so ive got about 13-15 ft of 4' pvc pipe....

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Dirty jersey

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• Oct 14, 2011

• #1

how long should the sections be/ how many holes per square inch? ill have 9 or so plants. what size nutrient container should i have? 18 gallon? also what power pump will i need?

 

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Dirty jersey

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• Oct 14, 2011

• #2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgxbqL6Rhx8&feature=related

i want to make something like this...does he have the fluid constantly flowing enough that it floods the system at all?

 

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dsnutts

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• Oct 14, 2011

• #3

Dirty I would look at something like this...http://www.hydroponic-aeroponic.com...id/24?osCsid=1abea2a3ecab53b85eabddd2528ffc4a

What kind of space are you working with, what kind of lights. I just finished a grow in 3" tubes and only ran a 5 gallon res that I changed every 5 days. And YES the tubes constantly have a flow. if you let gravity do the work for you then you can get a 200 gph pump that only cost 11 bucks at harbor freight..

 

theR

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• Oct 15, 2011

• #4

DJ it is all what you want, you can make a lot of holes, but you mustnt use them all. but maybe you get lot of clones and then you can choose the strongest for you. Good pump is: cheap, quiet, reliable. if you dont have sprinkles then you will do just fine with 200-400 gph pump. But airpump is more noisy, so pick that carefully.

 

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Dirty jersey

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• Oct 15, 2011

• #5

I'm in a,6tall by 5 wide 5ft long tent with 1000w hps/mh. I figure I'd cut the tube into 2 4ft sections. How many plants could I fit.in tech 4ft pipe?

 

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dsnutts

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• Oct 15, 2011

• #6

I have my plants roughly 8 inches apart so in a 4ft length you can put 6 or if you do 6 inches apart you can do 8 depends on the plants that you use. Indicas are going to bush on ya and sativas are going to grow tall

 

dbkick

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• Oct 15, 2011

• #7

doesn't it all really depend on how big you want to raise your plant?
These were 3 sites to a 4 foot 5by5 vinyl fence post, very overcrowded if you veg at all.

 

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dbkick

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• Oct 15, 2011

• #8

although you can plug unused sites and also check root growth from used sites in the unused site by simply taking out the pot.

 

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Dirty jersey

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• Oct 15, 2011

• #9

if i keep the nutrients flowing 24/7, how high up does the fluid level have to be at all times exactly?

 

dbkick

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• Oct 15, 2011

• #10

ldeally an inch or less, but I found clogging from roots in the system above didn't allow me to run the pump 24/7, personally I'd rather have no standing water in the tube but it can't hurt to have an inch or so, if you find its flooding the tube like I did you'll have to cycle it.

 

dbkick

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• Oct 15, 2011

• #11

I used sprayers in the tube , ended up not working that well since they clogged in time, as they would clog I'd just snap them off and left nothing but a hole for the water to spray from.soon the roots clogged the 1 inch drain in the tube, just a bit of flooding, I mainly cycle pumps anymore depending on the application.

 

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Dirty jersey

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• Oct 15, 2011

• #12

im not planning to use sprayers tho, just want a "stream" of nutriets.