The pots are getting heavy. One inch in my res isn’t gonna be a gallon. My res looks like a tall kitchen garbage can. I think it’s 18 gallons. I watered 3 days ago and got a little runoff so I think your right. They got what they need. I just thought the soil would be saturated and hell, it may be later today. Thanks for your help My Brother
Here’s a pic of one of my Dreamsicle Blows
Eventually you will see the top of the coco look damp. Unless you have a fan blowing there which will probably keep it dryer looking. Check it throughout the day and see if there are any changes. You got this brother.
I do have a fan blowing on the bottom of the light and a fan isolating blowing the canopy so that answered that. I think the bottom is saturated no doubt by the weight of the pots. I think we’re good My Brother and thanks again for your time and help it’s deeply appreciated! I will be buggin you more I promise!
@Capt.Cola gotcha. Mine are the same. Top is usually a little dry but about an 1”-2” down is nice and damp, “Perfect Coco”! I don’t like the new auto trays with the hose port in the side, the old style had less potential for leaking
I am out of likes again. @Dman1969 If you are only doing the 2 in the picture. You are doing good. A full rez will last me 7 - 10 days with young veg plants like that. it isn’t till I get into flower that they start to drink. I now get 3 days to a rez. You should keep the rez at 5.8 - 6.1 And more different than that and I see issues or a slow down. I would be showing ph issues at 6.5 Or have with the GL I am doing. I check my rez level and ph daily. I mainly see a drop once the rez is low. Probably from the wave maker adding more air? To me. It looks like your water usage is about right going by your pictures And the rez you have is probably a 11 gallon. If it is which most come with. I have a chart that I use for when I measure each day. I will measure where I have my top line marked as I never fill to the top. About a inch and a half from it. I have the Autopot usa and gogrow pots. Hopefully the Cap will not mind a quick high jack lol
@Not2SureYet Thank you Brother and I appreciate the info. I’ve got a 6 pot system it’s 3.9 gallon pots and 12.8 gallon res. (I just looked at the paperwork) My girls are in flower. The above pic shows the buttons. Im running 12/12 the entire grow. I just started using the bloom nutes. That’s what’s in the res. I added mycos and maybe a lil too much. I added it after I filled the res. I have adjusted the ph to 5.8 and am hopin for the best.
You will be good. And sorry. My mistake. I have the same rez as you I use 11 gallons when I fill it. So you can use my chart to see exactly how much you have left if you want. It makes it easy too if you are lazy like I get some times and just top it off If you don’t mark it. just deduct 2" from the measurement you get and you are set. I use tribus my self. Only in veg though. I stop it once I go into flower.
Took a little snooze lol. I check mine everyday and have found after the first 24hrs there is usually a spike like you had after filling up reservoir. @Not2SureYet thanks for the chart. I always guesstimate how much has been used based on water lever. Now I’ll be a little more accurate.
I have been out of the groove. Belated Happy New Year everyone. Been dealing with some stuff.
Capt, not trying to hijack thread, but I need to ask some Old Grow Pros here on your thread about a auto pot system my buddy is looking at Reality check.
I think this is where my friend needs to go.
Intent Growing big photos.
Would like some brutal feedback, and then I will lurk, looking at pics for awhile catching up.
Looking for the best out of the box 6 pot system…Advice? I see this 6 pot on EBAY below. What is the best?
4x8 tent
2 each - Horticulture Lighting Group 320 Watt XL V2 RSpec Quantum Boards (3 squares of LED)
AutoPot Spring Pot 6 Pot XL System w/ 25 gal Flexi Tank (5 gal Spring Pots)
Morning bro hope everything is better with you. No apologies needed you can ask away. The 6 pot system with the 25 gal tank is nice. I would think a 4x8 is a great size tent. For the exhaust I would go with a 8” for that size tent. Those lights are really nice however I’m not sure if two would be enough to flower a tent that size. I use 2 260xl’s in my 4x4 when running 4 plants. Let’s ask some others also. @Not2SureYet@Bulldognuts@Dman1969@OGIncognito@repins12 what do you guys think?
Thanks Brother Capt and agree on the lights and 8” exhaust. I have 12 single and 3 twin pots 3 gallons each due to Grow space limitations. Definitely need more lighting, exhaust