Weird autopot issues? - Problem: Leaves look droopy

[Mañ'O'Green]

Why the high PH for coco? I thought 6.2 was for soil...

Also I can't add organics to my autopots, they specifically note that it will clog up the tubes.

The tight range for hydroponics is 5.6 to 6.3.
6.2 allows for more downward movement in the pot. The direction it is most likely to drift.

Top fertigate the day you will change the reservoir with the normal nutrient mix plus your bio-stimulants

This is interesting, wouldn't a drop like that be noticeable in the REZ tank? My PH stays stable for days,

The nutrients may be buffering to some extent or your RO membrane needs change?

Take a glass of fresh RO and measure the PH let it sit open overnight and see what happens?

Hey also, how long should I expect to wait to see the results of my flushing?

If you fixed the problem overnight.

 

[asteroidgroundhogday]

Hey all!


I flushed, but I doubt that was the issue here, as even 1.4ec isn't that much feed for these size,

but anyway after I flushed I shut off the valves on the RES so the plants could dry out a bit, and lo-and-behold, the issue is fixed. 2 days RES shut off. I'll post pics here.

 

[asteroidgroundhogday]

The tight range for hydroponics is 5.6 to 6.3.
6.2 allows for more downward movement in the pot. The direction it is most likely to drift.

Top fertigate the day you will change the reservoir with the normal nutrient mix plus your bio-stimulants



The nutrients may be buffering to some extent or your RO membrane needs change?

Take a glass of fresh RO and measure the PH let it sit open overnight and see what happens?



If you fixed the problem overnight.

hey man, also please don't recomend organics for people in autopots, it will clog off the air valves and cause a misfunction. I had to check all my valves anyway, and any organic matter will clog these up super easy.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

hey man, also please don't recomend organics for people in autopots, it will clog off the air valves and cause a misfunction. I had to check all my valves anyway, and any organic matter will clog these up super easy.

@asteroidgroundhogday I believe you have misunderstood my recommendation on how to add Bio-stimulants. I do not know what you mean by organics? Bio-Tabs and Bio-bizz are formal partners with AutoPots. These are Organic Fertilizers. They even recommend Bio Tabs on their home page. It is how you use them that determines if you will have problems or not.

Autopots Aqua Valve 5 comes with bigger 3/8" feed lines to even allow some tank additions of organics. I am not recommending tank additions especially for a new grower to autopots. Tray additions or top feed will work without problems.

The inventor has this to say:

Without Bio-stimulants your harvest will be disappointing.

 

[asteroidgroundhogday]

@asteroidgroundhogday I believe you have misunderstood my recommendation on how to add Bio-stimulants. I do not know what you mean by organics? Bio-Tabs and Bio-bizz are formal partners with AutoPots. These are Organic Fertilizers. They even recommend Bio Tabs on their home page. It is how you use them that determines if you will have problems or not.

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Autopots Aqua Valve 5 comes with bigger 3/8" feed lines to even allow some tank additions of organics. I am not recommending tank additions especially for a new grower to autopots. Tray additions or top feed will work without problems.

The inventor has this to say:

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Without Bio-stimulants your harvest will be disappointing.

Awesome thank you for the clarification. I don't want to add anything besides megacrop a + b though.