Drip system recommendation for a 2x4?

Can’t pick who to go with for a 2x4. Looking to have 4-6 pots at a time depending on size and strain.

Thanks guys!

Just do two plants in a 2x4, unless you plan on doing sog.

Agreed
Two healthy plants will completely fill a 2x4
More plants won't equate to more bud

I only do 4 in a 4x8... plenty.

DoubleAtotheRON said:

I only do 4 in a 4x8... plenty.

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That's some crazy training. I do 8 in mine.

Johnny Lawrence said:

That's some crazy training. I do 8 in mine.

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I've done 1, and filled it up.

Your best option for a small tent would be a drip manifold like this. They make them with different number of ports and they are fairly cheap, I would do 2 lines per plant.
Cannabis irrigation supply sells 12-port manifold kits for like $26 and it has everything you need except for a pump and whatever tubing you want to use to connect your pump to the manifold. You could just copy their kit and buy a 4 or 8 port manifold for your 2x4 tent.

Here's a cheap to build gravity feed I built. Nothing to break really. Rain rings were prob the most expensive part of it, but it works great.

This is pretty much exactly what I want to do!
I was looking at the blumat automatic watering system but I’m digging this a little more, was this all diy ? If there’s a product you can point me to that does the same as this I’d really appreciate it !

anjrewanjrew said:

This is pretty much exactly what I want to do!
I was looking at the blumat automatic watering system but I’m digging this a little more, was this all diy ? If there’s a product you can point me to that does the same as this I’d really appreciate it !

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My veg setup is all diy. Used an under bed shoe storage box from HD for the tray. Put it raked to one side for gravity drainage. Drains straight into the res, which is a storage tote from either HD or Lowes, can't remember. In the tote is a pump the feeds up into a t splitter, that then goes into the two Rainbird 8 way manifolds pictured above. The tent is a 2x4 that holds 8 clones - it gets a bit crowded as I'm approaching harvest, but it's the biggest tent I have room for in my new place. Each Delta 10 block has a floraflex cap on top, with two lines per plant. It's easy and efficient.

They then go into the 4x8, which is ebb and flow buckets with the rez(50 gallon trash can) outside the tent. Controller/brain is inside with the buckets.

anjrewanjrew said:

This is pretty much exactly what I want to do!
I was looking at the blumat automatic watering system but I’m digging this a little more, was this all diy ? If there’s a product you can point me to that does the same as this I’d really appreciate it !

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If you're talking to me.... it's just a 6 Gallon old nute container with a 1/2 inch nipple, 1/2 inch tubing, and a T valve. All of this shit you can buy at a hardware store, as well as the fittings. The Rain Rings came from HydroBuilder. Fill you gravity feed tank with your feed, turn the valve on, and walk away.... or watch it work... takes about 7 min. to dump.

The floraflex matrix tops work very well.
The pad is optional but helps the roots utilize 100% of the available space.

Billy the Mountain said:

The floraflex matrix tops work very well.
The pad is optional but helps the roots utilize 100% of the available space.

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Thanks for the great picture. It's almost like an inverted SIP!

Billy the Mountain said:

The floraflex matrix tops work very well.
The pad is optional but helps the roots utilize 100% of the available space.

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are those caps flexible? I use the round flora caps but they are a real bitch to get on plants once the stem gets too fat because they are hard plastic and they only give you a half inch gap to fit your stem through.

waterproof808 said:

are those caps flexible? I use the round flora caps but they are a real bitch to get on plants once the stem gets too fat because they are hard plastic and they only give you a half inch gap to fit your stem through.

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Yeah, the tops are very flexible, basically fancy "paper plate" material.
You still have to get them installed fairly early because the drip ring is not so flexible.
About the 1/2" gap you mentioned iirc.

Billy the Mountain said:

Yeah, the tops are very flexible, basically fancy "paper plate" material.
You still have to get them installed fairly early because the drip ring is not so flexible.
About the 1/2" gap you mentioned iirc.

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Same thing with the 4 inch square tops. Surprised I've only broken one so far trying to "twist" them to get them off.

AC Infinity has these self watering trays:


They seem to be getting good reviews. I have no personal experience.

This is certainly a lot easier than setting up a drip system, and eliminates the possibility of drip system leaks (the reason I don't use a drip system, I can't afford to have a leak).