Auto pots

[Clumpyoyster]

hey everyone. Just wondering how good these systems are and if it worth investing in

 

[TreeFiddy350]

hey everyone. Just wondering how good these systems are and if it worth investing in

For dwc?

 

[Ryante55]

hey everyone. Just wondering how good these systems are and if it worth investing in

I love mine they work great

 

[Nabbers]

I have the ones that use 5 gal smart pots and even though there's a special root blocking cap you put on the bottom, the roots still seem to grow out of the side of the smart pots above it and down into the water valve area, just today causing the valve to get stuck open and dump the 4 gallons I had in my reservoir all over the floor of my tent. So after multiple grows, I can say I absolutely love the system, but definitely use the kind with plastic pots. I'll be sourcing some that fit before my next grow.

My other experience was that adding any kind of nutrient solution to the reservoir eventually caused some sort of microbial outbreak, despite it being an opaque black plastic, and having an aeration line in there. Now I'm growing using organic dry fertilizer and occasional top dressing with the autopot system just for watering and adding only calmag to the reservoir because I'm growing in coco.

 

[Ryante55]

I have the ones that use 5 gal smart pots and even though there's a special root blocking cap you put on the bottom, the roots still seem to grow out of the side of the smart pots above it and down into the water valve area, just today causing the valve to get stuck open and dump the 4 gallons I had in my reservoir all over the floor of my tent. So after multiple grows, I can say I absolutely love the system, but definitely use the kind with plastic pots. I'll be sourcing some that fit before my next grow.

My other experience was that adding any kind of nutrient solution to the reservoir eventually caused some sort of microbial outbreak, despite it being an opaque black plastic, and having an aeration line in there. Now I'm growing using organic dry fertilizer and occasional top dressing with the autopot system just for watering and adding only calmag to the reservoir because I'm growing in coco.

I feed with some hydrogen peroxide every week seems to help keep the system clean

 

[Fishbulb]

hey everyone. Just wondering how good these systems are and if it worth investing in

I have then the last 6 year and will never looked

8xl auto pots 220 litre res

Coco peat and perlite medium with espom salts and various meals added and mega crop nutes

Fill the res and that all the hard work done till it's nearly empty