Grow Mediums Using real growers Recharge in autopot system

[lunarman]

I searched the archives and I read about recharge being thick and gooey and will clog up the water lines. But recharge is a powder right? I wasn't able to find a definitive answer from searching so posting this as a question.

Is it possible to use recharge thru the rez and lines and aquavalve as part of nute feed? Or is it better to do it via top feeding instead?

 

[HemiSync]

I searched the archives and I read about recharge being thick and gooey and will clog up the water lines. But recharge is a powder right? I wasn't able to find a definitive answer from searching so posting this as a question.

Is it possible to use recharge thru the rez and lines and aquavalve as part of nute feed? Or is it better to do it via top feeding instead?

Mix it with water and top feed it. If you put in the reservoir it will start to grow and that would not be a good thing.

 

[MassMom]

Hi sweetie. I top fed mine 1 liter each of recharge/distilled water about 5 days ago and all went find. I was afraid of putting recharge in the res or in the bases. I will do this once a week for the life of the plants

 

[KonopCh]

If you top fed with autopots, then you flushing salts from top of the medium down. This is no go.
Also... In inert media like coco or coco/perlite, there is no reason to supply RC or MM. I've seen some test and papers on that, which confirms that. You can get big and pretty plants in autopots, without that supplement.

Maybe just add in planting hole when potting to help rooting and then no more...

 

[blue]

If you top fed with autopots, then you flushing salts from top of the medium down. This is no go.
Also... In inert media like coco or coco/perlite, there is no reason to supply RC or MM. I've seen some test and papers on that, which confirms that. You can get big and pretty plants in autopots, without that supplement.

Maybe just add in planting hole when potting to help rooting and then no more...

Sometimes top feeding is the way to go with Autopots. I've been running biotabs for a couple of grows now and i do need to top feed when it comes to PK application time as the solution is far too sticky and would gum up the lines.

This was recommended to me by Biotabs who do the same.

Maybe because it's organic, and not being allowed to dry out (due to the way the autopot constanly feeds as needed) , that the salt content is minimal?

Just throwing in my 2 cents

 

[KonopCh]

Yea, @blue biotabs are different story than bottled nutes.

 

[PolySizeCircuit]

I just pour it directly into the tray when the water level is low.