Grow Mediums Growpito + AutoPots

[xyberg]

damn, that is really heartbreaking to hear. I am still trying to play catch up on some bills but as soon as I was whole I was planning on ordering enough growpito to fill my two, 4 pot autopot systems. I have not had much issue with my coco/perlite combo as long as I am using CannaCoco bricks and renew after a few runs (around 30-40 USD per year on coco basically). The coco however goes into the outdoors gardens to provide aeration and it has served me well thus far. The ability to just keep growing in the exact same media without digging out roots/rinsing/recharging after every run really appealed to me.

Your results weren't too far off from your expectations either but hopefully you dial in for them soon since I'm sure you're right there.

 

[Growpito_Aleks]

I'm ending my AutoPot+Growpito experiment.
I've done 1.5 grows with the style so far.
My first grow gave unhealthy plants due to AutoPot inexperience and light burn.
My second, present grow has very unhealthy plants, and I'm not sure why.
It could be genetics, medium, or me.
But I'm unhappy enough to abandon this.
I would like to emphasize that I consider this failure to be due at least partly to personal incompatibility with solid media, and inexperience.

In any case, I almost always have happy healthy hydro plants, so I'm going back to that with the AutoPot test tent.
I'll be killing off the the unhealthy Autopot plants and replacing them with hydro plants.

Tentatively, the 3 usable gallon, 2-plant DWC reservoirs with float valve and external storage tank I'm using are working well.
Plant root interference with the float valve hasn't happened, but I'm still trying to figure out how to keep pH stable and the reservoir well mixed.
Until I do that, these setups will require extra work.
Plant size and yield are exactly what I'm looking for, about 4 ft tall plants that yield around 4 oz dry each in a 4 sq ft area each.
I'm not there yet, but eventually I'll make them as easy as Autopots, possibly by scheduling ppm in the storage reservoir just right.

What happened? Any pictures?

 

[Simplicio]

What happened? Any pictures?

Just saw this.
My second attempt ended poorly.
I ended up with two very unhealthy plants.
I didn't do anything to the SimMix except charge it with 200 ppm (instead of 500 ppm) nutes.
I grew a new strain from a new breeder, so I don't know whether it's my fault, breeder's fault, or growpito's fault.
In any case I'm so much more comfortable with hydro, that I'm going back to that.

 

[Growpito_Aleks]

Just saw this.
My second attempt ended poorly.
I ended up with two very unhealthy plants.
I didn't do anything to the SimMix except charge it with 200 ppm (instead of 500 ppm) nutes.
I grew a new strain from a new breeder, so I don't know whether it's my fault, breeder's fault, or growpito's fault.
In any case I'm so much more comfortable with hydro, that I'm going back to that.

Ah sorry to hear that. I've been following along with your new hydro system. Good luck on your endeavors, thank you for trying our product.