What do YOU like about hydro?
- Thread starter Kludge
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platypusmann
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Water is cleaner than dirt and I have obsessive compulsive disorder.
Return of the Spork
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I had originally planned to go soil, but being an indoor apartment grow I decided to stay away from it as all my past experiences with soil indoors led to some sort of pest. Hydro allows me to keep things clean to minimize the chances of that.
Kludge
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Seriously? Sounded like a joke but I didn't want to laugh at your ill fate (even though I already have...)
platypusmann
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Yes...it is mostly a joke.....I went hydro because I grow indoors in a fairly new, fairly nice home and am not too hip on hauling dirt in and out. That...and I like the science of it.....and the cleanliness. LOL!
Bubba Kushman
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With Hydro you allways get a bigger yield and its easy if you dont over fertilize. PH is most important with soil and EC is critical with hydro. Flush and change water often and it goes pretty smooth.
Return of the Spork
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I would say EC and PH meters are both equally valuable. Got to keep the PH right or else nute lockup. Considering the hydro juice is the lifeblood of your babies, have to make sure it is clean and proper.
Al B. Fuct
once had a dog named
The main benefit of hydroponics over soil is the improved ability to get oxygen to the roots. This vastly improves speed and vigor. Secondarily, soil is heavy & messy.
Al B. Fuct
once had a dog named
I feel out of my league posting in a thread with big boys like Al B but here goes. Hydro is great because its more set and forget. Not that there arent problems but especially with my DWC system I can let it go for a couple days without worrying too much. Automatic watering is my favorite part. And they're right soil is dirty and you have disposal problems - expanded clay pellets can be used over and over
Al B. Fuct
once had a dog named
Common misconception. I am actually very, very small. He Pingping is someone I truly look up to. My daughter was really peed off when I nicked Ken's wardrobe and started driving Barbie's pink Corvette to the hydro shop.
In theory. In practise, they are a bastard to clean fully free of old root matter. They have to be clean & sterile or root disease can be transferred from crop to crop. They'll also accumulate nute salt crusts and must eventually be discarded after a few uses. I'm told that flushing them with copious volumes of water can remove a lot of nute salts.
i don't know what that is.Tell him to stop using powergel in his nutrient mix.
tusseltussel
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i grew soil for like 7 yrs and recently switched to hydro,,,, its fast growing and a cool new gadget in my growroom, i love cool new gadgets! havn't noticed much els, at first it seamed hard but once you get the hang of things its easy... ive left soil grows for 5 days, was outa town, and they wilt hardcore, i left a hydro grow for 8 days and after a flush and som hygrozyme all was well no problems at all, the soil grow did come back with no problem too but it had to be stressfull for them. oh and i love you fdd keep up the humorous this and that your so much fun every time you post
i wanna trade-in my two 600 watters and my pots of soil for one 1000 watter and a 4 X 4 flood and drain. i think i can get the same or better results. my buddy has his sh*t dialed and he would must likely help set me up. i got a pound and a half off two 600's. he's getting 3+ pounds off two 1000's. we're getting close to the same yield but his buds look much nicer than mine.
NewGrowth
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Indoors especially with larger grows it just makes sense. You don't have to haul soil around you can get more plants in a smaller space. Pathogen control is much easier, you can control exact nutrient levels, plant vigor is usually better as well. Disposing of lots of soil can be difficult in many places. I grew sour diesel in Manhattan in a flood table set up and if I would have grown the same amount with soil I would have had no place to put all that left over dirt. That being said there is NOTHING like great organic outdoor grown ganja. 
tusseltussel
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I think you'll dig it man no fungus nats horaaaaaaaaaaaay, oh yea my first hydrogrow i had one plant in an areo setup veged from seed for 23 days and by the end of flowering it was a mean 5 footer with a 20 inch main cola, word you will be happy i think, just when it's a pain in the ass in the beginning power through and you'l be hooked it gets easyeri wanna trade-in my two 600 watters and my pots of soil for one 1000 watter and a 4 X 4 flood and drain. i think i can get the same or better results. my buddy has his sh*t dialed and he would must likely help set me up. i got a pound and a half off two 600's. he's getting 3+ pounds off two 1000's. we're getting close to the same yield but his buds look much nicer than mine.
Al B. Fuct
once had a dog named
you act like you can't get gnats in a hydro op.
Tall plants are not the indoor grower's friend. Even the mighty 1000HPS can only penetrate foliage so deeply; they'll make solid nugs about 40" deep from the tops. Buds out of that range will tend towards being popcorn fluff. SoG fixes the problem by deliberately growing short plants.