Quote Originally Posted by Weedhound
Not really initially Dai, compared to the costs of nutes and things. It also depends on how many "extras" you use as well......and we use them ALL; from Liquid Karma to Sweet to Rhizotonic and Cannazym so I think that's what I meant more by "expensive" compared to soil growing.

Was talking to X-C the other day.......didn't realize that FFOF soil was made in Humboldt County. We only pay $13.00 retail a bag for it but I understand the price really jumps on the other side of the country.
FFoF is about 22 bucks here in Texas where I live. Hydro nutes and soil nutes seem very comparable in price; I was using sweet but switched to canna's version called "boost", Rhizotonic I use to get the plants going and cannazym I only use on an as need basis and I'd imagine that to be true with hydro also.

Really it seems that it would be about the same price along nutrient lines and cheaper if you consider the non recurring cost of having to buy a medium.

It's probably something I'd have to experience doing a hydro grow to understand what you mean.

Luckily I'm a stickler for recording what all my costs are. I even have a breakdown of my KWH usage for my equipment in addition for Estimated KWH for my central A/C in relation to the additional room I have to cool. I will be doing a Hydro grow very soon and will have a side by side cost comparison.

I'm sure you're right; it's more expensive, but all in all I can't imagine it costing anymore along the nutrient lines when compared to soil. Many of the things you use in hydro you use in soil also (ph down/up, nutrient line, cannazym for root health and rhizotonic for root stimulation, sweet/molasses/boost for extra carbs and if you want a final flush type product even), I'm sure I'll figure it out soon but I'm so enticed by the dark side even if it costs a little more I won't mind.

The benefits seem to outweigh the cons; at least for my purposes.

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