The move to hydro!

Been thinking about trying hydro after my next grow after talking to the guy in the hydro shop yesterday, I just have a few questions to ask if anyone could share their knowledge or suggest books for me to go away and look at that would be greatly appreciated.

Currently I do an all canna grow, including foods, I was told ebb and flow would be the easiest hydro set up to look at and experiment with, is ebb and flow the simplest or would a bubbler be easier?

Another question is I have been told that the potency and taste in hydro is completely different to growing in soil, is there truth behind this?

Thanks
Sold777

I started my first grow 3 months ago. I regret using the waterfarm top feed system. Reason is the simplicity. EBB and flow is where i have my eye on for upgrade. This would be so much easier for maintenance. Checking the PH and PPM would be piece of cake compared to Waterfarm. I technically would have to check and adjust 18 buckets which is time consuming and nightmarish. As far as taste comparison of hydro and soil, I still have yet to evaluate my first hydro. Good luck on the switch.

Yeah ebb and flow looks nice and simple, well from everything I've read. Thanks for that bit of info, I'll still be running a few plants im soil along side the hydro set up as im bound to run into a few problems so not expecting much for the first go.

Expect PLENTY on your first grow in Ebb n FLow.
Keep your nutrient on the light side, and your PH drifting from 5.6 up to 6.0 before you bring it back down again and you'll easily double what you're getting in soil.

I love Ebb and Flow. It's fool proof.
I think it was my 3rd ever grow that I pulled 5.25 DRY pounds from a 4x8 tent with a DIY system using Autoflowers.
Think it's in my sig.

Peace.
Tav

You are right, ebb and flow is the best and easiest form of set up, make sure you have a ph meter, which I'm sure you do, and most important a tds meter, it's important to maintain you ppm's in hydro...best of luck, I'm sure things will work out for you.

Thanks for the info, I pull about 5 oz's dry a plant most being 8 in soil flowered at a decent height, to think I could pull double that haha I'll be nicely medicated! Will check out your thread taviddude! Thanks