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I am using rain rings, so can't use the pressure regulating emitter tips. Everything is equal length and equal elevation.get pressure regulating emitter tips if your manifold doesnt already do it. or if you are using tubes you need equal lengths and elevations.
I guess I should have detailed that this isn't really a drip system because it isn't constant. I feed 35-50 gallons and would like to split this into two feedings in the 12 hour photoperiod. So, the timer turns the pump on, feeds half the plants, and then repeats the process 6 hours later.That’s why I like ebb and flow buckets.
If I have this right, you are flowing into all your plants, then gravity runs h2o back to your Rez. But your flow to your plants is not even. For constant dripping into your plants a little uneven is ok, as long as all plants get enough.
They don’t all have to flow like Niagara Falls, as long as all get enough.
Play a little, you should have enough flow. You may end up having to split your main in 2 directions, then split into drippers.
Keep playing, and don’t throw any plants. They hate that.
RR1
Sorry, don’t know enough about coco to know if that’s enough feeding. I use rock wool and hydroton and flood 3x in twelve hours. Stays well oxygenated, and they grow like crazy.I guess I should have detailed that this isn't really a drip system because it isn't constant. I feed 35-50 gallons and would like to split this into two feedings in the 12 hour photoperiod. So, the timer turns the pump on, feeds half the plants, and then repeats the process 6 hours later.
Am I going about this the right way?
And yes, they don't like to be thrown, nor does my back!
Sorry, don’t know enough about coco to know if that’s enough feeding. I use rock wool and hydroton and flood 3x in twelve hours. Stays well oxygenated, and they grow like crazy.
Sounds complicated to do half, then the other half. Any way to do all at once?
Less steps makes life easier. I am sometimes out of town for a week, so mine is completely automated, including adding ph balance water to rez as needed.
Can run 14 days without any attention. (Though I usually don’t)
Sorry I can’t be more help.
Keep working the problem, you’ll get it.
RR1
That’s why I like ebb and flow buckets.
If I have this right, you are flowing into all your plants, then gravity runs h2o back to your Rez. But your flow to your plants is not even. For constant dripping into your plants a little uneven is ok, as long as all plants get enough.
They don’t all have to flow like Niagara Falls, as long as all get enough.
Play a little, you should have enough flow. You may end up having to split your main in 2 directions, then split into drippers.
Keep playing, and don’t throw any plants. They hate that.
RR1
first of all. 7 gallon coco pots? how are you feeding every day to multiple times a day? thats the only upside to coco from what i've heard. i transplant up 3x to make sure my roots are filling the pot getting ready for multiple feedings a day. you do NOT want a constant drip. this isnt NFT.
next. ditch the hose. you need pvc if you want even flow to that many plants.
check my system how it recirculates back into my reservoir. no standing water in my system EVER.
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