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[Star Dog]

Hello everyone, I'm a new member here at bud builder looking to chat with other growers about anything growing related and share my own experience with anyone I can maybe help.

I've grown for a few years mostly coco dtw but I've also tinkered with capillary and autopots, actually I'm growing 2 plants in a 2 plant module and another 3 plants with my usual dtw coco and A+B base nutrients, I want to see 1st hand if dtw is really worth the dedication?

Surprisingly the autopot is holding its own with the dtw minus the work and waste.

I've encountered a problem with my timer, it's most visible on the front right plant, it also badly affected another plant that's in the bin now.

It's going to be busy year.

I can't wait

Take it easy folk's

 

[moe.red]

Welcome, great first post.

We have a couple folks here that grow similarly. My first ever grow was in autopots. They work!

 

[GoodShit97]

Welcome to Bud Builders @Star Dog
I believe your name is Coco where i nabbed you from
Glad to have you here either way!

 

[steamroller]

Welcome to Bud Builders.

 

[Star Dog]

Welcome, great first post.

We have a couple folks here that grow similarly. My first ever grow was in autopots. They work!

Thank you, it was around 2k i used them and got decent results considering I knew pretty much nothing about gardening, i stuck with them for years then moved onto dtw.

Tbh I expected the dtw to be at least a little better but I'm less sure now.

But it's still early to draw any conclusions?

I've got a bit of conundrum atm I can't work out, it doesn't make sense.
I'm using dtw and the autopot and only the dtw has any salt accumulation?

I've been using 1.9/2.0ec with autopotband it's still same in/out.

With dtw the run off is rising 0.2/3ec a day?

Why would one method rise and another not the other when they all share the same space, light and nutrient

Cheers

 

[Star Dog]

Welcome to Bud Builders @Star Dog
I believe your name is Coco where i nabbed you from
Glad to have you here either way!

Hey bud yes that's me.

I thought I better keep the name I use on Og, trying to revive a old username causes complications, I didn't give it a thought at time tbh.

 

[GoodShit97]

Hey bud yes that's me.

I thought I better keep the name I use on Og, trying to revive a old username causes complications, I didn't give it a thought at time tbh.

Head on over and get yourself a number!

https://budbuilders.org/threads/-cannagrannys-gift-box-give-away-sign-up-here-.746/post-60836

 

[GrumpAzz]

Welcome to the best show in town!

 

[Star Dog]

Head on over and get yourself a number!

https://budbuilders.org/threads/-cannagrannys-gift-box-give-away-sign-up-here-.746/post-60836

Nice one, thank you

 

[Moshmen]

Welcome happy to have you join us we love plant pics ! lol

 

[GoodShit97]

Nice one, thank you

Heck yeah man
Glad you came over and joined up!

 

[MDK]

Hell yeah dude some interesting stuff in your seed pile there, you'll enjoy it here

 

[Star Dog]

Hey guys, plant pics, this isn't a excuse but I've ruined 3 phones in the last year, it's mostly pics from my current crop.

Blueberry twist I'm stoked about, it's got potential to replace my mother blueberry.

Mother blueberry

Potential new mum blueberry.

It ticks all the boxes, it's 5th wk in the flower tent.

This a better picture of the skunk, unfortunately it's ruined but there's potential for some bud and I've clone, if it's decent I'll catch it right next time around.

If it's not good I've some lost skunk F2 and skunk special to run

I've also some more blueberry twist, blueberry muffin and coastal blueberry.

I've also got some London city genetics blockbuster and bluchi v3.
Ive grown their bluchi and their cheese dipz, its fair to say they're favourite of mine.
bluchi...

Cheese dipz...(red)


I've a few others I'm Looking forward to running but those are the main aim for now.

Cheers!

 

[Star Dog]

What happened to the edit feature, i can't tidy up my posts, andive missed text here and there?

 

[steamroller]

WOW~!
NICE.

 

[MDK]

Goes away after a few mins

 

[moe.red]

View attachment 42366
WOW~!
NICE.

Reminds me of the donkey dick grow style MiMedGrower used to do.

 

[moe.red]

Goes away after a few mins

Is that a problem you think? There are reasons for that timer, it is set to default. But I can see the case for setting it for a longer time. Like I think default is 10 minutes but could set to 30?

 

[GoodShit97]

Is that a problem you think? There are reasons for that timer, it is set to default. But I can see the case for setting it for a longer time. Like I think default is 10 minutes but could set to 30?

I think 30 would be good.
10 minutes is a real narrow window for a bunch of stoners

 

[moe.red]

Thank you, it was around 2k i used them and got decent results considering I knew pretty much nothing about gardening, i stuck with them for years then moved onto dtw.

Tbh I expected the dtw to be at least a little better but I'm less sure now.

But it's still early to draw any conclusions?

I've got a bit of conundrum atm I can't work out, it doesn't make sense.
I'm using dtw and the autopot and only the dtw has any salt accumulation?

I've been using 1.9/2.0ec with autopotband it's still same in/out.

With dtw the run off is rising 0.2/3ec a day?

Why would one method rise and another not the other when they all share the same space, light and nutrient

Cheers

I don’t know. But I understand the question I’m just not up on your grow style.

@Pipecarver can you shed any light on autopot vs drain to waste?

@Star Dog can you post a pic of the dtw setup / salt buildup?

 

[Max]

are you hand feeding the coco/perlite in pots to runoff or in a tub..too big a pot with not enough runoff salts will accumulate in the media.ec is high to .I’d reduce that down to 600ppm (1.2) .flush first with something like 300ppm to get the ec down once under 1.2 give it a feed of that number .1.2 to 1.6 is about as far as hydro growers here get to..

oh and welcome to BB

 

[smoke]

Nice one, thank you

Welcome to budbilders star dog

 

[Star Dog]

@Moe.Red sorry its not salt build up as such,
what I mean is I've got to feed 2x daily to run off which is generally 0.2/0.3ec higher than the input nutrient.

The autopot sitting next to it doesn't get that daily rinse yet the root zone has a lower ec?

I expected to need a higher ec to begin with then have to back it off when the nutrient in the tray started rising, however the ec in the tray not rising is telling me 1.9/2.0ec is ok.

 

[smoke]

View attachment 42366
WOW~!
NICE.

And its only in its 5th week

 

[Max]

What is the ph of the runoff.. a low ph is an indication salt is acumilating

 

[Star Dog]

Is that a problem you think? There are reasons for that timer, it is set to default. But I can see the case for setting it for a longer time. Like I think default is 10 minutes but could set to 30?

Thank you, 30 minutes would be great that give us a bit time to check over and tiday up post, idk why I miss the obvious until I've posted.
Sometimes autocorrect makes changes i don't notice

 

[Star Dog]

What is the ph of the runoff.. a low ph is an indication salt is acumilating

I'm not sure about that bud I've not tested the run off ph only the run off ec.

 

[moe.red]

Ok set it to 45 minutes to edit from 10 was default. Let’s see how that goes.

 

[Star Dog]

are you hand feeding the coco/perlite in pots to runoff or in a tub..too big a pot with not enough runoff salts will accumulate in the media.ec is high to .I’d reduce that down to 600ppm (1.2) .flush first with something like 300ppm to get the ec down once under 1.2 give it a feed of that number .1.2 to 1.6 is about as far as hydro growers here get to..

oh and welcome to BB

Hey bud, it's not that I've got any problems as such, it's more just annoying because I can't work out how it's happening.

It doesn't make sense that 3 pots need run off and the autopot doesn't need any?

I'm using 2x 250w in 2.5 x 5ft I thought maybe light intensity was making them use the available nutrient, but all being equal it shouldn't happen?

 

[Max]

yeah I dunno either why the autpots aren’t doing the same but when I was in 5 gals I wasn’t flushing enough through only feeding once.MIMed an old grower on the other site said if my ph was low salt is building up..I checked and it was 4.7 I battled like crazy to correct but never fixed it even running gallons through.plants didn’t look that bad.I ended up throwing in chunky perlite and dropping down to 4 gals and havnt had a problem since still watering once a day with like %30+ runnoff to what’s going in.bear in mind i don’t go over 1.2 ec …aquaman has some great threads down the bottom of the home page on how to water coco..