Transitioning to auto pot

[Hrenklin]

I am unable to tend to my plants everyday as they are not at home. I'm about 3 weeks I to my grow and I decided I'm going to do my next pot up to the autopot system. I am currently in ffof soil + perlite and I'm looking to move into coco and perlite.

Can i just pot the current ffof into fresh coco in the autopot or should I clean the roots and transport into fresh coco?

 

[Nunyabiz]

I assume you're not growing autoflowers.
If so then dont do that, it will shunt them and you'll get about 1 good joint yield from each plant.

How often can you tend them?

If its every other day you could do a Living Organic Soil No-till system in 25 gallon pots and water them real good every other day.
Or set up a drip system with 5 gallon bucket feeding each plant and probably only need to show up maybe twice a week.

The 6 gal auto pot is like $90 and you still are in a 6 gal hard sided pot.
Cost for 25 gallon fabric pots full of the very best LOS and worms, cover crop etc would be about the same price and the soil gets better with age and it will grow superior quality cannabis.

 

[Hrenklin]

I tend to them twice a week, it's an hour drive to get to them. My best friend checks in on them everyday for me. I'm not a fan of auto so I'm running normal photo period with wifi control for all my equiptment.

 

[Nunyabiz]

You could swing it with LOS no-till in 25 gallon fabric pots.
Set up a drip system and checking in twice a week to train them is all you would need to do.
They basically grow themselves

 

[Hrenklin]

I'm gonna stick to the autopot system. Indoor grow as it's a bit to cold in canada for outdoor grows right now

 

[Vulx]

I'll second living soil. Like the poster said above, you water the thing every once in a while and that's about it. The things take care of themselves.

Plus you get to reuse your soil and save money on all these nutes. Perfect for people who want quality bud but don't have the maintenance hours available.

You don't need to have the pots outdoors for that to work.

And, shameless plug, @Pbass used organic soil and literally watered his plants three times only throughout veg because of my product, so consider that as well. Really retains water well in addition to enabling plants to hold out a bit longer if you can't get to them.

 

[Hrenklin]

I guess I should note that I already have purchased the auto pot system and intend to use it but curious about potting from ffof, if I can put that right into a coco/perlite mix, clean out all the ff and right into only coco, or just use ffof for duration of the growth

 

[Vulx]

I would not use coco at all if you're looking to decrease maintenance, but that's just me.

If you're set on it, I don't see why it would hurt the plant to transplant into coco.

Edit: Vulx works in coco, too, just as an aside

 

[Nunyabiz]

I'm gonna stick to the autopot system. Indoor grow as it's a bit to cold in canada for outdoor grows right now

I am talking indoor, not outdoor

 

[Hrenklin]

Ultimately the game plan is with auto pot I will check and fill the resevoir once a week due to traffic constraints cuz I finish work right in the heart of rush hour to go check on my plants. And the question is if I should transfer the current ffof soil into a perlite/coco mix so all 3 will be in the autopot. Or completely remove the ffof and go into fresh coco/perlite

 

[bobrown14]

I run AUTO-pot XL in flower and Auto-pot 4 gal in VEG.

I'm in upstate NY and my grow is in PA 300 miles away.

I use LOS soil - living organic soil. Very easy nothing but water.

WIth a soil-less medium like coco you need to be there every day. For me kinda defeats the purpose of the AUTO-pot system.

How big is you water reservoir?

Here's a pic of the of my last run about 1/2 way thru. I'm in the middle of harvesting now, took 3 plants down will take more tomorrow.

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• bobrown14
• Aug 23, 2019

Family picture - minus Future #1

 

[SteveJasmine]

Ultimately the game plan is with auto pot I will check and fill the resevoir once a week due to traffic constraints cuz I finish work right in the heart of rush hour to go check on my plants. And the question is if I should transfer the current ffof soil into a perlite/coco mix so all 3 will be in the autopot. Or completely remove the ffof and go into fresh coco/perlite

Just transplant them, I wouldn't stress them by cleaning the roots. Just stick them in the Coco/perlite. No worries IMO However, the guys are right, Coco perlite is higher maintenance

 

[Hrenklin]

I'm running a the 12.7 gallon resevoir. Check my plants on wed and sundays, with my friend checking in on them daily. I'm not interested In running a LOS median.

 

[bobrown14]

@Hrenklin what size auto-pot system?

BE SURE to add pebbles/stones/clay balls about an inch or 2 in the btm on top of the membrane then add your soil medium.

 

[bobrown14]

Why not LOS - how is your plants getting nutrients?

 

[NOOOBIENOT]

can you actually put worms directly in to you pots , i thought it was only castings not actual worms , and where can i get my hands on los soil so i dont have to make it ?

 

[bobrown14]

@noobiebean where's your location?

MY soil mix (Coots Mix) has 6 inputs + ewc/compost/Perlite/Peatmoss

Mix once - run years.

I'm in the end of my 3rd year with the same soil. Thats 40ish runs in the same soil flower only.

Worm castings yes worms end up in the pots from the EWC that will have cocoons in there and they will hatch

 

[Hrenklin]

@Hrenklin what size auto-pot system?

BE SURE to add pebbles/stones/clay balls about an inch or 2 in the btm on top of the membrane then add your soil medium.

Should I just stick to ffof as my medium. Its my first grow. I'be got the pebbles, and currently using foxfarm nutrients and very small doses as there is still more than enough in the soil for current state. My other option I was thinking was planting the currently in pot ffof soil into a fresh layer of coco/perlite at the bottom of the part above the pebbles and around the side when I repot

Why not LOS - how is your plants getting nutrients?

It is my first grow and I'm tryinnto to over complicate things. I'll be adding nutrients to my resevoir

 

[bobrown14]

Well adding nutrients to the reservoir will require periodic cleaning of the whole system.

Easy enough just open the end with the red valve on it and run fresh water thru into a bucket.

I use just water in my res. with LOS I don't need fertilizers.

You have your reservoir lifted up off the ground some how?? I have mine on a stand about 6" above the water lines.

I've never used the FFOF soil since I make my own. So hard to say. Seems like its good enough for 1 round. I just keep using my soil over and over again. Get it tested 1x a year good to go.

Soil testing in NY is .. free! woot. in PA its $8.

 

[Hrenklin]

The tent is set up at my best friends place so I am more than welcome to stay a few hours and clean my resevoir and flush my lines. Now please drop this talk about LOS