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The Prodigal Son
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your shaving always impressed me. i like the nursery, i gotta try cloners one day.
did you build each drip ring or buy em pre hole punched? and i've never seen that type of drip barb going into your 3/4" lines. i assume they don't leak at all, right?
i JUST got my new octa bubbler setup workin a few minutes ago. 3/4hp simer, 1" pvc and octa bubblers with cage stakes for pots and fan jets for coco beds. watered all 128 sites perfectly in about 30 seconds. first success i've ever had with a drip system.
did you build each drip ring or buy em pre hole punched? and i've never seen that type of drip barb going into your 3/4" lines. i assume they don't leak at all, right?
i JUST got my new octa bubbler setup workin a few minutes ago. 3/4hp simer, 1" pvc and octa bubblers with cage stakes for pots and fan jets for coco beds. watered all 128 sites perfectly in about 30 seconds. first success i've ever had with a drip system.
The EZ's wound up triple stacked with cuts and we still made like 4 trays of rockwool cuts...
Seems we just might have the first run of light dep cuts ready a touch early.. Dec 30th they went in cloners. Anyone pop their beans for the summer yet?
The halos are all hand made... enough 1/4" tubing so there is 4x emitter sites in the ring, then a standard barbed "T" to spaghetti line to a feed line to a main line...
How else would you attach the spaghetti to the 3/4"? There are a few leaks but were sealing them. :/
This 3/4" is poly outside style tubing that we had rolls leftover of, in retrospect I wish we had just bought the vinyl stuff because it seals better.. this is still the "Beta" version of this room, still quirks to notice and address b4 im satisfied with things....
Seems we just might have the first run of light dep cuts ready a touch early.. Dec 30th they went in cloners. Anyone pop their beans for the summer yet?
The halos are all hand made... enough 1/4" tubing so there is 4x emitter sites in the ring, then a standard barbed "T" to spaghetti line to a feed line to a main line...
How else would you attach the spaghetti to the 3/4"? There are a few leaks but were sealing them. :/
This 3/4" is poly outside style tubing that we had rolls leftover of, in retrospect I wish we had just bought the vinyl stuff because it seals better.. this is still the "Beta" version of this room, still quirks to notice and address b4 im satisfied with things....
This is just a short piece of drip tubing and a connector barb
plugged into the main line, this allows atmosphere to be introduced into the system thus breaking any siphon the instant the pump is turned off. It definitely squirts a lot of water out of it [reducing a decent bit of pressure from the irrigation system I'm sure] but this is a huge pump and doesn't even notice a 'lil pee-stream escaping. If you are using a much smaller pump, mebbe throw an emitter on the end to lessen your pumping losses, but it will still allow that air in and end any siphoning issues!
This is not run-to-waste just FYI, there is a return sump outside that all the tables are plumbed to that returns everything to the big tank when it gets full and trips the float-switch..
See the "bypasses?"
plugged into the main line, this allows atmosphere to be introduced into the system thus breaking any siphon the instant the pump is turned off. It definitely squirts a lot of water out of it [reducing a decent bit of pressure from the irrigation system I'm sure] but this is a huge pump and doesn't even notice a 'lil pee-stream escaping. If you are using a much smaller pump, mebbe throw an emitter on the end to lessen your pumping losses, but it will still allow that air in and end any siphoning issues!
This is not run-to-waste just FYI, there is a return sump outside that all the tables are plumbed to that returns everything to the big tank when it gets full and trips the float-switch..
See the "bypasses?"
Gotcha! "Spring" is quite balmy here in N. California, this weird weather we have been having and lack of rain make me wonder/worry if Ms. Nature is going to, in-turn, give us the wettest spring in years...
It wont be conducive to my life/projects, but there is A LOT more at stake with this lack of rain then meets the average eye....
yep its not fun pulling tarp in the rain for weeks on end.
hardwork to run indoor/outdoor and light dep all at the same time
Yeaaaaaaah, didn't do the best with scheduling enough plants in enough places to cover all the bases last summer. Live and learn though...got them 1st year blues out of the way at least!
Cheers brother, thanks for taking the time to explain it and pics. I'm adding this to my irrigation tonight.
Did you find you achieved the same yield using a recirculating system rathe than drip to waste?
Very informative thread bro.
G81
Did you find you achieved the same yield using a recirculating system rathe than drip to waste?
Very informative thread bro.
G81
Off the Hook this thread mate 
Green81, the drip to waste was a one-off quick and dirty method to get a run through before buying ALL the extra necessary equiptment. The yeild was acceptable, but the quality was lacking, we had watering issues from some quirks in the system that had some plants getting more and less water then others. So far these plants are absolutely stellar and I don't see them ever backing down from that!
B00m:
B00m:
great thread brah thanks for the sharing
Last night added the barb and 4mm pipe to act as an anti-syphon just below the top of the reservoir lip----- problem solved, cheers bro!
although I i did try using a dripper on the end of the 4m micro pipe, this did not work on my system, probably not enough air going through the dripper.
Anyway I'm stoked!
G81
although I i did try using a dripper on the end of the 4m micro pipe, this did not work on my system, probably not enough air going through the dripper.
Anyway I'm stoked!
G81
Green81, the drip to waste was a one-off quick and dirty method to get a run through before buying ALL the extra necessary equiptment. The yeild was acceptable, but the quality was lacking, we had watering issues from some quirks in the system that had some plants getting more and less water then others. So far these plants are absolutely stellar and I don't see them ever backing down from that!
B00m:
Groovy man... and what a fast turnaround time too!
What kind of emitter are you using?
i have some really high flow ones that allow a decent amount of water through, that what I was envisioning when i mentioned that. If its the kind that sort of just weeps water then, yes, It might not be enough to let air pass easily..
What kind of emitter are you using?
i have some really high flow ones that allow a decent amount of water through, that what I was envisioning when i mentioned that. If its the kind that sort of just weeps water then, yes, It might not be enough to let air pass easily..
This little fucker.... it hit an extension cord that was not noticed and ground to a halt, snapping the wheel off....
Sitting on blocks, like a whip parked in a baaaad neighborhood..
He is my roadside-assistance....
I was SO pissed, didn't think that would/could happen!
Really only took like 10 minutes to fix, including the time strategizing about how to go about it, but it was a big surprise, stupid headache, and therefore huge PITA!
Sitting on blocks, like a whip parked in a baaaad neighborhood..
He is my roadside-assistance....
I was SO pissed, didn't think that would/could happen!
Really only took like 10 minutes to fix, including the time strategizing about how to go about it, but it was a big surprise, stupid headache, and therefore huge PITA!
Fresh roll of Solexx!
It got dark real quick.
We ended up doing a 4th segment after this in the complete dark, there was a headlamp and a few porch-lights, with some acclimate night vision, it wasn't even that hard to see it seemed
Dark cycle, day 5 or 6ish
It got dark real quick.
We ended up doing a 4th segment after this in the complete dark, there was a headlamp and a few porch-lights, with some acclimate night vision, it wasn't even that hard to see it seemed
Dark cycle, day 5 or 6ish
