Let’s start this off by saying Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening DGC! Let’s dive right in I guess the last few runs I’ve played around with a few different Nutrients Companies, and Types From Salts, Organic Dry Amendments, and Liquid Organic. And so far my favorite has been FOOP! The plants responded extremely well and had good growth and little to no signs of deficiencies the entire run! So my question is would a Liquid Organic line Such as FOOP be okay to run in an autopot system? I realize you’d want to add some circulation pumps to keep it from going stagnate, but being that it is Organic would it start to break-down and become anaerobic in the reservoir within a few days or not? Can’t find very much good information on this. Just wanted to get a few opinions before I just say screw it and give it a go, just to see. Stay safe and stay high out there
– OrganicallyGrown618
From a quick look at their site, it appears to be a microbially active line, so yes they will consume oxygen, but an air stone can fix that.
Be careful of pH drift though. I’ve found that biology may or may not like your desired pH range in a reservoir.
I have been experimenting with hempy buckets or SIP containers while using Nectar for The Gods nutrients. I have pulled out some successful runs but if the foop is very thick then I would be cautious and observant. Depending on what you add to the reservoir can drastically alter your pH and can depend on what types of microbes you have, but being foop I would imagine they would be fairly adapted to water. I’ve just been burned by using recharge in my res and the bacillus in recharge isn’t as water friendly so it acidifies the water pretty hard and can cause issues. But as long as you are paying attention, you’ll know if it works or not. Lactobacillus preparations are great ways to clean out organic materials in res systems as well.
So do you run them in your res consistently? To keep the lines and everything else clean. Or like another once a week treat
Hey so even though the funk brings the dank. Running liquid organics through an autopot system. I wouldn’t recommend it. The microbes and whatever else sitting in that line is not good. And then them coating the float valve system for the auto pot system will create build up and start to cause you overwatering and flooding or being underwatered. Still not a good idea in my opinion. The best thing to do is to use the little valve on the line to shut the water flow off for a a light cycle. Once happy with the dry back. I’d take the plant off the base. Top water your microbes and everything else in. Once dripping slows down to a minimum place back on. I just feel like leaving the pot on there and watering in that stuff. It’s going to drip down onto your float mechanism. I have a autopot system I’m not using for my cannabis plants for this exact reason. One, the buckets are not big enough for these plants. Dont have the XL version . My local had a customer appreciation day and I won it. Yayyy lol. And two I’m always watering in microbes, ferments, teas, and or enzymes. And also I got into organics for the ease of use. Slinging pots in and out of my tent isn’t for me anymore. Definitely following to see what others have to say.