Hello, I recently purchased quite a few hydroponic towers from a hydro farm that was going out of business.
I would love to know how to set up a watering system for outdoor use. The reservoirs on each tower already have float valves because they were previously set up on a gravity feed system.
I will need to obtain a water tank and all of the other tubing and parts needed to connect said tank to each tower.
I’m not sure where to find a good resource on how to build this myself. I would appreciate any guidance in figuring this out or any suggestions for resources that will help me figure it out myself.
Thanks!
-Tiffany
by 71vwbay
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“Biggest thing-get your tank higher than your highest tower, everything else flows from that (literally).”
Tiffany, a slight bit of advice would be to consider systems that are connected in series versus parallel. The nutrients at the end of a chain of containers is going to be very different in series vs parallel. This is if you’re solely relying on gravity feed with an on-demand float valve where the flow is dictated by plant demand.
I made this silly oversight, and plants closer to the source looked amazing while the ones on the end were barely hanging on. The first plants sucked up all of the nutrients as the solution passed through their roots to the next tub.
I’m not familiar with the system you have, but i look forward to seeing more!