I know I've just posted about overwintering, but I'm also planning a bigger/better setup for next year.
The plan is something like this:
It's a garland "titan" tray 100x55x15cm = 65l, sitting atop one (with some woodwork) or two (with some laziness) 35l "really useful" boxes
There will be six plants in 19cm square net baskets (for pond plants). A pump inside the box pushes water up into the piping which is drilled with a load of holes to drip out. From this year's 200l/h vs 400l/h for one plant, I think about 1000l/h will be about right. The water drains out through a shower waste back into the box. I've used seramis as a medium this year and been impressed, but it's a bit pricey so I'm going to get some tesco low dust lightweight cat litter which is much cheaper and apparently the same stuff (according to bonsai forums
) I'll let you know how it looks...
Too hard for me to draw on my first go with sketchup is the splitter in the pump->tray pipe so I can pump out the water for replacement, and the clear tube up the side of the box to give an indication of water level.
I'm not sure whether I should pump air through too if it should be into the tank or into the base of the tray. I'm favouring the latter at the moment.
Finally, what about a uv sterilizer to kill off unwanted nasties in the water? (one like you'd use for an aquarium) I've noticed this year's bucket has that slightly slimy quality on the submerged pump and hosing...
Alistair
The plan is something like this:
It's a garland "titan" tray 100x55x15cm = 65l, sitting atop one (with some woodwork) or two (with some laziness) 35l "really useful" boxes
There will be six plants in 19cm square net baskets (for pond plants). A pump inside the box pushes water up into the piping which is drilled with a load of holes to drip out. From this year's 200l/h vs 400l/h for one plant, I think about 1000l/h will be about right. The water drains out through a shower waste back into the box. I've used seramis as a medium this year and been impressed, but it's a bit pricey so I'm going to get some tesco low dust lightweight cat litter which is much cheaper and apparently the same stuff (according to bonsai forums
) I'll let you know how it looks...Too hard for me to draw on my first go with sketchup is the splitter in the pump->tray pipe so I can pump out the water for replacement, and the clear tube up the side of the box to give an indication of water level.
I'm not sure whether I should pump air through too if it should be into the tank or into the base of the tray. I'm favouring the latter at the moment.
Finally, what about a uv sterilizer to kill off unwanted nasties in the water? (one like you'd use for an aquarium) I've noticed this year's bucket has that slightly slimy quality on the submerged pump and hosing...
Alistair
