Pros for me for doing hydro over soil is:
Soil is heavy, and dirty.
Hydro you just dump the shit down the drain.
There is no testing ph runoff or any of that shit.
Faster vegging in my experience.
I suck at soil.
I can see if you do small scale soil grows, but really I don't understand why so many people think hydro is so hard. It's just keep your ph at 5.8, and learning your pheno.
Hydro is wet, (lol),,, but seriously, it could be a mess sometimes.
Pumps or other equipment could fail and destroy an entire crop.
I read about you giving it to your law, but synthetic nutes are terrible for our water supply.
Hydro is expensive, cost in nutes and electricity for pumps running 24/7 (I did rdwc)
Synthetic nutes are going to get more and more expensive as we decline from peak oil.
Health concerns regarding all these PGR and synthetics in general.
There is constant testing and worry of ph, ppm, ec, water temps and any one of these somehow being thrown off un noticed can cause major issues.
I have not once check runoff in soil. I water, and tea,,, thats it, I dont need to check ANYTHING.
Hydro is faster and you can fix problems quicker only because you can cause problems quicker and easier.
After I spend a few hours mixing my soil Im pretty much done with everything technical for the rest of the grow or even the rest of the next 10 grows depending on how much soil I make, no more measuring of ANYTHING except for brewing every now and then and even that is ridiculously easy. Soil=much less work... You dont run into problems in soil if your initial mix is correct on all fronts, so there really should never be any problem in soil.
I could go on and on about the effectiveness of the symbiotic relationship between a living plant and divers living soil, but "aint nobody got time fa dat"
I run soil simply because I thoroughly enjoy mixing it, working it,,, getting dirty
Everything from the feel to smell, I simply feel deeply connected to it in some way.
In turn I get a superior product to hydro.
I dont think less of anyone running hydro even though most of the time their intentions are maximum yield over quality, I simply LOVE soil.
Good shizz 600 watters glad to see our page is still booming strong as ever
Jig i have only ever grown hydro becasue i was inspired by your early hydro runs. I would have to say having been a mostly soil guy that hydro was def alot faster on the veg side. And even in flower things seemed to progress much more rapidly and needed alot more care and attention. I kinda liked that myself hehe. Soil is just so much more chill and slow but very forgiving, but also the taste is something that cant be ignored. As others have mentioned coco is kinda the best of both worlds which is what im dabbling with now. I dont really know jack about it yet but im learning
PS has anyone ever tried top dressing with pine chips? ive heard of outdoor growers using this tech to give the herb the piney taste we all love, but have personally never seen it done. ???
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Nice Bmm!
Never heard of the pine chips,,, sounds like that person telling us watering with grape juice will make your bud taste like grapes and food coloring will change the color of your plants.
Sorry guys (and gal/s):
(late lunch/early dinner, or "lunner", as I like to call it)
Lunner, love it! Im gonna get you back with more food pr0n doobie!
Alright Doobie, I will see your Tomato Pizza and raise you Breakfast for Dinner.
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Your on my list too chacka!
Very cool looking setup. Is it a hempy type deal?
I got caught with Redman chewing tobacco when I was 11 or so. My dad made me chew it and swallow the juice until I puked. To this day I have never touched chewing tobacco. I think I would have been arrested if I tried any of that with my kid.
Wutang just sells everything these day eh!?
Just a quick update before I head out for some supplies and a new window fan:
(amazing what a few feedings of proper veg nutes will do after using bloom nutes from Day 1)
Looking very happy in there Doobs!
Yes you can grow some good bud in hydro, why not grow great bud though.
