Choosing the right combination

Hi to all new to forum but have used over the years just thought I'd ditch the paranoia about posting online.
Need help im currently running a soil grow and wanted to no how hard it was to do hydroponics and the pros and cons of hydro against soil please help because I want to do hydro just for bigger yields is it worth the swap plus I'm only using a maximum of 500w split light Usually got 4 plants on the go

2x 250w
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Flood and drain is easy for start. http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CKwBELcCMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DtAzxwpgnVhc&ei=u-qnT5fNK66UiQeuwv21Aw&usg=AFQjCNFVo8VZ6Ptv9j5XdKo6p5ulSkp9Dw&sig2=tpGp0Mc2F89BjAtddV-9tw

Welcome to the board Ez,

I run a soiless (manual hydro) system for my plants, and it works well for my needs. I get many of the benefits of hydro (faster growth, greater control, etc) with no investment in hardware. I simply plant in Promix/Perelite at a 3/1 ratio, and water water with hydro nutes. The Promix I use is more forgiving than most hydro media with Ph fluctuation, so much so that I use ph paper rather than an electronic meter. I may go for a flood and drain system eventually, but am perfectly happy where I am now.

Are u saying u dont use any pumps just Warter like soil Thought hydro needed a constant flow

Certain hydro setups need a constant flow. Hydro growing is just the lack of a soil or dirt medium, doesn't mean you need automation or pumps, like NFT. Other ones like Ebb n Flow are watered more the way one would water normal plants in soil. Wick doesn't even need pumps, but typically it is more difficult to water properly with a wick setup.

That's exactly what I'm saying. You can get many of the benefits of hydro without the gear. You may want to automate in the future, but I would recommend trying it out manually first, to get a feel for it. A lot of folks on this site use Coco-- run a search for that in the title.