Help me decide please which drip system to buy.

GroErr

GroErr

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wwfjdraw said:
Can anyone compare the two BluMat VS Claber to find out which is better or worse for a drip system?
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I've seen some folks using the BluMat's here. They're not a lot different, the Claber times the watering so you have to allow for as many drippers as you think will be needed through the cycle, it also "pushes" the water through a loop (using gravitry) and requires setting up the holding res a couple of feet above the plant height to get that gravity feed. The BluMat's "suck" the water from the res as the soil they're sitting in dries out and are a little more flexible where the res sits. Will probably try a couple of BluMat's myself but to me the overall system looks more expensive for the same coverage when you get into multiple plants/feeders. One Claber using 3 lines per plant will cover off 6 plants, not sure how many BluMat's would be required for that but at a glance they look like they'd cost more than the $80 I originally paid for the Claber.
 
LetsGetCritical

LetsGetCritical

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GrowUrOwnDank said:
Hempy bucket, passive hydro. Much cheaper, easier and a mostly fail safe method of growing your favorite flowers and veggies. Otherwise, GH makes the Water Farm and the Power Grower. I own the latter and it works well if that's just what you gotta do. I used it once and went back to Hempy Bucket.

The water farm/power grower are actually DWC bubbler with a drip ring. The air bubbles push water up the tube and around the drip ring and feeds the hydroton from the top. It's a very simple and effective system. I like it. Just Hempy is so much less trouble and worry free.

Good luck.
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passive hydro??? a week ago you didn't even know it was hydro, until I told you, you fucking idiot
 
LetsGetCritical

LetsGetCritical

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twistedwords said:
I would like to know who coined this word Hempy Bucket. Doesn't everyone know that a hempy bucket is the same thing as a dutch bucket system that has been used and around for the last 50 plus years?
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"...first off i'd like to say that this technology is NOT of my devising, it is adapted from ancient Roman technology and it was brought to the canna community over a decade ago by a guy who called himself, oddly enough, 'Hempy', hence the name 'hempy bucket', ...."

http://boards.cannabis.com/hydroponics/211097-passive-hydro-aka-hempy-buckets-if-i-can-do-you-can-do.html
 
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wwfjdraw

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I just wish someone would have told me that you could do a hempy bucket system without the need of a drain table or anything by having this thing used:

http://www.amazon.com/Eezy-Gro-Self-Watering-Planter-12-Inch-Margarita/dp/B00BMR8D86/ref=pd_bxgy_hg_img_y

The Blumat seems to be superior vs Claber, because of the idea of never having to worry about over watering since it works on a sensor as opposed to Claber being a set it and hope it is set up right.
Am I correct in that understanding of everything so far?

And really no one has any opinion on the other self watering links I posted? I was really hoping to get an answer on this one from anyone who has tried using nutrients and not just water.
http://www.amazon.com/Moisture-Matic-MM6PC11-Plant-Watering/dp/B00A2IXM3M/ref=pd_ybh_15

The link above has me so curious because it seems to be superior than BM because it's cheaper, and seems to be based on the same "type" of self watering sales pitch as BM, they both have cones that go in the medium, they both get their feed from a res to send to the plants, and they both are based on sensor from how dry the medium is getting before sending nuts, It seems superior based on price, and easy set up without the need of drippers or lines, or any of that. Really no one has ever tried or have an Opinion?
 
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