Hehe ya makes sense.
Well glad the Blumat tip helped. I think that stuff should be in anyone's garden if they are growing on soil/coco.
It basically gives you the best of both worlds: The ease and "set and forget" of Hydro with all the beneficials of organic soil.
Just a bit expensive but hey, once it is set up you maybe need to replace one of the Blumats every so often for 3 bucks and you are done.
If you order one of the Blumat sets, I suggest ordering a shut-off valve for each of your drip-lines extra. At least that's how I will do it.
So say I have 3 rows of 5 plants each, then I would make 3 feed-lines and install a shut-off valve on each feed-line.
This way, if plants are finishing at different times, I can shut of 1 line after the other and leave the plants running longer on the open lines.
Without the shut-off valves, you would have to tie-off the line each time which could be a finicky job and I would assume result in the hose becoming brittle and failing much sooner.
As for your breeding project and not keeping the WA keeper around:
Aight, I can dig it.
It was DJ Short who said "no breeder should work more than 6 strains parallel, it just gets too much to handle after that point". Might be different and easier to handle more strains now with PCs and Internet and all. But the message is clear: Even master breeders say "don't take on too much at a time or you won't be able to finish anything".
I agree that a clear goal is always important to not get lost and keep things on track and help with making decisions.
Funnily enough we have similar goals for our breeding projects!
I too want 3 strains in the end!
1 super tasty Indica (or hybrid) that will be all about aroma and flavor, like your Koala Berry (I plan to use Blueberry and PCK as the main ingredients).
1 super potent (and if possible tasty) Sativa (Malawi, Mango Haze, Neville's Haze, La Nina)
1 medical herb for pain relief (Z-Series, Cannatonic, Indica-heavy strains such as medicine man, Nordle, etc.)
We will compare notes in a few years d'accord?
Stay frosty Bro and best of luck to ya.