Please help me I have been saving up a long time and now i got a 3000 dollar budget ,i have a 9 by 5 space and i really wanna get started with hydro

[rkymtnman]

Yes, I ran Advanced Sunshine Mix #4 DTW right after I came out of rails which was a blend. Seemed the same as my coco/perlite mix I'm running now.

It's so funny, for so long I thought you were a soil grower

nope, outdoor veggies in dirt but never ganja

i picked up a bale of the sunshine 4 and kinda want to try it. i thought you treat it more like soil? i love auto watering coco dtw. set the res and forget it for a week.

 

[rkymtnman]

I use promix and treat it like coco dtw. pH the same, everything. It works well.

thanks for chiming in. i think i'm gonna try it then.

 

[curious2garden]

nope, outdoor veggies in dirt but never ganja

i picked up a bale of the sunshine 4 and kinda want to try it. i thought you treat it more like soil? i love auto watering coco dtw. set the res and forget it for a week.

It's been almost a decade now but I remember it running the same but to be fair Advanced Sunshine Mix #4 is a coco peat blend.

 

[Johnny Lawrence]

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Lights - HLG Scorpion Diablo
6" Inline fan and carbon filter, ducting
A hard plastic liner for your tent
Cloth pots
A good food line - something like Remo or Success are great as are some cheaper nutes.
5 gallon bucket for mixing nutes
1 gallon pouring can with spout
Good quality seeds

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He mentioned wanting to go hydro.

 

[rkymtnman]

Advanced Sunshine Mix #4 is a coco peat blend

gotcha! i got the sun mix 4 (not advanced formula) peat, perlite and mycos and no coco. maybe i'll mix some in then

 

[curious2garden]

gotcha! i got the sun mix 4 (not advanced formula) peat, perlite and mycos and no coco. maybe i'll mix some in then

Hell I'd try it as is. I'd be curious about running a pure peat mix and if you have it smoke it or something. I've been considering trying soil LOL but that will have to wait.

 

[shnkrmn]

More perlite never hurts for drainage.

 

[shnkrmn]

 

[rkymtnman]

Hell I'd try it as is. I'd be curious about running a pure peat mix and if you have it smoke it or something. I've been considering trying soil LOL but that will have to wait.

i've been thinking about running 1/2 hydroton, 1/2 peat and trying to force it to become a daily feed situation DTW.

i definitely don't want to have to worry about if this plant needs water and that one doesn't kinda deal. especially with summer around the corner.

 

[rkymtnman]

More perlite never hurts for drainage.

i run my coco with alot of growstones and hydroton in it. i think the extra aeration is well worth it.

 

[shnkrmn]

I LOVE that idea using hydroton

 

[shnkrmn]

And I have a bunch sitting around from my flood and drain period

 

[rkymtnman]

i just picked up a scratch and dent 50L bag for dirt cheap. and i still have a decent amount of growstones too laying around.

 

[shnkrmn]

My raised veggie beds have a certain percentage of hydroton too!

 

[rkymtnman]

I LOVE that idea using hydroton

i'll try to keep you posted. i'm gonna try 3 autos pretty soon: 2 in my normal coco mix and 1 in the peat/hydroton mix.

 

[DarkWeb]

So how would you separate the hydroton from the rest?

 

[rkymtnman]

My raised veggie beds have a certain percentage of hydroton too!

my garage floor has very high concentrations in some areas too. lol

 

[rkymtnman]

So how would you separate the hydroton from the rest?

like after harvest to re-use it? not sure what you mean.

 

[DarkWeb]

like after harvest to re-use it? not sure what you mean.

Re-use. I used to run it in my f&d pots straight. I don't see why you'd want it in your garden. Not that there isn't any in mine...but it's reusable. That's how I've treated it. Cleaned it and re used it.

 

[shnkrmn]

So how would you separate the hydroton from the rest?

I would allow the root masses to dessicate completely. Then break them apart into a large trashcan and flood. Most of the root matter floats up. Trying to clean fresh roots was laborious