Dwc or autopots
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Airwalker16
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RECIRCURATING DWC Is the BOMB
Budley Doright
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Ease of care would be my guess. Pretty sure you would get better yields from DWC but a lot more work IMO. Hopefully some who uses them will pop in. My one and only attempt at DWC was a recipe for rotten root soup lol.
Airwalker16
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Because you literally have to do nothing except keep the res full. Use a chiller and your roots will explode
rollyouron
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I'm happy with Autopots. I've never run DWC. If you don't have a lot of time Autopots are the bomb. I yield very well with Autopots. Usually, with 30 day veg I'll yield 1.5 gpw
Budley Doright
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Got any pics? That's a great yield with a 30 day. Veg. Would love to see your setup.
Budley Doright
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Lucky you lol. It's been about 10 years since I ran DWC and I can't remember what caused it
. Could have been not enough DO but about to pull the switch on either DTW or RDWC. I don't think a chiller, sterile, or even beanies would be needed for autopots though.
HydroRed
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I have no experience or anything to comment about autopots. Im gonna check it out now.Lucky you lol. It's been about 10 years since I ran DWC and I can't remember what caused it
Budley Doright
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Neither do I lol. I'm really intrigued with the 1.5 GPW with em though and at 30 day veg to boot. It just seems by the nature of the system that they only take up what they need re water, kind of like SIP so not a huge deal with DO. If they produce like a flooded system I'd be interested
HydroRed
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The only "issue" i see with the auto pots is that they are gravity fed by the res to the valve tray that the pot sits in. If they are small plants and not taking up much then they will only have available nutrient wise in what is in the feed tray with the valve until it drinks enough to need to be gravity fed from the res.
rollyouron
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There's some on here. Search my profile
rollyouron
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I've been running them for around 3 years. Easiest way to grow that I've found. I use Promix HP with 2 inches of perlite in the bottom. Dyna Foliage Pro Dyna Mag Pro and Dyna Bloom. I also use pool shock in my reservoir. You have to run clean nutes or you'll stop hoses up.
Budley Doright
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I did lol, didn't see any pics, I saw the one thread where you had just bought it I think, one bucket, have you expanded?
rollyouron
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rollyouron
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16 now
rollyouron
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16 now
Airwalker16
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RDWC
It's all I use. 5 gal flower, 1 gals veg.
It's all I use. 5 gal flower, 1 gals veg.