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MarsColonist

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As thread title suggests, I'm just wondering why hydroponics seem so interesting to cannabis growers. Seems like they frequently talk about going to hydro stores or stuff pertaining to hydroponic growing.

Why not just grow in dirt like with any other plant?
 
Thundercat

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I switched to flood and drain hydro because it was waaay simpler. I didn’t have to move dirt in and out of my basement. I never had any pests other then a few moisture gnats in over 10 years. I mixed up my reservoir and let it do it’s thing for a couple days usually, then topped it off. Any changes I needed to make to the feed only took a short period to be effective. The longest I went on vacation was for 9 days with zero issues. I’m sure I could think of more things I liked about it, but that’s my quick 2 cents.
 
Autodoctor

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Thundercat said:
I switched to flood and drain hydro because it was waaay simpler. I didn’t have to move dirt in and out of my basement. I never had any pests other then a few moisture gnats in over 10 years. I mixed up my reservoir and let it do it’s thing for a couple days usually, then topped it off. Any changes I needed to make to the feed only took a short period to be effective. The longest I went on vacation was for 9 days with zero issues. I’m sure I could think of more things I liked about it, but that’s my quick 2 cents.
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I haven’t looked at flood and drain but have been hearing about it but if I’m correct wouldn’t think it could be done in like a 4x4 tent can it
 
Tracker

Tracker

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I grow in soil now, but early on when I found RIU I made systems based on the following thread. Growth rate and production with aero and aero/nft systems was significantly better than what I see in soil.

Harvest a Pound Every Three Weeks!

Outdoor growers are heading inside now so I thought if might be a good time to start a thread on how you can harvest a pound every three weeks from a 7x8' closet. I'll take you through my process from start to harvest. What is different about my system vs. others? 1) 3 separate Aero/NFT...
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lusidghost

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Autodoctor said:
I haven’t looked at flood and drain but have been hearing about it but if I’m correct wouldn’t think it could be done in like a 4x4 tent can it
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You can do it in a tent. It's just harder because of height constraints. It makes it tough to drain without gravity. I used flood trays essentially sitting on the floor with a pump to drain, but the setup was finicky and I had to mess with the drain tubes to get suction going a lot of the time. If the setup was on timers there would be a high possibly of flooding at some point.
 
Tolerance Break

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Autodoctor said:
I haven’t looked at flood and drain but have been hearing about it but if I’m correct wouldn’t think it could be done in like a 4x4 tent can it
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It can. Here's my first grow in a 4x4 tent, flood and drain hydro. This was a test run. Next batch will be 6 plants or more depending on whether or not I can get some patients to cultivate for.
 

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oill

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MarsColonist said:
As thread title suggests, I'm just wondering why hydroponics seem so interesting to cannabis growers. Seems like they frequently talk about going to hydro stores or stuff pertaining to hydroponic growing.

Why not just grow in dirt like with any other plant?
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Its cleaner, easier to automate... and better yields.

Also... "hydroponic shop" is synonymous to "specialist weed gardening shop".... they all sell specialist soil and all the kit.
 
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