this is a power veg chamber. i hope to achieve 36" plants in a 3 week period. i built this so i could return to a perpetual cycle of one plant per week. so i will have 3 positions here and 10 in the flower room.
i use a light schedule of 8 on, 4 off, 8 on, 4 off per 24 hour period.
i went to 5/8" garden hose tech here as it is all available locally at lowes or home depot.
the pump is a 950 mag drive.
it will flood all three plant containers in about 60 seconds.
the manifold has valves so i did not need them at the plant end.
the elbow at the pump will pick up down to 3/8".
the completed plant module. i used 1/2" cpvc for the pulse feed as it fits perfectly inside a 5/8" hose. the hose is "never kink" brand. of course they are lying bastards and you can kink it but it is hard to do. you want everything light proof to block algae. that's a standard 1" c-clamp.
the fittings connecting the sub-irrigation plumbing are 1/2" electrical through fittings. also from lowes. they thread into the hose tightly but i used hose clamps for security.
instead of glueing this time i used 1 1/2" hose clamps to hold both the tailpiece and the screen in place.
i use a light schedule of 8 on, 4 off, 8 on, 4 off per 24 hour period.
i went to 5/8" garden hose tech here as it is all available locally at lowes or home depot.
the pump is a 950 mag drive.
it will flood all three plant containers in about 60 seconds.
the manifold has valves so i did not need them at the plant end.
the elbow at the pump will pick up down to 3/8".
the completed plant module. i used 1/2" cpvc for the pulse feed as it fits perfectly inside a 5/8" hose. the hose is "never kink" brand. of course they are lying bastards and you can kink it but it is hard to do. you want everything light proof to block algae. that's a standard 1" c-clamp.
the fittings connecting the sub-irrigation plumbing are 1/2" electrical through fittings. also from lowes. they thread into the hose tightly but i used hose clamps for security.
instead of glueing this time i used 1 1/2" hose clamps to hold both the tailpiece and the screen in place.
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Really sorry about that..
