cpknerr on Nostr: Here are some more pics of the mist bed and hardware for the #nursery. First off here ...
Here are some more pics of the mist bed and hardware for the #nursery.
First off here is the bed in operation. It's about 24' long and 3' wide and made of old landscaping timbers and filled with concrete sand. Concrete sand is chosen because it drains well.
Here are the wands. They have a pin that goes down into a hole in the head to create the mist. They haven't been cleaned in years.
I cleaned them up in some citric acid:
Here is the valve I use to control the mist wands. It's wired into a controller in the house, and connects to a piece of 3/4" PVC pipe with holes drilled in every 4' or so to accept the lines from the mist heads. The other end is fed by a 3/4" poly water line (not shown):
Finally, the controller: A Galcon 8056 AC 6S. This will control 4 valves and can be programmed down to the second which is useful for the mist system since I'm on from 8-15 seconds every 10 minutes depending on wind, temperature, etc.
#permaculture #plantstr #garden #grownostr #propagation
First off here is the bed in operation. It's about 24' long and 3' wide and made of old landscaping timbers and filled with concrete sand. Concrete sand is chosen because it drains well.
Here are the wands. They have a pin that goes down into a hole in the head to create the mist. They haven't been cleaned in years.
I cleaned them up in some citric acid:
Here is the valve I use to control the mist wands. It's wired into a controller in the house, and connects to a piece of 3/4" PVC pipe with holes drilled in every 4' or so to accept the lines from the mist heads. The other end is fed by a 3/4" poly water line (not shown):
Finally, the controller: A Galcon 8056 AC 6S. This will control 4 valves and can be programmed down to the second which is useful for the mist system since I'm on from 8-15 seconds every 10 minutes depending on wind, temperature, etc.
#permaculture #plantstr #garden #grownostr #propagation