but it has flooded the basement three times now. No clue why. It just fails. What would you recommend?Auto watering systems. Can be made cheap. Under $100 easy.
Will peak in a bit home in an hourI have a blumat system but it has flooded the basement three times now. No clue why. It just fails. What would you recommend?
Ok never used those. How many plants we talking about here? I can see if i can throw something together for ya.I have a blumat system but it has flooded the basement three times now. No clue why. It just fails. What would you recommend?
12 5 gallon pots.Ok never used those. How many plants we talking about here? I can see if i can throw something together for ya.
they are not very good?Not A.N. nuits.
They work but I'm with @chemistry ewww. Lol sorry just a personal thing. Captain of the unicorn ship thing.they are not very good?
they are not very good?
I'm with ya especially the PH perfect. Stuff. It goes against all advice you will get in term of nutrients. Basically feed as directed and throw away your ph pen... also never ask for advice because anything you add to them makes them throw a tantrum like a 2 yr old in a toy store.I don't understand how they work, they seem to work for some and not for others, and if it was as easy as using AN, then every one would be using them. So I avoid giving any advise on their use at all.
Well crap. I literally already ordered them. What would you guys advise? I’m all ears. I’m really struggling here. This grow looked amazing then this happened and it doesn’t seem like it’s getting better. What would you all recommend? I’m starting to just think buying a super from my local hydro shop is the answer. Just water...Especially the PH Perfect.
Thats ok... you can use em but just don't ph or add anything else to them... not even cal mag.Well crap. I literally already ordered them. What would you guys advise? I’m all ears. I’m really struggling here. This grow looked amazing then this happened and it doesn’t seem like it’s getting better. What would you all recommend? I’m starting to just think buying a super from my local hydro shop is the answer. Just water...
How do you guys devote two hours a day to watering?
Absolutely. And yeah its a lot more wasteful than hydro or soil.Like Aqua Man said, automation.
I built my two recirculating hydro systems for right around $100 in entirety.
You can pick up a rain bird drip irrigation kit for $35, has most everything you need. A pond pump for $20, a decent sized tote for < $20. A timer for $10. All in like $80 and and with that irrigation kit you have parts for future builds and then some.
Only way to do it, honestly. handwatering sucks, especially with a lot of plants in coco. it's just not sustainable or scalable.
Yup easy as that. This is mine that can do up to 24 plants. Total cost for the feed system was a bit more than needed because I chose to use a diaphram pump and many sites. I also made a drain table and used a condensate pump to automatically pump all runoff down the drain.So you just make a large batch, say a weeks worth, and have it set to auto feed? Sounds like a dream because hand watering sucks. Not as bad as trimming. But still...
Yup easy as that. This is mine that can do up to 24 plants. Total cost for the feed system was a bit more than needed because I chose to use a diaphram pump and many sites. I also made a drain table and used a condensate pump to automatically pump all runoff down the drain.
I fill the res about every 4 days now and the rest it does on its own. Total cost for the table, autodrain and autofeed was lUNDER $500CAD But can be done much cheaper... especially if just the feed system with pond pump under $100.
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