Need guidance for drip and cages.

[Zarezhu]

Here's my 6 plants (in a garden of 24). Picture is roughly a week old. Only one plant, the biggest plant(purple trainwreck x hashplant) has started flowering, little nugs on the bottoms.

Due to low funds, I haven't been able to get the drip set up. However, I can't put off the cages for any longer (I already feel it's been too long).

Here's a link to what my caging looks like. I have a 100' roll, and it's 6' tall. 2" x 4" wire squares. I'm most likely going to be cutting it a bit and making quite a few 4"x4" squares so I could get my hands inside and work on the plants, as well as topdress.

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I'll overlap maybe 8" and then zip tie the fence together to make a perfect circle. Pull shoots through it and give it that last bit of "opening up" before the flower stretch fully kicks in.http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31duYZGSZzL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

I have an 800gph pump, which should be fine for 6 plants. My local OSH carries drip emitter tubing. 1/2" tubing with a 1gph drip emitter every 18". I wish I could find it every 8" or 12", but sadly, all there is it 18".

I'm going to be putting in the drip and the cages in roughly 24 hours, and I want to make sure I dont fuck up.

I'd feed with 5 gallon buckets if I could, but the cages will get in the way of that.

Will this work? This is how I've been planning on installing the drip tubing. However, I've never ran drip tubing before and I'd like to make sure I'm on point. Don't want uneven pressure all around. If there is uneven pressure, hopefully the valve to each plant will allow me to give each plant exactly enough water without too much complications.

 

[niggle]

I'm no expert, but you might want to make the center 1/2 tube a 3/4 tube, that way the manifold will be large enough to have a strong water pressure at the last two sites.


ps the plants look great!

 

[Zarezhu]

That's exactly what I was thinking too. Thing is, the pump came with a 1/2" and a 3/4" outlet, and I seem to have lost the 3/4" one. I'll see what I can find though, Maybe hit up the hydro store tomorrow and check if they got replacements.

Thanks for the compliment. This is actually my first outdoor, and I've been killing it thusfar. Super excited about all my strains too.

 

[supermanlives]

make sure you got a good filter setup on it or your gonna be unclogging a lot.i preferr open lines with a micro valve on each . then you can adjust. i hate emitters

 

[JOJO420]

Cages are gonna be a bitch at this point, kinda missed the earlier window. Go get your self some Hortinova Netting. Pound a couple states and wrap those plants. This will be way easier and will perform the function you need.

 

[JOJO420]

Cages are gonna be a bitch at this point, kinda missed the earlier window. Go get your self some Hortinova Netting. Pound a couple stakes and wrap those plants. This will be way easier and will perform the function you need.

 

[Zarezhu]

@ superman- I'm just gonna be running straight water through the lines, no nutes so i wont have to deal with clogged emitters hopefully.

What do you mean open lines with a micro valve? Like spaghetti tubing off the 1/2"? And what's a micro valve do? From my understanding, it let's you regulate flow instead of just having it on or off?

@jojo - That's what I was worried about. Oh well, at least the 100' roll of fencing only set me back $30 haha, yay for super clearance. I called around, and nobody carries Hortinova locally. However, I guess hydrofarm makes a netting thats got 5"x5" squares. 5' x 30' for 10 bucks. Gonna have to buy a few of them tomorrow, gonna be much easier than trying to set up the cages thats for sure.

Best thing is, I'll have access to the bottom of the plants, might not even need to set up the irrigation. Handwatering 6 plants isn't too bad, only drink about 15-20 gallons a piece and the hose is literally 5 feet away from them.

Thanks for the help guys, +rep

 

[organic P]

amazon for the hortonova 69" x 290 ' for 72$

 

[Yesca73]

presure regulator 25-30psi if u have city water is usually around 60psi. if on well u might be ok w/out. w/out regulator the tubing will blow off.
1/2 drip tubing is fine. no more than 100' of 1/4 tubing . I use bubblers instead of that 1/4 tubing with built in emmitters. I have 65 gallon smart pot wiyh 4 bubblers in ea. works fine. have 1/2 line come all the way to top of pot.

 

[Yesca73]

 

[305guy]

Looks like a bunch of good advice, and a bunch of great looking trees.
I just set up my tubing similarly along with my cages about a month ago, but I used RE-Mesh for my cage, cut 10' peices which wrapped perfectly around my 100 gal smarties, no support necesary, the ends of the remesh can even be curled into hooks so no zip tying or anything is necesary, was pretty easy, thankfully.

Anyway happy gardening.