I did empty the rez, and I could redo it. You say you the rubber isn't snug enough to the valve fitting? It's leaking from the top of the valve wheel itself
New Grower *First Grow* Double Grape Auto by Mephisto Genetics(Autopot XL)
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Holy shit. Yeah I just rinsed them with tap in a strainer
Usually
The rubber is stretched at the fittings from prior use or stuffing the fittings in or, if the cut isn't straight it can kinda offset the tubing. If you recut it straight and then soften the tube with a hair dryer or soaked in hot water, the valve will fit back in and it'll snug itself up as the rubber tube cools
The calmag and megacrop will usually seal a small leak in a week or so. If your totally sure it's coming from the valve, and not just leaking upwards from the tube, then try turning it 180 degrees of looking through with a flashlight. The actual hole may not be perfectly in line with the arrow on the cap
Gotta pH and buffer the rocks next time. They'll screw with your pH at the bottom and the domes are gonna draw all your roots right to it. Or it's easier to just skip the rocks completelyHoly shit. Yeah I just rinsed them with tap in a strainer
Thank you. Good to know.
Here’s a few tips about coco and wick systems that will hopefully be useful. Full disclosure I have not grow in an autopot yet, I have ordered a two pot spring pot system from autopot, but it has not arrived yet. I have however used two other wick systems and done many cycles in coco coir.
Auto pot suggests using a 50/50 of soil or coco with drainage substrate. You said you had it mixed at 70/30, does that account for the mix in the bag or just what you added? With enough air in the soil you should be able to start the seeds on the reservoir and not have to deal with watering at all. Those plants look reasonably healthy, but pretty small for 18 days.
You definitely need more calmag in a coco medium 200 ppm or EC O.4 is a good place to start. The soil will bind more calmag during veg as the roots expose more of the coco surface area and the plant will use more calmag during flowering but 200 ppm strikes a good balance for both most of the time. Never give plants in coco plain RO, always add calmag or tap water with appropriate EC.
Your feeding PPM would probably be fine if the plants were a bit more established, but in a wick system things don’t get washed out, so unless the plants uses it the nutrient salts will build up in the soil. Plants that size probably only need 100-200 ppm of nutrients, so 300-400 ppm total in your nutrient solution. Even when they are full sized and flowering you only need 500-600 ppm or you will need to flush out the pots occasionally. Wick systems are super efficient and don’t need as high a ppm as other hydro systems. Running higher ppm could result in a higher yield, but not better quality, and sometimes may require additional steps to prevent lockout from nutrient salt buildup.
I am following as many auto autopot grows as I can in preparation for my set up arriving for my next cycle.
good luck!
Auto pot suggests using a 50/50 of soil or coco with drainage substrate. You said you had it mixed at 70/30, does that account for the mix in the bag or just what you added? With enough air in the soil you should be able to start the seeds on the reservoir and not have to deal with watering at all. Those plants look reasonably healthy, but pretty small for 18 days.
You definitely need more calmag in a coco medium 200 ppm or EC O.4 is a good place to start. The soil will bind more calmag during veg as the roots expose more of the coco surface area and the plant will use more calmag during flowering but 200 ppm strikes a good balance for both most of the time. Never give plants in coco plain RO, always add calmag or tap water with appropriate EC.
Your feeding PPM would probably be fine if the plants were a bit more established, but in a wick system things don’t get washed out, so unless the plants uses it the nutrient salts will build up in the soil. Plants that size probably only need 100-200 ppm of nutrients, so 300-400 ppm total in your nutrient solution. Even when they are full sized and flowering you only need 500-600 ppm or you will need to flush out the pots occasionally. Wick systems are super efficient and don’t need as high a ppm as other hydro systems. Running higher ppm could result in a higher yield, but not better quality, and sometimes may require additional steps to prevent lockout from nutrient salt buildup.
I am following as many auto autopot grows as I can in preparation for my set up arriving for my next cycle.
good luck!
Super solid. I think that's all the info I need. Let me know when you start yours I'll follow!
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