Grow Mediums Autopot saturation Levels

[bboyfromwayback]

Hi!!! I have used autopots for years, and have never had a major humidity issue, or seen the top of my coco moist. Take what I say with a grain of salt as I am just a hot mess growing mom, but it sounds like maybe your valve is not closing properly?? Is your valve sitting properly and flat in the base? Is your plant showing any signs of overwatering? I always test my bases/valves before a new grow. I hook up an empty base with just a valve (no pot) to the res. I put about a gallon of water in the res and open it up. I make sure the base fills, then stops when its supposed to and doesnt overflow. Then I take water out slowly with a turkey baster and make sure the valve goes down. I also take out all the little little yellow rubber stopper thingies, roll them gently in my fingers, and put them back in.

That’s a clever way of testing it! Nice

 

[MassMom]

New member here…long time grower on my first AutoPot grow and came across this forum so I joined

I live in the southeastern United states so humidity is a issue 8-9 months a year. Higher humidity using the AutoPots was a concern so this first grow Im only doing 2 plants instead of my usual 3-4. The more wet/moist pots of soil you have in the tent will naturally raise your humidity. So less pots would help. I also condition the air in my grow room using a dehumidifier and sometimes a portable ac. You can turn your exhaust fan up as high as you want inside the tent but if the air going into the tent has high RH you’ll never be able to get your humidity down.

I have always had the opposite here in my house, cant get the humidity up!! Oh, what we go through for our plants.
WELCOME to the best growing site on the internet!!

 

[bboyfromwayback]

I have always had the opposite here in my house, cant get the humidity up!! Oh, what we go through for our plants.
WELCOME to the best growing site on the internet!!

Thanks! I don’t really mess with autos, I prefer photos so hopefully it’s cool lol

What’s the climate like where you’re located? It’s humid af right now in southeastern US. I grow in my basement, RH down there currently is 65%. My dehumidifier runs 24x7 in my grow room May to September most years to keep the RH low to mid 50’s. I’ve always grown in soil/coco mix using fabric pots of different sizes and the exhaust/lights are able to keep the humidity around 50 in the tent throughout the summer. Pretty soon humidity won’t be a issue. Good thing about the basement is it gets cold in the winter which brings out those pretty colors. I have two in impatiently waiting to finish then I’m moving my AutoPot grow into the flower tent. I’ll do a journal on here, have a GG#4 been vegging 10wks now

 

[MassMom]

Thanks! I don’t really mess with autos, I prefer photos so hopefully it’s cool lol

What’s the climate like where you’re located? It’s humid af right now in southeastern US. I grow in my basement, RH down there currently is 65%. My dehumidifier runs 24x7 in my grow room May to September most years to keep the RH low to mid 50’s. I’ve always grown in soil/coco mix using fabric pots of different sizes and the exhaust/lights are able to keep the humidity around 50 in the tent throughout the summer. Pretty soon humidity won’t be a issue. Good thing about the basement is it gets cold in the winter which brings out those pretty colors. I have two in impatiently waiting to finish then I’m moving my AutoPot grow into the flower tent. I’ll do a journal on here, have a GG#4 been vegging 10wks now

Lots of peeps here grow photos
I am in Massachusetts, USA...so climate changes on a daily basis! LOL
Tag me when you start your journal!!!!
XOXO
mom

 

[multitwister]

My grow this winter will be my dive into KIS water only irrigation with autovalves. If it works, I am unlikely to return to salt nutes. I really like the automatic irrigation provided by the autopot system, but I do not like the issues with nutes due to sub-irrigation.

This is what I'm starting to do. Moving from 8 hydro spots to 6 auto pots. Been trying out the super soil concentrate, mixed with a 50/50 blend of coats of maine platinum and mother earth terracraft potting soils, with a little added worm castings and a tick of epsom salt. I have this going on outside, and it's working very well thus far.

A few leaf snips here and there as needed, and top off the water in the planter as needed. Easy. Easy. Easy. It's not that I'm lazy, but if I can get things as efficient as possible, that means more time to handle other tasks.