Cleaning out

Jimmgy · Regular Member Joined: Sep 05, 2012 Posts: 21

Every time i clean out my little friends do i have the same problem every thing becomes soaked and then the water becomes dirty so Im only putting in the bath water once a day each week is any one else having the same problem ?

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

Dep[ends if a cagfed or a bird in an avairy..
If in avairy it is worth while taking the time out for automatic daily watering.
Some elcheapo garden irrigation hose, bit of 5mm capliary tubing, and a water timer.

Jimmgy · Regular Member Joined: Sep 05, 2012 Posts: 21

that has given me an ingenious idea to rewire my full garage now never through of that idea thank you

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

"work hard at being lazy"
Something my Dad used to say..Spend an afternoon cutting a slice out of the concret driveway, lay the hose, under ground, a good Sunday afternoons work....dont have to change water each day for the next... 10 or 20 yrs..
One can oinly be lazy (ie lazy around on holiday) if one works efficient.
Those who just never do anything are not lazy... they are just no hoper drop kick, blights and bludgers on society.

Jimmgy · Regular Member Joined: Sep 05, 2012 Posts: 21

i have better idea hozelock in the u.k do a kit that you can put around your garden for automatic watering so i may invest in one of them for a future reference signlol

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

Jimmgy · Regular Member Joined: Sep 05, 2012 Posts: 21

it comes as a full kit with all different types of flow and also a waterfall connection on it for tropical house plants

manders · Snr Member Joined: Mar 26, 2010 Posts: 120

The spray nozzles on those things are useless for humidifying tropical plants, too low pressure, all wetness and no humidity. The kits are ok to get you going though.

Jimmgy · Regular Member Joined: Sep 05, 2012 Posts: 21

Not going to be using it for any tropical plants as its not warm enough in my garage space

Steptoe · Site Admin Joined: Oct 06, 2004 Posts: 4550

What sort of mains pressure do u have there...?
We have 85/95 lbs
It is not so much the fine spray for humidity but the evaporation of that spray after everything is damp.
A humdifier in a glass house usually has the spray setup to a humdity switch...turns on for a very short period, evaporation held in the glass house, most condenses and re evaporates...but if that evqulibruim drops, the system gives another spray.

manders · Snr Member Joined: Mar 26, 2010 Posts: 120

The kits require a pressure reducer, the cheap plastic nozzles produce relatively large droplets (even ultrafine versions), all it does is soak the compost. If we used mains pressure and (relatively expensive) impingement nozzles we might get a decent way to humdify the air, but the reality is anybody seriously keeping tropicals needing high humidity in a uk type greenhouse would go for a hydrofogger, which is a centrifugal fogger. Cheap to run and produces a fine fog without soaking the compost.

I agree a closed system would be 100% humid or thereabouts but as soon as you provide ventilation in a greenhouse it can drop to 20%. With or without the cheap spray systems.