Liar liar plants gonna be on fire 
Best I could do lol
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I’m going to be finally picking up a larger res for the autopots. I think I’m going to settle with 30gal instead of 55. Easier to lift off the ground and pull on a cart. That and the cart I have has a 330lb limit and 30gal will weigh 250. I use the cart to lift the res about 8" off the ground and also to take into the RO room to refill.
I’ll be flipping this weekend at the latest. Sorry about lack of updates here, I’ve been mostly posting to the chatroom thread. I have 2 more plants than need pruned and tied down. Give them a few days to recover and flip. I believe so far 3 or female but will know for sure when flipping. I hope at least one male so I can just use the autopots.
Not the best train and trim job but they bounce back how I want them to be shape wise when done.
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Set their schedule to 8am-8pm last night so they have been officially flipped. Mixed 15gals of ferts to fill the autopot res and the aci base. 5 plants use up quite a lot, glad I’m not having to hand water these.
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Yay let’s go!
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A lot more praying once switching to 12/12.
I think the most exciting part is waiting to see what the buds look like. I’m hoping they look close to the stems of the leaves and plant. Little green with deep purple/red.
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Weekly update
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Skipped bothering with a 30-55gal barrel which was my plan. Figured why not use a tote for a res like I do with my hydro, dur.
Grabbed a 27gal HDX tote, drilled a 1/2" hole, fitted it with the gromet from the stock autopot reservoir and filled and mixed it up. Still have a 4watt wave maker in there. Helps circulate and mix the jacks up nicely.
I still need to move all my power strips but did this for a quick fix till I get around to it. No leaks but just in case.
Added a 1/2" hole to the lid to mimic the autopot one. I drop in my RO line and let it fill. I assume the hole in autopots lid is for that but also maybe to help with condensation, dunno.
Only mixed up 20gals so it doesn’t slosh everywhere when moving the cart from the RO tank room to the lung room. This doubles my nutrient volume so I hope that gives me more than a week of time between mixes.
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27 gal HDX tote lasts me a week for 3 plants with a drip system with about 2 cups of runoff per day. So it should last a bit longer with Auto Pots. But I leave the tote in place, and mix my 10 gallon recipe in a 5 gallon bucket, dump that, and an additional 5 gallon bucket of plain RO water into the tote. For me it’s easier to haul the water to the tote than the tote to the water.
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Hmm, I never thought about making a concentrate. I could mix up 20gal worth of jacks in a 5gal jug then dump and run plain ro to it. The tote is on a dedicated cart so it’s easy to move around thankfully. I plan on running an RO line to the lung room now that spring is coming in and weather isn’t freezing. Then the process will be much simpler.
I’ve been getting about 4-5 days mixing 10gal using the stock autopot res. I know that being in flower they can really up their usage.
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