Indoor Hydroponic System - Autopot XL - Chilli Plant
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- Check out my new book that you can pre-order now. Simplify Vegetable Gardening will be available on 16th Feb 2024. Pre-order now to be the first to get a copy of this book that has all my personal tips. geni.us/SimplifyVegGardening It is time to put the chillis into their final home, That is an indoor hydroponic system called the Autopot XL this is an indoor hydroponic system that does not need power or taps in order to work. It is gravity fed so can be used anywhere.
Shaun has a huge advantage as he managed to get his chilli plant growing very quickly, and he too is using an indoor Hydroponic system, He decided on the ebb and flow system.
So we both decided to use hydroponics to grow our chilli plant for the chilli challenge, but are both using totally different methods in our hydroponic garden.
Autopots are available in the UK. and autopot USA is also available. Hydroponics has become very popular over the last few years and hydroponic plants grow much bigger and faster because of the hydroponic advantages of being able to control the feed and constantly providing it when the plant requires it.
So check out this video where I not only show you the autopot setup but will give an autopot review based on how to grow chilli plants in an autopot system.
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Looks like a great plan and set-up Tony! Very interesting video on several levels 👍🙂
Awesome update Tony thank you for sharing and making these video for us and blessings to the family
What a Cool System! Great Job Tony
just bought autopot, thanks for tutorial
great time for this vid i just got a chilli plant thanks for sharing
A great system without the use of power. Exciting stuff Tony.
Super channel my friend! Great stuff and huge congrats on close to 60K! Won't be long now! :D
As always, great vid!
Thanks glad you enjoyed it
ive used autopots for years for chillies there so easy to use & low maintenance
I've been using a autopot system for a couple of years and it makes things grow much faster. And if i go on holiday i know they will still get water. I use it outdoors and grow chilies, tomatoes, garlic, lettuce, beetroot, mint and radishes with it. I used it last year with potatoes but they grew so large that the pot was close to splitting.
Tony This was filmed last week, I have been away since last saturday and just got back today
First year growing chillies, I managed to germinate 4 Mozambique finger chilli and only 1 Kenyan cover chilli, all in my tiny greenhouse, it took 3 weeks to germinate these from seeds collected from shop bought fresh chillies, I'm happy with them so far, but, my one Kenyan chilli is price of the bunch. Great video to boot!
Looks a great system for people like myself with no power or hosepipe etc cheers 🍻
Yes its a brilliant system fill the tank with water and nutrients and forget about it until it needs filling again
Good luck pal. 👍
They look FABLESS !
Thanks way behind but lots of time left
Good luck brother!!!!!
My earlist, probably only trial of Hydroponics was in 1976 to grow some Kidney Beans in Pots. The method I chose was a sort of Floo and Drain system using vermiculite as the pseudo soil. What this required was to lift a bucket (big) up to waist high where it would flood the pots, wait an hour or so then lower it again below the level of the plants so that it could drain away. I have no idea where I got the details from, probably the library.
Everything was set up and working when I had to go to another plant for about 3 months and my wife was not able to lift the big bucket, but how she tried so she was lumbered with manual "watering" but the science passed her by and 1976 was a scorcher of a summer and my plants expired.
I am planning another go next year, it's a bit late for this and the kit available now is tremendous and not expensive. It's the science which facinates me. It would have been better if I had been a good gardener. :-)
Yeah it works along the same lines as Ebb and flow James thats a flood system
You go Mr. Tony!! Beat his behind! My money is on you!
lol Ann a long way to go yet and Shaun is very good at growing chillies
May the best chilli grower win.
We had a few problems with our chilies this year, mice ate one lot and the next got frosted.
I have used Auto pot for years a while ago, the hard part is make sure they are level and the valve closes right off tight and does not get blocked, use a filter on the supply line.
Ken
great video very interesting
Cheers Steven
You getting ready for the chilli chump challenge by any chance . Great video 👍👍👍👍
Yeah finally able to get the chillies into their final pots :)
I use chilli grow
Everything here in central USA (Kentucky) is slow because of the rainy weather we have had in this area. Although, everything is in the ground and will have a ripe tomato by July.
I really struggled to get my rainbow chillis to germinate and like you it took 6 to 8 weeks and the seedlings were weak, they were germinated in my greenhouse in a propagator....In the end I managed to get just 3 plants to the re potting size which is a job for tomorrow... It's the only thing that has struggled this year so far....Will be interesting to see how they turn out. Great vid as usual Tony and good luck in the challenge...
really good walk through and talk through here tony.
this set up looks fab mate... how much are you talking for something like this..
I've gone all out this year with around 60 odd plants on the go that's with giving loads away lol but I have no greenhouse yet but they are still flying along got them all outside at mo soaking this sun up
Hey Tony, I wish you good luck in this challange but I'm team Chillychump :)
Hi Tony, just a comment about the auto pot system and growing medium, I have been using this system for about 5 years now, I also have a home made hydroponic 70 pot system outdoors that we grow just strawberries in now, I use the same nutrient in both systems so the fruit we grow in both should be good. and as said b4 I have been veg gardening for about 50 years, however I found the tomatoes and cucumbers grown in coir in the auto pots over these years have left a far bit to be desired, where the straws in the same nutrient are great. So it was recommended I go back to a good quality compost and carry on as normal in the auto pots by a hydroponic specialist. This I have done but also have put one tomato and one cucumber in coir as a test. You would not believe the difference I will never grow in coir again, the compost grown plants are way ahead and we have been picking toms now for a week, the coir tomato looks poor in comparison as does the cucumber to its rivals. Just a thought to assist you. Regards C
Cracking system Tony good luck 👍I’ve had an awful year with chillis and peppers plagued by whitefly ,only one of each left now 😞
Greetings from Las Cruces, New Mexico. Good work! I find that soaking chili seeds 24 hours and coating the ones the ones that sink to the bottom of the container with powdered cinnamon slows or prevents the fungal issues that prevent many seeds from germinating.
Thats great tips. Thanks for adding them here for the community. I soaked mine in tea
Hi, great vid. Do you have a link for the soil mix you use? Thanks.
I do like that system. I've tried aquaponics but to much of a faff. But this system I could use, wouldbe ideal for tomatoes I feel.
Hey Pal, Hope all is well with you and your family, I know doing your video's takes time and you have other things going on But just wanted to say were thinking of you
and miss seeing your new video's and whats going on in the garden. But We will be waiting.
Hi Tony a bit off topic, but just wandered around my garden and there is basically no fruit on my trees, apples cooking and eating, plums etc, last year was a bumper crop but nothing this year, there have been plenty of polenators so just dont understand it?? any ideas ?
Nice one Tony. I was looking at the AutoPot for next year. I have always used drip feed hydro.
Are you going to flush the pots occasionally to remove excess nutrients and balance the EC value? (What I mean is, if the chilli takes a small bit of N every time but the correct P & K then the pots will become nitrogen bound as more nutrient is added and you may get a green growth burst)
The other way to do it is to gradually change the nutrient solution as the season progresses.
Steve
Yeah once every two or three weeks I will flush the pots
Hi Tony, I know a few growers that use this system and although it may seem a costly outlay to start, it is a reliable long term worthwhile investment. they open up lots of new avenues for future crops...What is the volume of the growing pots?.....Go for it!!! 😀👍
This is exciting stuff !!! Hooe you kick his butt 🤣 i love growing chillis but ive had no luck this year. Greenfly are really damaging them even though i have sprayed them and hand picked them off 😫
Colette get some neem and check out my pest video from a few videos back
The saying goes if your plants don't have bugs it's not part of the ecosystem .....just being optimistic lol
Hi Tony from sunny pontyclun just seen your vlog on water collection just wondering where you get your ibc containers as we don't have mains water and although I have numerous blue water butts they don't hold enough.
mark williams he just got arrested for growing weed turns out his channel was just his hobby
really struggled germinating aji limon chillies this year - the past few years have been fine
Very interested to see how this goes.
I've been trying lazy hydro with perlite.....where you treat perlite like soil, water it with hydro feed, and make sure the pots are in saucers to act as a reservoir.
Tomatoes LOVE it
Strawberries love it.
But peppers and chillies just seem to survive, never thrive.
You may want to look into Kratky(passive) hydroponics. A bucket with nutrient water up to the root zone, a net pot filled with pebbles and that's basically it! just refill the bucket as needed
Hi Is this system better than the Wilma system
Best Regards
Two questions. How do you know that the roots are down enough to get the nutes from the bottom. And do you keep water the plant from the top after the plant uses the nutes from the bottom? Thanks and happy growing
Those clay pebbles act as a water wick. they draw the water up along the surface of the clay
Hi Tony. I have a problem with my beetroot. The leaves are going brown at the tip's. The beetroot is growing but it's the leave's. Can you give me some advice. Thank you very much, Malc
How do you think using stand compost or potting mix would in the autopot plus a weak hydroponic nutrient would go?. I have seen this done with carrots & Zucchini the bloke said he does it with potatoes but the videos stopped at that point so I have no idea what happened
I think it would work as long as it wicks the water well
@@simplifygardening I have it fully operational now not only carrots & Zucchini but can do all root crops including potatoes.
@@simplifygardeningFrom what I'm getting it wicks perfect most good potting mixes can wick up to 300,mm with perlite added and 25% ratio. With potato the roots are in the bottom of the pits the tubers are up higher the with the round auto pot a 20 litre bucket with three bottom cut out sits on top perfectly Here in Australia with our warmer temperatures wicking works fantastically the warmer it is the better the wicking like our coldest days are around 15c. I finally got to speak to the fellow who I saw do it first. He's the only bloke I know of o successfully grow potatoes in Hydroponics and get a decent yield without half of the spuds being green, wicking only ever need to be as high at the root zone Most of our pots here are round. If you get a chance have look at Autopot Australia. to see the rage that we have available not all is showing on the web site unfortunately
www.gardensmartshop.com/Autopot_s/1907.htm
plus tis is more of their experiment and R&D
the designer is a guy called Jim Fah and live in Malborne Australia these video give an idea how far they push the autopots
I was stoked to see you using them way over in the UK. I got bored with watch autopot videos with Asian subtitles mainly because Jim is of Asian decent and pushes he is Southeast Asia. but you do get to see the possibilities amongst the subtitles.
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Tony, we love you show, here from Australia, how do you think ginger would go in this new system?
Hey, I am not sure I have never tried it. Ginger would do much better with you guys rather than here in the UK
Must say I had no problem with my chilli's this year got 4 bushes on The go only one so far with chilli's on but this bit of heat is now starting to pay off on the other bushes so fingers crossed I shall get some more
Yeah Scott, Like I said totally my crew up caused the delay so they werent really growing in all that hot weather we had early in spring
@@simplifygardening keep up the fab vid been helping a lot as only really started to grow my own veg and plants properly this year and ur vids have been a massive hellp got potatoes carrots green beans chilli's strawberry rosemary tyme dill mint blueberry raspberries and blackberry and chives and sage basil garlic and peppers but the peppers seem to be small still and strugerling with them dam. Snail's and slugs lol
The chillis I keep on the windowsill have come on a treat got bout 30 chilli's on that one the ones I keep out side are now starting to bear chilli's
Hi Tony, Hope all is well as not seen you in a while.
Hi ya butt! Good vid just subrcibed thanks. Had my first chilli crop last year!!it was (Awesome) I've just started using an auto pot (In door) with cior I'm using a low ec 1.2 how often should I flush. 8ltr pots cheers rich
There is no need to flush the autopot system at all. Ebb and flow systems yes but the autopot is not recirculating its used by the plants and then more clean fluids are released
Do u think it's better to get individual autopots or I big kit of like six??
Haven't seen you for a few weeks. Are you ok. I thought of you as I passed your village last week. I went to my local allotments this morning to see if anyone has any spare bedding plants to sell me. No one there. Any ideas. I,m very late this year as I only got back from Cyprus on the first. Love Margaret in ponty
Hi Tony! How are you? We miss you!
Hi Tony, I grow bird-eye chilli's, grow them every year. this year i put over 120+ in seed trays using tomato grow bag compost "Levington", I struggled to get 15 plants that's all,
its the worst year ever, usually get at least 30-40 plants minimum, which i then give away what i dont need. I usually do 1 or 2 trays, but ended up doing 3rd+ which gave me 8 of the 15. I use my own seed stock from last year. Keep them on a sunny warm window sill south facing.
Any tips would be most welcome
Plant direct in the earth water 3 day in a row then twice a week after kill the ones u choose too
How do u control the amount of water as u don't wanna be over or under watering
The roots control the amount they absorb. and the floats control the level to prevent the roots sitting in it
So if u don't put clay pellets what will happen drowning I didn't
Hi Tony! Are you ok? We miss you already!
have you tried air pots yet Tony
Does this work with organic nutrients?
Yes it does
Morning Tony, excellent video as usual. I need a bit of advice (nothing to do with the video) I've grown my spuds in 30ltr buckets this year, first and second earlies are now ready but there are a lot of them and it's going to take us a long time to get through them. How long can I leave them in the buckets and should I keep watering them even though the foliage has now collapsed. Thanks Mike.
where have you been Tony Hope all is well with you I have heard nothing from you for ages Pete
Peter Amor he just got arrested for growing weed turns out his channel was just his hobby it’s in my local news
Are they the pablano from Dales WR mate ?
Supposedly mate his and mine i split the seed I had
UK Here We Grow if they are from my competition then they are 100% wr seed
Are you still using the Autopots for vegetables?
Yes still using them for chillies and stuff like that
WHo won the challenge? Did you do a video? So you still use the autopot system?
I won the challenge Ben, there is a video for it I will see if I can find a link
@@simplifygardening I liik frward to seeig te vdeo Do you still use the autopo? Is it worth the expenses?
I am sorry that you had so much trouble with germination, but if you cant do it.....I had such high hopes but also had dreadful germination. Out of 10 varieties, 4 germinated and then only 1 - 3 of each. So disappointing as I cannot get fresh chillies here and I was hoping to get enough to take to market. Might have enough for a couple of curries and the odd enchillada.....
don,t you try to grow a new worldrecord patato?? love to see an update..:D
Yes Martin and I have a new method Im working on this year keep your eyes peeled but i dont know if this will pan out
well.. thats the fun of ot, if we new at the beginning then it wouldn,t be a challence..:D
i think mine will be bigger then yours..:P
thats half the fun of it, if we new its not a challence..:)
i think mine will be bigger then yours..:P@@simplifygardening
The comment in relation to ebb and flow isn’t quite right imho… yes the plants will take what they need with auto pots but you can find they selectively take up nutrients leaving the water increasingly higher in certain nutrients and pH over time, that’s why retesting EC and pH periodically is advised.
not a bad system but anyway tony needs to refresh his store between his ears
lol
Only Mexican can grow fire green chilies best an great food delicious 😋
😉
Hello Tony, Hope you're doing OK mate.. Send me a text if you need a chat mate..
God bless to you and yours
Tony M
I challenge you to a ganja grow off!
lol nope Sorry about the late reply, YT didn't let me know this comment was here and I just found it
Had a look at this system. Way too expensive for me!
It isnt cheap to start, but once you have the main stuff the pots are cheap enough to add on
My back is saved an I know hand watering is horrible by yourself
Wait this can be used to grow vegetables 😂😂😂😂
lol Yup its not just for weed lol
@@simplifygardening lol