Hello everyone and happy Thanksgiving,
I have a lot to be thankful for today. I believe I have solved my out of town watering problem. Thanks to the good people of the DGC I have put together a watering system for less than $30. I bought a digital timer, 120 gph water pump, some tubing, plastic “T”, and (3)1/4″ brass nipples. I figured if the pump runs for 1 min it will give +/- 2 gal. I routed plastic tubing with the T’s. When I tested it out the water took the path of least resistance and put must of the water into one bucket. My answer to that was to get brass nipples and crush down the end giving the needed equal resistance to evenly distribute the water, it worked. I had a 12 gal tub that I filled with ph water. I also dimmed down the lights thanks to your discussion on the show, RASUFA also gave good advice. I actually tried with a fountain pump I had in the garage, but it pumped almost 5 gal in one min.
Thanks again to a helpful group of people. I still am curious about mixing nutrients with the water in my SIP container, do I just mix and adjust pH as usual and let it sit in the bottom? I do have air stones in the reservoir of each bucket because I am worried about stagnant water .
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!
Jinxcat
Nice dude! You could take it a step further and get a potpro from floraflex that you connect to a condensate pump and then dump the run off.
Yes on the airstone and adjusting pH as well.
You’ll be fine to just feed PH water for a feeding while you are gone. Glad you got it worked out man. Good job!👍🏼
I wouldn’t add nutes for fear of anaerobic activity. The air stone might keep it aerobic but unless you can test it before you go I would stick with just water
Nice avatar change RASUFA,
Thanks for all of the good advice, I have had it running for three days with no big hiccups, I changed the timer from one min to two minutes. I now get a little run off from the overfill hole so I know they have all of the water they need. I feel safe keeping the light at 100% and the exhaust fan at full power.
Thanks again to all,
Jinxcat
Yeah buddy. I knew you would get it dialed! Feels good huh? Good work. Get some dank!🤙🏼
Simple is good. I like it!