Information on growing in an automatic drip irrigation system

How you mange to check ph in the reservoir?

Good nutes shouldn't have pH drift... it should take a massive infection of microbes to cause wildly swinging pH.. if that is not your experience, i'd suggest a different brand. drip manifold with flow control can help dial things in. dripper fittings need to be cleaned occasionally. pressure-compensating drip fittings etc etc.. i'd recommend one of the higher 45 psi, lower flow pumps. you'll have more options than using a high flow low psi aquarium pump. But in the end, however you choose to drip or spray the wayer on, make sure your pump matches the drip fitting needs.. some need more pressure than others. could just snake a 1/2" line around to all pots and pierce with 2-4 pressure compensating fittings for each pot. you can spend hundreds, you can spend <100 just depends on what you want to do. a sump pump in a bucket/container can take care of drainage... either raise garden bed level or pipe into it with a good bulk head. frequent irrigations can be good, but you better have your IPM spot on.. or you'll just breed a ton of bugs and get root rot. make sure you have aat elast 30% perlite in coco for such a method. make sure 'enough' dryback is occuring before next irrigation. you'll definitely need a few cycles to callibrate everyting no matter what you do.

Hello! I'll start by saying that it's better to have the substrate perpetually moist rather than an alternating dry-too-wet, so you can opt for a timer that goes off a few seconds every few minutes, just to have constant moisture in the substrate. I usually use rockwool , I prefer it over other types of hydroponics because it maintains pH better. (Dwc for example 5.5 the best) By the way, 6 is the best range in coco, and 6.3 in soil. For pH, you can opt for a continuous phmeter , a hydrostatic pump that monitors and keeps pH constant. In rockwool im using biobizz products, i love them and i dont check pH ✌️ no problems in 20 days old, with dwc i had to check every day