Quote Originally Posted by Rock.Steady
as to ur soil uncertainty, dont sweat it.
soil is a LOT less maintenance than hydro.
Well I'm not so sure I agree with that. In fact, sorry Rock, but no, I don't. As for the more complex hydro systems, yes sure, absolutely. With my Emily's Garden DWC I put nutrients in when it runs low. Depends on how hungry they are, but usually that's every 3 or 4 days. That's it. Nothing else to do unless you want to supplement, but you could do that in dirt too. How often do you water your plants in soil? Maybe half as of often? I'd say that's worth it to get bigger, healthier, pest free, mold free, root bound free, disease free harvests. If you have a problem in dirt, good luck and have fun. If you have a problem in hydro, drain the res, let em suck water for a day or two, then feed again only properly this time. That almost always fixes the problem. Try doing that in dirt.

After everything is tallied, I'd say the simple hydro grows are about the same amount of work as soil grows. Much less if we're talking about problem plants.