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[redeyes]

Can you grow hydro seeds outside and still call it hydro? Or does it have to be grown hydroponicly?

[SukonmiSkunk]

of course it has to be grown hydroponically to be called hydro... doesnt mean you cant grow hydro outside...

 

hydro just means grown in a soilless meduim ....

so you can fill pots with perlite and water them with hydro nutes.. out side... of course you can....

[pipeman]

growers don't call their weed hydro mate, they call it by the strain name. hydro is a term used by dealers and people who buy off them mostly. growing hydro has a lot of advantages, but it doesn't necessarily make the weed more potent. That being said mj plants grown under different conditions can exhibit different characteristics, so a strain grown outdoor might produce a different high than a clone of the same strain grown indoors. Or, it might be exactly the same. Its all personal preference.

[Stoney]

yes as ss said you can grow hydro outside but would be abit of a mess around i think u may be abit confused about the whole bush/hydro gig

 

hydo is just a differant way of growing not a differant type of weed if ya gonna grow outdoors then dig a hole and plant some seedling lad if ya gonna grow inside then ya will need to get a hydro setup

 

cheerz

[Luke Skywalker]

Hydroponics can be done outside, but that's not the point here.

 

"Hydro" is simply well grown breeds of cannabis which have been grown as sinsemilla, or seedless buds. This kind of growing is easiest acheived indoors, and hydroponics natrually lends itself to optimum growth under artificial conditions. That doesn't mean you can't grow what's called a "bush" plant indoors, it just means that a strain developed for growing best outdoors over many generations may not suit easily to growing under lights. Strains developed with indoor cultivation in mind are usually quite compact in growth, but still high yeilding, but these breeds can easily be grown outdoors in suitable climates.

 

So yeah, hydro is just retail cannabis talk really, it's got nothing to do with the breeding of the plant, and only refers to the method of growing used to produce it. There are soil growers inside under lights, and hydro growers outdoors under the sun.

 

Hope that helps.

[pipeman]

"Hydro" is simply well grown breeds of cannabis which have been grown as sinsemilla, or seedless buds.

 

Luke I'm surprised you would write this as you are usually obsessed with technical accuracy.

 

The above statement, is, of course, incorrect. Seedless buds can be grown anywhere it has nothing to do with hydro or how well a strain is grown.

[WantDaChronic]

im suprised by that to, but if you look at the post from a dealer's with no knowledge of marijuana point of view, it would be correct

[pipeman]

dunno man I got a bag a resinous, seedless bud in Nimbin recently, and it was sold to me as bush, from a junkie. If junkies can get it right I'm sure the rest of us can.

[EntyMan]

Technically, hydro-ponics simply means that all (or at least the vast bulk of) the nutrients are supplied via the water, instead of via the growing medium.

 

It has nothing to do with being indoors or outdoors, or the strain of plant, or whether the ferts are in organic or inorganic form (though hydro ferts are usually in inorganic form).

 

It doesn't have very much to do with the growing medium either, hydro ferts can be used with any growing medium as long as the pH and overall nutrient levels are correct.

 

The only technical difference between pure hydro ferts and other ferts is the level of ammonium form nitrogen (as opposed to nitrate form nitrogen). Pure hydro systems, with no organic matter/soil in the growing medium, cannot use more than about 30ppm of ammonium form, the rest must be supplied in the nitrate form. (Check the fert analysis on the side of your hydro fert container. Some brands will tell you the levels of both forms of nitrogen. It will be almost all in the nitrate form.) Levels of ammonium form above 30ppm in pure hydro systems seriously damages new young root tips, especially on seedlings/cuttings just forming their first roots.

 

Incidentally, this limit on the amount of ammonium form nitrogen is why you can't use urine for your main source of nitrogen in pure hydro systems, because the nitrogen in urine is in the ammonium form (mostly as urea). It also stinks after a day or two, and the concentration is hard to control, etc.

 

The limit on ammonium form nitrate also limits the basic ferts that can be used to supply nitrogen in hydro ferts, with virtually all the nitrogen coming from calcium nitrate and potassium nitrate, along with small amounts from magnesium nitrate.

 

If there is substantial amounts (at least 20%) of organic matter/soil in the growing medium, then the levels of ammonium form nitrate are not critical.

 

I use Mitre 10 Premium Grade Potting Mix, which has virtually no nutrients in it, and any one of several different over-the-counter hydro ferts. I buy whatever brand the store has in at the time, preferably a one part (just lazy, couldn't be bothered mixing up two parts every day, pathetic I know, but there it is). My favourite brand is 'Head On'. Been using it for ten years or so and never had any trouble with it, (though all the others I tried worked fine too).

 

Despite all that, it is also true that the word 'hydro' is commonly used to describe any strong commercial bud, especially the compact, highly aromatic indica (or indica dominant) strains, regardless of how it was grown.

 

So, and unfortunately, hydroponics, indoor growing, and worst of all innocent little ol' indica strains, have all become unfairly associated with organised crime, commercial greed, and poorly grown plants (by ignorant or unscrupulous growers, using pesticides, not feeding or flushing properly, etc).

Edited July 31, 2006 by EntyMan

[pipeman]

its hard to disagree with anything you said EntyMan nice post. I just have one question, are you from the future?