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A few things that I've learned about growing in coco with a drip systm DTW

Aspenou812

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Great thread

Great thread

Thanks for all this good information! I have the 3 gallon Air Pots, Atami Coco and Grow stones i am planning on mixing the coco in a 2 x 1 with the Grow Stones and i am worried a bit because i will be hand watering! anyway how often will they need to be watered and can i keep up with the plants without a system?:huggg:
 

Hundred Gram Oz

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Aspenou812, yes you can keep up with the plants without a system. Are you looking to multi-feed? How many plants are you growing?

HGO
 

Aspenou812

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Thanks for the reply!!! Awesome! anyway i will be growing 12 plants with 2 1000k lamps in the 3 gallon air pots i think the pots hold 2.2 gallons of coco each. i still haven't settled in on genetics yet there is a lot to debate in that regard i do want to use femed seed though.:huggg:
 

Aspenou812

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Thanks for the reply!!! Awesome! anyway i will be growing 12 plants with 2 1000k lamps in the 3 gallon air pots i think the pots hold 2.2 gallons of coco each. i still haven't settled in on genetics yet there is a lot to debate in that regard i do want to use femed seed though.:huggg:

and yes to multi feed but i do have a day job ya know what i mean??
 

dansbuds

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the flood tray is 3' x 3 ' botaincare . its actuall size is 40" x 40 "

there's 3 of them . 1 under each light . anywhere from 6 to 4 plants per light . 6 plants i use 2 gallons & 4 plants i use 3's .straight canna coco fed once a day till week 4 then i feed twice a day .
 

dansbuds

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my nutes started clogging up the thin lines to the blumats .... plus i moved into an attic with no headroom to put a rez up high enough . so the next reasonable step was drippers . :dunno:
still have my patio set & who knows ..... i may use them again someday .... they work great in coco as long as your feeding clean nutes or plain water . :biggrin:
 
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GreeeeN GRassss

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cool, really interested in doing this just need the funds to purchase the equipment. need to stock up on nutes this weekend.

ill need to price the DTW system for 6 pots max when i go to the grow shop. i have a very good understanding of hydraulics due to work but what do you guys do to prevent leaks. obviously checking pipes fittings but is there anything else. i don not want my ceiling to come through.
 
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otis33

cool, really interested in doing this just need the funds to purchase the equipment. need to stock up on nutes this weekend.

ill need to price the DTW system for 6 pots max when i go to the grow shop. i have a very good understanding of hydraulics due to work but what do you guys do to prevent leaks. obviously checking pipes fittings but is there anything else. i don not want my ceiling to come through.

Building a dtw drip system is super cheap and easy. Look up picos drip system, that's probably the cheapest and easiest.
 

theother

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I second the pico manifold thing, one of the best tutorials on ICmag! Don't use the basket drippers they break all the time. I like the 45 degree drippers now, are durable and seem to work just about as well as the baskets.
 
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