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odam2k
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That is pretty cool. As soon as I get temperature under control for the hotter days, automatic watering is next on my list of things to do. For my soil I don't need to add nutrients to my vegging plants because they get transplanted enough, but in my flowering tent, after a couple of weeks I use nutrients. How do you handle nutrients with auto watering? Mine are liquid and I mix them with my water right before I manually water the plants.
I switched from a 2 part liquid that would leave a chalky residue to one that doesn't. It stays dissolved better. Since my bucket (reservoir) is only 20L, or 9 waterings, it will probably need to be filled weekly (one bucket, 8 pumps for 8 plants) will need a few buckets for all my plants... at least 4. 2 for flower, 2 for veg. I may end up switching to either garbage cans or totes, but they need to be straight sided so my "volume calculations" work.
I will mix the nutrients into the water as I fill the buckets. I'll keep one pump to circulate the water in the bucket, probably on a schedule...