Is Organic DWC / Hydroponics Possible

Very nice scrog work too. That's going to yield well with quality, and trimming will be a breeze.

Northwood said:

Do you think the invention of salami and other fermented-dried sausage was an accident? I'm guessing someone could have been using pig intestines as a way to contain and transport chopped salted pork meat that ended up fermenting inside and left to dry out after it got moldy. The brave guy was the first one to try eating it after. He must have been terribly hungry! lol

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How about Rocky Mountain Oysters? Who was the first one to think, hmm that bull ball might be delicious? Such a waste to just throw away perfectly good bull balls.

First time grower73 said:

Yes I have a filter on the kitchen sink it takes awhile but I try to get most chlorine out of it. Order a product of ebay to help with what's left or let it sit over night. Then ph the water and go for it. I only do five gal at a time. The ebb n flow table likes it. 1 week or so left on this girl.. wasn't u til today I found out I may have a fungus that doesn't eat the flower. Does affect yield and potency. going to have to super sanitize my tent. I just trimmed the dwc down to nothing. Ill keep you updated
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Textbook as fuck.

How does one incorporate organics into DWC? Are you using the water as a medium to cultivate the microbiology instead of soil? I'd love to learn more if you've the time.

PadawanWarrior said:

How about Rocky Mountain Oysters? Who was the first one to think, hmm that bull ball might be delicious? Such a waste to just throw away perfectly good bull balls.

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Same way that someone decided that cow stomach would make a dank soup I figure. When there is scarcity, ingenuity is often knocking at the door.

Consider how basic video games used to be, yet how intricate the games and even music in them were despite the limitations.

Same with food, not wanting to waste even a single part of the animal resulted in many cuisine. Cow tongue tacos, deep fried chicken livers, cow liver and onions, menudo, using sheep/pig intenstines for sausage, and so forth.

Why true organics/living soil is so wonderful, it falls within the same mind frame. Its great to learn from basic recipes, but eventually one grows past those recipes. They get an idea of the basics, and how things work, and eventually are able to incorporate what they have readily available on hand as opposed to having to pull out their wallet.

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The Green Probiotic Method with the SIPs is basically organic DWC but better

Just noticed you asked I ended up with just over 12oz. Smokes great, taste great, smells unbelievable. So I'd say yes it is possible to grow organically in hydroponics. I did it in ebb n flow style hydro set-up. On a timer 15 min on 45 min off. Wife complained about the smell (fair warning). And that's 3x3 tent. One plant!
I did run into some prob. With calcium def. And I cut the nitrogen down to low to soon. If I was to do it again I would just feed the straight teas watered down with both flowering and vegging amendments in the teas from start to finish. No flushing! It's organic.
If not for the deficiencies I may have hit the pound mark. But trial and error right!
Good luck on your recent endeavors and happy growing

I did a single plant in organic hydro a couple of years back with pretty stellar results. It was actually like a hybrid organic soil/DWC setup. What I did was get an 8" coco basket liner and filled it w/ soil. I used Roots Organics Original at the time but you can use whatever brand soil you prefer. (If I were to do it again, I'd use Royal Gold Coco Basement Mix or Mendo Mix though.) Just try to pick something w/ a good amount of organic amendments and preferably something coco-based. You can even use Supersoil if you wish! (I haven't tried yet, but it's on my to-do list lol.) In other words, treat it the same as an organic soil grow setup, except using the coco basket liner as your container. Then, you'll need a 5gal bucket and an 8inch mesh bucket lid, which is where your coco basket will sit. So for the 1st stage of this setup, I would hand-water/top-feed as if growing in soil. The 5gal bucket will basically be empty for now, mostly acting as a catch can for the runoff from the top-feed, which is then dumped. I keep the bucket empty until I see the 1st signs of roots poking through the coco basket. This is when I put in the air stone and treat it as an actual DWC setup. So I filled the bucket with my nutrient solution, making sure the water level is about 1-2 inches from the bottom of the mesh basket. You want the water level high enough to just barely splash the basket a bit from the air bubbles, but never touching it directly. I used Botanicare products at the time for my nutrient solution (Pure Blend Pro Grow + Hydroplex + Liquid Kharma), but I'm sure other brands would work too. Once the roots reach the water, growth will EXPLODE! I still hand-watered a bit w/ compost teas and such, letting the runoff mix into the nutrient solution below. I think the soil on top helps to maintain a healthy microbial environment too. Unfortunately, I only grew 1 plant using this setup back then as a side-by-side experiment against my regular soil-grown plants. That single plant grew significantly faster and yielded far more than the non-DWC plants, to say the least. I kinda want to try it again now since I've really upped my organic soil game compared to back then. I'd probably use Supersoil this time around though! I think Supersoil would work well w/ this hybrid setup cuz if you think about it, the top half of the root zone favors nutrient uptake while the bottom half is mostly meant to drink as much water as possible. I've been using Nectar for the Gods for my recent grows, but I'm not very confident that'll work well in a DWC setup due to how thick the stuff is. Airstones would definitely get clogged in no time. Hmm, decisions decisions...