Quote Originally Posted by stjimmy
hm well, /wave from the lazy self-sufficient stoner's side of growing. i don't ever sell buds, and only have to grow twice a year. and, that is using a 400w lamp in a c-13, pretty basic ventilation setup and a tubbler. i could easily squeeze in 2 more grows a year without laying down any more cash, but i just don't have to.

this is not an insinuation that people here grow for profit by any means; it's part of my reasoning for just going with what's easy, and works well enough for my needs. i'm not totally disinterested in boosting my efficiency, but when i change my program to include things that are a royal pain in the ass (water changes) and don't even notice a difference, i tend to focus my attention on other things that i believe will have more of an impact.

it is my opinion that increasing my own training skills (scrogging, in this case) will greatly affect my yield, as opposed to a marginal at best improvement by becoming utter and complete master of my rez regimen. bear in mind this is dwc, i have no experience doing anything else. all i know is keep your temps below 70, your container light tight, and grow area clean in general... and it just works... for me, anyway.

as far as overferting goes, i own both a pH and tds meter, and most of the time am only adding back plain RO water... i use my pH as well as tds to determine when to administer more nutrients.

there are all sorts of reasons why what is good for the goose isn't necessarily good for the gander... not everything will work for everybody. i have found what works well enough for me, with diligent research and practical application.

frankly, this is an old argument, and on other sites have followed very successful grows by many people who do indeed abstain from the whole water change ritual. c'mon, i know there are some more lazy stoners out there... i'm certainly not alone in this.

the long and the short of it is, we all like to smoke the sweet herb, preferably without the spectre of black markets and our own governments breathing down our necks. peace.
Sure it may grow and you will get something to smoke out of it too. Hell it will even grow in a crack of a sidewalk if left alone just like so many other plants can.

Most of us are at the point in our hobby that we are looking for the very best plant we can grow and not just an average plant. Not dissing you or your grow skills but that is the truth.

You will never grow like this picture unless you take it serious and treat the plant with the respect it deserves. Sure even some can get lucky with MG products too but that plant never will be all it can be but if you don't know any better then you don't know what you are missing too.