Well....I have read so much on growing on several different sites. And reading a lot of bizarre claims. I get the strong feeling that this is very lucrative market to Hydro/DWC equipment providers, and nutrient makers. Also lots of honest journals and people trying to keep it real, challenging big claims of 20oz per plant blah blah....
Well. I started Dwc one year ago and can't give it up.....truly addicted and truly loving the hobby. I started in a 2x3x6 foot cupboard with 600W CFL envirolite. Growing Himalayan gold - no meters, no fans. It was a 12 hole bubble bucket with growth tech nutes. I think I harvested dry 1.5 oz. I was dissapointed but was aware that I had a lot to sort out.
Sorted everything that I feel needed sorting out. And in one year have managed four grows from seed. Always having poor female to male ratio. Last grow was Big bud#2 One good female provided nearly 3oz. I was very happy with that. And all the grows prior to that did slightly increase in quantity. This time round I have 3 White rhino fem, 2 big bud reg#2, 1 lemon skunk fem. All looking really good for 3 weeks old. Struggling with temps in UK at moment due to very unusuaLLY hot start to spring.
I am now using a 1.2x1.2x2m tent. Starting seeds with 125W cfl, then going on to 250W HPS for 4 weeks then moving to 400W. I have three temp meters and all read different temps lol! One of them is a temp controler from forttex. I have a Halliea four way air pump that is loud as hell! So it is on the lowest setting and I add regular liquid oxygen + nitrozyme, green fuse root, ionic grow, superdrive. Next purchase is to turn the system to bubbleponics.
Seed companies give big yield estimates and yet to see anything close but the evidence is there, online, or is it?
So why am I writing all this? Well this thread pissed me off..... I read a lot, yet, didn't lear a lot and feel a little conned, So it is my attempt to turn this into my honest fourth grow journal. I will upload pici's soon. Not too much to look at, at the moment, so give me a couple of weeks. I havn't given all grow details just to see what responses and question come back from genuine helpers or genuine bull ********!
love this forum....keep it up chaps and chapesses x