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Will all of the negativity about DE I decided to email Blumat. They seem to think there should be no prob so I guess I'll be the guinea pig. Anyway, just thought I'd let you all know.
Will all of the negativity about DE I decided to email Blumat. They seem to think there should be no prob so I guess I'll be the guinea pig. Anyway, just thought I'd let you all know.
I leave mine soaking in a pot of water until they are hooked up and ready to rock.
it worked better for me than the way the manufacturer suggests . i found that tightening the valve 1 or 2 arrows never seem to let the water flow through as the soil was drying .... it always dried out & i had to start over . the way rives suggested worked great .... you drench your pots the day before you set the blumats in the soil .... this way the soil is not too moist or dry its nearly perfect for the plants . then you set up the blumats & adjust the valve so that a drop of water just hangs off the end .... no slow drips . also you DON'T tighten the valve on the blumat either ....the hanging drip is good enough . within a day or 2 you'll see the blumats drip feeding your soil ... keep an eye on the moisture levels & loosen the valve if you want it moister or tighten the valve if you want it drier . its that easy
i hope this helps you .
growem green & stay safe ...Dans
I typically put the Blumats in the pot and hook them up to the supply line and come back the next day to adjust. That's just what works easiest for my tent setups. It probably doesn't really matter as long as you have soaked the Blumats in water before putting them in the pot.
I usually give them a full day (not just overnight) before adjusting. Again this is for clones/seedlings or fresh transplants in coco. Plants that have been in the same pot for a while will generally suck up the water a lot quicker and will need to be adjusted sooner.
Yeah .. was Rives idea, but worked great for me first time... after playing with the manufacturers method for over 2 weeks .I've got (6) Manadala 8 Mile High clones I put into flower and the adjustment seems to be working a lot better than the "clinging drip + turn 2 arrows" adjustment the manufacture recommends.
So here's another thing I noticed. I remember the pics a while back in this thread showing the roots reaching for the drip tube. I didn't get this per se, but what I did get was roots just below the surface so heavily clumped together it almost felt like a buried rock.
I doubt this would affect the saturation of the coco, but being a bit of an "over engineer type" would a top layer of perlite help the running Blumats cover a little wider area?
I've got under the drip on just 1 plant ,,what looks like a 3/4's burried golf ball right under the drip hose . its pretty wild isn't it ? i can't wait to pull the root balls to see what they look like by harvest .
Why not just run a small water pump in res. with a distribution baffle, to break up one line into multi hose's. You attach each hose to a drip ring on the surface of each plant. You run the pump off a digi timer and run the pump about 10-30 seconds (time as needed to water the pots)?????