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I have an auto watering setup, but I've had to duct tape the hose to the water pump. This works, but then I'm unable to move the reservoir into the bathroom so I can fill it up, because I can't detach the hose. Any suggestions?

My wild guess is that either the battery from the unplugged timer had insufficient power, or the lines weren't filled up, and so didn't have pressure. Tried it again and it worked fine *throws hands in air* gotta find a way to delete this post lol, but thank you

Last time I set up my automatic sprayers, they were blasting all over the place. Now some of the hoses are dripping a bit, and some aren't getting any flow at all. I don't think I changed anything except maybe adding more water to the reservoir. I'm so confused lol.

Yeahhh, I was thinking I might need to switch to drippers. Or maybe I could use larger stakes, and tape them so they face downwards

They have great coverage, unfortunately a lot of that coverage goes to the floor lol. They come with little stakes, but I'm really struggling to get the angle right, and it's like they were designed to hang down from the ceiling. Plus the stakes are small, and not very secure.

The rainpoint would be shooting water directly into the soil, instead of being sprayed from a few inches above the soil. Is that worse? It also doesn't have an adjustable flow rate, and I imagine the pressure is pretty weak, versus the larger pump, with a 1/2 in tube dropping down into 1/4 inch...

It looks like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Q8JZP6M/?coliid=I2HKFR62SRKWFW&colid=2UQ4L62O4YCI0&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it is gonna be 13 dollars cheaper than buying an 800gph pump, the necessary tubes and nozzles, and a timer. Is it going to be good enough?

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I'm thinking of using Dr. Earth and promix, mainly due to the difference in price. Is there a difference in quality? I'd be using EWC, 444, and 284 from gaia green, or the home grown, premium gold, and flower girl dry nutrients from dr. earth.

Would you mix the ewc and gaia into the whole pot, or just the bottom third? And for flower it'd be half a cup of 444 and half a cup of 284 right?

I've ordered from them because they're usually the cheapest. They worked for me, but I could have gotten a rando strain or something and not known the difference.

I know this doesn't work in coco because of salt buildup, but would doing it in soil make any difference? I'm guessing no, but I have my fingers crossed lol

Dang, it looks like I'll need3 products from dr earth, so it'll add up to about the same, just with way more mass for the same price

Right? I was definitely balking at the price, but it was still cheaper than building a runoff system lol. And then you have to do soil analysis just to reuse it, yeesh.

Oh wow, that is WAY cheaper. What kind would I want for a just add water setup? I was looking into the Nature's stuff because it seemed like it would cost a fortune to buy everything I needed to make my own supersoil