Carbonfylter
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Pretty straight forward question, just wondering if DWC growing is easier than soil
Dwc vs soil
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TrimothyLeary
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Define easier, and, what are your goals? Just to grow a plant to harvest, period? Or will you want to maximize the potential of the plant?
Carbonfylter
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Yeah ideally maximize the potential of each grow and easier in regards to controlling the medium in a way that if something starts to go wrong it can be corrected easily and avoid hiccups as much as possible
TrimothyLeary
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DWC, easily. Just don't be cheap about your equipment.
Minbebistillmax
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Dum question but what is DWC?
TrimothyLeary
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Deep Water Culture. Roots grow in an aerated, water/nutrient solution in a large reservoir.
Minbebistillmax
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its like growing in a auto-pot then?
TrimothyLeary
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A cursory look at autopots says they CAN be used for hydroponics as well as soil, but that probably just means soilless hydroponics, which isn't the same as DWC hydroponics. Soilless (Pro-mix) uses a soil-like but inert mix that the roots grow in. DWC, roots just grow in water. The rest of the plant is suspended by a net pot usually filled with something inert like expanded clay.
xtsho
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All you need for DWC is some 5 gallon black buckets, net pots, hydroton, air pump and stones.
I ran DWC years ago. It's a great method but too much hassle for me these days changing out nutrient solution, dealing with hydroton. I stick with coco and soil these days. You might want to look into coco as well. Some say it's difficult but I've found it to be as easy as it gets.
I still have all my net pots and buckets. I use the buckets for this and that but the net pots haven't been used in years. When I grew DWC I was growing in a basement with a drain and water outlets. It's too much hassle lugging things around to change out the nutrient solution. So you might want to think about that as well before you decide which way to go.
Here is my SIP prototype.
I ran DWC years ago. It's a great method but too much hassle for me these days changing out nutrient solution, dealing with hydroton. I stick with coco and soil these days. You might want to look into coco as well. Some say it's difficult but I've found it to be as easy as it gets.
I still have all my net pots and buckets. I use the buckets for this and that but the net pots haven't been used in years. When I grew DWC I was growing in a basement with a drain and water outlets. It's too much hassle lugging things around to change out the nutrient solution. So you might want to think about that as well before you decide which way to go.
Here is my SIP prototype.
ÒÒlegilizeitÒÒ
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Simple answer
DWC
pros- explosive growth and yield
Can become very autonomous and easy to use
One of the most effective ways to grow
Cons- expensive to set up
Can be complicated to build
Relies on electricity, if power is out a crop can die
If you mess up in dwc, there is a lot less tolerance and the plant will not be happy with you.
DWC
pros- explosive growth and yield
Can become very autonomous and easy to use
One of the most effective ways to grow
Cons- expensive to set up
Can be complicated to build
Relies on electricity, if power is out a crop can die
If you mess up in dwc, there is a lot less tolerance and the plant will not be happy with you.
ÒÒlegilizeitÒÒ
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Thats why I enjoy RDWCAll you need for DWC is some 5 gallon black buckets, net pots, hydroton, air pump and stones.
I ran DWC years ago. It's a great method but too much hassle for me these days changing out nutrient solution, dealing with hydroton. I stick with coco and soil these days. You might want to look into coco as well. Some say it's difficult but I've found it to be as easy as it gets.
I still have all my net pots and buckets. I use the buckets for this and that but the net pots haven't been used in years. When I grew DWC I was growing in a basement with a drain and water outlets. It's too much hassle lugging things around to change out the nutrient solution. So you might want to think about that as well before you decide which way to go.
Here is my SIP prototype.
I have my pumps rigged up to drain my water with the flip of a switch. And I have my RO system hooked to a PVC float valve for automatic refilling of my storage.
It was pretty complicated, and I ran into a fair amount of issues. But life is good now its all up and running.
I even have a PH doser to control that for me. And the system is hooked up through an inline water chiller.
I switch out water once every 14 days and thats about all I have to do
Roots rock
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I had successfully pulled of a few soil grows and wanted to try something new and I found DWC pretty easy for the first time. I learned to not be hung up on temps, ph, ppm etc for the first time and just read the plant. Only to the point where it wasn't going to die from it. I used straight chlorinated tap water tested in the first fill at 6.7 ph and used a 1 part nutrient meant for autopots the whole way through veg and flower. I did it all on a small scale first in a 2x2 tent,1x led light 1x10 litre bucket, small pump and airstone etc. Now i have learned the basics of keeping the plant alive through untill harvest i have gone bigger and now grow in a 4x4, 1x20 litre bucket, big pump, airstones etc. Going bigger again after this one and will run 1x54 litre bucket and 1x74 litre reservoir, big air pump blah blah blah. i managed to pull 5 oz of gorrilla glue from my first attempt at DWC. Give it a go you wont go back to soil if successful.
