tarheelbuddy
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Howdy folks -
I had to answer to age old question myself...hydro or soil.
Without getting into too many details....my hydro plant (bag-seed) is 4x bigger than my soil plant for the same amount of vegging time. Plus, my soil plant ended up getting fungus gnats so I had to continuously battle them. I've always had problem with soil in the past. I was surprised how easy the hydro grow went.
For my hydro grow, I made a DIY hybrid aero/dwc..thanks to Matt the Grower for the design.
For vegging nutes, I actually used Fox Farm Grow Big Soil. Yes, that's right, I used soil nutes in hydro! I had a bunch that was over a year old, and wanted to use it up. A guy at my local hydro shop said it would be fine...and it was. I did add a drop of pH Down per gallon just to be safe.
The summer was hot in NC and I was growing in my shed. The reservoir temps were in the 80's. I was worried about root rot, but never experience any. I dumped the water every 10 days in the beginning. Now the plant drinks over a gallon every 2 days, so I don't worry about dumping any more.
Another, data point of interest...I used the UFO LED from HTG Supply for vegging...worked great! Lot's of inter-node branching.
I'm about 4 weeks from harvest...so far so good.
I learned a LOT from watching the Sea of Green for Hydroponics video by Hans. This video has the best hands-on footage of various cloning techniques. Oxygenated water (via aquarium pump) is the key.
Happy medicating!
I had to answer to age old question myself...hydro or soil.
Without getting into too many details....my hydro plant (bag-seed) is 4x bigger than my soil plant for the same amount of vegging time. Plus, my soil plant ended up getting fungus gnats so I had to continuously battle them. I've always had problem with soil in the past. I was surprised how easy the hydro grow went.
For my hydro grow, I made a DIY hybrid aero/dwc..thanks to Matt the Grower for the design.
For vegging nutes, I actually used Fox Farm Grow Big Soil. Yes, that's right, I used soil nutes in hydro! I had a bunch that was over a year old, and wanted to use it up. A guy at my local hydro shop said it would be fine...and it was. I did add a drop of pH Down per gallon just to be safe.
The summer was hot in NC and I was growing in my shed. The reservoir temps were in the 80's. I was worried about root rot, but never experience any. I dumped the water every 10 days in the beginning. Now the plant drinks over a gallon every 2 days, so I don't worry about dumping any more.
Another, data point of interest...I used the UFO LED from HTG Supply for vegging...worked great! Lot's of inter-node branching.
I'm about 4 weeks from harvest...so far so good.
I learned a LOT from watching the Sea of Green for Hydroponics video by Hans. This video has the best hands-on footage of various cloning techniques. Oxygenated water (via aquarium pump) is the key.
Happy medicating!
