Indoor Hope's perpetual Skyline grow

[420autoflower]

Thanks m8.. always appreciate your input. I'd been wondering about multiple 'short' feeds per day as I'd read a bit about it when researching rockwool growing in general.. im starting to wonder from your thoughts just how many feeds they could take in one lights on period.. but we know of course that @420autoflower smashes it out of the park with 3 daily floods in a table (correct me if im wrong).. I've been looking at drip rings the last few days on the multiple short feeds front. I assume that the drip ring would be the choice for multiple feedong of cubes?? It wouldn't be hard to set up 1 plant on a dripper for a test I suppose

2 waterings a day should be fine until your plants get a little bigger. Container and cube size will also make a difference. I flood my tray 6 times a day when growing in only a 4x4” cube to keep them from drying out. I accidentally overlooked watering one of the 1.5 gallon containers filled with croutons the other day and by the next morning the container was bone dry and the plant was droopy. Only skipped one feeding and all the croutons and the 4x4” cube completely dried out. Took about 4 days for the plant to bounce back from the minor drought period but doesn’t look like it will ever be the same.

Hand watering all the plants in the 5x5” and the 4 testers is getting to be a hassle as they are drinking over 15 gallons a day. Hard to keep up…
Been pumping gallons of R/O and mixing a lot of nutes to keep these girls happy.

This little countertop R/O unit is a workhorse

You can rig up something simple like this if you want a automated drip type system. The $3 Floraflex caps are available at most hydro stores and the pump was only $6.

 

[420autoflower]

2 waterings a day should be fine until your plants get a little bigger. Container and cube size will also make a difference. I flood my tray 6 times a day when growing in only a 4x4” cube to keep them from drying out. I accidentally overlooked watering one of the 1.5 gallon containers filled with croutons the other day and by the next morning the container was bone dry and the plant was droopy. Only skipped one feeding and all the croutons and the 4x4” cube completely dried out. Took about 4 days for the plant to bounce back from the minor drought period but doesn’t look like it will ever be the same.

Hand watering all the plants in the 5x5” and the 4 testers is getting to be a hassle as they are drinking over 15 gallons a day. Hard to keep up…
Been pumping gallons of R/O and mixing a lot of nutes to keep these girls happy.
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This little countertop R/O unit is a workhorse
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You can rig up something simple like this if you want a automated drip type system. The $3 Floraflex caps are available at most hydro stores and the pump was only $6.
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So much easier

 

[hope2grow]

So much easier
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Thanks for the pointers bro.. im kinda already sorry I didn't just jump right into the F&D table and I'm only watering 8 plants.. your container tent sounds like a full time job but hell they're some great plants shaping up in it tell me.. your little single dripper.. Is that on a timer to feed little amounts dude or? Or is it draining back into your res? Or maybe your just hand emptying the wee basin it's in? ?

Edit.. got it now.. the hole is your drainage back to the res..

Next question.. do pumps come with that 4mm pipe side option or did u punch that hole and stick a stop on the end of the 13mm outlet just??

 

[420autoflower]

Thanks for the pointers bro.. im kinda already sorry I didn't just jump right into the F&D table and I'm only watering 8 plants.. your container tent sounds like a full time job but hell they're some great plants shaping up in it tell me.. your little single dripper.. Is that on a timer to feed little amounts dude or? Or is it draining back into your res? Or maybe your just hand emptying the wee basin it's in? ?

Edit.. got it now.. the hole is your drainage back to the res..

Next question.. do pumps come with that 4mm pipe side option or did u punch that hole and stick a stop on the end of the 13mm outlet just??

Thanks brother!
Lots of work but a labor of love. Lol

Here are the parts I used for the little hydro unit.
I had extra plywood, 1/2 hose and the plastic containers already so it was inexpensive and very simple to make.

You really don’t need the plugs if you just crimp the hose and tie it down with a zip tie.

 

[hope2grow]

Thanks brother!
Lots of work but a labor of love. Lol

Here are the parts I used for the little hydro unit.
I had extra plywood, 1/2 hose and the plastic containers already so it was inexpensive and very simple to make.

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You really don’t need the plugs if you just crimp the hose and tie it down with a zip tie.
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Thanks again brother.. your help is invaluable on this journey one thng that occured to me while I was looking at the bits and pieces online is the size difference US and UK.. your 1/4 and 1/2 inch where i'm 4mm and 13mm.. someone correct me if im wrong but given that we need tight fittings where water is in use.. US and UK sizes aint compatible? So the Floraflex range.. which i badly wanted to try will have to be geared to inch fittings which as far as I can see cost a fortune in the UK? Anyway.. Im thinking a drip ring now.. but if i've got this wrong please say so.. Im gonna put at least 1 and maybe both my Hugo blocks on automated feeding definitely.. and soon.

 

[Zaaboot]

Thanks again brother.. your help is invaluable on this journey one thng that occured to me while I was looking at the bits and pieces online is the size difference US and UK.. your 1/4 and 1/2 inch where i'm 4mm and 13mm.. someone correct me if im wrong but given that we need tight fittings where water is in use.. US and UK sizes aint compatible? So the Floraflex range.. which i badly wanted to try will have to be geared to inch fittings which as far as I can see cost a fortune in the UK? Anyway.. Im thinking a drip ring now.. but if i've got this wrong please say so.. Im gonna put at least 1 and maybe both my Hugo blocks on automated feeding definitely.. and soon.

They should all fit snuggly mate, I had the same issues before when trying to make a system, ultimately, from your pump use a 1/2 line out with an end cap.
In the 1/2 inch you can punch the holes to fit the floraflex hose, you can use the Hydrosure pins that go straight in to your mainline and you can attach the smaller hoses to that to go to the plants. ]
As you say drip rings, I have been searching for time immemorial - check out the NETBOW - UK company so you know the piping will all fit snug. I have just ordered some for my wilma. Should be here Minday and I will put them in immediately so you can wait and see how those go - they have the 12.5cm size which should cover your cubes nicely

 

[hope2grow]

They should all fit snuggly mate, I had the same issues before when trying to make a system, ultimately, from your pump use a 1/2 line out with an end cap.
In the 1/2 inch you can punch the holes to fit the floraflex hose, you can use the Hydrosure pins that go straight in to your mainline and you can attach the smaller hoses to that to go to the plants. ]
As you say drip rings, I have been searching for time immemorial - check out the NETBOW - UK company so you know the piping will all fit snug. I have just ordered some for my wilma. Should be here Minday and I will put them in immediately so you can wait and see how those go - they have the 12.5cm size which should cover your cubes nicely

Brilliant m8.. I'll check that.out now and watch for your rings goin in I've just thought as well.. the floraflex products look great but the prices in the UK are double and a bit what they are in the US as far as I can see.. which always grinds my gears I wouldn't let that put me off.. it is what it is.. but no one likes to feel like they're getting ripped off lol

 

[Zaaboot]

that winds me up no end, everything here is a fair bit more expensive - remember when grove bags first arrived on our shores, it was cheaper to buy gold bullion to store weed in. the vast majority can be D.I.Y'd easily enough for those with normal fingers

 

[hope2grow]

Just ordered a little pump and all the bits and pieces for a drip irrigation set up for the Hugo blocks.. well 1 block at least.. May do both.. using the double basin set up kindly shared above by @420autoflower

I'll be making DIY drip rings to start.. for one reason only.. because postage on floraflex caps and another brand of drip rings mentioned by @Zaaboot to where I am is twice as much as the products themselves lol and the floraflex stuff itself in the UK is an outrageous price for what it is really.. I'll revisit the expensive kit when I determine if I can make it work first with my DIY set up

£25 has got me all the bits I need to set up 2 plants bar the basins.. which I'll pick up for a quid or 2 somewhere.

Can't wait for this.. want those hydro yields bad

 

[hope2grow]

@420autoflower
@Zaaboot what stage of the plants life would you start the drippers at men? They're about a week old now.. 420 my friend I know u usually have the F and D table running at about day 14 for your girls yea??

Do I get the dripper set up going on the blocks asap here boys?? Gotta wait for delivery of the components first of course. Just reminds me that I need a timer!