Help me speed up my watering game

[Capn Bligh]

Happy Fun Day Friday everyone!

I was watering my photos last night (second time for the day) and I thought to myself "Damn, this takes forever". I am watering with a spray wand top down in soil currently. It is an arduous task occupying a large chunk of time when everyone is thirsty. 4 photos in flower and 3 autos. 1 auto has shown her lady bits and was topped on day 20 at the 5th node. The other 2 are at their 4th node. Spraying 4-8 litres (1-2 gallons) at a time takes forever and ever and ever.

Does anyone have any suggestions or reccomendations?

Yarrr, many thanks matey!

The Captain

 

[blue]

Happy Fun Day Friday everyone!

I was watering my photos last night (second time for the day) and I thought to myself "Damn, this takes forever". I am watering with a spray wand top down in soil currently. It is an arduous task occupying a large chunk of time when everyone is thirsty. 4 photos in flower and 3 autos. 1 auto has shown her lady bits and was topped on day 20 at the 5th node. The other 2 are at their 4th node. Spraying 4-8 litres (1-2 gallons) at a time takes forever and ever and ever.

Does anyone have any suggestions or reccomendations?

Yarrr, many thanks matey!

The Captain

Happy Friday Cap'n ^_^

I recommend AutoPots - Fill the rez and walk away! Let them drink what they need!



Edit: You may wanna get 2 rezevoirs - so you can tailor one for for the autos and one for the flowering photos. Having plants at lots of differnent stages is a pain the bum! ^_^

 

[Capn Bligh]

Happy Friday Cap'n ^_^

I recommend AutoPots - Fill the rez and walk away! Let them drink what they need!



Edit: You may wanna get 2 rezevoirs - so you can tailor one for for the autos and one for the flowering photos. Having plants at lots of differnent stages is a pain the bum! ^_^

Thanks for the reccomendation. I will have to read up a little more on that for the next cycle possibly. Room is a bit of concern for the reservoir footprint. Would that be considered a DWC?

Edit: Yep, shouldn't have started everything at random times. The photos were started in March, I had aspirations of growing in a tool chest at that time realized after a couple of weeks that wasn't going to work.

 

[blue]

Thanks for the reccomendation. I will have to read up a little more on that for the next cycle possibly. Room is a bit of concern for the reservoir footprint. Would that be considered a DWC?

No, it's a passive watering bottom feeding pot - no power needed

The rez takes up quite a small footprint and is housed outside my tent! ^_^

 

[GreenBean]

A simple and cheap solution that I use when I'm running the 8x4, and especially with a scrog net in there, is to mix nutes/water in a 5 gallon bucket. Then take a 400 GPH fountain/aquarium pump and about 10 feet-ish of tubing. I put the pump in a panty hose to keep any possible sediment out.

Drop pump in bucket, turn it on, and water away. 10 feet of tubing is enough to reach pretty much anywhere in the tent. YMMV. Cut my watering time by about 90%. Total investment was about $20?

 

[Capn Bligh]

I dig both of these solutions. Thanks people!

@GreenBean Do you use a valve to control water flow? I have most of the pieces already. My aquarium pump is around 100 GPH though. I used it to mix up my water and too fill my old 20 gallon aquarium. I knew there was a reason I kept it! Might have to brag about that one to the fam.

Edit: I am definitely going to look into these autopots some more. @blue Is there a preferred way to go for the growing medium?

 

[GreenBean]

I tried a lower GPH pump, I think it was around 150-200 GPH? And it did have a flow control. But for that particular pump, it seemed to have an issue getting the water up and out of the 5 gallon bucket.

Also, that pump’s hose coupler wasn’t threaded so it would pop off.

Anyway, my 400 GPH pump doesn’t have a flow control. But I find it works perfectly. Not too fast, not too slow. Having flow control would likely be beneficial? But I’m thinking with gravity and getting the water up and out 300 GPH would be as low as I want. Then again, the first pump could have been a total POS. If you have a 100 GPH already, then I would definitely try it. I’m sure it will make it better at the very least.

 

[BuddhaWolf's Breaking Bud]

No, it's a passive watering bottom feeding pot - no power needed

The rez takes up quite a small footprint and is housed outside my tent! ^_^

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Wowow! How much does that set you back ( cost)

 

[Capn Bligh]

Wowow! How much does that set you back ( cost)

The 4 unit one that is pictured is around 250 american dollars. Might be worth it for time savings. It is a solid hour minimum a day watering for me, sometimes more. Like today for example, 1.75 hours. Granted I did a little trimming and talking to the plants..

 

[BuddhaWolf's Breaking Bud]

The 4 unit one that is pictured is around 250 american dollars. Might be worth it for time savings. It is a solid hour minimum a day watering for me, sometimes more. Like today for example, 1.75 hours. Granted I did a little trimming and talking to the plants..

It’s my first grow so am preparing my tent and tools while I wait for my spider farmer 2x4 tent kit.
Am Growing for medicine so need to do what I can to make it easier and reduce risk of fluffing up!
Found this on Amazon £90 / $125! Thought they d cost more. 2 pots are £60

are they big enough for the auto grow without wasting compost, nutrients and do the roots stay happy in plastic (Ive read plastic isn’t as kind to roots as the the fabric grow bags. Thoughts?

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