autopot system what the best growing medium

[sacredgreg 2]

i am currently using the autopot system, using bio bizz all mix, and today one of my white rhino plants has a weak stem probably fungus, i spoke to a couple of the guys on chat this morning and they say that soil may not be the best medium for this system.

has any body ever used this system and if so what do/did you find to be a good medium.

cheers

greg

[Guest superbluehaze]

hi my friend,

soil is not suitable for auto pots;

either have normal pots and use soil but water by hand or else use a light hydro medium such as per lite in the auto pots;

either way the auto pots are very wet;

cannabis does not like a wet medium;

or you could use a wick system with a medium such as perlite or Coco.

take care,

john

[sacredgreg 2]

cheers john i may empty the reservoir and go to watering by hand i have tried taking a couple of emergency cutting off the rhino and see how they go

[Syn 48]

Easy Greg ,,

I think clay pebbles are the best medium for your auto pots ,,

You are doing the right thing ,,

Drain the res and let them dry out well now !

As they dry out you will see them start to pick up ,,

Then as John said water by hand ,,

If you can repot when they dry and get the autopots back even better ,,

Start the system afresh with clay and all should be good ,,

Give the sysem a realy good clean aswell even the drippers and so on ,,

There is bound to be some silt washed out of the all mix in there ,,

Syn

[sacredgreg 2]

is does say in the instructions that the best medium is soil, but then again they dont advertise the fact you might grow weed in them, lol.

here is the website to have a look at them

www.autopot.co.uk

my system is brand new so i wouldnt have thought i would have been troubled with it not being sterile

greg

might put it on e bay

[Syn 48]

Hey ,,

I had a look at there web site ,,

Even downloaded the insruction pdf to read ,,

It's not the system I thought it was so your right clay wont work !

I was thinking aquafarm ,,,,,,

They recomend a 70% soil 30% perlite mix ,,

May be worth adding some more perlite to your allmix next time ,,

Ebay hmmmmmmmm sounding like plan

[sacredgreg 2]

thats what i dont get syn all mix is 70 % soil and 30% perlite so i thought it would have been the perfect medium.

i got the 2 pot system with the 2 pot extension kit. the learning curve goes on lol

[Syn 48]

Hey greg ,,

I found a nice video on youtube ,,

It looks like you just have to top water untill they big enough for the res ,,

Should get better from now on