There are many good ideas in getting the most out of the Autopot Systems that we would like to share with you. The majority of them were derived from our own experience. But a good percentage were contributed by Autopot clients. If you happen to discover some thing good and would like to share with other Autopot users, we love to hear from you. Please write to the inventor of the Autopot Systems, Jim Fah,  (autopot@bigpond.com)  a short note with as many pictures as possible. To make this section reader friendly, we will be presenting it by keeping the description as short as possible and supported with lots of pictures.

"I have been using the 8 pot extension kit for the last couple of months and everything is going very well except the beans and peas. The plants are very weak and the leaves are speckled (although the beans are still producing). "
Your plant was infected by a troublesome pest called the Spider Mites which are so tiny that they are not visible to our naked eyes. It is too late to salvage your plant now. Get rid of it along with the growing medium and start with a new plant. But this time spray with a soapy solution at regulary interval - at least once a week.  

The first two pictures show lettuces were weak due to lack of direct sunlight. They were grown in a courtyard, though appeared bright but still did not provide sufficient light intensity required by the plants to grow healthily. The plants in the picture on the extreme right were grown in direct full sun light. Note the vast difference.

Temporary Mini Greenhouse.
The picture on the right demonstrates the effectiveness of providing some form of chill protection to the tomato plants grown outdoors. The two pots wrapped with a clear plastic film outgrew   the one without the wrapper (doubled in just one week). Putting on the wrapper is simple and quick. All we did was to wrap the metal frame with a Kitchen Glad wrap. In a couple of weeks,  weather should be warm enough for the wrappers to be removed.

 
To maximize fruit production, assisted pollination for Tomatoes is highly essential, especially when grown inside an enclosure such as a  greenhouse. Without which, fruit setting will be poor.

Pollinating tomato flowers is simple and quick. All you need to do is to give the flowers a good shake everyday or two. The job is more efficient with the help of an electric tomato pollinator. 
 

Pic. above - some flowers were aborted due to total lack of pollination when they were receptive.

Pic. above - excellent fruit set due to assisted pollination.

Pic. above - Another example of poor fruit set - middle fruits were small because the flowers were pollinated late.