Is it possible to grow an autoflower in soil, and use a hydroponic setup

spontcumb

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Hi!
I've been an apartment dweller for 7 years now. I've also been growing my own since I moved into this place. It's obviously a small time setup. Never more than 3 plants at a time. I had been growing in soil and was beginning to grow strictly auto flowering strains. Last spring, one of my sons, a friend of his, and I, set up a Hydro system here, (they did a great job of selling me on the idea). I would like to continue growing auto flowers, and I'm wondering if it's possible to do an "auto in soil" grow incorporating the hydro setup. (Everything is set up inside of a "tent" of sorts.) My thought is to plant the auto seed in soil, put it in the tent under the metal halide bulb for 18 hours. When we switch the hydro grow to 12/12, I would remove the Auto from the tent when that light, (HPS), gets turned off each day and put the Auto in a closet under my cfls. Has anyone ever done this.....attempted it.......or possibly considered trying it yourself??? (Did any of this make sense...lol...)? I'm kinda thinking it should work. However, any thoughts, suggestions, ideas, or whatever, will be greatly appreciated!!!!

Peace!!! bongsmilie And Thank You!! :leaf:

PS: Due to space and stealth reasons, I'm not set up to be able to do any cloning.
 

cheechako

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You're link points to rollitup.org. And I always thought soil or hydro was one of the choices growers make. Some people use a soil-less medium for passive hydro - coco is popular. But I haven't seen a hydro soil grow.
 

spontcumb

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You're link points to rollitup.org. And I always thought soil or hydro was one of the choices growers make. Some people use a soil-less medium for passive hydro - coco is popular. But I haven't seen a hydro soil grow.
I'm not explaining this well at all. If I grow an auto flower from seed, in soil, would I be able to place the auto flower and the pot it's planted in, inside the hydro tent. We'll have 10 plants growing hydroponically. I'm just wondering if it's possible to grow the auto in the tent and under a metal halide bulb for 18 hours. When we switch the hydro grow to 12/12, (under an hps bulb), I would then take the auto flower out of the tent when the hps shuts off and give the 6 more hours under my cfls. It's an experiment, if you will. And I'm still probably explaining this well. Sorry about that. But thank you for the input.
Peace
 
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