Hydro vs. Soil

[Mick177]

I'm just wondering if you can grow the same quality pot in soil as you can hydroponically, or is the hydro is always gonna come out better?

Mick177 Reviewed by Mick177 on 04-01-2005. Hydro vs. Soil I'm just wondering if you can grow the same quality pot in soil as you can hydroponically, or is the hydro is always gonna come out better? Rating: 5

[Torog]

I'm just wondering if you can grow the same quality pot in soil as you can hydroponically, or is the hydro is always gonna come out better?

Howdy Mick177,

I always thought that it was the other way around..can you grow as good weed in hydro,as ya can in soil..hydro is less forgiving,when it comes to newbe mistakes..I believe. I hope to git into hydro growing,with the dwc method,a bit later in the year and I'm hoping that it will turn out as good as my soil grows.

Have a good one

[sawleaf]

Hydroponic grown cannabis being better than soil grow is one of the biggest myths. You will be able to pull faster crops, but by no means better. Most connoisseurs prefer soil grown outdoor bud to hydroponic. The complexity of soil medium does seem to give cannabis a bit more earth and natural flavors. But growing hydroponically does not give you any more potency than soil growing. That is much more a matter of genetics and the grower's technique.

[KanMan]

Hydro grows faster, bigger and more potent when done properly.

Good Kannabis Growing!

[Funken Monken]

Hydro grows faster, bigger and more potent when done properly.

Good Kannabis Growing!

Ditto that really.

With hydro, you have to control the varialbes a lot more, but you get quicker results, and most would argue a biger yeild. Soil is more forgiving and needs less attention.

I've completed a soil crop a few months back and just sent my next lot on a manual hydro set up. I'll let you know how it turns out if you like

[sawleaf]

Hydro grows faster, bigger and more potent when done properly.

Good Kannabis Growing!

Potency is more about genetics. You can grow just as potent bud from soil as you can from hydro. Hydro just has a faster turn-around time which makes it great for commercial growing. But nothing beats organic outdoor buds for taste!

[Zandor]

But nothing beats organic outdoor buds for taste!

sawleaf is 99% correct....The only thing I disagree with is "nothing beats organic outdoor buds for tasteâ?� When I flush, dry, and cure NO one has been able to tell the difference. Organic is still a chemical to the plant. Not as much as the hydro chemicals (being man made) Organic growers don't flush as a rule but some do.

With Organics you are still putting things into the soil and feeding the plant with nutrient matter that is foreign to the soil in the first place. (Fish emulsions comes to mind first, that stinky shit) It may be Organic by definition but itâ??s still just as foreign to the soil and plant as the nutrients I use. In nature you will not find the levels we use all the time whether you use Organic or chemicals you are still injecting foreign matter into the soil in amounts that is not natural to the graphical area.

When you add nutrients above and beyond whatâ??s in the natural soil (and you need to so you can grow quality and make up for the plant being outside of itâ??s natural place to grow) is still putting chemicals of some type (either man made synthetic or a blender with a dead fish) into the plant and soil.

Iâ??m just saying Organics are not the chemical free ride most think it is when they think of the term of Organic. Itâ??s slower to grow. The yield is not as high as you get with the proper Hydro setup and nutrients and the quality is equal so I say go for the yield. More is always better in this regard.

Potency is as much genetics and predetermined as the environmental conditions you grow it in. You can grow the best strain in the world but if you do not have the right environment the plant will not develop to itâ??s full potential.

â??Better living through chemistry is what I always say.â?�

[Garden Knowm]

Hydro and Aeroponic growing are easy.. don't beleive the hype when peole say it is hard..

A resivoir can be set up with the a simple propoer fert regiment and be left alone for a long time.. or you can tinker with it everday

With just a bit of research and some genuine interest in growing HYDRO can not get any easier..

"forgiving"... well, if you make a mistake in HYDRO, your plants will react right away...... and hopefully if you are attentive to your plants, you will probably notice it right away.. but also remember these mistakes happen in soil also and the plants take far far longer to recover from soil mistakes as opposed to hydro or aero

don't get me wrong I am not knocking soil.... soil is great.. and nothing beats outdoor soil...

but hydro indoor is INCREDIBLY fun and easy to work with....

SMB

[llamaman666]

Hydro is faster than soil. but the potency is the same. I find with good soil you can get a nice earthy taste hydro cannot do. If you get exotic soils from Africa, some plants will get that real nice nice earthy smell and taste. It talks about it with this strain by femaleseeds

[sawleaf]

Hydro is faster than soil. but the potency is the same. I find with good soil you can get a nice earthy taste hydro cannot do. If you get exotic soils from Africa, some plants will get that real nice nice earthy smell and taste. It talks about it with this strain by femaleseeds

Wow you just gave me the greatest tip ever! I can't believe I'd never though of that before. Ordering exotic soil!!! Gotta do some research on it now. Thanks.