Is hydro that much Better than soil? Wanting the big yield in small numbers
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Samwell Seed Well
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well if know what your doing, hydro is set it and forget it
your choice in difficurty is no correlation to how much better of achoice it is
it is simply a choice, and the learning curve is much harder to get what you are after
my first coco harvest, i got almsot a gram a watt on bottle nutrients(canna) feeding chart
yes and no . . ., if you do it right it like baking you mix set and then bake
but if you are doing it wrong you got about hour to 6 hours for it to show and screw you over, hydro is def harder then most if nto all other styles(im sure their are some harder but i cant think of any)
the same thing that makes hydro great make sit problem matic, everything happens fast, and if you are not dialed in and not their to see it, your screwed,
the best thing for you plants is always your shadow, but baby sitting doesnt fit into that to me
your choice in difficurty is no correlation to how much better of achoice it is
it is simply a choice, and the learning curve is much harder to get what you are after
my first coco harvest, i got almsot a gram a watt on bottle nutrients(canna) feeding chart
yes and no . . ., if you do it right it like baking you mix set and then bake
but if you are doing it wrong you got about hour to 6 hours for it to show and screw you over, hydro is def harder then most if nto all other styles(im sure their are some harder but i cant think of any)
the same thing that makes hydro great make sit problem matic, everything happens fast, and if you are not dialed in and not their to see it, your screwed,
the best thing for you plants is always your shadow, but baby sitting doesnt fit into that to me
Rancho Cucamonga
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As for yielding strains like other says, Big Bud is good. I have 10 in flower now and the Northern Lights x Big Bud has the largest buds so far at day 37 of flower(from first signs of white pitils) not 12/12 switch.
I had 8 oz+ yields in 5 gallon pots with Sweet Black Angel, WaiKiKi Queen and Great White Shark.
str8sativa
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i was trying to get him to question his methods. im sure of mine. trying to sound like less of an asshole opposed to saying natural organic or whatever you want to call it has superior flavor end of story thats just the way it is.
hydro tatse = shit
Rancho Cucamonga
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doniawon
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It is hard. But I have a ta ble per week perpetusl. 7 week finisher. I get a g a wstt most the time. Bulb life is the biggest fsctor imo.
Spittn4cash
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"hydro is mainly for poeple who dont want to be in their garden constantly and that it"
LOL, I can't believe he said that..that's a bunch of bullsh*t.
But then again he's growing in coco, which isn't really hydro it's just a soil-less medium (pseudo-hydro).
Hydro requires waaay more daily maintenance than soil..
In hydro you have to measure pH, ppm, reservoir temp, room temp, room humidity, grow nutes, micro nutes, bloom nutes, floralicious plus, cal/mag, aquashield, and hygrozyme, h2o2. Then you have to change the res once per week, sterilize everything in bleach water, and wipe down the grow area.
In soil you have to measure pH, room temp, room humidity, and make sure there aren't any bugs... Thats it!
Hydro is way more time consuming, hands down.
doniawon
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Passive not pseudo. Snd hydro is less work. Systems depending
Samwell Seed Well
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so two inert mediums . .what makes them different, on how the roots adsorb nutrients .. . .can you explain?
when i ran hydro, i just mixed my rex, waited for pH to stabilize and re check and done for a week, what exactly oare you doing in your room all day,
my plants start out 14-18 inches tall , after a two week veg,with little leaves and grow to 3-4 feet . . . . all by themselves all i do is change the rez, and do a small amount of training and support
and thats what dialed in is
your personality of OCD doesnt make the situation or reality different
oh and in coco , i mix and water, i transfer twice veg for 3-6 weeks, train and top and stake for support . .i dont measure PH,medium stabilized it, my room temps are dialed in and dont change . . . . . . . .im not sure what novice set up you think i have but i work smart not hard
when you grow constantly you know your PPMS by the ratios you use,
if you are dialed in, hydro is a rez change and the mix you use every time that turns out the same every time is all you need to do
i guess the difference between our views in experience ive done this before successfully, not just what worked
Spittn4cash
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*Systems depending* are the key words..
if he had an active hydro system then he would understand why it's like babysitting. I went with an active system because I wanted everything to be automatic, but it turned out to be more babysitting than automatic.
I guess deciding between active & passive would be a good starting point for a n00b...but there is sooo much bad information out there about active and passive systems, one has to be careful.
Yeah, it IS like "baking a cake"...if you lived in Iraq, and the nearest grocery store was 100 miles away.
Samwell Seed Well
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*Systems depending* are the key words..
if he had an active hydro system then he would understand why it's like babysitting. I went with an active system because I wanted everything to be automatic, but it turned out to be more babysitting than automatic.
I guess deciding between active & passive would be a good starting point for a n00b...but there is sooo much bad information out there about active and passive systems, one has to be careful.
Yeah, it IS like "baking a cake"...if you lived in Iraq, and the nearest grocery store was 100 miles away.
you mix and set, if your baby sitting your doing it wrong . .im sorry you cant understand that
but when you are at that level you will understand, ignoring it is a possibility is just foolish and only makes you look stubborn
our DWC was def harder them the ebb and flow, but once you understand why things are happening
you can correct the imbalance
do you really thing that the pros have the issue you have? and still gro wthat way
i mean come on, KISS
str8sativa
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ok doniawon as promised these are from my attachments i have a whole other file on my comp ill start goin threw to
doniawon
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str8sativa
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doniawon
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How long do u veg? What type of lights. I need some deets. Im only looking for growth rates as per the thread topic
str8sativa
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4 1ks .5 grams per watt usually 4 week veg but depends i throw them in with less or more dpends when the flower room is cleaned up from last grow. mostly closeups as thats how you can see the quality. the only thing i say is better in soil is the taste not growth rate yield or anything else
i grow for flavor first everything else comes 2nd