CG420za Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Howzit guys. I'm curious. Do any of you have an automated water delivery system? I'm looking to do something along theses lines coz there are days when I'm not home and my plants suffer. It's gotta be small scale. If you have a system in place, lets see it or hear your ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabtzar Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Make a simple drip system Sent from my SM-A500FU using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacred Seeds Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Howzit guys. I'm curious. Do any of you have an automated water delivery system? I'm looking to do something along theses lines coz there are days when I'm not home and my plants suffer. It's gotta be small scale. If you have a system in place, lets see it or hear your ideas. Use an Autopot system which utilises the patented aquavalve which will only feed your plant when required. I actually have one but I have to look for it in-between boxes of my last move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG420za Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Ok, I made up a system that works on a timer, it waters once a day between feeds. Once I have a bigger storage tank I'll stop hand watering altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surv0 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I did the same thing initially, thought I would use a reservoir of sorts with some water/nutes and run some piping to each plant, on a timer, with some resistance to limit the flow. Could never make it work. The timers, cost effective ones, dont do by the minute operations. I worked out the water would only need to run for a minute maybe, but timer could only do 15/30min intervals. Also the water is applied in one location, often just running straight through and not saturating the medium correctly. I packed the stuff away and only hand water now. Also gives me a bit more control I think. Would love to know if you can make it work, and more of the details around the setup, flow, timing etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dabtzar Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Digital timer does minute times, has 8 programmes and is perfect for feed scheduling. Just use a button dripper with 2 or 4 way split. With or without a spike to distribute the water evenly. If your water is just running out the bottom, either you are using a very drainy organic medium which will require emending or it will leach out all the nutes... Or you are using hydroton, which then requires multi feeds during the day.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surv0 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 using a coco/perlite mix. I didnt really look at the digital timers, may have been a bit out of my budget at the time. When I water I always allow for additional runoff.. about 10-20%. this is how Ive always understood watering. little run off to prevent salt/impurity buildup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG420za Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 I made mine using an air pump instead of a water pump. A water pump pushes too liquid in a 1 minute interval. The airpump displaces 1L of water every 59 seconds. So now that I have that input, I can feed using a timer. Water to runoff occurs daily at 18H00 (3.8L), 1L top up at 03H00. Hopefully the leaves wont wilt by the time I get home on the hot days. That I'll see this evening. Ideally I'd like to run 2 tanks, one with feed, one with water so I can alternate feeds. I made mine in the shape of a ring around the base of the plant with 5 watering points, so she gets watered properly. I'll snap a pic or two tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacred Seeds Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I made mine using an air pump instead of a water pump. A water pump pushes too liquid in a 1 minute interval. The airpump displaces 1L of water every 59 seconds. So now that I have that input, I can feed using a timer. Water to runoff occurs daily at 18H00 (3.8L), 1L top up at 03H00. Hopefully the leaves wont wilt by the time I get home on the hot days. That I'll see this evening. Ideally I'd like to run 2 tanks, one with feed, one with water so I can alternate feeds. I made mine in the shape of a ring around the base of the plant with 5 watering points, so she gets watered properly. I'll snap a pic or two tonight. Sounds interesting! You have my attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surv0 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 As well, would like to see the results. Is a 3am topup feed required? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG420za Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 As well, would like to see the results. Is a 3am topup feed required? Lights on at 18H00, off at 04H30 for now. I feed at 18H00 and when I get home the following day, the coco is dry and the leaves are wilting. So I water once more just before lights out. So tonight I'll see if there's an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surv0 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 As well, would like to see the results. Is a 3am topup feed required? Lights on at 18H00, off at 04H30 for now. I feed at 18H00 and when I get home the following day, the coco is dry and the leaves are wilting. So I water once more just before lights out. So tonight I'll see if there's an improvement. I see. I have a similar regime, lights on at 6pm, when I generally give them water. this ends up being enough for at least 2 days. I wait a day, then water.. coco isnt dry by the next day. Outdoors is daily though. you mentioned a 3.8lt feed, is this per plant or across a few? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG420za Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 3.8L for one plant. From that I get about 1L runoff. I'm growing in coco/perlite in a airpruning pot, so it dries alot faster, also, I have monster roots. She drinks like a hobo at a open bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surv0 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 3.8L for one plant. From that I get about 1L runoff. I'm growing in coco/perlite in a airpruning pot, so it dries alot faster, also, I have monster roots. She drinks like a hobo at a open bar. would love to see a pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUDdy420 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Hi, my girls in in a 30l pot, she is drinking like a fish she would go through about 3l every 3-4th day with about 400ml +-run off messured when i could still lift pot , now she is up she is up to about 4l every 2 days and seems to be quite happy . i added some mulch for ground ,i watered on sunday so i wanna see how long it lasts. i did some longer dry periods to push root development.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG420za Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 I measured my run off, it was actually closer to 2L, so now I'll feed half a mix instead, I've been wasting nutes. Meh! The run off from 2L was +-150ml. And she was happier with that 3am feed @IanK This is what my watering thingie looks like... The air displaces the water. Airpump is mounted in the box on the top of the cab, the airline runs down into the bottle, there's another line in the bottle that goes to my "sprinkler" The run off goes into the saucer, down the pipe, the pipe goes out the cab through the vent and into a ice cream container. No mess, no fuss. I'm thinking of making another one to dispense the nutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surv0 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Looks good man. I love diy jobs like that. Like the run off idea as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG420za Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Thanks man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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