New Grower Building a Drip system for coco

[Santos23]

Hey, AFN How are we doing today? Out of anger at a small watering problem i ended up at my local grow shop today. After discussing my hatred for watering it was suggested i build a drip system. I think i have a good understanding on how it works but i'm not quite 100% sure and could use some reassurance.
6 Plants
What i bought:
250GPH sub pump
1/2" line
1/4" line
Digital timer that goes down to the second
6 port manifold
6 stakes/spikes
i have a 10 gallon rubber maid that i plan on using as a res

I threw together a quick diagram in hopes someone could tell me if i'm at least on the right page. Also when it comes to setting up the watering schedule. I have been feeding a gallon per plant give or take every couple days by hand. My plan is to set this up to feed two times a day at half gal increments(is that the right word??) From my understanding i should time how long it takes the system to fill up a half gallon of water then set that to cycle twice daily. Does that sound about right? Thanks in advance!

**EDIT Sorry i did not realize there is a coco section. My fault if i posted in the wrong spot.

 

[Santos23]

Also how important are light leaks in such a small res? I was thinking about drilling some holes in the lid near the manifold in case of leaks.

 

[woody]

That looks about right. You could also add an airstone to the res. Not sure thats really needed though.
I did this once and those digital timers just kept fucking up on me. Hopefully yours are better quality.
@Wile e Peyote is there anything missing in this setup?

 

[Wile e Peyote]

You want to keep light leaks down as much as you can or put your res in a dark corner if you can and an air stone is a good idea i used to measure what comes out per minute off my drippers set it all up and get a measuring jug put the rest of your drippers in the res and one in the jug and run for a minute and see what comes out mine used to drip 300 ml a minute for the first week used to feed once a day for 1 min then the next week up it to 1.5 mins by week three it would be on twice a day by around week 6 the dripper was running 6 x a day at minute intervals and make sure you have something in your tent to catch the runoff [emoji106]

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[puggle6]

Like the guys have said this needs a bit of trials before putting into practice.

Even then it will need some monitoring before you can set/forget!

I would use this as a supplementary system and not a primary way of watering/feeding.. you really want a dedicated closed loop for that

 

[Mariano Gomes]

If you end up spending round $100 for that iI think getting an autopot might be easier and more economical. The preformance is as good as dwc with airdomes. It's like coco on steroids. Just my 2 cents

Hey, AFN How are we doing today? Out of anger at a small watering problem i ended up at my local grow shop today. After discussing my hatred for watering it was suggested i build a drip system. I think i have a good understanding on how it works but i'm not quite 100% sure and could use some reassurance.
6 Plants
What i bought:
250GPH sub pump
1/2" line
1/4" line
Digital timer that goes down to the second
6 port manifold
6 stakes/spikes
i have a 10 gallon rubber maid that i plan on using as a res

I threw together a quick diagram in hopes someone could tell me if i'm at least on the right page. Also when it comes to setting up the watering schedule. I have been feeding a gallon per plant give or take every couple days by hand. My plan is to set this up to feed two times a day at half gal increments(is that the right word??) From my understanding i should time how long it takes the system to fill up a half gallon of water then set that to cycle twice daily. Does that sound about right? Thanks in advance!
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**EDIT Sorry i did not realize there is a coco section. My fault if i posted in the wrong spot.

 

[Santos23]

That looks about right. You could also add an airstone to the res. Not sure thats really needed though.
I did this once and those digital timers just kept fucking up on me. Hopefully yours are better quality.
@Wile e Peyote is there anything missing in this setup?

Right on. I forgot to include the pump i have has a built in aerator. just a tiny air stone. What kind of timers where they?

You want to keep light leaks down as much as you can or put your res in a dark corner if you can and an air stone is a good idea i used to measure what comes out per minute off my drippers set it all up and get a measuring jug put the rest of your drippers in the res and one in the jug and run for a minute and see what comes out mine used to drip 300 ml a minute for the first week used to feed once a day for 1 min then the next week up it to 1.5 mins by week three it would be on twice a day by around week 6 the dripper was running 6 x a day at minute intervals and make sure you have something in your tent to catch the runoff [emoji106]

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Awesome. Pretty much on point with what i was thinking. I only have saucers ATM but i have bought a tray for the tent just have to wait on shipping. Thanks for your help!

Like the guys have said this needs a bit of trials before putting into practice.

Even then it will need some monitoring before you can set/forget!

I would use this as a supplementary system and not a primary way of watering/feeding.. you really want a dedicated closed loop for that

Thanks for the tips I plan on getting it built today and testing it out over the next week.

If you end up spending round $100 for that iI think getting an autopot might be easier and more economical. The preformance is as good as dwc with airdomes. It's like coco on steroids. Just my 2 cents

Total was 52.xx for everything listed. Thanks for tip. Looking into those

 

[Mariano Gomes]

@Santos23 Read this grow journal by a guy who grew more than a pound. https://www.autoflower.org/threads/...row-auto-glueberry-og-auto-night-queen.56908/

 

[Santos23]

@Santos23 Read this grow journal by a guy who grew more than a pound. https://www.autoflower.org/threads/...row-auto-glueberry-og-auto-night-queen.56908/

wow. Need one of those 1lb badges! Ill def keep the auto pots in mind. thanks!

 

[Mariano Gomes]

wow. Need one of those 1lb badges! Ill def keep the auto pots in mind. thanks!

Me too hahaha!