Gaius
Active Member
How is that easier than throwing some coco in a bucket and gravity feeding it every few days? Either way you still have to make water once a week to feed them properly. Shoot you can even get some blumats for your gravity feeder if you want to set up automatic feeding.Main and side branching is so long that I had to snap them, as well as train them using my cube
The problem with vertical (with this sat pheno) is, they quickly outgrow the lumen sweet spot
Were I to straighten them out, the plant would be ~ 7ft tall and I would not have a dense canopy.
Having done various soil types, IMO, there is nothing simpler than managing a well thought out rez
I combine 160 gph pump to circ 24/7 + pump for feeding + air stone discs under each pump + a few black magic tweaks
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Hempy Hydro Pros:
- Increased vertical height (most important of all)
- Cheaper with far less equipment, no pumps/airstones, or additional electricity drain
- No PH swings or real need for PH monitoring
- Less chance of slime or root rot
- No emptying or sanitizing your res
- Less evaporated water & grow room humidity
- Fail-safe against power outages and equipment failures
- Use just about any type of nutrient (dry or liquid)
Recirc Hydro Pros:
- Slightly faster initial vegetative growth.
- Less chance of gnats/pests
I'd be happy to edit this list if anyone has other pros to either method that I missed...