Has anyone tried to put a No-till living soil into the AutoPot System? If so, how did it perform? How were the worms? How many times have you grown in the soil?
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Hi @helyan19
Welcome to GN. I have used autopots in the past and think you will possibly run into nutrient deficiency when using living soil. The amendments you add to living soils could take longer to break down than expected so a good super soil mix with a combination is needed to get all the nutrients your plant requires during its lifecycle. Adding worm castings to your initial soil would be essential for good vegetative growth and I can only suggest growing once in no-till living soil. You also want to be careful of reusing the same soil again and again, possibly cross-contaminating your next grow, or having a lack of nutrients. @hoppiefrog @Slym3r , what are your thoughts on this?
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Everything im reading states get a good root base going before starting the system and your good to go!
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Little to no difference from inputs for super soil and no till, big difference is super soil has all inputs from get go,has issues with hot soil due to this, most have moved to super living soil so they can control mid and late flower without failure.em1 , enzymes and microbes help chelate nutrients in both cases to make nutrients available.the real issue I see is the size of the pot 17 gal is the minimal suggested volume to keep worms happy and to have enough football to keep things sailing during times of high demand. It will keep you quite busy and will be unforgiving in mid flower to use smaller pots.did u know a 100gal super soil pot with one plant is a water only crop (still best to use em1, enzymes and microbes)
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Thank you for the help. I will definitely take the amendments into account. I’m also planning on adding worms to the mix (an idea told to me from autopot themselves). Thank you again, great advice.
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I actually got 5 15 gallon pots (BuildASoil recommendation), and am getting the autopot tray (3’x3’) to use as the reservoir for water. You would suggest a minimum of 17 gallons? I will try those next time (probably 20 gallons since they’re a little easier to find). Thanks for the clarification as well. I didn’t know just super soil alone can start the breakdown phase, but it does make sense. I saw one post of a guy that is on his 4th grow with the tray setup and his living earth no-till. I think he’s got 20 gallon pots as well. Thank you again.
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Thanks! Those videos look amazing!! I think I can actually do this now. I read the same, is to make sure that you get the roots established first. And from what I understand, the system helps immensely. I’m planning on using a tray system with 15 gallon pots. Hopefully everything gets going fairly well when I get everything.
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