Does hydroponics increase quality that much ?

xox

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i think the biggest factor when it comes to quality assuming all things are equal between each grow comes down to genetics. although i also believe you can get some slight increases in quality as far as flower density and yield goes with a proper co2 enriched room and proper light intensity measured with a full spectrum meter but at that point your splitting hairs.
 

Delps8

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i think the biggest factor when it comes to quality assuming all things are equal between each grow comes down to genetics. although i also believe you can get some slight increases in quality as far as flower density and yield goes with a proper co2 enriched room and proper light intensity measured with a full spectrum meter but at that point your splitting hairs.
This is from a Bugbee/Westmoreland video from a few years ago. As DLI increase, metabolites changed but there was also a change in the size of the colas.

Granted, no one grows at 10DLI but the different between 30 and 50 is germane.

And if you can increase CO2 levels to 1200, you should see a 30% increase in yield. If only you could run CO2 in a tent!

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Delps8

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I read most of this and still have one question.
Is hydro better than growing outside?
Those are different parts of the grow equation.

Hydro is a way of supporting the factors that comprise the root zone. "growing outdoors" encompasses the "above ground" parts of the grow environment.

The biggest advantage of growing indoors is the opportunity to control every aspect of the grow environment. It's smaller scale and has the potential for higher quality but is significantly more expensive. Outdoors is…dirt cheap 8-) but the potential for a poor outcome is far greater.

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formularacer

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Those are different parts of the grow equation.

Hydro is a way of supporting the factors that comprise the root zone. "growing outdoors" encompasses the "above ground" parts of the grow environment.

The biggest advantage of growing indoors is the opportunity to control every aspect of the grow environment. It's smaller scale and has the potential for higher quality but is significantly more expensive. Outdoors is…dirt cheap 8-) but the potential for a poor outcome is far greater.

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Reasonable answer thank you

I start them indoor then let them run wild outdoors.
My 2 cents is it is not much cheaper hundreds of dollars in soil additives, ladybugs every week the list goes on.
Plus based on scale it is more work and you can have loss but I think if you get most of it dialed in you can have a great product in volume.
 

Greengrouch

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You’ll get faster growth and bigger yields I flipped these to flower a week ago and only vegged for for 2

I use the stirponic kit from pahydroponics.com not to priceeyIMG_1562.jpegIMG_1563.jpeg
 
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