Details
Automatically controlled dripper for indoor cultivation.
Blumat drippers require a minimum pressure for the pouring head to function, also to prevent clogging.
The Tropf-Blumat is the core of the system and is both a moisture sensor and a dripper. Each drip point is thus sensor-controlled according to the tensiometer principle. The system includes suitable fittings for connecting the hoses.
Process
The Tropf-Blumat is filled with water (only for the feeler function!) – see instructions for use – and placed in the damp soil. The soil becomes drier and sucks water out of the sensor via the porous clay cone, creating a vacuum. This releases the thin drip hose via a membrane in the pouring head (previously squeezed) and slowly begins to drip. The water in the earth moves back to the clay cone and the negative pressure inside decreases, the valve closes again, the dripping slowly stops.
Attitude
The Tropf-Blumat is adjusted on its brown adjustment knob so that it does not drip when the soil is optimally moist. The sensor needs some adjustment time at the beginning, so that this adjustment can only be made about the next day. The blanket immediate adjustment is described in the user manual or in our setting recommendations . The right initial setting is important!
Care
The water used must be clean (a filter is not provided), it can also contain fully water-soluble fertilizer. In the case of extreme water hardness (from approx. 30°dH), water treatment (softening) is recommended or possibly clean rainwater should be used. Light limescale deposits are removed on the drip hose by rubbing.
The water filling of the sensor should be checked occasionally on a random basis, but it should usually not be replenished during the watering season. Under certain conditions, winter operation is also possible.
Scope of delivery
1 x Blumat dropper
1 x connecting hose
1 x T-piece
