what exactly is hydroponics?

Hydroponics just means its grown in water. Usually you have a medium like rockwool or volcanic rocks that have no nutrients to feed the plant. It is just used to stablize the plant in a container. Basically you will have to get a hydroponic fertilizer that has all the nutrients a plant needs to live. There lots of different hydro systems. Some flood your plants a few minutes a day, some drip water on the medium. There are more but those are the most common systems. Airoponics is when you hold the plant ion top of a container by the stem and it has no medium. The roots just dangle in your container. You have a pump that mist the roots all the time. I would say this is advanced hydroponics. Both methods grow faster than soil. For me atleast.

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oh okay, i see. I have seen some ppl growing there plants in water, i just thought they were a clone or something...

Thanks!

well they probably were clones. but u can bud a clone and smoke them

i am new to growing, i am willing to spend the extra money for a hydroponic system or an aerogrower, is this a good idea considering im a beginner? if so is the aerogrower or a hydroponic system better?

well how many seeds are you getting, and planting. or are u starting out with clones. if you have 12 plants or so (all female if clones) then i would say plant some in soil as your median, just to get the hang of everything, and if your up two it, then plant two or more using areoponics. it works so well, when givin the proper effort!...

and BTW hello everyone, im new here, and i love it, its like family!

Start out with soil bro, it's much more forgiving. Just my $0.02

Yea I love soil but coco is even better coz its sort of like growing in soil and hydro, i'm so fucking baked

new here as well and all of this is very educating thanks for the tips ..

yes sir! coco is the way to go. it looks like soil, but is fed like hydro. aero is not something you want to start out with.