Autopot

Sygnoman1987
Sygnoman1987started grow question 4d ago
Hi everyone! I This is my first time using an AutoPot system, and I'd like to ask for some advice. My plants are 10 days old today. They were watered from the top when I transplanted them, and I haven't watered them since because the medium (70/30 coco/perlite) still feels
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Space_Dealer
Space_Dealeranswered grow question 3d ago
I love autopots and that is a majority of what I use now. You need to avoid watering near the based and only about a solo cup worth of water around the plant as far as the leaves stretch. Continue to do this until the leaves are to the outside edge of the pot. When that happens, depending on your feed/medium will differ. I start using my pots when they are near the edge and turn them off 2 days before I water from the top since I use super soil and have to keep the stop slightly moist at all times. Hopefully this makes sense and if you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Good luck with the Grow!
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LPinto
LPintoanswered grow question 4d ago
Good afternoon... I only connected the autoPot system after 2 or 3 weeks... to let the root system develop better...
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LetsGrowSome
LetsGrowSomeanswered grow question 4d ago
I haven't used auto pots, but did some research because I was going to try it a while back. With auto pots, you water from the top until the leaves reach the edge of the pot. Then turn on the auto pot system. Your watering looks a bit flawed from the pictures. When watering early on, water around the outside of the leaves and continue out. It seems you watered around the base of the plant to the edge of the leaves. This will not allow the roots to stretch out to find water, since the only water provided is where the roots are currently sitting. When you water away from the leaves, the roots go searching for water. Also make sure watering enough. If you arent watering enough for the water to reach the bottom of the pot, youre gonna have superficial roots and slow growth. And by water, I hope you mean with fertilizer. Coco has no nutes in it. Have to feed from day 1. What is above the media is close to a match to what the size of the roots are. So small plants small roots. Takes time for small plants to use up all the water. You water less often when small. Then as the plant size increases, your watering amounts and times will increase. Just my thoughts, Best of luck! Happy Growing!
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