Try a waterfarm or just stay with coco?

[VACAVILLE,CA.GROWER]

I have a brand new waterfarm, That I was thinking of trying.
But I have seen where it could be difficult to grow with.
I seen ph swings high and you have to keep it in check.
I have grown plants in coco and just seems easier.

So are waterfarms really that difficult to grow in?
Lets say the ph moves up, how would you get the ph back down?
Would you just remove some water and add more with a lower ph?

Is there a simple way to grow with a waterfarm, it would be my 1st hydro grow.

 

[Yodaweed]

I have a brand new waterfarm, That I was thinking of trying.
But I have seen where it could be difficult to grow with.
I seen ph swings high and you have to keep it in check.
I have grown plants in coco and just seems easier.

So are waterfarms really that difficult to grow in?
Lets say the ph moves up, how would you get the ph back down?
Would you just remove some water and add more with a lower ph?

Is there a simple way to grow with a waterfarm, it would be my 1st hydro grow.

They are easy to use just gotta have a little bit of practice using them, but they yield great and once you got them down they are pretty simple. Everyone develops their own methods for using them which is pretty cool you might wanna check out a few peoples logs that are good at using them.

 

[sunny747]

Yea, PH swings and PPM for some reason... Still worked out great the first time..

 

[ttystikk]

I have a brand new waterfarm, That I was thinking of trying.
But I have seen where it could be difficult to grow with.
I seen ph swings high and you have to keep it in check.
I have grown plants in coco and just seems easier.

So are waterfarms really that difficult to grow in?
Lets say the ph moves up, how would you get the ph back down?
Would you just remove some water and add more with a lower ph?

Is there a simple way to grow with a waterfarm, it would be my 1st hydro grow.

These are a very cheap RDWC style approach, but they have lots of drawbacks. Once things go bad, they get ugly fast and it's impossible to fix.

Circulation is poor, which leads to problems.

 

[HydroRed]

I have a brand new waterfarm, That I was thinking of trying.
But I have seen where it could be difficult to grow with.
I seen ph swings high and you have to keep it in check.
I have grown plants in coco and just seems easier.

So are waterfarms really that difficult to grow in?
Lets say the ph moves up, how would you get the ph back down?
Would you just remove some water and add more with a lower ph?

Is there a simple way to grow with a waterfarm, it would be my 1st hydro grow.

I currently use (4) "waterfarm" style bucket drip rings with 6" net pots for my mommas. Very simple and inexpensive with virtually no issues with them leaking/failing etc. No chillers or bubblers in any of them either.
Can't say I'd recommend using thick gritty, muddy type ferts (FloraNova etc) as the salts usually build quick and plug drip holes in the rings.
Controlling multiple "Waterfarm style" reservoirs can be daunting to say the least if you have limited experience with it. Like Yoda mentioned its pretty well controlled these days since I am familiar with it, so maintenance is at a minimum. When you need to adjust pH, just add ph down/up to the res water and mix if the res is full. If not, use it in the top off.
Often due to the small res sizes on waterfarms, pH will often fluctuate quick with younger plants and lower EC/ppm. Once you get to higher EC/ppm levels there are usually more buffers in your nutes and pH fluctuation is stablized pretty well.
Whatever you choose between the two, good luck!