yes it was Advanced nutrients Micro/Grow/ Bloom...
i called them actually, nice folks very helpful. He told me that would happen with that type of contained system, the "salts" would concentrate... He recommended their Organic nutes like Iguana Juice... but sounds like it is just going to junk up the tubes and valves.... of course i bought a gallon of the stuff at high dollar...the things we do for our girls ...
so, maybe changing the water Like some people say every week or so, as i recall, the water got pretty funky, in my mind i was thinking the stinky stuff was acting like a good compost, now i know better. I had one monster plant , was close to 5 feet tall Auto, buds everywhere, it ran much longer than the other 3 plants and just kept getting worse and when i figured out what was happening it was too late, my virgin sacrifice to the Autopot gods, haha ... next time will be better.
Pops mentioned to me that he keeps an extra harness of tubing so he can service/ clean while still letting the system work.
as i though about it though perhaps i would just run water from the rez and feed from the top of the soil every couple of days. in my thinking the feeding would cause the float to float until the plants drink it down, thus not drowning them, then they can chase it with fresh water again through the Auto system, and the tubing and valves stay clean. I may give it a try.
