Kuwl's AutoPot Grow - Deja Vu

[CactusJack1]

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.

I wouldnt worry about it unless your plants are showing problems. Just me

 

[Brettdawg]

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...

Yh 60-40 coco pebble mix.
Spoke to jason head guy at autopots.
Recomended perlite instead of pebbles so wil try that next time round..

 

[CactusJack1]

I picked up a couple of water sensors for tent when i start up autopots just sit on floor of tent . 9 volt battery operated 100 dbs.

 

[CactusJack1]

One for tent floor the other by reservoir.

 

[kuwl]

One for tent floor the other by reservoir.

Nice find, I could have used them when I had a flood leak in the tent the first time useing AP's
I believe it was a sticky valve that caused it.

 

[kuwl]

I added a gallon or so of water to the res tank today.
1st time I had to add anything, almost made it without adding any extra water, for the whole veg grow :)
I added plain water to up the PH slightly, It's 6.0 now, and down the PPM which was at 650.
Plants look ok, nothing else to do, which is fine with me.
Not sure if I will flip at 5 wks or go to 6.
I guess it depends on Do Si Dos and how she progresses this week.

 

[PipeCarver]

One for tent floor the other by reservoir.

Nice.....but.....I've a security alarm in my grow area, a movement alarm that'll go off if the door opens....They first have to get through 2 dollar store locks...if the alarm goes off at night I'll be losing it out the front door bat in hand....I don't want a water alarm causing me panic in the middle of the night.....I can deal with a wet floor in the morning but in the middle of the night I really don't need that....lol

 

[kuwl]

No problems
They are looking nicer every day.
Keeping the feed tank low as I can so when I flip
I can add all the new juice mix in there.
They are feeding good about a gal a day pretty good for 2.2 gal pots.
I topped the Sour Deisel again, as it was out growing the others.
Do Si Dos is catching up and almost as big as QCB n F OG.
The width of Fruity OG's leaves are awesome!
Latest Pic's

F OG

QCB

SD

DSD

 

[PipeCarver]

No problems
They are looking nicer every day.
Keeping the feed tank low as I can so when I flip
I can add all the new juice mix in there.
They are feeding good about a gal a day pretty good for 2.2 gal pots.
I topped the Sour Deisel again, as it was out growing the others.
Do Si Dos is catching up and almost as big as QCB n F OG.
The width of Fruity OG's leaves are awesome!
Latest Pic's
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F OG
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QCB
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SD
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Nice to see everything nice & green with big wide leaves....Thats da kine bra They're obviously loving it.. I have to keep remembering to add 50% perlite to the next mix they go in....it would have left my mind completely had I not come here to read this.....I've not bought any Coco yet so I'm going with Promix & perlite

 

[CactusJack1]

Very nice looking plants

 

[CactusJack1]

Are you running them 18/6 right now and whats your light intensity set at.

 

[kuwl]

Are you running them 18/6 right now and whats your light intensity set at.

Yes and light is at 40%

 

[PipeCarver]

Yes and light is at 40%

Yes mine too while they are still on 18/6 I'll start moving it up when they go into flower....I've cooked or at least gave them too much power too fast in the past. This time I'm going a lot slower in bumping them up.....I'll watch and see how you do.....,lol

 

[kuwl]

Lux is between 25 and14k
From highest plant to lowest

 

[kuwl]

I raised the light to 14 inches above the highest plant and
turned up the light to about 55% which gave it a 30k lux-20k
I might raise the light again idk
Diferent hieghts of the plants are the only problem I have, cause you cant put a crate under them
as it would mess up the gravity feed.
My res tank sits on a full size crate and I do have mini crates that would boost the pots up
less than the hieght of the tank but will the water still feed into it?
I am thinking of doing it and one to raise the main water lines in the tent might do the trick.
idk, let you know if I try it and it works or not.

 

[kuwl]

OK, did it, put a mini crate under the 3 shortest plants!
Will be checking on it through out the day to make sure.
Now the light can be 18" above all the plants evenly.
Lux 28k - 30k, better.
I put a couple of em under the lines too so maybe it won't be so uphill.

 

[kuwl]

OK, did it, put a mini crate under the 3 shortest plants!
Will be checking on it through out the day to make sure.
Now the light can be 18" above all the plants evenly.
Lux 28k - 30k, better.
I put a couple of em under the lines too so maybe it won't be so uphill.

Just wanted to add a photo
Nice an even and everything working ok for now
If it checks out in the morning then all's well.

 

[CactusJack1]

Huge leaves on a couple of your plants

 

[kuwl]

Huge leaves on a couple of your plants

Ya that's Do Si Dos in front and Fruity OG in back, never had leaves that wide before.

Checked the pots this morning and all's well, no problems.
So the idea I can put a mini crate under will work as long as it's not higher than the res tank,

 

[Brettdawg]

Do you ever check the ph of the auto pot trays compared.to the rez