Is It A Crime To Go From Hydro To Dirt

My hydro is more maintenance than I planned and was thinking of converting to dirt. It's not all that much maintenance, but I am schlepping water up and down stairs and doing anything in the reservoir ends up getting plants knocked over and a few other headaches. But please don't get me wrong, I am not giving up on it completely. I have a room in the basement that would be perfect, but involves a lot more work than what I have time for now. I think I will pick up the hydro in the Spring again.

Is it safe to just move the plants from net cups to dirt? Is there a special technique?

i thought the same thing myself man, instead of lugging large amounts of water dude, try making multiple trips with 2 gallon container u know, that way your not looking at so much work just more trips thats all, burn one and get some excerise, stay at it, as for your question ive often wondered that myself but cannot help with an answer

yes the net cups will do fine straight into the dirt.

i veg hydro/aero ( faster gowth ) flower in dirt 1/4 perlite the rest hp mix bx and they love it. Hydro is complex cause if you screw up all of them fuck up where as in soil its more forgiving, but you must flush often if feeding heavy.

i have tried taking a plant from hydro and putting it into dirt a couple times with bad results. i tried with a marijuana plant and it just slowly died and my tomato plant just sat there for 3 weeks and didnt grow

When your growing Hydro you want to make sure you are close to a drain and a water supply. My setup is close to both and pumps do all the water moving for me. My bad back would kill me if I had to move water all the time. I feel for ya. You should be able to put those plants into soil, they will be stressed for a couple weeks and might not grow much at first, but nonetheless should grow.

ive put both rockwool into soil and just roots but you should wet the soil before u transplant, and use no shock, might help.

youll get some transplant stress...plus depending on the soil your gonna get some nute burn from the natural ferts in the soil (stick to Fox Farms Ocean Forrest or Happy Frog)

it'll definitely stall your growth for a couple days (possibly a week), but after that youll enjoy the much more laid back-ness that comes with the easy growing with soil...

Why not get a few things to make it easier for you.

Like a larger water pump to empty the tanks when its time to clean.

And you could use a hose that attaches to a sink to fill up your rez.

Thanks for the feedback. I was looking over the possible basement setup and I think it will be much more ideal. I can tap directly into a water line in the room and run a garden hose over to the other corner of the basement to drain into a sump. There is a nearby chimney to exhaust into if I need. Plus it's a solid room. It was formerly the coal bin back in the good old days - four sides solid cement block. There is a flimsy wood door on it now, but I think I will order a steal door/deadbolt.

I'll make the transplant tonight and update my journal. I will also need to read up on growing in dirt now

My plants are transplanted into their new pots. I think I may only end up killing two of them I wasn't sure from the post earlier, but I wanted to transfer the plants from the net cups into the dirt pots. The roots had grown through the net cups, though. I tried pulling the plant up and out of the cup, but the roots pulled right off. I did this on the first two plants and lost about 90% of the root mass and thought - this can't be right! The remaining six I just transferred the whole net cup into the pot. I watered thoroughly when I finished last night and I was about to water again.