For my next grow I’m going to use the Autopot system or at least something more automated than watering by hand. Was wondering if anyone uses air stones in the bottom and if so what was your experience. Thanks!
Air stones oxygenate the water and csn cause pH drift. A wavemaker would probably be better, it just moves the water.
Wavemaker in the reservoir to keep it sweet.
I’ve got four airdomes I used when I first started playing with autopots. They are beneficial if you use the plastic pots but I’ve been growing in fabric pots with the system and they appear to do a better job. My last two did 12 and 14 oz. respectively in 3 gallon fabric pots with coco and 2" layer of hydroton on the bottom. Jack’s 3-2-1 with MKP at the flip. 200 watts of gucci LED per plant.
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Sorry, I should have been more clear. I was talking about a small air stone under the dome not in the reservoir. But since the first two comments mentioned a wave maker I’m definitely going to add that to the list of things to get.
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Do you grow auto flowers? I’m just wondering why you finish them out in 3 gallon. When you don’t have to worry about them getting the right amount of water are you able to grow in smaller pots?
3 gallon is plenty for growing cannabis.
I don’t do autos.
That was a 12 oz. plant in autopots, 3 gallon with Jack’s. You can see some of the branches collapsed from the weight. I think I got a 42 gram cola off of this one (dry).
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Wow man! That thing is so pretty I want to hang ornaments from it and put an angel on top!
Do you top feed your nutrients or just put them in the reservoir?
I top feed until the plant has established itself then run from the rez.
I know this is a bit old, but not too old so I can add to this.
I’ve done about 18 grows in autopots with the air domes and at first I would open the valve on the res and frequently feed very small amounts of water+nutes around day 22 to 28 veg so the roots are attracted to the bottom. After that I usually leave the res open 24/7 with the air on blast 100% day and night. Wave makers in the res. I got sick of the 7gal pots so I made my own 3.5 gals and the yields are the same.
With 4 autos I usually would get around 630-750g dried. My biggest auto grow was 813g, my first time using autopots.
With 4 photos I’m getting anywhere between 750-900g dried. My last harvest was 944g, 2.1 pounds…
I can run my lights extremely close at 100% and as long as they have food in the trays and that air blasting, you can absolutely hammer them with light and they can take it.
