marijuanavillle7
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For those who have a drip system how often and for how long do you let your pump run? I have 2 freinds that run theres continuously with no problems. I'm just curious what other people do. Thanks in advance.
Drip system time length?
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GreenThumbSucker
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I go 15 minutes on, 45 minutes off. I run mine 24/7 but some people turn theirs off at night. I would suggest that it come on at least once per hour.
morrisgreenberg
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i am a first time driper user and i have been progressingly going higher, from twice a day from seedlings now to 8 times a day for small plant, it also depends on if the plant being small and dependant on the rockwool cube, once a nice root system through the rockwool you should bump it up
NorCalGrower
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I came on RIU today looking for the answer to this question... I have 18 plants in a recirculating hydro system and i was running the pump all day until i started getting mass amounts of fungis gnats. I started only watering during the day and they still were growing in numbers... so i bombed them and am now running the water only twice a day for 25min and its working decent. Anyone have any advice?
GreenThumbSucker
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It may be medium dependent. I only use hydroton.
Plants in drip love water when they are in hydroton. I've ran the emitters 24 hours a day with no noticeable difference.
marijuanavillle7
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Thanks alot
GreenThumbSucker
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2 inch rockwool cube set in a pot of hydroton. When they are little set the drippers by the side of the pot and not directly on the rockwool. When they get big, either is fine.