Hello everyone!
This is my first post, my apologies if this isn't the proper place for this thread; still got to learn this blog.
I just finished my first indoor grow with a descent yield imo. But for my second grow, I'm looking to automated some part of my growing. Don't worry, plenty of love and care will go into each plants
Ill explain my setup, followed by my questions.
First, it's a single plant growing room/tent, in soil for the growing medium. I will most likely use a "Mars Hydro LED Grow lights", which from my understanding offers a wide spectrum, therefore better growth. Most likely on a 18/6 cycle for vege. Ventilation wont be a problem, as fans should do the job.
Now for my feedings, this is where I want to design a cost effective system for automated feeding. Since I don't a have a constant work schedule, it's a little hard to do the feedings on regular basis, therefore my need for a automated feeding. I'm looking at dosing pumps (Peristaltic pump), similar to aquarium setups, to add my nutriment and to allow adjustment as the plant grows. To summarize, I will have a water reservoir, around 40-50Litres, and about 4 different nutriments, mixed during each feeding..
I want to be able to control all of the system with a series of valves and an outlet timer. I will adjust the valve to give, for example 500ml per minute. I can therefore increase or decrease the time to achieve the proper feeding amount. I would use dosing pumps to add a concentrate of nutriment and allow to change the recipe with the valves.
Here's a quick schematic of my proposed system:
I wanted to know if anyone has a setup like the one I want? If yes, what kind of dosing pump setup do you have? Any recommendations?
Cheers!
J
This is my first post, my apologies if this isn't the proper place for this thread; still got to learn this blog.
I just finished my first indoor grow with a descent yield imo. But for my second grow, I'm looking to automated some part of my growing. Don't worry, plenty of love and care will go into each plants
Ill explain my setup, followed by my questions.
First, it's a single plant growing room/tent, in soil for the growing medium. I will most likely use a "Mars Hydro LED Grow lights", which from my understanding offers a wide spectrum, therefore better growth. Most likely on a 18/6 cycle for vege. Ventilation wont be a problem, as fans should do the job.
Now for my feedings, this is where I want to design a cost effective system for automated feeding. Since I don't a have a constant work schedule, it's a little hard to do the feedings on regular basis, therefore my need for a automated feeding. I'm looking at dosing pumps (Peristaltic pump), similar to aquarium setups, to add my nutriment and to allow adjustment as the plant grows. To summarize, I will have a water reservoir, around 40-50Litres, and about 4 different nutriments, mixed during each feeding..
I want to be able to control all of the system with a series of valves and an outlet timer. I will adjust the valve to give, for example 500ml per minute. I can therefore increase or decrease the time to achieve the proper feeding amount. I would use dosing pumps to add a concentrate of nutriment and allow to change the recipe with the valves.
Here's a quick schematic of my proposed system:
I wanted to know if anyone has a setup like the one I want? If yes, what kind of dosing pump setup do you have? Any recommendations?
Cheers!
J