Dirt or Hydroponics?

hey...

im not sure what to use, soil or hydroponics to grow my plants... which is better and faster? any disadvantages?

Dirt is for beginners and hydroponics is for more advanced users, with hydro your plants will grow faster but will take more looking after compared to dirt.

rick19011 said:

Dirt is for beginners and hydroponics is for more advanced users, with hydro your plants will grow faster but will take more looking after compared to dirt.

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yeh true... if i was to use hydro, when would i need to put more nutrients... with soil, you would feed the soil everyday... but my hydro is a big bucket type with 10 net cups... the bucket would be filled with 15ml per gallon of nutrients.. not sure when to put more in.. maybe i should stick to dirt.

You have to keep checking the nutrient levels and adjusting it to keep it at the same level. You'll need a EC/TDS ppm meter for that, or just guess and hope for the best.

You can always dip your toe into hydro with a soiless setup. Basically, you use an inert medium (coco fiber or Promix) and hand water the nutrients like soil. The nice thing is that the plants only need watering every several days, like soil (not like Hempy, which requires daily waterings). The inert medium also helps buffer the ph a bit. The biggest advantage over soil for me is that I don't have to worry about bugs as much; I am also able to tailor the nutrients to meet the needs of the plants.

just go dirt for now. i have both. but settled for 3 gallon managebale dirt pots.
easy. checxk them eveyr hour or 2... make sure none fell and no hermies...
the rest fo the day is yers to fuck off.

I never grew anything in my life before March of this year. I went with an ebb/flow Hydro System, very easy to setup, very easy to maintain if you tend your garden DAILY and the results are fantastic. While the quality of the smoke can be the same, you will grow/veg faster using Hydroponics with a good light.

The initial investment and learning curve are steeper with hydro if you want to do it right though. My suggestion unless you have a lot of money to spare but want to try hydro would be to do coco like nitegazer mentioned and progress to a system when you're sure it's what you want to do.

the cost isnt a problem... jus dont want my plants to die.. whats the diameter of netcups i should use? 7cm dia enough? besides the roots will push through and into the bottom anyways, so , does the cup size really matter?