Grow Mediums AFN Communal Autopot Test Summer 2018

[bushmasterar15]

Quick question-
Does the aqua valve always fill up the mini res to the same level when it fills up? Or, does it depend on how much the plant is drinking ?

I ask because I’m on my 2nd run now with my set up, didn’t clean it after the 1st grow , and noticed the mini res had been filling up but only a little bit at a time. (I’m using straight water this time since I’m using bio tabs ) Today I checked and it had filled up a lot more. Should I assume it was clogged and it just fixed itself or is it the plant drinking more hence the fill up?


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That sounds like the aquavalve might have a small plug, it happened with mine on the second grow. I just filled a 30ml syringe with some nute solution and flushed into the line entering the aquavalve. The tray then filled up like normal.

 

[bushmasterar15]

Have Canna Coco bricks placed in tote ready to rehydrate. Mixed up 3 gallons of R/O water with 24ml Earth Juice OilyCann Calmag and 6 grams of Megacrop to precharge. Then I'll let it sit overnight.

 

[bushmasterar15]

It's already starting to expand.

 

[Frank Nitty]

Quick question-
Does the aqua valve always fill up the mini res to the same level when it fills up? Or, does it depend on how much the plant is drinking ?

I ask because I’m on my 2nd run now with my set up, didn’t clean it after the 1st grow , and noticed the mini res had been filling up but only a little bit at a time. (I’m using straight water this time since I’m using bio tabs ) Today I checked and it had filled up a lot more. Should I assume it was clogged and it just fixed itself or is it the plant drinking more hence the fill up?


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Excellent question!!! Inquiring minds want to know...

 

[Only1Sky]

Hey folks, thought I share that after a couple of AutoPot grows, I decided to do something about making the pots more mobile. I like to twist & turn them frequently, get up close-&-personal for LST and defoliating, etc --- and the weight of a loaded pot in its tray was just a bit too awkward to do that without some back strain. I thought about building some kind of dolly system, but settled on this instead:

Here we are loading up and pre-charging for the September GOTY battles:

Of course you need ample lengths of tubing to roll things around, and that can get un-tidy, but it sure makes things easy. I've also installed multiple shut-off valves to ensure that individual pots can be readily lifted out of the tent for major maintenance or photo-shoots.

 

[pop22]

Nice!

Hey folks, thought I share that after a couple of AutoPot grows, I decided to do something about making the pots more mobile. I like to twist & turn them frequently, get up close-&-personal for LST and defoliating, etc --- and the weight of a loaded pot in its tray was just a bit too awkward to do that without some back strain. I thought about building some kind of dolly system, but settled on this instead:

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Here we are loading up and pre-charging for the September GOTY battles:

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Of course you need ample lengths of tubing to roll things around, and that can get un-tidy, but it sure makes things easy. I've also installed multiple shut-off valves to ensure that individual pots can be readily lifted out of the tent for major maintenance or photo-shoots.

 

[pop22]

I've never seen them plug using plain water. It is most likely merely the rate at which the plants take in water. Like us, they drink when they need it and will sometimes consume more. RH, Temp, plant growth, photosynthesis can all vary.

Quick question-
Does the aqua valve always fill up the mini res to the same level when it fills up? Or, does it depend on how much the plant is drinking ?

I ask because I’m on my 2nd run now with my set up, didn’t clean it after the 1st grow , and noticed the mini res had been filling up but only a little bit at a time. (I’m using straight water this time since I’m using bio tabs ) Today I checked and it had filled up a lot more. Should I assume it was clogged and it just fixed itself or is it the plant drinking more hence the fill up?


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[Frank Nitty]

You are the second person who has been given the freebies from the autopot-usa people...

When I ordered mine i didn't get anything like that, I got a broken filter for my treat... Grrrrrrrr...

 

[Tiny Bubbles]

You are the second person who has been given the freebies from the autopot-usa people...

When I ordered mine i didn't get anything like that, I got a broken filter for my treat... Grrrrrrrr...

I did not order directly from autopot USA. I ordered from a reseller that they recommended to me when I called the customer service line looking for a discount code. I just wasn’t sure about the forum rules for linking to a retailers website that’s not a sponsor so I didn’t specify exactly what site it was. They sell all the autopot products at 10% off and do free shipping on orders over $100, I’d be happy to PM the site to anyone wanting to know if it’s not alright for me to post the link directly here.

 

[IzzyTheGrower]

Anyone having a frothy res or froth in the pots mini res?
Using megacrop calmg+ and great white.
Feeling that the great white is like fermenting or something it's very odd. Worries me.
@bushmasterar15 I know you ran mc in the res. Any similar findings?

And sorry folks. I been dealing with family stuff recently so I been really Mia from here and even my grow. pH was all out of whack and I had a heady brew going in my res lol.
Things should be good now. I'll get updated after I get some time tonight and show this froth.

I use recharge similar to great white i stopped adding to res when things started to get funky.

Now i just top feed 4-8 oz of recharge once or twice a week no more funky froth

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