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planty
My pump is electric
30A @ 240V...PS> Corrected for accuracy..Dr Purp
I am out on my deck watching gnarly dark clouds roll right over head..
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My pump is electric
30A @ 240V...PS> Corrected for accuracy..Dr Purp
I am out on my deck watching gnarly dark clouds roll right over head..
My pump is electric
Dr Purp
I am out on my deck watching gnarly dark clouds roll right over head..
My daughter is probably a bit North of You. They have a stream that runs through their canyon. They have some kind of pumps that work off the stream flow. It pumps a gallon up the mountain for every so many gallons that flow thru it. They direct it to a water tower up the Mountain, and its level controlled. The pressure is gravity feed and stays constant.
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theJointedOne
thanks local hero, you da man
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planty
Dr Purp
Is she in her mid 20s and single? LOL Jokes..jokes..
Is she in her mid 20s and single? LOL
Jokes..jokes..
Dr Purp
Is she in her mid 20s and single? LOL
She will be 25 in August. And she is a slendor beautiful blonde. She has a boyfriend though.
They keep rebuild kits handy and rebuild them on a schedule, I think like every six months
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planty
Good luck this year bro. You are on a winning program. Lots of bubba crosses!
How you guys doing?
So here I am @ 3 weeks after transplanting, looking good.
and one of my lil terraced gardens I plugged at the same time.
Greenhouses are jam packed and the race is on to get the rest of my gardens plugged. Still many more to unveil Good luck to all, I hope to be somewhat caught up in a week or so, still lots of hard work in the way though - finished turning holes yesterday at least. I haven't worked this hard in a while, lol, feels good though. -Tom
So here I am @ 3 weeks after transplanting, looking good.
and one of my lil terraced gardens I plugged at the same time.
Greenhouses are jam packed and the race is on to get the rest of my gardens plugged. Still many more to unveil
Good luck to all, I hope to be somewhat caught up in a week or so, still lots of hard work in the way though - finished turning holes yesterday at least. I haven't worked this hard in a while, lol, feels good though. -Tom
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theJointedOne
very nice tom. There reaching for the light and loving life!
Brownsville
New member
Hey tom and all you guys I have been watching this thread from the start and the information is endless. Im a huge fan and you guys make this whole process alot more fun. I was blessed to work on a large plant garden last year and brought alot away from it including enough momentum to try and tackle my own progect this year. Having helped set up alot of it and taking care of alot of the grunt work i thought i had this in the bag but over the past couple months have quickly realized that all i took away was a vision of what it should look like and the basic language/ theory to help me with my quest. What i lack is allll the little details of putting each peace together without someone saying this goes there that goes there
So my progect this year is on a big piece of property with only a well. Me and my partner have installed a 3000 gallon water tank at the top of the hill and are working on our gravity system right now. You guys have mentioned zones and pressure regulators a couple times and i vaguely grasp it but im a little in the dark. I was looking at what tom was just saying and i also have to deal with different amounts of pressure in the top garden as apposed to the bottom. Can i run all my side lines off of one main 1'' inch line of poly running down the whole length of the hill? I was going to run three or four 1" lines across the different levels of garden and then send lines of 1/2 inch down from there.. Im trying to set this up for a few different gardners so i have a main shutoff at the top incase we need to shut the whole thing down for maintnance otherwise i was just going to run different timers for each person at there garden so everyone can customize their water needs. Organize it so our timers go off at seperate times for maximum pressure.. Do i need to install a pressure controller for gravity feed? Probably max drop of 25-30 feet.. do i need to do anything special to make sure i have good enough pressure at the topmost gardens? anything else it seems like im missin?
Thanks for all the valuable opinions guys
So my progect this year is on a big piece of property with only a well. Me and my partner have installed a 3000 gallon water tank at the top of the hill and are working on our gravity system right now. You guys have mentioned zones and pressure regulators a couple times and i vaguely grasp it but im a little in the dark. I was looking at what tom was just saying and i also have to deal with different amounts of pressure in the top garden as apposed to the bottom. Can i run all my side lines off of one main 1'' inch line of poly running down the whole length of the hill? I was going to run three or four 1" lines across the different levels of garden and then send lines of 1/2 inch down from there.. Im trying to set this up for a few different gardners so i have a main shutoff at the top incase we need to shut the whole thing down for maintnance otherwise i was just going to run different timers for each person at there garden so everyone can customize their water needs. Organize it so our timers go off at seperate times for maximum pressure.. Do i need to install a pressure controller for gravity feed? Probably max drop of 25-30 feet.. do i need to do anything special to make sure i have good enough pressure at the topmost gardens? anything else it seems like im missin?
Thanks for all the valuable opinions guys
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MediNice
A very productive discourse. Thanks for sharing everyone. Regarding drip: I plan on using the 1/2" emitter tubing as proposed earlier, but does anyone have any experience with feeding organics through such a system? I'm running Buddha Grow and Trinity as my base and it can get a little thick at times. Maybe just a plain water flush after every feed? Everything is gravity watered from 3000 gal tank to a 2" manifold to 1" rows connecting all the 300 gallon smarties to 1/2" emitter tubing doughnutted around the plant. Does this sound proper? What if I have a Y at the top connecting the main line before the manifold so I can run the plain water or the feed? Does this make sense? Just worried about clogging, and possible anaerobic buildup.
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theJointedOne
brownsville go back a page or two and read localhero's post
you need the special emitters . those will allow you to have proper drippage top to bottom
im no expert but i was planning on runnin 1 inch from the tank and then 1/2 or 3/4 inch for each row, coming off the main 1 inch.
i like your idea of different timers for different plots, seems like it would work fine as long as they didn't run concurrently
febo6- it looks like he is hanging two cfl's every other hoop
you need the special emitters . those will allow you to have proper drippage top to bottom
im no expert but i was planning on runnin 1 inch from the tank and then 1/2 or 3/4 inch for each row, coming off the main 1 inch.
i like your idea of different timers for different plots, seems like it would work fine as long as they didn't run concurrently
febo6- it looks like he is hanging two cfl's every other hoop
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theJointedOne
hey butte, i know your big on teas...i was planning on making some compost tea, but i dont have any electricity besides a gene.
are the non areated teas effective? I guess i could do a stir session every day with the canoe paddle or run the gene for few minutes a day but i was thinking thats probably not enough to make proper ACT
so yeah any tea advice you could throw would be awesome!
growing/ farming is work right? its raining anyway........
are the non areated teas effective? I guess i could do a stir session every day with the canoe paddle or run the gene for few minutes a day but i was thinking thats probably not enough to make proper ACT
so yeah any tea advice you could throw would be awesome!
growing/ farming is work right? its raining anyway........
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