Don't buy vermiculite for anything. It's a waste of money. You can use either perlite or hydroton in hydro. All these materials do is provide stability for a plant, not nutrients. Happy Frog soil is good if you want to stick with soil. Hydry grows require a fert that is made for hydro. You grow shop has many to choose from. Dynagro is a good brand in my opinion. If I were you, I stick with soil.
polishpollack Reviewed by polishpollack on . Hydro Concerns, My First Grow. So I am currently in my second week of my first grow since soil-break. I had been growing in soil that I have high success with in my outdoor garden (I know not all plants need the same soil mix but I had germinated some seeds and plans didn't follow through well so in the desperate times I needed something quick before my Germi seeds rotted away.) and one week in all seemed fairly well. My plant started drooping a bit and I'm still not entirely sure why but I figured if my plant wasn't doing Rating: 5