Quote Originally Posted by JackdaWack
the more u cut, the more u shock the plant, i wouldnt cut anything personally, not even roots just to switch to dwc. I would have finished it in soil got great bud and start over in dwc. There is no point in killing your yeild becuase u "think" switching to hydro will be better, the initial sock is bad enough cutting roots, cutting leaves isnt going to help probably make it worse. how would u like you legs cut off, and then to equal it out u take off your arms...

Why didnt u just wait until thenext grow around? i mean u just killed your yeild possibly.
Also obviously your plant is gona hate you, u just cut half its body apart, thats not the dwc's fault, and i think it was mentioned in another thread it wasnt good to switch from soil to hyrdo mid grow.
Well, I know what you mean, this was a gamble! I know where youâ??re coming from on this.

I think me and my plant probably fell out for a week, and it wasnâ??t growing, but seriously, now when I pick it up, the once devoid-of-roots stem is now invisible due to the large mass of healthy white roots hanging down! The leaves are straight as! I think its doing better than in soil at this present time (no telling how long this will last though).

It may be just the strain of plant that can handle it (having its roots chopped), or it may still have a few nasty surprises in store for me, but right now, its back in overdrive (for the time being)!

Itâ??s amazing how quickly things change in hydroponics. Soil is a great buffer though, and that can be really handy. I believe good soil is better than hydroponics, when one wants less hassle and some good results, but hydroponics is more of a challenge and seems to do what soil does, but much better (if conditions are right)!

I think, you're absolutly right, in that, If I was an athlete, running the 400M race, and at the end, I was completely out of breath, then some bloke came up to me, asking me if I wanted my legs chopping off, reducing the oxygen debt (to my body), thereby decreasing my recovery time, I'd decline, on the grounds that it would most likely hurt, and I would probably never walk again. My belief was that the oxygen would be needed by the leaves, and that chopping off the roots would decrease the available oxygen, therefore chopping off a few leaves would balance it out, but to be honest, it was a gamble, as I've not done it before. It could easily have swung the other way (and still could).

Right now, the plant is growing much faster that it would have ever done in soil, but I canâ??t say whether it will be as healthy, or what other factors may result, however it does, at this time, appear to have landed on all fours, and bounced back strong.