chopper699
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power outage isn't really a problem if you are growing in rockwool and have a back up generator
lol wtf. hydro is only that complicated if you make it that way. and for the record it should never be that complicated as complicated systems tend to be unreliable and not to mention take the fun out of hydro. keep it simplewell idk guys for say a pound yeild on a hydro setup or a three quarter pound yeild using soil. it takes my ro machine a day to make one hundred gallons of water, 24 hours. plus washing everything with ro water then disposing of water every ten days or so mixing more nutes in three resz the damn res temp and humidity along with all the damn pumps and airstones and wort chiller coming out the top of the res i can go on and on. i think i would rather go soil and be able to just leave it alone. but then again it is pleasure most of the time im in my grow room but those times when i just dont feel like it i sure miss dirt.
Sounds like you just need to get your GED first, before you try more complicated things in life.well idk guys for say a pound yeild on a hydro setup or a three quarter pound yeild using soil. it takes my ro machine a day to make one hundred gallons of water, 24 hours. plus washing everything with ro water then disposing of water every ten days or so mixing more nutes in three resz the damn res temp and humidity along with all the damn pumps and airstones and wort chiller coming out the top of the res i can go on and on. i think i would rather go soil and be able to just leave it alone. but then again it is pleasure most of the time im in my grow room but those times when i just dont feel like it i sure miss dirt.
Yo fuck ebb n flood your floor system lol. I use rockwool top feed to a 8 gal cement mxing tub from lowes cost $6.97 + tax here's some pics
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And here's a recent pic of the 16 gal cement mixing pans top feed drip no tent tho
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I've used the ebb n grow and all it did was flood my floors when the controller had an issue(float sensor gets stuck).
WOW! LOL! Golden Rule:Mix/ph your nutes clean,cold and sober,then smoke a spliff while room temp sets in.soil all the way everyday. the main reason is because i can get baked and fuck up a batch of nute water and by the time i sober up the next day and see the almost fatal error...in soil it can still be fixed, easily. in hydro, u dont get that luxary. 9 times out of 10, if u make a big mistake...shit, even just a little mistake, u can loose everything before u even know what the eff happened. after a couple years of running hydro..both ebb n flow and flood trays(which are the better of the two systems imo)..i was so happy to switch back to soil. much better bud as far as quality wise too imo.
Well said and so many think hydro yields more which really isn't the case any more comparing hydro to soil plant per plant everyone stuffing them in a tray flowering like 60 plants @ 6" loli've grown both. i'll give you my experiences.
Soil:
buy soil (miraclegro with 3 months of plant food mixed in)
buy pot
germinate seed
plant seed
water plant
harvest weed
if you forget to water once every 2 weeks the plants die
Hydro(flood and drain):
buy rubbermaid containers
buy rockwool
buy net pots
buy hydroton
buy nutrients
buy water pump and plastic tubing
buy flood and drain adapters
germinate seed
plant seed in hydroton
mix nutrients to correct ppm
check and adjust pH daily
add hydrogen peroxide daily
(optional step of creating your own microrganism tea to stave off algae and root rot every week)
clean reservoir and mix nutrients weekly
harvest weed
if you don't keep up on reservoir maintenance at least three times a week, the plants die
if you use too much nutrients, the plants die
if your power or water pump goes out, the plants die
The light penetration....yummy yum yum.Well said and so many think hydro yields more which really isn't the case any more comparing hydro to soil plant per plant everyone stuffing them in a tray flowering like 60 plants @ 6" lol
Even the huge commercial grow op's you know the ones that you see on the news ??? every now and then are soil grown
I don't have that problem, but I guess if you're prone to fucking shit up then hydro might not be for you.soil all the way everyday. the main reason is because i can get baked and fuck up a batch of nute water and by the time i sober up the next day and see the almost fatal error..
agreed and science is funDWC makes me feel like a fuckin scientist