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ExactlyWhen plant count has to be low, you can't do better.
The best thing I've seen for root health is hydroguard. I swear by it, it's almost foolproof. I've seen it keep healthy roots with res temps close to 90℉."Almost every big time grower I've known with a water-based system has failed"
what would you say is the biggest cause of failures?
i battle crapy well water but once they get to doing their thing im just mostly along for the ride.
Yea I can see how scaled up the issues could compound. But honestly I haven't sanitized my system in about a year. I swear hydroguard it's amazing. I just rinse and wash with my hand. I haven't even sterilized my rocks in a cycle or two. I do rinse them. But I could definitely see my practices being an issue if I had 50 sites. Honestl, the more I think about it.... There's no way I'd wanna do this on a large scale. The amount of water alone would be crazy. Don't even talk about nute prices and electricity.@Midwestjay I think most people's failures in DWC have to do with cleanliness and system maintenance, in addition to not knowing how to build a grow which is really the ultimate failure in hydro. In smaller setups I'm sure hydro works amazingly with little maintenance, once it's scaled to 10+ lights and different zones it becomes a real chore.
My only peev with hydro was the clean up - I'm not about that much scrubbing...6 hrs of bleaching equipment vs 6 hrs of transplant in a 10 lighter I'd take the coco or rockwool any day, especially with automation since all you really have to do is mix your stock ferts once every 7-10 days.
The one guy I know still rocking an undercurrent (current culture system I belive) is still smashing it beyond reason, but he even admits his system scares him and he's afraid to leave it for more than 8 hours at a time.
^Video guy says one of the main reasons for switching is they 'got tired of carrying bags of dirt in and out'. He dropped his EC to 1.2 from double that in soil/soilless, another tip-off. And a bunch of other bullshit that makes him sound like a grow-shop queen with a warehouse (flush out those nutes bro). Serious 'experts' up there.
I'd like to see a few hundred+ lighters running successfully on RDWC, that would be impressive. If I switched over for my little projects, I'd have to hire a dedicated cleaning crew and a technically adept manager for each. Payroll through the roof.
All I know is, I do not like getting dirt under my fingernails.:)
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