OctoberKing
Active Member
Hey folks,
Been growing in soil for a while now and I'm seriously considering making the switch to Drain to Waste and I have a ton of questions.
First here is my set-up. I have two tents inside a 5' x 6' closet, one tent is 31" x 31" x 84' tall, the second tent is 20" x 36" x 62" tall. The second tent sits on a short shelf so I have room to store gallon jugs of water, nutrients and a few supplies below the smaller tent. Normally I use the larger tent to grow one photo period plant and the smaller tent normally has two autoflowers.
So this is what I have in mind; I'd like place a 10 gallon reservoir on the shelf below the small tent. A Botanicare 10 gallon reservoir would fit nicely. Then pump my nutrient solution to the two tents to top feed my plants, I was thinking of using round Floracaps. I'd have my plants on a tray with an open drain to a waste reservoir.
This is where I get lost. I know my pump would be on a timer, but how do you control the rate of flow (gph) to each tent? Since each tent will have an open drain to waste I'm not worried about overflow however I'd like to be able to dial it in so not to needlessly waste nutrients. Oh and what size pump would you suggest?
So any help or suggestions is welcomed here, thanks.
Peace,
October
Been growing in soil for a while now and I'm seriously considering making the switch to Drain to Waste and I have a ton of questions.
First here is my set-up. I have two tents inside a 5' x 6' closet, one tent is 31" x 31" x 84' tall, the second tent is 20" x 36" x 62" tall. The second tent sits on a short shelf so I have room to store gallon jugs of water, nutrients and a few supplies below the smaller tent. Normally I use the larger tent to grow one photo period plant and the smaller tent normally has two autoflowers.
So this is what I have in mind; I'd like place a 10 gallon reservoir on the shelf below the small tent. A Botanicare 10 gallon reservoir would fit nicely. Then pump my nutrient solution to the two tents to top feed my plants, I was thinking of using round Floracaps. I'd have my plants on a tray with an open drain to a waste reservoir.
This is where I get lost. I know my pump would be on a timer, but how do you control the rate of flow (gph) to each tent? Since each tent will have an open drain to waste I'm not worried about overflow however I'd like to be able to dial it in so not to needlessly waste nutrients. Oh and what size pump would you suggest?
So any help or suggestions is welcomed here, thanks.
Peace,
October