Ya, how do you like the auto pot grow so far? it looks like a cleaner system than I use but I guess I'm afraid of automation and its taken me so long to learn soil....ah...well...I don't think I'll be trying to learn a whole new game.......I'll watch you...that'll do it for me ...like kids you don't have to raise,,,fun fun fun...then offs ya go....see ya next time....lol
i like it........so far.
I had two 3.9 gal. pots growing last grow and it did ok but........
I was tinkering to much with steering the crop.
Messed around to much with light and timer changes and practically
ruined the whole crop. Ended up with some soft light airy buds and mal forned ones too.
I think I was ok with the nutes but would have to look back on that to be sure.
This time without the distraction of the regular feed pots I am enjoying this much more.
I use
Dyna-Gro products cause they are cleaner looking and won't mess up the valve system.
So far no root problem with that either.
(The roots are contained in the pot using skirts that cover the bottom of the pot
and prevent them from growing into the valve system)
Right now there is Three 3.9 gal. pots and Four 2.2 gal. pots in my 4x4x6 roof tent.
Strains
2 Strawberry Banana
2 Cherry Pie
2 Durban Poison
1 Wedding Cake
Dyna-Gro (At 600 PPM 1st wk of flower, PH 5.5 - 5.8 That is the suggested PH for this type of grow, it says.)
Pro-Tekt (5ml or 1 tsp.)
Foliage-Pro (5ml or 1 tsp.)
Mag-Pro (1.25ml or 1/2 tsp.)
Zyme (5ml or 1 tsp.)
Bloom (not using yet)
Tips that I read and use;
I also use .4ml per gal. of Drip Clean to keep the valves clean and working proper.
I also have a water pump in the res tank to mix nutes and keep them mixed
with a timer set to run for an hr every 6 hrs.
(Not sure why I don't use
Dyna-gro Grow but will next time)
I will also use, maybe instead of Bloom, KoolBloom.
I cannot use any Re-Charge or Fish Fertilizer either. (I think it would plug up the valve and cause flooding)
I have 3 3.9 gal. pots and 4 2.2 gal. pots all attached to one 12 gal reservoir feeder tank.
The Pro's
No run off to get rid of after feeding.
Easy feeding, they all get the same amounts.
Pretty much set it and forget it.
The Con's
Any leaks or flooding if a hose gets seperated. (Had one flood because of a loose hose, last grow.)
Roots growing into the valve area. (Has not happened yet.)
If one plant is in need of extra food or less food (Has not happened yet but if it did I would either
inject more nutes in the base of the pot or would clamp off the feeding hose and put in plain water, at the base, for a while.)
So far I've had 0 problems with any of the Con's (knock on wood)
You cannot space the 2.2 gal. pots apart as much as you would like to, as they are attached by 2's.
(it would help if I had a bigger growing space)
I have two 2.5 gal pails that I fill, measure in the nutes and ph it before dumping it in the res. tank
So in a nutshell I go down and check on em once a day.
If more nute/water is needed I dump in 1 or 2 pails of it and I'm done.
I check the light every few days to see if it needs raising, if so, I raise it.
That's it!
With the phone app I have that monitors Temp and Humi I could wait 2 or 3 days before checking.