coreywebster
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Get your growing feet wet first and try DWC at a later date.
Autopots, going on vacation
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gwheels
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i grow for me. I have no idea. The people that may have received some of my stash allegedly always loved it.
DWC produces more and quicker from what I read but the autopots do ok. Soil in a bucket does ok too if you are good at watering and nutrient feed
and its cheaper
meangreengrowinmachine
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Sub irrigated planter! let me link the thread...
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meangreengrowinmachine
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imo all that stuff has many moving parts that can fail SIPS are old school and work great! I went on vacation for a week with plants in the last 2 weeks of flower came back and they were still amazing with no moving parts no one looking in on them. I like the KISS method and SIPs are it for sure!
gwheels
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autopots have no parts. It is a reservoir with a hose you put 6 inches higher than the planters. Then your pots sit in a planter that has a float system like your toilet. It prevents it from overflowing. They are like a SIPS for dummies. I used to call it hydro for dummies but sip is more accurate.
And I agree. It is the simplest system I have found that can water and gain the benefit of coco without having to water daily which is what i ran into.
Bustan sells the 4 pot set for 180 bucks plus shipping. 4 pots with a reservoir and tubing and shutoffs. And that is not too shabby.
And I agree. It is the simplest system I have found that can water and gain the benefit of coco without having to water daily which is what i ran into.
Bustan sells the 4 pot set for 180 bucks plus shipping. 4 pots with a reservoir and tubing and shutoffs. And that is not too shabby.
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meangreengrowinmachine
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It still seems like the auto pots have ... maybe not moving parts but things that can fail.. and cost a bunch more as well. Personally if I am leaving for an extended period of time I want as little a chance as possible that anything will go wrong. But autopots do look like a good option also.
gwheels
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The price scares people away. But I grew 12 oz of solid buds last round with autopots and a 315. That is about 3300 bucks from the LP. So that paid for my tent and lights and autopots and i still gained a few oz. This round is free.
Fuzzy math for sure but true that.
I also got 3 or so oz of larf
And I have a MBM2 so that shit all gets in brownies and coffee. I love edibles the most.
Edibles and vape is all i do now. Welcome to the 50s.
Fuzzy math for sure but true that.
I also got 3 or so oz of larf
And I have a MBM2 so that shit all gets in brownies and coffee. I love edibles the most.
Edibles and vape is all i do now. Welcome to the 50s.
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Fishbulb
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I'm an autopots user I grow in a tent 2.4m tent. I have a 250l Res with a aquarium pump and a bubbler rocking. In flower I have gone on holidays locked up my house got on a plane come back and there's a dribble in the tank.
1200 watts and I've smashed over kg
8 XL auto pots
They are the best set and forget system u can get
Dwc are u prepared to freak out and lose a crop over a pH swing. Arse to that ! Autopots get ride of the pain in hand watering. Personally I'd prefer filling the big tank and then do nutes and pH once a month or once every two weeks in flower than do it all twice a day in flower
If u want super evolved in just keeping them alive at full power Dwc is for u.
If u like having a life and growing well above average weed and doing everything all the time autopots all the way
Blumat arena piece of shit I flooded my tent count less times with them !
1200 watts and I've smashed over kg
8 XL auto pots
They are the best set and forget system u can get
Dwc are u prepared to freak out and lose a crop over a pH swing. Arse to that ! Autopots get ride of the pain in hand watering. Personally I'd prefer filling the big tank and then do nutes and pH once a month or once every two weeks in flower than do it all twice a day in flower
If u want super evolved in just keeping them alive at full power Dwc is for u.
If u like having a life and growing well above average weed and doing everything all the time autopots all the way
Blumat arena piece of shit I flooded my tent count less times with them !
Drunktoad
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Thanks for the reply.
Sounds like you love it. I just bought the four pot system yesterday. Ran it today to make sure they all worked. Seems like a good device. Looking forward to my first grow
What medium do you use?
bushmasterar15
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Fishbulb
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The best media I've found is a mix of coco and peat moss with some perlite like 20% ish
Just coco get soggy I found
Nutes I run canna coco with so Epsom salts like a desert spoon in for every 50 litres
One thing I will say is no organic nutes they will block your lines
Cannazym will do the same just much slower it makes lumps so get a small cheap China fish tank pump to swirl the water around and a bubble aka cheap and China
I love them to be honest buddy best set and forget system out there in my book.
I found scrogging work best for them in a tent because once u set it u the next time ull be under the plants is either to trim away the shit or when your chopping them Down at harvest.
Just coco get soggy I found
Nutes I run canna coco with so Epsom salts like a desert spoon in for every 50 litres
One thing I will say is no organic nutes they will block your lines
Cannazym will do the same just much slower it makes lumps so get a small cheap China fish tank pump to swirl the water around and a bubble aka cheap and China
I love them to be honest buddy best set and forget system out there in my book.
I found scrogging work best for them in a tent because once u set it u the next time ull be under the plants is either to trim away the shit or when your chopping them Down at harvest.
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Drunktoad
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Beautiful, thanks for the helpfull comparison. So like i said i picked up the 4 pot package. For my first run im doing super soil that i picked up from the hydro store (they make their own )
Ever try or hear anyone use soil with the autopots?
Thannks for the pics, hope i get half of the success on my first grow
Drunktoad
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Stoked! Thanks for the info. Ill post a journal when i start