Legallyflying
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Hey there gang,
Time to figure out my ebb/flow garden. I was going to build a simple table but I'm a medical grower so I am limited to only six plants. My thought was to heavily veg them out using a scrog to maximize yield. Turn around time is less important to me. I am growing under two 600 HPS lamps and the size of my screen will be 3.5 x 7 ' My understanding is that I want the biggest pot possible so I was thinking 5-gallon buckets. Obviously, this would take a huge table and about 80 gallons of water to flood :(.
Looking at the commercially available systems with a control bucket, I came up with my own design....see picture.
Basically I designed this so that I wouldn't need complicated switches to empty the control bucket once it is full.
There is a 1/2" hose from the res/pump leading to the top of the bucket. There is a 1/2" drain line on the boottom of the bucket that is ALWAYS open. My thought is that when the pump turns on, it will fill the bucket (and my grow buckets) as the pump will "over power" the 1/2 drain line. I can adjust the flow of the drain to facilitate this. There will be a 1" or 3/4" drain pipe in the center of the bucket that will prevent the control bucket from overflowing and control the level within the buckets. My thought is that when the pump shuts off, the water will just drain out of the always open pipe back to the rez.
I can't see any problems with this system but I thought I would let the experts give it a look.
THanks!!
Time to figure out my ebb/flow garden. I was going to build a simple table but I'm a medical grower so I am limited to only six plants. My thought was to heavily veg them out using a scrog to maximize yield. Turn around time is less important to me. I am growing under two 600 HPS lamps and the size of my screen will be 3.5 x 7 ' My understanding is that I want the biggest pot possible so I was thinking 5-gallon buckets. Obviously, this would take a huge table and about 80 gallons of water to flood :(.
Looking at the commercially available systems with a control bucket, I came up with my own design....see picture.
Basically I designed this so that I wouldn't need complicated switches to empty the control bucket once it is full.
There is a 1/2" hose from the res/pump leading to the top of the bucket. There is a 1/2" drain line on the boottom of the bucket that is ALWAYS open. My thought is that when the pump turns on, it will fill the bucket (and my grow buckets) as the pump will "over power" the 1/2 drain line. I can adjust the flow of the drain to facilitate this. There will be a 1" or 3/4" drain pipe in the center of the bucket that will prevent the control bucket from overflowing and control the level within the buckets. My thought is that when the pump shuts off, the water will just drain out of the always open pipe back to the rez.
I can't see any problems with this system but I thought I would let the experts give it a look.
THanks!!
