I'td be awesome if I could clone and then grow in the sAme bucket.
then hydro would be doable, and I'd run mothers in soil while putting clones in 12/12 right away for breeding.
If I can get the organic thing dialed in, then will I have earned the right to try hydro Imho
i bubbled buckets, aero, flooded but my first store bought system was a bigfoot low profile flood/drain, fit perfectly in 2x4 tents. I had two of them and bought two Technaflora grow kits and the whole thing blew my mind it was so productive with awesome results under 400 mh veg 600 hps flower. I had 12 different strains at once going in each. the system was spot on if not fun even, I'd always mixed my basal salts by hand prior to this, afraid to go to a hydro store or shop online(who cares now right)
If I didnt expand I prolly would have stuck with exactly that and never looked back. nope, had to build bigger trays, bigger rooms, bigger floods, atmosphere controllers, moving lights, electricians, et al........never had plant issues until hydro organic but sure got wet sometimes.
i settled on a 485 t5 fixture in veg and several hps/mh 1k in flower. I still play with one light mover for a sweet MH experience in finish area. My trek towards growing organic style began right after i figured I perfected my game in the rooms. first I halfheartedly planted some promix x organicare grow in some buckets with my favorite(at the time) strain because someone suggested it.
then I bought every bottled organic juice nutrients I could find, Iguana comes to mind, but there were a few others, not many.
they each had their let downs, stink, deficiencies, root rot(in my flood/drain, so I tried top feeding with these bottles and was left wanting again. I really wanted organic hydro mostly cuz I had it down right at this time. here came one small issue after another...but there grows my favs in those damned buckets, next to the rest of the successful bottled salt hydro stars. veg was slower, so what they were ready.
I read the package of nutrients and flowered them buckets all at the same time after following directions(this time)
80 days later I packed up my hydro for good mostly. I weaned myself off the bottle and never looked back. these buckets produced the very best herb I ever had in my life, and my hydro was rocking it with no complaints. they still do and I've made no changes in yrs. in flower, and skip the fert in veg for fish powder and foliar apps. pro mix x organicare for the win in flower imo