hows it mate, is it all under control, i gota agree with the post above i think soil is a whole lot easier, less to go wrong, and when it does go wrong soil is very forgiving, with hydro you got to keep a constant eye on things and one mistake could ruin the whole lot, and with root rot and other issues i think ill hold off on the hydro for now.
errrrr but saying that i have got a 2ltr dwc hempie thats growing well, the res is a full bottle with just the top cut off and i used another bottle to make the part that holds the soil in and plant, as soon as the roots hit the juice they grew so quick, withing 48 hours the roots have grown 6 inches, and the rate at which it drinks the magic juice is amazing, to me it looks like they drink more like this than they drink when i water the normal pots, it has drank more than i would normally feed a plant of that size, it seems the plants love this 2ltr dwc, im adding an air stone to boost it even more,
plus i have got a plant in the aerogarden, now dont laugh at this, i never in a million years though it would work, but i had a newly sprouted seed that needed a home, then i spotted the aerogarden and though ill give it a try, then i remembered i had no net pots to put the grow medium in and the plant, so i had a look around my home and found some fish tank filters that i use to cut down to make filters for my tropical fish, so all i did was cut out a square piece and dig a hole in it and filled it with soil and put the sprout in it, the filter stuff is like a sponger but not as compressed as a sponge, anyway i turned the aerogarden on and thought nothing else about it, i just left it in the spare room, and a week later i went in to sort some washing out and i looked and the plant was growing, i opened the lid on the res just to see what was going on and all the roots had grown through the filter and was all in the res, but the way the garden works is it has a water pump in the bottom and it pumps it to holes where the nets should be, so theirs no air stone in their, but as the plant managed to survive my bodge job i decided i gota give it a chance, so i started adding nutes and added the air stone, and as soon as i added the right amount of nutes and air stone it took off and is growing like crazy.
one question though, im using bpn and added the right amount but the leaves look a slightly lighter green than the plants grown in soil, so is their anything i need to do to put this right or is this normal with this type of grow, its not looking like its not getting enough nutes but the whole plant looks a lighter shade of green than the others of the same strain
