Kuwl's AutoPot Grow - Deja Vu

[PipeCarver]

I thought I better give an update on what's happening.
When I popped the plants into the AP pots, I filled the res tank.
I should not have done that, lol.
Now, I have to fly by the seat of my pants in adjusting the PH, PPM, etc.
Should have checked my earlier AP grow, so much easier to do using a 2 gal bucket by 2 gal bucket refill.
Oh well, now I put in the PH adjustments and Nutrients in by
guessing how much I need and re-checking at every adjustment.
Instead of doing it by the 2 gal measured bucket method.
I should have put in about 4 gal to start instead of filling it.
It would be much easier.

I was thinking the plants an soil would soak up the water at a faster rate.
My memory said I should, but my memory was from later in the flower stage
when they were soaking up 2-4 gal every other day.
Also my pots are smaller now at 2.2 gal not the 3.9 gal that I was using last time.

OK now realizing my mistake I thought I would pass that on.
Everything is going well tho, plants look healthy, leaves nice and green.
1st day I put in 10 ml HyClean and 5ml Foliage Pro
3-4 days ago I added 1 tsp foliage Pro, 1 tsp Zyme (not sure I needed the Zyme but put it in anyway).
Today I put in 2 tsp of Pro Mag and 1 tsp of Foliage Pro to up the nutes in the tank to 450.

Nevermind

Gilda Radner as Miss Emily Litella Nevermind

youtu.be

By the time I wrote all this, I thought ....... why not empty the res tank and start over, lol
Sunday is week 3 in veg and I might do just that and start fresh with the 3rd week in veg chart.
Yep, that's the plan, it will give me a better grip on the feed schedule I have.
Pic's Sunday.

lol...I'm not sure I got all that....wtf now italics?........

I keep fking up my typing while smoking........

I've been trying to figure out how to feed and water at the same time so I thought................

plan 1....... I'd fill the tank with water ( enough to feed 4 plants + ) add my nutes according to their size and age in veg then once they've gone through that I add the same amount of water and let them drink that and cycle through..........

OR.......plan 2

fill tank and feed half nutes full time with the occasional line and tank cleaning

 

[CactusJack1]

lol...I'm not sure I got all that....wtf now italics?........

I keep fking up my typing while smoking........

I've been trying to figure out how to feed and water at the same time so I thought................

plan 1....... I'd fill the tank with water ( enough to feed 4 plants + ) add my nutes according to their size and age in veg then once they've gone through that I add the same amount of water and let them drink that and cycle through..........

OR.......plan 2

fill tank and feed half nutes full time with the occasional line and tank cleaning

I feed every watering right now and when i start autopot grow i will be feeding right thru with a quarter dosage of nutes unless it shows signs of needing more.

 

[CactusJack1]

Got my Fat Bastard seeds today from QCS says 32 to 38 percent THC. Will give it a whirl and see for myself if this is Wheel Chair weed !!!!

 

[kuwl]

lol...I'm not sure I got all that....wtf now italics?........

I keep fking up my typing while smoking........

I've been trying to figure out how to feed and water at the same time so I thought................

plan 1....... I'd fill the tank with water ( enough to feed 4 plants + ) add my nutes according to their size and age in veg then once they've gone through that I add the same amount of water and let them drink that and cycle through..........

OR.......plan 2

fill tank and feed half nutes full time with the occasional line and tank cleaning

I was looking back and seen I had better control of the nutrients going into the feeder tank
when I kept the water at a minimum in the tank, at least till they started sucking it up faster.
I could make adjustments by adding plain PH water to reduce PPM without emptying the whole tank (If PPM got to high).
Mixing nutrients in a 2 gal bucket to get the right PPM and PH before adding to the tank, gives me more control, imo.
Once they get started in flower it picks up and tank empties faster and I keep it fuller
but not too full that I can't add a couple of gallons of plain PH water.
It worked good for me the last time and it's what I will do this time.

Right now feeding into a full tank is a pain for me to figure out how much nutes to add
to how much water is in the tank at this moment (Start at 10g but how much did they drink?).
I got to guess how many gallons to figure out how much nutrients to put in.

 

[kuwl]

Got my Fat Bastard seeds today from QCS says 32 to 38 percent THC. Will give it a whirl and see for myself if this is Wheel Chair weed !!!!

I signed up at QCS cause their strains looked good so I will be getting some new seeds soon also!
Yes that Fat Bastard strain looks good

 

[kuwl]

Looking at my calendar I seen it was Week 3 in veg for these girls. :)

This is my first time sticking seedlings from solo cups directly into the AP's.
A bit different than the last time, where I veg'ed em 4 wks in 1 gal pots before transplanting to AP's.
Everything going smooth with no problems I can see.

According to my feed chart I should be at
Week 3: 5/5/2.5/0/5 Pro-Tekt/Foliage Pro/Mag Pro/Bloom/Zyme
Since I already have most of that in the tank, I just guessed there is 8 gallons in there
and added 10ml of Pro Mag, so the measurements I have in the tank should be about this much per gallon:
2.5/2.5/1.25/0/2.5 That is about half dosage of what the chart calls for.
Probably a little less Zyme as I seen HyClean has zyme in it.
I also made some changes by taking off the domes and turning on the humidifier
and UV lights and upping the light to 50% and raising it to 16".

PH = 5.8 give or take a tenth.
PPM = 550 was 450 but I added PM.
MarsHydro FC4800 Light is at 50% Hieght = 16" Lux = 26k
Hummi = 45% No duct/exhaust fans on, it's as high as I can get it.
Temp = 80 deg.

Not sure about turning on the UV lights but will look into it.
The air pump is on for 6 hrs a day, starting at noon.
The water mixing tank pump is on intermitening bout every 4-6 hrs for .5-1 hr
1 oc 6" clip fan running 24/7
1 oil heater running at half 24/7
Spider Farmer 6" Exhaust fan off -
Spider Farmer 4" inlet fan off but airways are open.

I have had 0 problems so far except for the ones in my head

Reference pic's

3 Weeks

 

[CactusJack1]

is your PH wandering at all by using pump in reservoir?

 

[PipeCarver]

I was looking back and seen I had better control of the nutrients going into the feeder tank
when I kept the water at a minimum in the tank, at least till they started sucking it up faster.
I could make adjustments by adding plain PH water to reduce PPM without emptying the whole tank (If PPM got to high).
Mixing nutrients in a 2 gal bucket to get the right PPM and PH before adding to the tank, gives me more control, imo.
Once they get started in flower it picks up and tank empties faster and I keep it fuller
but not too full that I can't add a couple of gallons of plain PH water.
It worked good for me the last time and it's what I will do this time.

Right now feeding into a full tank is a pain for me to figure out how much nutes to add
to how much water is in the tank at this moment (Start at 10g but how much did they drink?).
I got to guess how many gallons to figure out how much nutrients to put in.

I had to push back my start time again, I just can't cut the girls in the tent this week.......it'll give my little starters a chance to grow more any ways....

I was going to make up 1 gallon of feed at half nutes and see what I get for ppm I've not really concerned myself with PPM for a while I just add what the directions on the label tell me to and hope for the best...so far so good....lol......

I used to check it religiously every feed but I kinda learned what did what and now I just go by what I feel they need....I'll have to get back to monitoring it better with this new system.........I store all my water in 1 gallon jugs to air off so its already pre measured ....oooops lights out..

 

[kuwl]

is your PH wandering at all by using pump in reservoir?

Because of the pump I don't think so, but it wanders some.
I have to check it with the pump running cause I get dif readings
when the water is stagnent and have to mix by hand so I turn the pump
back on to mix.

 

[kuwl]

Turned off the UV light.
Guess it’s used in full flower to get bigger buds so I read.
Reading a bunch of stuff about it and the UV lights I brought from Spider Farmer are UVA type which are great for bugs n disinfecting my phone not sure about how much better my tri’s and fatness of the buds will be.
The type I should have brought are UVB which is better for bud production,
So I read anyway.
So off till mid flower.

 

[PipeCarver]

Because of the pump I don't think so, but it wanders some.
I have to check it with the pump running cause I get dif readings
when the water is stagnent and have to mix by hand so I turn the pump
back on to mix.

From what I've been reading lately they recommend 15 min every 2 hrs to stir the reservoir and that works fine with my timer pins. Do you ever flush just straight water through them?

 

[Brettdawg]

As anyone tried nutrients. The scource.

Autopots own.

Il share link as your growing in autopots

Plant Fertiliser in its Purest Form | Source Fertiliser

Go to the Source, for plant fertilisers. It’s a simple concept. Clean, highly concentrated fertilisers for effective, efficient performance.

www.sourcefertiliser.com

 

[PipeCarver]

As anyone tried nutrients. The scource.

Autopots own.

Il share link as your growing in autopots

Plant Fertiliser in its Purest Form | Source Fertiliser

Go to the Source, for plant fertilisers. It’s a simple concept. Clean, highly concentrated fertilisers for effective, efficient performance.

www.sourcefertiliser.com

I see prices in LB and $30lb = $50 Canadian they are too expensive for me,,,GH nutes $20 cdn for 1 liter has a better ring to it.....

 

[kuwl]

From what I've been reading lately they recommend 15 min every 2 hrs to stir the reservoir and that works fine with my timer pins. Do you ever flush just straight water through them?

I have my pump set to ON every few hours, maybe 6 times in 24 hrs for about 15min to 30min each time it's on.
When I had straight PH water in it, I did the same to mix up the PH and keep it mixed up.

It seems when I check the PH when the pump is off the readings are off as well,
so I always have the pump running when checking PPM or PH for more accurate reads.

 

[kuwl]

From what I've been reading lately they recommend 15 min every 2 hrs to stir the reservoir and that works fine with my timer pins. Do you ever flush just straight water through them?

I agree with that.
I set my randomly but am changing today to the 15min/2hr schedule

 

[PipeCarver]

I agree with that.
I set my randomly but am changing today to the 15min/2hr schedule

Most of my timers have 30 min pins. I said yesterday they were 15 min but after I looked at them this am ....it was a faux pas.........I've a few that are programmable but they're so tricky to get programmed it can take me an hour to figure it all out, then if there's a power failure they get wiped out...dead internal battery I guess.

 

[kuwl]

Week 4 in Veg
Some things I changed:
Turned the light down to 40% cause I noticed my problem child, Do Si Dos, had a few
tri-leaves show up and it might be the high intensity of the light at 50%.
The others were fine with 50% tho.
Turned on the exhaust and intake fans, set both to 1
Set the Tank mixer @ 2 hr intervals @ 1/2 hr each time.
Topped the 3 girls but not Do Si Dos yet
Added some Foliage Pro to the tank cause I seen the leaves on SD was a bit light.
Tank is about 620 PPM now and about half empty.

I go down to check on them once a day but have really nothing to do.
I kept the two plants in the small veg tent alive.
Pulled the smaller one out of the solo cup they were both in and re-planted them in mini-pots.
Keeping them in veg until I figure out what to do with them.
I did re-arrange some of the wiring to take the load off one of the outlets as it was a bit warm to the touch.

Pic's
Front left is Sour Deisel, Front right is Do Si Dos, Back left is QC Blue, Back right is Fruity OG

Orphans not sure what they are but maybe Wedding Cake and Durban Poison?

 

[Brettdawg]

Not many ppl on here using auto pots is tha.
I am finding the ph in bottom of my auto pots lot higher than my rez. Why wud that be you think.

 

[Brettdawg]

Ive dpne about five grows with them. Never even cheked trays before until this one.

 

[PipeCarver]

Not many ppl on here using auto pots is tha.
I am finding the ph in bottom of my auto pots lot higher than my rez. Why wud that be you think.

What are you using for a medium? I've heard clay balls will do that. I soaked mine in 5.8ph water for 2 days,,,,I've not used them yet my plants are still too small to transplant into the larger pots. I was all gungho a month ago when I got them ...now I wait...