Should i try soil (switch from coco)

I have never noticed any difference in taste or quality from soil , hydro, or coco grown plants. What I have found is that coco and blumats is the easiest and most trouble free method of growing I've ever done. Set it and forget it. Just keep the nutrient reservoir filled and walk away. Harvest when done. If you feed properly you will have zero issues. `

U79 said:

Maybe a better question to ask is if you are keen on learning a new method?

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Only if there are real benefits

mudballs said:

but i forgot the reason i love soil over coco....it's because it's autopilot growing....from liftoff to landing and disembarkation, you aint gotta do nothing but pull off bugs and leaves and water. whereas coco is high maintenance every day.

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My timers are dialed... sometimes I don't go in there all week. I have blue tooth monitors on everything so just monitor on my phone.... all water, ac, dehu and fans are also bluetooth controlled.... so if I think they need extra water I can do that remotely.

i dont see how soil would benefit you then, what makes you interested in possibly going down this road?

jondamon said:

Only high maintenance if you hand feed every day.

This is set currently to feed for 15mins 5x a day.

All I do is remove the runoff catchment.

fairly cheap to setup too.

DIY drip system DTW

Evening all. I wanted to share a DIY drip feed DTW system I’ve built with some help from others on RIU. Namely @myke. I built this system to water 2 plants in 18L pots of 100% coco as many times I needed on a 15 minute segmental timer. let’s go over some parts. SUPPLY + DELIVERY RING...

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I have similar... but I have dtw trays with a brain pump that pumps the run off away.... fully auto!

mudballs said:

i dont see how soil would benefit you then, what makes you interested in possibly going down this road?

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Better smelling buds... improved flavour....

I think you are right... but thought it was worth asking

If im honest with myself, i would confess you're already growing with the best method for maximum fire...maybe supplemented UV could be argued but when everything is dialed in, how else can you improve the flower...im not convinced soil adds any 'juicy' factor...they arent any more gassy to my knowledge or louder nose....although i may, MAY admit to a slight increase in trichomes in soil....it could be me just wanting to see it that way, but i do kinda think i see more trics in soil.

Better genetics

Hey dude, soil is very simple: make soil mix, water without runoff all the way to harvest.
If you like simple, you like organics.

bk78 said:

If you like slow growth vs rapid growth pick soil

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Or pick a sip with soil, rapid growth with none of the hassle.