What's your favourite setup?

soil all the way too many variables in hydro

hookd said:

Soil or hydrophonic? Which is easier for a beginner?

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fir3dragon said:

i would do soil but its up to you.

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Then soil it is. Seems easier to make adjustments aswell, should I need to. Right or wrong?

verry right cause you get a deff in soil you can flush in hydro you have to switch the whole resevoir deff more expensive but you do get top quality results

hookd said:

Then soil it is. Seems easier to make adjustments aswell, should I need to. Right or wrong?

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if adjustments u mean by transplant and feed i would say so but i dont really know.

Think soil would suit me better anyway

Can you get away with smaller pots if you go for lowryders?

u can achieve smaller pot buy letting you soil not go super dry cause them roots stretch to find water but i keep mine in a small pot till flower then into a 3 gal pot until harvest no problems

hookd said:

Think soil would suit me better anyway

Can you get away with smaller pots if you go for lowryders?

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I dont know but i would veg for 8 weeks and flower for 8 weeks. get them started in cups, when you start to see the roots at the bottom transplant into 1 gallon pots until your ready to start flowering. then i would transplant into 3-5 gallon pots.

Sweet, this is really informative Thanks!!

vegg for 8 weeks if u got the hieght for it cause the plants will atleast double in size during flower QUOTE=fir3dragon;6899073]I dont know but i would veg for 8 weeks and flower for 8 weeks. get them started in cups, when you start to see the roots at the bottom transplant into 1 gallon pots until your ready to start flowering. then i would transplant into 3-5 gallon pots.[/QUOTE]

The tent I'm looking at is just 120cm/4ft tall, so i'm thinking lowryders to begin with. Then maybe trying to tie down the tops if i decide to try growing something that grows to be maybe 6-7ft tall before harvesting.. Does that sound ok?

topping and lsting for sure will help out alot i turned my rhino which can grow to 6 ft i kept it at 2 ft with topping lst and still harvested over 2lbs from it

hookd said:

The tent I'm looking at is just 120cm/4ft tall, so i'm thinking lowryders to begin with. Then maybe trying to tie down the tops if i decide to try growing something that grows to be maybe 6-7ft tall before harvesting.. Does that sound ok?

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hookd said:

The tent I'm looking at is just 120cm/4ft tall, so i'm thinking lowryders to begin with. Then maybe trying to tie down the tops if i decide to try growing something that grows to be maybe 6-7ft tall before harvesting.. Does that sound ok?

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yeah thats fine but the light has to stay 11 inches from the top of the plants to make them have the full sunlight effect with a 400w i just realized i said veg for 8 weeks and flower 8 weeks but i ment veg for 4-6 weeks and flower 8 weeks. it should keep them short enough for you not to run into problems

0calli said:

topping and lsting for sure will help out alot i turned my rhino which can grow to 6 ft i kept it at 2 ft with topping lst and still harvested over 2lbs from it

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WOW that's gotta be my abition aswell then! I see definite pro's in having a bigger tent, but since it's just for my own use, I might want something a bit more stealthy you know..
If i can yield maybe 1-1.5lb wet from a 80x80x120cm tent, that would be amazing.

thnk u soo mych for clearing that up buddy lol was worried for a sec lol

fir3dragon said:

yeah thats fine but the light has to stay 11 inches from the top of the plants to make them have the full sunlight effect with a 400w i just realized i said veg for 8 weeks and flower 8 weeks but i ment veg for 4-6 weeks and flower 8 weeks. it should keep them short enough for you not to run into problems

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fir3dragon said:

yeah thats fine but the light has to stay 11 inches from the top of the plants to make them have the full sunlight effect with a 400w i just realized i said veg for 8 weeks and flower 8 weeks but i ment veg for 4-6 weeks and flower 8 weeks. it should keep them short enough for you not to run into problems

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Aha, which means I could never let a plant get more than 1m tall..

Not if ya want anywhere's from a 2m to 3 m plant lol usually the switch happens at 4 -6 weeks depending on tent or room restrictions and you dont count your plant as in flower till 7-10 days after the 12/12 flip (let the plant make its changes) unless you go 12/12 from the start

So what's the easiest way that I can limit the growth of the plant without it being harmed/stressed? Can i force a plant that would usually grow to be 2m, to stay below 1m?

yup do lst'ing

hookd said:

So what's the easiest way that I can limit the growth of the plant without it being harmed/stressed? Can i force a plant that would usually grow to be 2m, to stay below 1m?

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