Is growing indoor hydroponics easy?

[Felixthecat]

Tell me what you guys think? and i tell you what i think

[psychocat]

I think it is, but I still prefer dirt. :thumbsup:

[phatsesh101]

easy for me. most have trouble

[Felixthecat]

hahaha dirt r u serious j/k but really dirt is much more forgiving than hydroponics cause if u fuck up on dirt theres always a chance of saving it but water i dont think so, only if you catch it in time

[disrupt86]

personally i think it can be as easy as u want it to be or the biggest pain in the ass known to man if u try and take short cuts.i think its easier to let a system do all our watering for you than trying to spend an hour trying to hand water a ton of plants,especially when all u have to do is open a valve and let the rez drain and from there pump it to your desired location.plus i hate cleaning up standing water from soil containers.

[psychocat]

Whenever I've grown hydro everything was automatic and on a timer.

[Jollyrancher]

The biggest problem(s) with hydo is that a mistake can wipe out everything very quickly and that includes power failures (extended).

I have my system on an UPS just because of that.

Also, hydro demands a lot of attention unless you have the process down.

[Felixthecat]

that is really true everythings on timer hahaha (automatic that's what i like) but still nutrients you have to mix yourself, check water ph and ppm for nutrients that's a must(daily), and the more time you spend in your garden the more you get, o yea power outage that would f$%^ you up especially the longer the worst

[disrupt86]

power outage will affect any grow. the fact that a power outage will also affect your watering cycle is kinda shitty but not that big of a deal.u can hand water every hydro system just like anything else.people say "well every thing happends so fast theres no way i can catch it"not true, only in a aero system is were u really really run into trouble".i like hydro a.for the growth.b the production. c. the quality. with hydro u can see the problem fast and learn how to fix it and watch the problems fade away verry verry fast,as aposed to soil were fixing problems can take weeks to show results instead of in 1 or 2 days.its just a matter of personally preference.i think i will never do a soil grow again for as long as i live,with the exception of maybe doing a few auto flowering strains that im thinking about running. its just to much effort to try and hand water over 30 soil containers,then trying to deal with the run off water.no thankssss. as far as checking ph and tds every day,it take less than 1 min of your time to stick in a hand held meter and get a reading. i spend about 5 mins in my grow room every day except when im changing my water, and that only takes about 10 min max, including mixing up a new solution whal the old stuff is pumped out doors into the garden.

[Veedubin]

I am a first timer using a deep water culture setup. I would suggest that to anyone who wants to start up. It is easy and relatively cheap. The plant just sits in a bucket of nutrients and the water is kept high until the roots touch the water line then you drop it down a bit. Then you just run an air pump with an air stone like in a fish tank. That will be easy but I can tell you that you will use a ton of water tho. I would invest in a Tall boy water system or something fast. I like the fact that when i change my water every 2 weeks, all i do is pour it down the toilet and thats it. The hyrdoton media is kind of a bitch to get rid of but i mix it in with the cats litter box shit and nobody is the wiser. :jointsmile:

[psychocat]

Whenever I grow using soil I install an automated pulse watering system which I then set to give a measured dose of water at regular intervals, a good drainage system then allows excess water to return to a waste resevoir.

[JackdaWack]

Anything is easy when u know how to do it :thumbsup:

[Jollyrancher]

The only things I check daily are to see if any "fell over" or for equipment failure (fogger burnout).

As for PH, I check it on occasion but that really is to check to see if the RO system membrane is still good. I check the TDS on the new water for extra measure, it is usually<30 ppm.

I purge the system weekly, so I mix up the soup, mix it in with the new water and then I wait till it comes down to the operating temperature (64 deg which takes a few hours) then I do a TDS test and adjust the soup if I have to.

I have kept very good notes so I know what my mixtures should be.

[ForgetClassC]

Sometime during my lifetime I want to try OUTDOOR HYDRO!!!!.....lol

I think it can be done, not the easiest and secretive, but if your allowed to grow, why not...... Just do a 5gal bucket with a battery operated air pump. Take a car battery out there and a converter, all you need is to power the air pump so it will last for awhile. Maybe not practical, but definitely cool sounding, I bet it'd be some nice nugs......

-C

[Italiano715]

Sometime during my lifetime I want to try OUTDOOR HYDRO!!!!.....lol

I think it can be done, not the easiest and secretive, but if your allowed to grow, why not...... Just do a 5gal bucket with a battery operated air pump. Take a car battery out there and a converter, all you need is to power the air pump so it will last for awhile. Maybe not practical, but definitely cool sounding, I bet it'd be some nice nugs......

-C

I've seen people take 5 gallon jugs of water and poke a small pen size hole for water to constantly drip out of. Then set the jug at the base of the plant. I know it's not the most effective way of "stealthing" your cannabis, but some places no need worry about the PoPo :D
You can even run an irrigation system from a local fresh water source (i.e. lake, pond, river). A lot of the Mexican guerilla growers use drip systems for their outside grows. It's just on how good can you hide your trail!

[Felixthecat]

talking about hiding trails check this out

EL DORADO HILLS (CBS13) ―

El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies say they found a large indoor marijuana growing operation by following a trail of pot leaves and potting soil.

Deputies say they received a call Saturday about home on the 300 block of Arches Avenue in El Dorado Hills with its front door open and no one home. The callers also said there was a line of pot leaves and potting soil that led from the driveway into the home.

When deputies arrived, they followed the marijuana trail to the front door and found that it had been kicked in. Once inside, deputies found a large, illegal indoor growing operation with lights and a ventilation system.

Deputies seized 260 marijuana plants worth an estimated street value of $250,000. They believe the people growing the pot illegally bypassed the home's power meter and avoided a monthly utility bill estimated to be around $6,000.

The incident remains under investigation.
(pot leaves and soil trail BULLSHIT!!!!)
or
1.someone hating
2.someone trying to rob your ass
or
not hiding his shit good enough