hey peeps. k basically what i got is a 50l bucket with a pipe coming from bottom which goes for half a meter then splits with a T junction to both of my 11l pots both with a seperate tray to sit in. no timer is used it is all controled by a similiar system to the one in your toilet were it only lets in water when it runs low. i have also got air rings in the bottom resovoir and a air cage in the bottom 4 inch's were my clay pebbles are .all im worries about is apart from the NFT and Wick systems carnt seem to find any which has it constantly in water with a growing medium i am using coco btw.

any help apreciated

From what you say, it sounds like a variant of the Autopot system.

so its all cool and savey im not missing a timer sumwere ?

¿Is this the system that you have? :

yer preety much looks exact...any comments on this plz

Yep - it's an Autopot. Nope - it doesn't come with - nor does it need - a timer. It's full name is the 'Autopot Easy2Grow 2 Pot Kit' - it comes with a 47 litre reservoir.

Here is a diagram showing how the system works:



That's really about all I know about them - I've never used one myself, although I'm assured by ones who have that they are quite good - reliable, simple and easy-to-use.

you wont go wrong with this system mate

piece of piss to use

i use it myself and had some great results

any help needed or questions take a look on my diary

if your questions arent answerd on there pm me pal and il try my best

i carnt PM m8 not got privelages i think..could u explain to me wat u did when u first started with it like how big was the plants when u put em in and what u fed em to start with etc(lots of detail plz). i have had my cuttings in em about 8 days now ....i got em in rockwool about 3 inch cubes exact same way u did 3 inch's of clay pebbles at bottom and coco over top and slaped em on half the nutes supposed to but they keep getting more yellow any ideas?

If they're going yellow, like from the bottom up especially, it means that they're simply hungry - up the amount of food that you're giving them maybe to 3/4 of the full amount.

k m8 will do how long be4 start seeing improvement(so i can tell if it needs more nutes or not?)....still not able to get ec meter serious budget issues.....

Any already affected leaves won't recover, but no more should start paling.

I have an autopot system and it's the mutts nutz as far as I am concerened, I have used NFT and wilma systems before but this one is by far the easiest to use.
The only thing I will say is that you need to keep the res and tubes clean as even though there is a filter inside the tank it is worth cleaning it out and doing the tubes every couple of weeks to keep it free running.
Nothing else needed as once you have set you nutes and the ph on filling there is nothing else to do untill the nutes run out and it's time to refill.
One bit of advice is to use an air pump and stone to keep the water active and fresh it also helps keeping the mixing going on as the action of the bubbles rising keeps it all on the move.
The best of luck mate.