Jack Herer AUTO Stealth Micro LED

Today's topic: Irrigation I had an "Autopot - 2 pot system kit" from my previous grow, so I DIY made a smaller kit for this grow. 😎 Shoe box, aluminium tape and a glue gun (for the little plastic part, which keeps the Autopot in one place). My medium is coco + clay pebbles, 50/50. A layer of clay pebbles at the bottom of the pot, beside the Autopot filters. Nutrients: Hesi Coco Starterbox, without the Root Complex. All added at half strength, cuz AUTO. These nutes are from 5-6 years ago, still work like a charm! 😁 As mentioned previously, I had PH problems with my previous grow, as well as here, in my first 5 weeks. It seems resolved now, so I'm going to detail my current "fail proof" steps for the reservoir PH maintenance: 1. Stop the water, so it can't get into the shoe box. 2. Check PH/EC. 3. Adjust as needed with PH down. The goal is 5.5/5.6 in the reservoir. 4. (optional) If PH is too low, then keep the tap shut and start the aeration using an air stone and an aquarium pump. That is, increase PH through aeration, instead of PH up (speed up the lowering of water alkalinity, instead of adding additional buffers). 5. Release the tap and check PH every 6/12 hours. The reason I had PH problems and continuous iron deficiency, is because of my tap water's alkalinity (at least this is my best guess). In a day, or few days my PH got way too high, in the upper 6 or above 7 range. So the water alkalinity greatly affected my medium's PH at the root level (got even higher, than in the reservoir). So I began to mix my tap water with the RO water from my dehumidifier, plus applied the water aeration process from above. I researched all this mostly on aquarium and pool forums, because I faced the very same PH problems they face with hard water. The goal with all this is simplified and optimized irrigation, while I'm able to leave for longer weekends, or even for few weeks. Didn't manage the chill vacation part yet, but the rest is working out quite nicely. ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ