Easy DIY Dripper Hydroponic System
The Dripper Hydroponic System
This is a system for the home hydroponic grower that has proven to produce the most prolific plant growth of the different systems that can be used for home hydroponics. It is not too expensive to set up and of course the beauty of it is that once the system is set the only replacements are the plant medium and the nutrients, and of course your plants.
Essentially what happens is that the plants are sitting in their pots, with the pots sitting in a tray and with a drip line running across the top of the pots. The tray will be up on a stand and from the tray a return drain will take the liquid back into the reservoir.
The system can be operated for as many pots as you like as long as the submersible pump is big enough to cope with sending the water out.
It is suggested that you have 13mm lines running out from the pump and take from that 6mm lines to each pot. On the end of each 6mm line you have a dripper nozzle which will give a gentle spray of water to the top of the pot.
With the dripper system it is better to keep the water flow on at all times the lights are on. It is possible to buy drippers that are adjustable and this is important so that the flow can be made to suit the particular plants and achieve optimal production.
This system is one of the most widely used systems in the hydroponic garden sector worldwide.
You are able to set up quite a sizable number of pots off this system and you can see how by extending the system it could even be run as a vertical system for growing hydroponically.
The Basic Dripper System
- 50 Litre Reservoir
- Submersible Pump for nutrient infused water
- Irrigation and fittings to the setup (incl 13mm fexible hose, 6mm flexible hose)
- Pots with holes (any number)
- Other requirements would be a stand and tray
