AutoPot Auto 3 XL With 5gal Spring Pots

Cultivating with Auto3 XL benefits growers in three key areas:

Growing Space:

• Maximises the available area
• Ideal for moveable racks and rolling tables

Overheads:

• Draws no more water than 3 single XL trays
• Reduction in components = reduced maintenance duties

Plant Health:

• Unlike a large, single, flat tray the moulded base minimises standing water
• Lid blocks light and debris from entering the tray

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Auto3 XL includes:

• (1) Auto3 XL tray
• (1) Auto3 XL lid
• (1) Round blue access cover
• (1) AQUAvalve5
• (1) AQUAvalve5 cover
• (1) 3/8″ top hat grommet
• 3.3ft length of 3/8″ piping
• (3) 5gal fabric Spring Pot
• (3) PotSock (round)

Building Your AutoPot Tray System:

Step #1 – Choose your growing medium

Although we highly recommend a 50/50 mix of coco/perlite (which you can purchase pre-mixed or individually) you can also use a mix of soil/clay pebbles (e.g. Hydroton), coco/clay pebbles or rockwool Grocubes. It is also advisable to add a thin layer of perlite at the bottom of each pot before adding your 50/50 mix of choice.

Step #2 – Optional – choose your accessories

The AirDome Kit is a great way to increase growth rate and size. Attach the AirDome to an air pump using 3/16″ ID tubing and watch your plants’ root system take off with explosive growth due to the added oxygen. 

Give your plants a lift with AirBase. This handy plate fits into the bottom of your pot and allows you to sidestep the use of a pebblelayer for drainage. A beautifully simple and effective innovation, AirBase is fabricated from tough ABS plastic making it highly durable and thus extensively reusable.

AirBase features a pop-out centre-section allowing for easy, optional AirDome integration. The AirDome sits beneath the AirBase and pumps oxygen into your root zone via bubble pipe. This aeration helps roots expand more quickly and stimulates the development of a highly absorptive root structure for improved nutrient uptake. The aeration also helps to maintain the condition of your substrate, for a healthy, productive, disease-free root zone.

Step #3 – Expand your growing system 

By simply installing the appropriate fitting(s) and some extra tubing you can expand your tray system.The only limit is the size of the reservoir you provide for your system! *See reservoir sizing notes at the bottom

*Minimum Reservoir Requirements

• 1x Auto3 XL – FlexiTank 13gal
• 2x Auto3 XL – FlexiTank / FlexiTank Pro 25gal
• 4x Auto3 XL – FlexiTank / FlexiTank Pro 60gal
• 8x Auto3 XL – FlexiTank / FlexiTank Pro 105gal
• 10x Auto3 XL – FlexiTank 200gal

Tips:

It’s best to use clean fertilizers with this system, meaning those that are mineral based. Nutrient formulas with a lot of organic components will cause biofilm to develop on the AQUAvalve, the inside of the tubing, tray and reservoir. This can eventually cause your system to clog up and fail, or at the very least it will require you to clean the system on a regular basis and create unnecessary work for you.

If you want to incorporate organic components into your feeding schedule it’s no problem – we do this all the time. Here’s how. Simply add these to the root system by pouring them right over the top of the growing media once per week (diluted at the proper ratio, of course – not full strength!). A cup or so of organic nutrient solution should be fine; you only need a little bit of that organic goodness to innoculate the root system, and you don’t want to apply so much that it ends up leaking into the tray as that would defeat the whole purpose of what you’re trying to accomplish.

When transplanting always put a 1-1.5″ layer of perlite (preferred) or Hydroton at the bottom of each pot, before you add your growing medium of choice. Or, simply use an AirBase in place of the perlite or Hydroton!

Water by hand, and only when necessary, for the first 10-14 days before switching on your system. This will allow the root system to become established and will get the plants off to a quicker start.

Do not let the reservoir empty completely before refilling. It’s always best to top it up when there is still some solution left.

 

BGH is here to help. If you have any questions or need help putting together your dream AutoPot system – just ask us! Here are a few videos to get you started…