auto and hydroponics?

stupid question and new to autos and my question is do hydroponics work well with autos or am i better off with soil or is it worth the time with hydroponics i have a lot of auto's to get threw and was wondering should i hydro some or use classic soil what do yall think personally what is a better choice i got some going already blue berry by dutch passion and Tutankhamen by pyramid seeds im about 10 days in so far so good i think they are in fox farm soil but i have the equipment to do some hydroponics if it would come out bigger yields or speed up the process more let me know thanks

Go dwc for sure! Pump out huge autoflower plants!!!!

Just google autoflower in dwc... mind = blown!

bubblenut said:

Just google autoflower in dwc... mind = blown!

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ive attempted dwc but had bad nutes and now i got a better setup just wonder if auto's + dwc was worth it looks like im going to give it a try now cheers!

Definetly worth it man.... they grow bigger, quicker and produce at least 2-3 x more prime budley!
Aerated water only first 2 weeks then introduce grow nutes in micro amounts and raise the amout you feed as you see the plant grow/react to nutes.
Do it! Do it! Do it!

bubblenut said:

Definetly worth it man.... they grow bigger, quicker and produce at least 2-3 x more prime budley!
Aerated water only first 2 weeks then introduce grow nutes in micro amounts and raise the amout you feed as you see the plant grow/react to nutes.
Do it! Do it! Do it!

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You play a good Satan/evil voice in the head.

Marijuana Mercenary said:

You play a good Satan/evil voice in the head.

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Im a pusher!! Lol, i just dont see why people are so scared of trying new things.
You cant fail dwc with all the literature on the web, here and on other social cannabis growing sites.
Start small and adapt with each grow and you will have it dialled in within 3 (basic) grows. But if you want to grow strain specific is even better! Run 1 strain consistantly for 5 grows. You will start with small amounts of feed and by the time your on the 5th full grow of 1 particular strain, you will know exactly its limits feed and additive wise, pest resilience/vulnerability wise, exactly the climate they thrive in, yatta yatta yatta.

I'm growing two autos in my RDWC system, they love it, seem to drink a lot too, about half a gallon a day.

Yodaweed said:

I'm growing two autos in my RDWC system, they love it, seem to drink a lot too, about half a gallon a day.

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Nice, my crop is only drinking about 5gals a day for the whole crop.

High Miketaco

Big problem I've had with transplanting plants to DWC was if they are growing in real dirt it carries bacteria over to the DWC and ends up giving you root rot. Clones for DWC should be started in a sterile soilless mix like one of the Sunshine blends or Promix that don't have added Myco as it's not great for DWC either.

I start clones in DWC at around 300ppm. 1mls Grow, 1mls Micro and 1/3ml Bloom per liter/quart is usually enough to get around 300 ppm. Gradually raise the ppm as the plants get bigger up to 1000 or so depending on how they grow. As the autos begin to flower raise the Bloom portion while reducing the Grow portion around week 5 or 6. By the 2nd week of flowering you should be adding bloom boosters at low levels increasing that as the weeks progress. I use Big Bud from AN for that.

Looking at your current setup I'd drop those lights right down almost to dirt level to get the bulbs in as close as 2" from the plants. Cut some pieces of tin foil to wrap the back half of the bulbs to direct all the light to the plants. Stick it right on the bulbs. With a bit of experimentation you can cut it so there are tabs that can wrap around the base and tuck in the top to hold it in place even with the oscillating fan blowing on them. You are only getting about 20% of the available light the way they are now. Don't worry about hot spots as CFLs don't have the kind of light intensity to make that a worry so put the shiny side against the bulb for maximum light reflection. Even a 150W HPS bulb can burn plants as I found out using an old street light reflector with one. lol