Quote Originally Posted by BigBlock
Hydroponics is very much for beginners, and cheap too. My first grow was growing HORRIBLE in soil. After a month they were about 3" tall and very unhealthy. I washed off the soil and put them in a bucket of fertilizer and they EXPLODED with growth. All you need is a bucket, a $5 air pump, and some fertilizer. I use peters 20-20-20 at 1/2 teaspoon per gallon. Total cost for my system was about $10.
Then you are the one in a million grower.

A normal hydro grow cost about 800 bucks to set up. The Ph& tds pen cost 180.00 alone plus pumps, lights all all the other equipment. DWC is about as cheep as they come.

Like I said you must be the one in a million.