Started to grow again last Nov after a failed attempt in 85, I just bought some dirt, perlite, nutes 20/20/20 for some bag seeds I had.
They all turned out to hermis, but i experimented with some Afgan Indica. Nothing worked for hydro, I bought a ph meter for fish tanks that i never used. I still don't have my phd in biology so I just use good neutural soil and coco-coir with the same nutes. We got action but nothing spectacular.