There are few people I have seen on this forum (or any other for that matter) with the motivation and know how to do what you have accomplished in your grow room, and your efforts are an inspiration to indoor gardeners everywhere. I'm going to work through all the pages of your journal over the next couple of days. I hope to implement some of your ideas into my flower room in an effort to make daily maintenance easier and produce higher yields. I really like the idea of using the flora series in the big jugs with pumps. It's quick and efficient. Plus you get a huge bulk discount savings buying the big containers.
I'm apprehensive to ask any questions yet, because I'm sure you've covered an immense amount of detail in the 86 pages this thread has accumulated
One of the biggest problems I'm facing right now is that watering day is consuming nearly 2.5 hours every other day with mixing, watering, and cleanup. I'd love to automate the process in some fashion. I'm currently running 19 hempy buckets in drain to waste. I don't mind running the pump and water wand from the reservoir. The real time sucker and pain in the butt is having to use a kerosene transfer pump (cheap and very effective) to drain each saucer after the watering process is done. If I could just manage the waste water run off that would make life a lot easier.
What kind of system might you suggest to make this work easier? I'm all ears. I love the hempy buckets for their simplicity. If I could just find a way to manage the waste water more effectively I could solve my labor and time management problem. I'm not a good critical thinker