SmokeyEye
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Personally it's where is felt comfortable starting because of a long background in aquatics.Hey there MJ lovers!
I see many home growers are transitioning to hydroponics, and i'm thinking on taking that trip too.... However, i'm still not sure and i'm looking for some motivation... Could you share your experience? Perhaps tell me what motivated you to get into hydro, if you had a particular reason or just liked it best... I'm waiting for your help!
Thanks, Eye!
This ^^^ if you put the time and effort in its extremely rewarding.... if not it can be extremely frustrating. Takes daily attention.
That's a very great point... the larger the volume the more stable and less fluctuations you see.If you build a large enough system and hit the variables. The day to day maintenance is really largely just environment control. Im a noob to growing, built my own systems, and just keep an eye on them a few times a day for a few minutes, but I dont always have to make any changes every day. Once its running its really not that bad. Setup yourself up with some web enabled hygrometers and stuff like that so you can keep an eye on the variables remotely.
My cheat lol... for both top ups and change outs if you didn't plumb a drain which I did but this will get it to the bottom.Yea you end up with some small isolated 5 gallon buckets and you are in for having to maintain that constantly especially when the plants get larger. You'll be adding water almost every day and dealing with wild ph and tds fluctuations. I'm glad I didn't settle for something that small even though the larger containers can be more difficult to deal with.
My setup is 75 gal total capacity but it's only running 40 to 50 gallons of water. Its shaking out that I have to top off 5 gallons twice a week with light nutrient mix to just maintain numbers. Which 1 big bucket twice a week much easier IMO than watering 4+ plants by hand many days of the week. Not to mention soil invites complications from bugs and shit that isn't as prevalent in hydro.
That's pretty dope tbh. May grab that. Been struggling with that last bit that sits underneath the pvc return to the res. What I've been doing is diluting it down with fresh water and then pumping the system out again from the res.My cheat lol... for both top ups and change outs if you didn't plumb a drain which I did but this will get it to the bottom.
You touched on something I practice... I only do 50% change outs to keep my bennies happy. There's a bit more to it but I don't wanna sound crazy. I usually stick to the plug and play info but there is a lot of benefits to taking advantage of some old fishleeping habits.After years of DIY systems i went UnderCurrent, their systems now have the built in drain out kit. I generally only use it at the end though, just using a Mondi pump in the epicenter to take it down to an inch or so; that way i keep my bennies.
Absolutely right... had my daughter look after my plants for 2 weeks once... prob couldn't grow a cactus. 10 min crash course and a few phone calls... I came home to having to throw my plants out.... care to guess why?Rdwc is easy on e u put in all the time effort energy n loot into building a good room
Once you have a good setup it removes a lot of the daily chore
But u still need to be in there 8-15hrs a week depending on the size
But it’s nice not to worry about watering them, if they dry out when ur outta town or whatever
I can leave for 5 days without a need for a buddy of mine to visit to check on things
Yes and sensor shutoff.CHECK VALVES! CHECK VALVES!
We had a siphon leak on our first indoor grow.
we went back to soil until we got the lights fuggered out. Now we are organic living soil and loving it.
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