How to make, 40 site watering system

East Coast

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Would like to get a D.I.Y watering system going for this setup.

40 sites to water........

How would you do it?
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Gquebed

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Well... i would do scrog... maybe cut the pot count in half. Lot of work went into lolipopping all those plants. So i wonder if it would be much less work to scrog em... then make the watering system...
 

East Coast

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Well... i would do scrog... maybe cut the pot count in half. Lot of work went into lolipopping all those plants. So i wonder if it would be much less work to scrog em... then make the watering system...
Not sure what you getting at?

All I do, is put them straight in from the MH room, cut lower branches off, then 8 weeks later I have that. That room is constantly on flower cycles............How much work in SCROG?
 

Gquebed

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Not sure what you getting at?

All I do, is put them straight in from the MH room, cut lower branches off, then 8 weeks later I have that. That room is constantly on flower cycles............How much work in SCROG?
Well... if you veg for eight weeks and you scrog them you could do about say 15 plants and get the same amount of tops and yield. The thing is that you have to trim out all the growth below the screens. Keep em shorter that way too.

So... less pots to fill with substrate, less to toss. And the trimming youre doing would be less, but it would be a tad more bothersome...getting in low and working under the screen... Probably less water to mix with nutes...
 

Carolina Dream'n

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You can do 1/2 or 3/4 inch tubing to "spaghetti" lines. Don't use any drip stakes, just get the clips to line the spaghetti tubing up to soil. Less chance of clog. Buy a good pump, 1/2 hp IMO bout $150 bucks. You'll have killer even pressure even if your system isn't built the most effective way.
 

Carolina Dream'n

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You do not have to change your style of growing to accommodate a drip system.

Draw a picture of how the pots are aligned in your area. I'll help you map it out.
 

East Coast

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Well... if you veg for eight weeks and you scrog them you could do about say 15 plants and get the same amount of tops and yield. The thing is that you have to trim out all the growth below the screens. Keep em shorter that way too.

So... less pots to fill with substrate, less to toss. And the trimming youre doing would be less, but it would be a tad more bothersome...getting in low and working under the screen... Probably less water to mix with nutes...
Only veg for 4 weeks, potting takes 15mins, cutting branches off takes 15mins........spent soil goes into my huge vege garden, I have 1.6 acres of land.....I have no problem with how I grow, I just want an easier watering system....................
 

Indacouch

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Would like to get a D.I.Y watering system going for this setup.

40 sites to water........

How would you do it?
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I'd just go with what was mentioned above because it's what I do personally .....come up the middle of your pots with a main line ...black water line you know what I'm talking about I'm sure ....cap the end of that line and start running spaghetti off that supply line to your girls ....easy peasy ......electric pumps are cheap I've seen people do gravity also but a pump is worth it in your case .....good luck
 

Gquebed

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Only veg for 4 weeks, potting takes 15mins, cutting branches off takes 15mins........spent soil goes into my huge vege garden, I have 1.6 acres of land.....I have no problem with how I grow, I just want an easier watering system....................
15 mins to pot 40 plants? Wow. Guess i am slow...lol

I dont know why i thought you said you vegged 8 weeks. Oops...

Anyway... was just a suggestion. I do believe scrogging is far less work all around.
 

Indacouch

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15 mins to pot 40 plants? Wow. Guess i am slow...lol

I dont know why i thought you said you vegged 8 weeks. Oops...

Anyway... was just a suggestion. I do believe scrogging is far less work all around.
15 minutes to pot 40 plants holy shit ....takes me 15 minutes to open the bag of fuckin soil .....I did 18 just recently and that took me over 2 hrs of course I'm not trying to rush through it and that was with my brother helping me not including watering the bitches ......15 min 40 plants that's some kind of world record ....I'd kinda like to see that
 

Gquebed

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15 minutes to pot 40 plants holy shit ....takes me 15 minutes to open the bag of fuckin soil .....I did 18 just recently and that took me over 2 hrs of course I'm not trying to rush through it and that was with my brother helping me not including watering the bitches ......15 min 40 plants that's some kind of world record ....I'd kinda like to see that
Took me an hour to pot 5 potential moms in 2 gal pots. That is counting the rinse of the hydroton rocks for the bottom and watering them after. So yeah... 15 mins for 40... i dunno what i am doing wrong...lol
 

East Coast

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My posts are only 2ltr, clones are from bubble cloner, jamed straight in, cut with rusty scissors, nice and simple. No magic root cloning powder or H202 etc.........

So after a little research, this is basically what I think might work......

http://irrigationexpress.co.nz/dripper-spikes.html

Like the way the emitters are pressure regulating, so the first plant to the last plant will get the same, come in various litres per hour also. Bonus with the four-way splitter!
 

East Coast

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Took me an hour to pot 5 potential moms in 2 gal pots. That is counting the rinse of the hydroton rocks for the bottom and watering them after. So yeah... 15 mins for 40... i dunno what i am doing wrong...lol
Simple man, place soil in 2ltr container, jamb a clone in, place in tent..................what is hard about that?
 

East Coast

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