Ok, I'll reiterate the HB method:
Get a container with no holes - the bigger your container, the bigger your roots, the bigger your plant, the bigger your yield, conceptually anyway. Once you have your container, make a hole about 1" from the bottom. One hole only. The size of your hole should be proportional to the size of your container and how "fine" your medium is (more on this later). Usually a hole between 1/2" to 1" would do. Now the space inside your container from the bottom to the hole will serve as a reservoir for your water and nutes.
Now you fill your container with your SOIL LESS medium - I used equal parts perlite and vermiculite. Remember neither of these mediums contain any nutes whatsoever. They are only there to provide support for the plants as the roots grow. If it weren't for the medium, your plant would just topple onto its side.
Now water your medium with PHed water and VERY light nutes. I stress LIGHT because you don't want to burn your precious little plant. I start out with about 1/4 of the recommended dose. Add the water until you see water coming out of the hole on the side. I water my plants in my bath tub and let it drain there before putting it back in my grow cab. There will be water sitting at the bottom on the container after the excess drains.
Next, you put your seedling or clone into medium. For this method, I'd recommend you raise your seedlins in rockwool or peat moss cubes or similar. I'd stay away from raising your seedlings in soil (just harder to work with with transplanting). Personally, I think using the HB method on clones is best.
Now once your seedlings/clones are in, that's pretty much it. In the beginning, you should add water with nutes once a week. Even though the tiny plant doesn't need all that water and probably doesn't even have roots that reach down that far into the reservoir, adding new water is critical to prevent stem rot. By adding the new water, you are displacing the "stale" water and refreshing the oxygen in the reservoir (hence you don't need a air stone and bubbler). Once your plant gets bigger, you may need to water more often. I'm at 2x week on my flowering plant. Also, slowly increase your nutes as you water each time until you are at the recommended dosage but monitor your plants carefully as you increase the nutes to ensure you aren't burning them. If you notice nute burns, flush with plain water and go back to the lower dosage and increase slowly again.
Finally, you should flush the plant occasionally to remove any salt buildups. On the plant in the above pics, I flushed once in flowering and have been giving it plain PHed water the last week and will do so until I cut it. This will greatly improve the taste
Hope this helps. Good luck!!
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