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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.
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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.
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I can't wait 😍

Take it easy folk's 👍
 
Moe.Red said:
Welcome, great first post.

We have a couple folks here that grow similarly. My first ever grow was in autopots. They work!
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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
 
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
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Potential new mum blueberry.
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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.
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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...
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Cheese dipz...(red)
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I've a few others I'm Looking forward to running but those are the main aim for now.

Cheers!
 
What happened to the edit feature, i can't tidy up my posts, andive missed text here and there?
 
Star Dog said:
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
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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?
 
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
 
@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.
 
Moe.Red said:
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?
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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 🤣
 
Mad Max said:
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
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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?
 
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..
 
In the last 18 months or so I've been doing a extensive pheno hunt.

I'm favouring more plants these days over the yeild.

I was putting too much effort into weed that was ultimately crap.

Now I put in minimum work, I'm really only looking for a decent tester and a clone,
well that what I allowed for, tbh the results were somewhat of a surprise.
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With only a 10/14 days vegging its doing ok.
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Once I get my mother's sorted I'll concentrate more on training and yeild.
 
Star Dog said:
You're kidding me, seriously lol, is it just a pic or is someone claiming its theirs?
it's definitely not ever been shared on Reddit?

Here's a pic before it was cut
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It's skunk special from female seeds Nl 😊
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Fuckin gorgeous plant 👊

I don't remember the context in which I saw it, and it could've just been another forearm sized cola with similar lighting. I just remember a monster nugget on there just like that one. Hard to forget a donkey dick like that 🤯
 
I'm in the process just now of putting a method together that should give me more crops for less work and money.

Messing up the timer couldn't have come at a worse time.

I vegged the seeds in 12-12 under t5s.

At 26/28 days I re potted them and put them into the flower tent.
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It's now 5th week 12-12 under led
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A week later
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You've seen the skunk, it didn't like that extra light and a 3rd plant is in the bin.

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The best laid plans of mice and men.

So it wasn't 12-12 it was 13.15 on 10.45 off by accident.
 
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@Bandit420 is vegging 12/12 right now.
Thought being just like you said;
I'm in the process just now of putting a method together that should give me more crops for less work and money.
This is definitely interesting.
 
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So my grand plan is, I've bought a 2nd clone tent, and I've a 4x t5s unit.
The seeds will get 5/10 days under 24hrs then put into the other clone tent @12-12, after sexing re pot and put them into the flowering tent, it's roughly 28 days to sex.

So when I out them into flower they're already in flower mode they just need light.

I'm sure there will be some issues along the way but that's all part of the fun 👍

I never liked dealing with seeds previously they were only a means to getting a mother to clone, with this method I'm enjoying it, it's hassle free...if you get the timer right that is 🙄
 
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