Fed Up With Hydro, Switching to Soil

[dejayou30]

I don't think anything in the water is harmful. Its not like they are going to put anything in the water that would kill a plant but remain safe for me and my dogs. My water is about 300 PPM from the tap, but I can't justify spending $15 a week just on water and $25 every two on CalMag+, not to mention hauling all that water twice a week. Is it not possible to grow chronic buds without R/O water, or is this just a suggestion? Because I really don't wanna get R/O water. :jointsmile:

[Farmer Rich]

Hey Dejayou,

I was in a similar water hauling situation and using 2 1/2 gallon (about 10 liters) cat litter containers. This got old very quickly. What I ended up doing was getting 4 x 20 gallon containers (2 for each room) that I fill once per week (actual volume depends on how much liquid I think I'll use.. hate to waste nutes!). In regard to the suggestion to use R/O water, cool if you have it. Me, I fill my cans and let them sit uncovered for 24-48 hours to: 1, let any chlorine evaporate (turns to gas), and let he Ph stabilize before I add nutes or adjust. My water comes out of the tap around 125 ppm.

Peace, Farmer Rich

[Farmer Rich]

In regard to dumping Hydro.. you'll use a lot less nutrients in soil less mix.. As far as CalMag, I use Cal-Max from Growtech... about $10 for 1/2 liter. I only use about 3/4 tsp per gallon making this go a long way..

[veggii]

have you filled out one of the troublesooting forms in the plant problems section? I looked and I could'nt find one that you had posted, maybe you might think about changing the nutes you use? what are you using ? plz start a new thread in plant&problems and fill out a troubleshooting form

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4.5 lbs with a hydro setup

[Farmer Rich]

Hey Veggie,

I know hydro is about always more on yield. But holy shit, in the Giant Bubble link, he had 5600 watts of light!! No wonder he got such a huge yield.

Dejayou, definitely follow Veggie's advice on the troubleshooting form, this will help you possibly figure out where you tripped up.

Peace, Farmer Rich

[chongman420]

Hey Farmer Rich, you still growing in that badass cabinet you built? I remember that thread, its where I got ideas for mine. :thumbsup:

[Farmer Rich]

Hey Chongman,

Nice to see you're still around.

Nah, not using the cabinet anymore.. storage now, redeployed the innards though..

Have separate veg and flower rooms now. Veg has the 600 MH from the cabinet in a 4' vertizontal reflector. Added 2 x 4' T-5 fixtures, 1 4 tube, the other 8. In flower, I have 2 x 1000 W HPS in 4' sun soaker reflectors. Each room has it's own carbon filtered exhaust system with a 15K btu AC unit in the flower room. A few pics below as I'm not into logs much anymore. I'm running it where I can kick out a harvest a month. Currently growing mostly Kush and transitioning to Silver Haze, Black Domina and White Diesel. Also have some beans I picked up at Sensi in the Dam this summer that I'll start messin' with a couple of runs down the road.

Now, how does all of this relate to our buddy Dejayou who actually owns this thread??

Basically everything you have can be redeployed if you go to soil... matter of fact, my local hydro buddy is switching too.. never thought I'd see the day! Also, as far as yield, recalced it and in total bud weight I'm getting close to .5g per watt.. And IMHO, soil is much more forgiving when you screw up.

Peace all, good growin!

Farmer Rich

[genuine]

Are the hydro resevoirs directly on concrete? I had issues with cold concrete, chilling solution down even though room ambient temps were fine.

Just a thought..

crey gym interlocking matts, stacked three high, insulating between concrete.

[genuine]

BTW:


I've got hydro going AND I've got soil going....


I think the hydro is cheaper and easier to get propper pH and stuff. But I've not had enough harvest cycles to get good data of comparative results. And as yet it would be diffiiclut as hydro I'm keeping smaller and soil into larger plants....