Homemade Dripper?

I was wondering how people made their own drippers? I don't really have a lot of money, I just bought a cage, and all the supply's but I didn't buy a dripper. My question is can I make a dripper from a waterbottle or a gatorade bottle?

franzen said:

I was wondering how people made their own drippers? I don't really have a lot of money, I just bought a cage, and all the supply's but I didn't buy a dripper. My question is can I make a dripper from a waterbottle or a gatorade bottle?

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just prick the bottom with a pin and you got yourself a dripper.

That's what I thought but I wasn't really sure. Thanks

Many people have made their own drippers. I find that if you're just wanting to do something cheap, don't expect anything fantastic. You can do the waterbottle with a hole in it...but that will only provide a few minutes of dripping.

I would get a larger reservior and make a hole for some aquarium tubing and use an aquarium valve to adjust the speed of dripping.

Members helped me out big time in this post : Dripper Problems

you gotta have a very small hole in the bottom, and top, to allow for air displacement, otherwise a small hole doesn't have an effect because of vacuum pressure.

keep in mind that a gatorade bottle may only last about a hour ro so.

Sang said:

keep in mind that a gatorade bottle may only last about a hour ro so.

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Depends on the size of bottle you use. We get half gallon jugs.

How to make a home made dripper, with an inexpensive valve that will allow you to adjust the rate of dripping :
https://www.chameleonforums.com/drippers-19143/#post177210

You need a good resevoir

Heres mine!