Help soil seems to be growing faster than Hydro ( dwc) ...pics

when i germ seeds i put them in rapid rooters as well and put them in a humidome until the rooter plug is well jungled with roots, this helps the plant to establish itself quicker in the dwc system. i would get roots in the water in less then a week doing it this way and explosive growth soon after. here is the last DWC monstrosity i grew, vegged her for about 6 1/2 to 7 weeks and was topped on 3 separate occasions to keep it from reaching 8' tall lol, this is the kind of growth to expect with DWC and dont think a soil plant would have even came close to this, not to mention this is just a 5 gal pot (no way a soil plant this size would have grown to this size in a 5 gal pot). get yourself a ppm meter (if you can) and you wont be sorry, also try and let the seedlings establish a little more next time and i can guarantee you your hydro plants would be much larger than your soil ladies.

That is huge and there roots are now popping out of the bottom of the net pot. Just barely though like a half inch, but there's a ton of em...how long you think until they reach water? And should I lower the water level as they grow ?

Kenny1234 said:

That is huge and there roots are now popping out of the bottom of the net pot. Just barely though like a half inch, but there's a ton of em...how long you think until they reach water? And should I lower the water level as they grow ?

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they will be down in there in no time now (you will be very surprised at the speed roots grow at), you should just leave the water level as is and keep it ph'd and such. the plants will drink up water and the level will drop on its own. i wouldnt worry about water level until they get bigger and drink up allot more.

Ok thanks. So that plant when did you start topping I wanted to try it on one of my plants because I've never done it. So when should I top and after I top how long should I wait until I top again? I know u wait 2-3 weeks after to switch to 12/12 so it can heal but wanted to know that other stuff ....

Oh ya and what was the dry weight if u don't mind I wanna see whether I should keep doing 5 at a time and veg shorter or maybe wait a few extra weeks in veg to get 2 of those big ass plants...I only have a closet so I can't grow all my plants that big ha