Auto Pots... Yay or Nay !!!

Thanks everyone, got some great advice there to ponder, think I might ditch the auto pot idea and build a larger reticulated dwc system or dtw system. Both of which I've had great results with and know they work well.
Cheers team!!!

Tasman69 said:

Thanks everyone, got some great advice there to ponder, think I might ditch the auto pot idea and build a larger reticulated dwc system or dtw system. Both of which I've had great results with and know they work well.
Cheers team!!!

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Checkout the bucket company if you want a nice DTW system. I’m not a fan of DWC just because it’s a lot of work and a lot of things can go wrong but when done right it does provide fast growth

You can check out my last grow log as I started with autopots. I have a 4 pot system and an 8 pot system. Love them. There is a little learning curve but once it's up and running it's nice not to have to worry about underwater/overwater and just plain watering.

iggy097 said:

You can check out my last grow log as I started with autopots. I have a 4 pot system and an 8 pot system. Love them. There is a little learning curve but once it's up and running it's nice not to have to worry about underwater/overwater and just plain watering.

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Stick a link up , be good to point folks that way next time this question comes up

Phat Gary, Yaaas Betch, Sherb N Sour and Sherbadelic | Rollitup -
TLDR - keeping PH in the res to 5.6-5.7 is very important. I use a PH controller.
Growing in Coco/Perlite.
Don't use organics in the res.
I was paranoid about flooding too (never had an issue) - so I bought those wireless flood sensors for my tents.

So far very good. I had to check my records to see when they sprouted. Born March 15th. 20 days old. With my watering skills they would be half that size. I stopped screwing around with too many inputs and went back to a simple soil formula. I had to lighten the soil with a lot more perlite than I would normally use. Things can still screw up and I will post the pictures for better or worse. I don't plan on using anything but water in the tank. I may need to top dress and try to water it in from the top lightly. Maybe when the bottom pan is low I can sneak some water in from the top without causing a flood. I keep a shop vac handy for major catastrophes anyway.