BearBuds

@BearBuds, hey no problem always glad to help out, I wouldn't have had the advancement in my grows without help too 🙂. I personally haven't had issues with PH drift, but it's probably because I'm running RO water and Advanced Nutrients, they're made to automatically set the mix to 5.8PH and hold it for up to 7 days if mixed properly and using RO. Others I know who use Autopot and different nutes also set their res to 5.8 and say it doesn't drift above 6.2 over 4 days. I tend to fill the res only about 20L (5gal) at a time and it lasts between 1-3 days with 4 plants so I haven't had any issue with PH or seperation. I do empty the water and give the res a wet wipe with paper towel just to clean up any residue every two weeks. I also change or clean the golf filter at this point. Usually half way through the grow I'll shut off the water to each plant, pull and clean the AP valves and then replace and continue on. If I don't run RO, I'm on well water and it's slightly hard, so had to pull and clean AP valves every two weeks 😬.

@Grow_for_Happiness, This is amazing!! Do you have any tips for the res? I have heard the pH increases from res to roots. Should I keep the pH of the res lower because if that? Thank you so much for all of this advice, I really appreciate it!!

@BearBuds, it's a gamechanger well worth the investment! Tips: 1. Make sure substrate is airy but also retains moisture. I run 50/50 soil/perilite as example. A coco mix would be even better. 2. If you have the extra $$, the airdomes make a noticable difference in plant health and yield. Roughly +30% See one of my diary I did a direct comparison grow. 3. If using anything other than RO water, I would run a line cleaner like current culture to help prevent scale. 4. Be prepared for slightly higher humidity than hand watering, your girls will be drinking much more therefore transpiring more. It was such a difference for me the water uptake that I couldn't believe my plants survived hand watering was so much less volume. 5. If your running 4 plants in a 4x4 go with the 3.9gal pots. If running one massive plant in a 4x4 or if running organic soil then use the 6.8gal XL pots. The rooting time is almost a week faster on smaller pots and the soil volume is just not needed unless organics. 6. Lastly, make sure your plants are fully rooted before turning on the system. 3.9gal take 10-14 days usually and 6.8gal take 20-23 days. Hand water thoroughly and allow proper dryback until then to encourage the roots to spread down

WOW, what a grow! I am thinking of trying Autopots for the first time. Do you have any tips you can share?

WOW, what a grow! I am thinking of trying Autopots for the first time. Do you have any tips you can share?

Absolutely beautiful. I am considering autopots, but not being able to flush, or have runoff to check my ppms scares me. I believe I will go with a drip irrigation system. Idk.. it's so hard to chose. I do know that picking up 3g pots to switch to new runoff trays suck. Especially when I got to pick up each one and switch trays 3 or 4 times. Having 10 plants, it takes me literally 2hrs to water and check runoffs.. every single day. there has to be a better way

Congrats!

GREAT WORK!! Those girls are frickin TREES