Yeah I hear what your saying bro and yes I think soil might be the right choice for me this is my first grow ever and I'm a super noob so I'm trying to adapt and get stuff right. As of now my ph is 6.0 and my ppm is 750/800 range my temps are a little high now my taller healthier plant is turning colors it's brown at the top at the tips of the leaves and yellow at the bottom. Here's some pics. Do you think the little one that is not growing any roots and is not growing in general is killing the other one? Can one plant get another plant sick?
Look bro if your serious about doing it and u feel its too much, soil may not be a bad idea. I started just like you, "dwc/hydro.. yields, explosive growth, explosive super fuckin 30#'s in 3 months tops"... not saying that's you, but that shit right there gets most of us that are jumping in within the past 6-8-10 years, probably more who knows...It hooked me in...
Anyhow I went to soil as a medium then to supersoil, then I went recycling all sorts of shit with water only custom base and supersoil, actually then I start mixing subs supersoil and the revs container building.... soil made me patient enough to give hydro a shot....out of necessity more than anything but I'm enjoying it even though if you are not schedule oriented person it's gonna be harder... I've grown some amazing shit via soil but......it's also a lot of work too....mixing supersoil or amending soil and mixing is a pain in the ass...but it works... however as stated above you can get by with dwc with minimal work...
You need to kick back and design the proper setup if u wanna grow hydro and take a look at what's gonna take more work in the beginning, which requires more dailies, which is more $$$ to get going and maintain?
build a proper setup/buy a tent and build a proper setup with that and you'll have no issues, it seems like a lot but if you layout your weekly and biweekly tasks you'll be able to do everything with basic daily checks and 2-3 days where you have to work a little hard... soil there's always bugs... always fungus gnats in every bsg of any soil....nematodes are good for that if you go that route...
I will say I use gh maxi grow and bloom, calmag, H2o2 occasionally but use it more for cleaning... silica occasionally cuz I have it... and I also built a 2 - 5 gallon bucket dwc setup with a single monster mother in it and all I do is fill it with new nutes (1 part powdered nutes for $16.95 per 2.2 pounds using 1tsp/3.5 - 7grams of powder per gal... and the bitch in my one and only cuz I have no time 2 bucket setup I've had time to build can go 5-7 days easy with just a visual thriving check....
As long as you're persistent, you'll be able to do it. Giving up after putting all that work is a real waste so don't do it but you are guaranteed failures...plenty of them but youll learn from each one... also look at other peoples grows and don't necessarily copy but take what you need from each that you like and make it work for you...
Decide, stick with your decision but just keep it simple, a new nutrient line, a new settlement, a new blah blah blah is not gonna make you a successful Gardner, using the same products and growing the same strains is going to make you a good grower.. don't take on more than you can handle at one time and your good....
I wish you an easy road to getting it with luck brother, there needs to be more of us out there and doing it for the right reasons. We all have our own road to travel to learn about this the right way, and our own way, so just take it as it comes and simplicity is best in the beginning...
