Ill be going out of town for a few days soon, and looking to come up with a solution to water my plants while I am gone. I got a small pump and put together a little system that seems to be working well, but now its time to move from my 5 gallon feed bucket to something that I can use for a few cycles. Does that water need to be chilled if its sitting for a week, or will just being aerated be enough?
Does a reservoir for soil need to be chilled?
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Cx2H
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Doing a hydro type setup, absolutely. Some type of drip(dtw) in Coco/soil, then not so much.
xmatox
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A chiller is to keep your reservoir within the proper temps (around 65º-72º). You're only gonna need a chiller if your water gets to hot. Water sitting out has nothing to do with a chiller, that's an airstone.
DaveInCave
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How long will you be going?
In the past I used a much simpler solution - a bucket with a small hole in the bottom hung above the plants.
I started with a tiny hole and added more holes until the drip was about 0.5 gallons per 24h.
With 3 gallon bucket I was set for a whole week away from home, and the plants were fine when I got back.
If you know a nurse you can even us an IV drip so you can fine tune it.
In the past I used a much simpler solution - a bucket with a small hole in the bottom hung above the plants.
I started with a tiny hole and added more holes until the drip was about 0.5 gallons per 24h.
With 3 gallon bucket I was set for a whole week away from home, and the plants were fine when I got back.
If you know a nurse you can even us an IV drip so you can fine tune it.
meangreengrowinmachine
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Im planning on being gone for over a week and have gone with SIPs and I have been testing them leaving them with no water for a week and it hs been going great! Got some trees going as well wow! I would highly advise looking into them for anyone looking for ez soil growing!
Are you using nutes in that setup?
meangreengrowinmachine
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I have some very ammemded soil but the only thing i add to the water is cal mag, maybe some molasses to fuel the micro herd... im not a fan of growing with salts myself but i think peeps do use nutes in the rez's as well. But i dont personally