DIY Anyone use something like this? (Auto drip irrigation system)

[Pro-T]

As the title says really. Anyone used one of these or something similar? Or has anyone built a cheap version of this? Cheers.....

 

[Alasgun]

I use both Netafim and Rainbird components in the real garden so ive always got plenty on hand. Home depot carries the Rainbird stuff!
I use a tomato basket upside down to hold my 5 gallon bucket in which i put a bulkhead fitting in the bottom. After that its as simple as how many you wanna water how fast? Drip emmiters come in a variety of gph. Im a fan of the 1 gal per hour ones.
You can use a larger res and a pump / timer set up or plumb it in direct! Skys the limit. My simple gravity set up works very well once they get like sardines in the grow room and its hard to get around.

 

[purplestuff]

I use both Netafim and Rainbird components in the real garden so ive always got plenty on hand. Home depot carries the Rainbird stuff!
I use a tomato basket upside down to hold my 5 gallon bucket in which i put a bulkhead fitting in the bottom. After that its as simple as how many you wanna water how fast? Drip emmiters come in a variety of gph. Im a fan of the 1 gal per hour ones.
You can use a larger res and a pump / timer set up or plumb it in direct! Skys the limit. My simple gravity set up works very well once they get like sardines in the grow room and its hard to get around.

are you watering manually??? i'd like to see/hear more about your setup

 

[Alasgun]

I am using this set up manually, however full auto would be real easy too.
I get some pictures for you in the morning!

 

[Alasgun]

Ok, here some pictures for ideas. This stuff is really simple and i havnt a clue to your level of experience so please bear with me.

This is only a mock up as the starts are not ready to go in the big pots yet.

Cut the bottom legs off a tomato basket to give your bucket a place to sit, higher than your pots is all that matters. Drill / cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket and put a bulkhead fitting in there. Then with a thread / barb fitting you fasten to the bucket on one end and the barb goes into what ever hose your using.
Lay the hose thru the garden and put one emmitter in each pot. They come with their own little barb fittings so you just poke a hole in the hose and shove the barb in, attach the right length of dripper hose and a drip emmitter on its end. These can be held in place with small wires bent like a hook and shoved in the dirt, i like my emitter close to the main stalk. Pressure compensated emitters work the best, any size you want. Probably find .5, .7 or 1.5 gph at a box store.
Put this together and do a test, just lay the emmiters in their own pot tray to catch the water. Pour the 5 full and watch it for a half hour, youll be ammazed at the uniformity.
Look the pictures over and ask any questions you like. This is automated by simply plumbing into a house waterline and adding a timer to turn it on for you. No pump!

 

[Pro-T]

View attachment 1004144 View attachment 1004146 View attachment 1004146 View attachment 1004144 Ok, here some pictures for ideas. This stuff is really simple and i havnt a clue to your level of experience so please bear with me.

This is only a mock up as the starts are not ready to go in the big pots yet.

Cut the bottom legs off a tomato basket to give your bucket a place to sit, higher than your pots is all that matters. Drill / cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket and put a bulkhead fitting in there. Then with a thread / barb fitting you fasten to the bucket on one end and the barb goes into what ever hose your using.
Lay the hose thru the garden and put one emmitter in each pot. They come with their own little barb fittings so you just poke a hole in the hose and shove the barb in, attach the right length of dripper hose and a drip emmitter on its end. These can be held in place with small wires bent like a hook and shoved in the dirt, i like my emitter close to the main stalk. Pressure compensated emitters work the best, any size you want. Probably find .5, .7 or 1.5 gph at a box store.
Put this together and do a test, just lay the emmiters in their own pot tray to catch the water. Pour the 5 full and watch it for a half hour, youll be ammazed at the uniformity.
Look the pictures over and ask any questions you like. This is automated by simply plumbing into a house waterline and adding a timer to turn it on for you. No pump!

Good idea, I thought about something similar but ended up chickening out. £20 I spent on a small system......I haven’t tested it yet though.

 

[Alasgun]

That system is back in use now

 

[lindy1686]

it's convenient, even can reach auto irrigation, control by phone directly

 

[sewerdweller]

I have been wanting to put a gravity feed dripline in for a while really love the simplicity of it
any1 have any tips or hints I'm going to source as much from work as possible but barbed fitting and emitters won't be there ill need hit the grow shop in town

 

[Simplicio]

I've been using an automated watering system based on a GeneralHydroponics WaterFarm-8 external reservoir with a float valve. There might be better sources.
GH Controller Complete

I'm building a new multi-plant dwc/top feed 20 gal reservoir that uses a system that requires no heat-producing water pump, but uses a regular air pump instead.
GH Farm Kit
These infuse air into water, which makes it less dense, and easy to squirt to where you want it.
I'm trying to figure out how to adapt these to a diy system.