lusidghost
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Use a dropper to suck / blast out any hidden bubbles in the green caps. Also you can pull out the hoses first if that makes it easier.
Blumats. Who's using them?
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Clusterfuck Tuesday
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I love them. I’m running 30 gallon bags with (1) 9” and (2) 5” carrots per pot. I think I’m running about 6-8 droppers in each bag as well. I’m gravity fed using a 12 gallon tote. During stretch, these girls were going through 6-8 gallons per day 
. I would have gone crazy keeping up.
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JustBlazin
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So you get them all set up?
Jjgrow420
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I got one set up on the autoflower because the pot.fits on a 5gal pail so if it over watered it would be in the pail. I also just started out with 1gal of water in a 1gal pail but it's at the ceiling so it's got pressure just to make.sure everything was water tight etc. It seems to be working... No water in pail res is about same level and blumat isn't dripping (soils wet) so either it's not working or it's working perfectly
JustBlazin
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4 feet is good that's about what mine is at
Yes I do the loop also gives you better pressure plus if one side clogs the other side can still provide water, plus I put a on/off valve opposite side of the res with some extra 8mm hose so I can purge the line or I can water stuff with it...I made my line like 7 feet so I can water my small veg where I clone and keep plants in cups under a t5
xtsho
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What size pots are you using? I use a single 5" carrot in 3 gallon pots of 100% coco.
lusidghost
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Larger carrots just means less root space. They don't need to sense 10" deep to understand what's going on. The saturation amount is up to you, so if the bottom seems soggy then dial them back.
Jjgrow420
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6gal promix but I plan on running 2 drippers each pot off the carrot
Jjgrow420
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That's kinda what I was thinking but wasn't sure
Clusterfuck Tuesday
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Yeah, I’m running a loop and the pressure is great. I’m elevated about 4-5 feet.
JustBlazin
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They won't start to water till your pots start to dry out a bit, can take anywhere from 1-4 days...depends on how big your plant is to your container and how much your plant is drinking.
Also some of my carrots water with a constant drip and others will stop completely at times them come back on a few times a day to keep the set moisture level.
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Jjgrow420
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Yes def smaller than I thought too. Talked to the guys at black swallow and they said that they recommend that size for.up to 7gal. Like it was mentioned before you just fine tune it as you go.
It was very easy. It seems to be working but I haven't seen any action off it yet but the medium was pretty wet still
I haven't setup the 12 in 7gals yet but they're all soaking. Transplanting and getting them all bent and pinched takes a bit of time. Plus I'm brushing them with the promix myko so that's a good few mins per pot. I'm particular about shape (not much height in basement).
JustBlazin
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I don't but I run straight tap water, pretty sure I saw people on icmag running drip clean but don't know amounts, you would have to check that epic thread to get amounts
twentyeight.threefive
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That's a lot of roots for no plant.
Jjgrow420
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Lol it's about 10" tall with a good bunch of branches comming off it. I have to keep them from growing too tall until I have them shaped the way I want. Limited ceiling in basement.