Quote Originally Posted by razzapiggy
Obviously you don't want the resi to be too tall because you lose height, but I have to imagine there's a cheaper way to do it. ... How much water is generally needed for about 24 plants... 40-50 gallons?
Depends a lot on the size of the plants.

If'n yer gonna drip to waste, there's no particular reason for the res to be under the table- or even in the same room. Floor drain or some other waste catchment would be nice- you could prob just stick it all on pallets w/ panda underneath, stapled up onto pallets to make a tray, and shop-vac up waste every now and again.


Since yer pumping out the top of the feed res to your drippers, it can be anything- trash barrel, cattle trough, what have you. Keep in mind that the height of water column determines the pressure at column base- I'd spend the $ on a good trash barrell. If you go w/ a trash barrell, you'll have to tweak feed times over res pump head, as delivered pressure will vary.

Possibly helpful thoughts (?)
-Organics and spaghetti tubing rarely mix well.
- Stake your drippers and make sure every pot is fed by several drippers.
-Figure out how much water per pot per day you use now, and do the math to figure out feed times before you actually buy stuff. If you want to use calibrated drippers to make the math easy, remember that you'll need a fairly beefy pump to bring them to operational pressure