My DIY Irrigation System, ? about Nutes (pics)

I just built this system out... seems to work very well... but I have a question... when my reservoir has nutes--primarily Grow Big and SuperThrive... just like the Chlorine evaporates out of the water as it sits, should I be worried about the nutes becoming un-mixed in the water, or evaporating out?

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Nice looking plants. Very nice!

I'm curious about how that thing works. Can't tell much from your pics.

Are you really using only Big Bud and Super Thrive? Never heard of that combo before.

Vi

No i dont think you have to worry about that. If your plant starts to show signs of nutrient defficiencies, and your adding a good amount of nutes, then I guess I would be wrong. But I think you should be fine.

Nice lookin plants by the way, can we see some more pics?

If you are concerned about nutes settling out of your water, add an airstone to your reservoir or make sure to stir regularly.

jackinthebox said:

Nice lookin plants by the way, can we see some more pics?

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Sure here they are... I've been doing some LST, they are all bent at least once and tied down... that's why they are so bushy now...

ViRedd said:

Nice looking plants. Very nice!

I'm curious about how that thing works. Can't tell much from your pics.

Are you really using only Big Bud and Super Thrive? Never heard of that combo before.

Vi

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Thanks!!! I have been trying, this is my third try, the first two times I killed everything within a month...

I built the irrigation system because I have been going out of town and needed a scheduled way to water them...

Really all it is is a 5-gallon bucket with water and an aquarium fountain pump attached to a PVC gang valve I constructed from 1/2" PVC, and burr and 6 aquarium air valves... I timed how long it took the pump to run the correct amount of water out into a container to determine how long the system needed to run to provide the correct amount of water to the plants... also on recommendation from this thread I added an air pump to stir the water to keep things from getting stagnant... It's about $6 of PVC and a $50 pump... and a timer of course...

Oh yeah... the nutes are just Fox Farms Big Grow and SuperThrive, that's it...