Enjoying my first Hydro grow ...

[the image reaper]

losing the pics not a real pleasant surprise ... ... well, I guess I should look at the positive side of it ... they only destroyed possible 'evidence', so I have no complaint there ... I just stopped by 'on the way out', anyway ... WILL THE LAST PERSON TO LEAVE CANNABIS.COM, PLEASE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS ?? ... :S2:

[smokenss]

lol im right b hind ya mate.

[Balkey]

I Love you Image, and Opie and smakenss and umm all of your.

On the flip side.

[Treetops]

losing the pics not a real pleasant surprise ... ... well, I guess I should look at the positive side of it ... they only destroyed possible 'evidence', so I have no complaint there ... I just stopped by 'on the way out', anyway ... WILL THE LAST PERSON TO LEAVE CANNABIS.COM, PLEASE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS ?? ... :S2:

Sorry to see you go, after all this time...There are not many growers here with your knowledge and experience and you will be surely missed!

Good luck and its been great learning from you all these many months..

Peace,
Treetops

[the image reaper]

harvested my first hydro-plant today :thumbsup: ... as expected, some major differences, soil vs hydroponic ... Positives: improved growth and better yield :thumbsup: ... Negatives: time-consuming daily 'chores', her pleasant 'citrus-floral' aroma is more of a 'sour cough-syrup' smell now :wtf:, and I had humidity problems for entire trailer ... she also took 2 additional weeks to finish, 64 days instead of the usual 50 ... (but that may also be because of low (50-60) grow-room temps this time around, I won't lay all the blame on the hydro) ... regardless, my next grow will also be hydro ... I am now adding a 3rd solution reservoir, (recirculating), to minimize maintenance, and hopefully allow me to leave home for 2-3 days at a time ... photos are of the single plant's yield, trimmed, manicured, but not dried ... molasses made an obvious difference, the buds are HEAVY, gooey, and DENSE ... luckily for me, she also must be very resistant to mold, as my humidity was 95% with lights OFF, and still 60% with lights ON, door open :wtf: ... it's no secret, my plants and I survive on 'Luck' ... thanks again to Xcrispi, StinkyAttic, Treetops, Weedhound, and local friends for the help, I'd have been lost without ya :thumbsup: ... further proof that 'newbie' growers can have excellent results, if they just READ the Forum posts, and disseminate the growing knowledge already here ... I strongly recommend going back thru all the old pages of Cultivation info, as most questions have already been answered, repeatedly ... good luck, and goodbye, folks :jointsmile:

[Opie Yutts]

Hey IR nice harvest. Congratulations. So, did you say if you will be hanging out on another forum? Please check your rep.

[Opie Yutts]

Would you care to calculate what percentage higher yield you got using hydro?
Would you care to calculate how many extra hours it took you to use hydro?

[the image reaper]

Would you care to calculate what percentage higher yield you got using hydro?
Would you care to calculate how many extra hours it took you to use hydro?

Opie, so sorry I left you and some other folks without special THANKS !! ... just like the Academy Awards, the thank-you's just go on and on ... btw, I love that bubble-cloner design you turned me onto :thumbsup: ... gosh, yield would have to be double, anyway, would be even more than that, if I had the room ... I'm confident a 'full-size' plant could easily be grown indoors with sufficient space, in hydro ... I let her go too large in veg-stage, and then fought to hold her down, the entire grow ... next time, I predict my 'vegging' period will be 4 weeks or less, instead of my usual '8-weeks vegging' in soil ... and, I suspect the extra 2 weeks flowering may be due to the unusually cool temps ... one interesting note, she still had NO yellowing bottom leaves, even by harvest time ... my best guess, is that the hydro didn't hinder nutrient uptake like the final days of soil grows ... ???, just a guess ... time-wise, hydro only adds 10 minutes a day to my usual growing efforts, EXCEPT, I have to be here for it ... soil lets me go camping, etc for 3-4 days at a time ... hopefully, the addition of 3-4 more gallons of reservoir capacity, plus the existing 4 gallons, will allow me to go play in the woods with Bigfoot this Spring (hey, she gets lonely, too ) ... :jointsmile:

[Treetops]

Nice harvest...Looks great Reaper for your first hydro run...Congrats!!

Peace,
Treetops :thumbsup:

[MVP]

Congrats on making it thru your 1st hydro! Room temps (IMHO) had a great deal to do with it. Also an inexpensive res. heater (Wally World, less than 10 bucks) will help a lot too if the res goes below 65 F makes a huge difference. I hope you still hang here, if not let me know where you end up.... Again, CONGRATS!!!!

MVP :jointsmile: