my first hydro grow

niggaerrrn

Active Member
My first grow was in soil and for the most part grown outside..pretty nice plant.




Now for a real challenge, I am attempting a grow with water. Ihave been reading for months trying to figure out how to do this shit right.


This is my grow space. 3.5ftx3.5ftx7ft

This is inside my grow space.

This is the 400w HPS light I am using and the fan with duct that circulates the air in and out.

Now, I am growing one plant in soil just for the hell of it. This one has actually shown the best growth.

I also have one small bucket with a bunch of little plants growing in some sort of crushed up medium, not soil. These are my friends plants and I am not too worried about these. My friend wanted to put a couple plants in there and get them started with that light. I also have three hydro buckets going. Each bucket has a long airstone and each is connected to a pump. The seeds were planted in the rockwool on Dec.17 and transplanted into the hydro buckets this past monday. This makes the plants about 15 days today(pictures taken yesterday). I started the seeds in rockwool and transplanted the rockwool into the buckets with hydroton clay pellets. I have been keeping the ph at 5.5-5.8. I haven't added any nutrients, when would yall suggest adding them? Should the clay rocks be at a higher level? Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
peace~erin
 

alphabibbiddy boo boo

Well-Known Member
yeah man, right on

how do you like dro so far? I'm debating which method i should use for my first grow.. i have a thread on it if youd care to throw some input my way
 

niggaerrrn

Active Member
yeah man, right on

how do you like dro so far? I'm debating which method i should use for my first grow.. i have a thread on it if youd care to throw some input my way
I haven't come across any problems yet. Soil is definitely easier. There are a lot more things that can go wrong with hydro and in my experience is more expensive to get going. This is my first time trying it out, so im just keepin a close eye on them and reading as much as i can to learn about it. wish me luck! lol
 
Top