so u think your a hydro pro?

I use a 4 and a half by 2 and a half ebb and flow with a 35 gallon rez and use gh nutes, i got two 1000watt air cooled hoods hooked up to a inline exhuast fan with 3 regular fans, i change my res every two weeks and top off with water everyday and ph everyday, right now i have 18plants in my tray there in there 5th week of flower, i fimmed them and lolipopped them its kind of crowed everytime i let them get to big and then flower and have to pull stuff to the side with strings, i use co2 also with a 2000 watt flowering room i get any where between 4-5 pounds give or take i vegged for 3 weeks, i have 2 kandy kush plants that is going to give me at least 4-5 zips per plant there hughalso the beginning of the 5th week i turned on the 2 1000watt because it cooled down enough so i could run it

thats a kick ass grow set up big worm. thats the kind of grow space i wana have at my pad.

i use ebb n flow with a scrog...
4 week veg
8 week flower
8 1kw lights
5 gallon ebb n flow pots
180 gallon rez with 1/4hp chiller
5gallon pots have 6" netpot lids only so whole bucket is water and no medium.
lucas formula with sweet/moab/roots.

picture of 4 week veg before putting under screen in another room
picture of day 1 flower under the screen
picture of end week 2 after strech of flower
picture of end of week 8 of flower.

marc88101 said:

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cap master said:

first off im not a rookie to growing iv grown for a few years just always planting organic, outside bud. thanks sativied for your possitive feedback. im sorry im new to this forum?? i was just looking to start a dwc or ebb and flow setup and was wondering what people get the best results from? wanted to see what the yeilds might be to compare and put a yeild to a system. im not starting a series either. im just new to forums

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I think DWC is your best bet to go ifyou want big yields. I run a combined version of NFT sytem and a DWC system. I have a 20 gal tote filled halfway with water and my nutes. I then run a drip line (cpvc) to all 6 of my netpots. I let this drip line run all day every day and i usually see at least two inches of new growth a day. By far the best way to do it if you want big buds.

I have done both, years with both types and have learnt a lot from both types of grows. Personally I like ebb/flow because it fits my style of growing. I find it way easier all the way around. I have eliminated most of my automation and hand water daily once. DWC has its good points also but its not for me. Automation comes at a price, one $20 pump can cost you...BIG TIME! I like to walk away and know that when I come back I know what's behind door number 1

I don't get too hung up on grams per watt. Why? Because that's not the most important aspect of growing.

I don't care as much about quantity as Quality. All my patients have multiple sources for their medicine. Why do they always come to me? Quality! I grow some of the best 100% organic meds on Earth. Don't get me wrong, yield is very important, but not at the cost of quality. Don't measure success based on grams per watt but on flavor, high and medical value. If you ever had the chance to smoke some of my medicine you would understand. Think of it like this...let's say you want to buy some medicine. One source has the most pot, while another source has the best pot. Which would you buy?

Check this out... I speak at Hempfest Seattle every year. I sit down with the best growers in the world and discuss growing methods and techniques. No one really brags much about grams per watt anymore. We do talk a lot about genetics though. Why genetics? Because after 35+ years of growing I learned that it all comes down to genetics. What works best for pain, nausea, insomnia, etc...

First focus on getting some killer strains. I recommend Kandy Kush, Stacked Kush, Purple Wreck and Tahoe OG to start with. Fill half your room with the Kandy Kush and you won't be sorry.

Sit down and write down your goals. What do you want to do? I wanted to grow the best quality medicine on Earth. I have the quality so now I'm focusing on finding what works best for what ailments. I don't run a for-profit business. All my medicine is used to help people so I don't have to focus on maximizing profit. I guess that's the true joy of having a non-profit grow. I base my success on helping people not making money.

One more thing...There are many methods of growing and they all work. Don't get hung up on techniques and methods. Remember, focus on genetics first, technique second. If that means starting with soil and using Subcool's super soil mix then so be it. After you perfect the classic methods of growing then go try some hydro.

Why did I go back to soil after so many years of Aero/Hydro? One hit of my medicine you would understand. At the same time I understand that some people live in crowded neighborhoods and apartments. You can't be seen hauling 50lb. bags of soil in and out of your apartment (duh if you do). That's when hydro makes total sense. Can you run multiple patients in one grow? Then choose something like ebb and flo, Aero, NFT that use more plants. If you can only have a few plants then grow DWC or coco.

Good luck everyone!

Sir.Ganga said:

I have done both, years with both types and have learnt a lot from both types of grows. Personally I like ebb/flow because it fits my style of growing. I find it way easier all the way around. I have eliminated most of my automation and hand water daily once. DWC has its good points also but its not for me. Automation comes at a price, one $20 pump can cost you...BIG TIME! I like to walk away and know that when I come back I know what's behind door number 1

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I too have learned the hard way of what happens when 1 day without flooding can do... i later went and bought worm clamps for every single attachment hose. My pump in the rez had the tube come off so neverfilled all day and ALL my plants had crunchy curled leaves all over the top. That was in week 1 of flower so dont need to stress how much i lost from loosing all my major tops.