It all depends on how you go about it with coco, i fill my autopot res once or twice a week at most and touch nothing else but the plants with autopots. Hand feeding it is a nightmare in coco but is very unnecessary too.
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I like the idea of those and hydro in general but i can’t trust my power supply enough these days
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Autopots are amazing. Earthbox or the ac infinity auto watering base are like that for organic. Blumats are next level when it comes to automation. I plan on using a trash can as my res for the blumats. I only ever hand fed coco and had an ac infinity auto base towards the end that made feeding easier but I still had to fill the res every 2 days. I’m assuming autopots the way for coco. My buddy runs organic in them and swears by them.
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Does anyone have a recommendation for a hydro fertilization system? 
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Go solar if you can. That was game changing for me. My local grid sucks too, I’d lose power at least once a month lol. Typically just for a few hours but that still makes growing hard for any style. I started growing as soon as my solar system was installed. You could always have a jackery as a back up power supply too.
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What kind of hydro?
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Ive been looking at solar with batteries for a while now, the prices are getting closer to a point where i can get the wife to go along with it lol. Honestly autopots are probably how i will go from now on. After 2 grows with them now im completely sold on them. The only thing I will change is building the system that works for me with pot, tray and res sizes.
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Good question, what is there? I think that expanded clay or coco will go in there and then the 7 gallon water tank. I’m basically open to that.
Google recommends Advanced nutrients, hesi and canna
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I have experience with advanced nutrients pH perfect line up. I can’t say enough great things about their products for growing with synthetic.
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Organic would also be an option? I don’t want the water to turn bad. I was worried about that with the organic fertilizer that I already have.
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I wouldn’t put organic nutes in a res they go bad in a couple days once mixed.
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Do you know what organics your buddy is using for the autopots? That could make things even easier
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How many grows do you think you can get with the starter? So with the advanced nutrients.
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I also don’t recommend organics in the reservoir. I was chasing all kinds of problems. The only organic I use now is big bloom from fox farm. It’s super filtered and used in there hydro chart.
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I’ve just ordered the starter from Advanced Nutrients and will see what results I can achieve. Does a heater in the water tank actually make sense?
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That depends on your environment, you might need something to maintain temperatures but for example i would need a water chiller instead if i wanted to maintain it properly
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I scored on advanced nutrients when I bought my tent and I feel like I could get 3-4 runs with them for my two plants
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Buildasoil
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I was getting 3-4 grows with their 1L/1quart bottles. But I also wasn’t feeding every water.
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