Blumat watering system

Jjgrow420

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You aren't going to 'diy blumats'. Either way to automate watering for 40 plants you're gonna pay a couple hundred bucks.
 

Gadget's

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Get yourself a wavemaker or two. Some people use small pumps, but they can raise the water temp quicker if that's an issue. Air stones supposedly raise the ph quicker, and I hate their rigid hoses.
Would either the wave maker or air stone tamper with flow in your experience? Or get air in your lines? That was my work stop until I figured that out.
 

Gadget's

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You aren't going to 'diy blumats'. Either way to automate watering for 40 plants you're gonna pay a couple hundred bucks.
No man I totally get that. I meant like get all the 8mm lines and valves for 1/3 of blumats price, and just buy the carrots. Or another drip system.
 

Jjgrow420

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No man I totally get that. I meant like get all the 8mm lines and valves for 1/3 of blumats price, and just buy the carrots. Or another drip system.
Ah,. I dont think you'll find cheaper line. The red flex tube is better but more exp. Other irrigation lines don't fit.
Once you buy each carrot seperate you end up paying the same as you would for a kit anyways that comes with most of what you needed.
 

Gadget's

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Ah,. I dont think you'll find cheaper line. The red flex tube is better but more exp. Other irrigation lines don't fit.
Once you buy each carrot seperate you end up paying the same as you would for a kit anyways that comes with most of what you needed.
Shit...fuck...shit fuck..yeah the kit I need which is the gravity XL is like 325, and it's not a finished set. Still need to get buckets, and additional accessories.
 

lusidghost

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Shit...fuck...shit fuck..yeah the kit I need which is the gravity XL is like 325, and it's not a finished set. Still need to get buckets, and additional accessories.
To cut down on costs you could grow in beds and use their soaker hose or dripper things, but they are expensive no matter how you do it. I bought a 50 pack of carrots and then all of the parts separately, and it was a costly purchase. They seem very durable though. You could probably sell them for close to the original cost if you decided that you didn't like them.
 
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