went soil to hydro test and its doing great!!

blonddie07

blonddie07

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Hey guys... From my grow I always had this small really slow growing plant. It was mostly droopy all its life. So I said u know what ur ganna be my test subject ;) took the plant out of the soil carfully washing the roots and clearing off the soil. Took some hydrotons and a netpot put the plant in letting the roots hang down. Used a large pot and fixed it so it can hold the pot. Ph'ed water to 5.5 added. 1\4 dose of nute. And put a air stone with air pump. At first the plant completly drooped and was tipping over. 1 hour later the plant sprung back up and I have never seen this plant like this.. Feels like it woke up from a deep sleep. I woke up this morning and I could notice a huge difference.. I took pictures before ...in soil... After when I just put in hydro and 2 hours later. I will also take pics tonight of the progress. I really doubted this...

Any suggestions or comments are appreciated :).


***Pics are on page 2***
*** I did all my plants and they survived***
 
you'll see very fast results with hydro - but a friendly warning: as fast as you saw good results, you can see bad results just as quickly!
 
email468 said:
you'll see very fast results with hydro - but a friendly warning: as fast as you saw good results, you can see bad results just as quickly!
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Any suggestions before-hand? I'm planning on doing all my plants because I'm sick of this soil... it cause a delay but I would rather grow with my home made aerogarden setup using filthy fletch's DIY thread...
 
Ok.. im going to do it... big risk.. but im willing to do it...just for experimental purpose... for other people to take advantage of this...


Ph'ed water to 5.7 after adding 1/2 strength nutes...(3-2-4)
Used RO water..
using hydrotons to anchor the stems...


Any suggestions before i start the soil cleaning and cleaning the roots???
 
blonddie07 said:
Ok.. im going to do it... big risk.. but im willing to do it...just for experimental purpose... for other people to take advantage of this...


Ph'ed water to 5.7 after adding 1/2 strength nutes...(3-2-4)
Used RO water..
using hydrotons to anchor the stems...


Any suggestions before i start the soil cleaning and cleaning the roots???
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that sounds just about perfect! i think you'll like the rapid growth.
 
dankforall said:
I grow in soil. Is the hydro that much faster?
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i've only grown in hydro - but according to some other soil growers - yes. Vegging with hydro is very, very fast. it still takes the same amount of time for flowers to ripen though.


Here is a post from my grow journal where a soil grower (natmoon) expresses surprise in the rapid growth:
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/40539-email468-new-equipment-grow-ppp-4.html#post438998

i am crediting the hydro system - but it could be something else - like the 1000w of lights, excellent ventilation, etc...
 
Ok.. i cleaned all the soil off all the roots of my plants... put them in the net pots with hydrotons..put then in the home made aero setup. and now we wait to see if they live and if it can work...

Very few roots came off...in total maybe 5 inches of roots in total of all the plants.
 
If plants die... ill just clone all that i need :)

Update: Plants look limp..and at first they were going to bend completly.. but now the stem seemed to stand up straight and now its left for the droopy leaves to do the same... I wish i could take pics.. damn batteries.. im going to buy some now...
 
kool my friend said that the hydro system is the best way to grow plants but im more of a down to earth person myself nothing like working with good old fashion soil
 
Dannydee said:
kool my friend said that the hydro system is the best way to grow plants but im more of a down to earth person myself nothing like working with good old fashion soil
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i understand your being drawn to soil - but remember that hydro is old and has been around a long time (the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were a hydro grow)!
 
Dannydee said:
hanging gardens of babylon i like the sound of that

remix *hanging gardens of dannylon*
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they are one of the original seven wonders of the ancient world - right up there with the pyramid at Giza, temple of Artemis and the Colossus of Rhodes, etc..

i think the 8th was King Kong :)
 
ok guys got some pics :) they look much better than 1 hour ago right now.

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email468 said:
looks like they are perking right up! wait to see what they look like next week!
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yeah.. you should have seen them when i was i was cleaning the roots..it was embarrising. but as soon as i put them in.. 1 hour later they stood back up..

Guess its just shock? i hope they pick up and look nice again like my other test plant did.. :)

just a pic my light :)
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