question Soil or Hydroponics?

[UrbanKush]

Was wondering what experienced growers would recommend for a first time grow? I'm tossing up between soil and dwc.

Any advice would be really appreciative!

Cheers peeps

[Serrated edge]

Use an inert medium Perlite & Vermiculite 70/30 ratio.

Feed with hydro nutritives,

 

Potting mixes indoors are not so good ,,,

steer clear of coco too many problems associated with it.

[pedro de pacas]

That's why i can't grow for shit, i been using nutrients not nutritives 

 

good advice other wise SE

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[El Gato]

Use an inert medium Perlite & Vermiculite 70/30 ratio.

Feed with hydro nutritives,

 

Potting mixes indoors are not so good ,,,

steer clear of coco too many problems associated with it.

I like coco. I found it very forgiving when I was a novice and continue to use it to this day. Though you really need the good shit (canna or H&G) and their nutes to go with it.

Outside I use my lovely soil with compost and chicken shit from the cook pen.  

[The Stoned Jester]

I'd recommend starting off in something like Canna Terra Pro, very forgiving and easy to use. 

[AutomaticSlim]

Use an inert medium Perlite & Vermiculite 70/30 ratio.

Feed with hydro nutritives,

 

Potting mixes indoors are not so good ,,,

steer clear of coco too many problems associated with it.

Im interested in this for future grows. Is that a daily water SE? Do you need to re- evaluate pH and Ec each time or does it stay more consistent once the coco is out of the picture?

 

 

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yep agree with Jester

 

Canna Terra Pro http://www.canna.com.au/terra

 

make sure you use the Canna Terra range of nutrients for best results,

 

dont use SE's nutritives... no wonder his grows look like shit...

[Serrated edge]

Havnt used canna terra ,,,it's an option ,,,gotta be better than coco.it's a hassle disposing of lots of perlite,,rather something I can just chuck on the garden when I'm done with it,,,when and if I get around to trying Cana terra I wouldn't use anything other than the terra nutritives,,,,

I mean nutrients..

[Serrated edge]

Im interested in this for future grows. Is that a daily water SE? Do you need to re- evaluate pH and Ec each time or does it stay more consistent once the coco is out of the picture?

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Slim,,,I hand water and use gravity fed. Run to waste,,

 

At roughly 2/3 perlite and 1/3 vermiculite I can water as often as I want ,,or I can let them go a day without watering sometimes two days if it's not too hot.

 

I always adjust my EC then adjust PH, when I mix up nutes.

 

If you feed often there prob won't be much change in root zone with EC or PH as much as if you let it go every second day ,,,the more she eats there's sure to be a change ,but I don't see any ill effects from not feeding as often .

 

Can't really compare to the problems of coco ,,cos there really isn't any problems with it ,,well none that I see,or have to deal with.

 

Not sure I explained it too well .,,,it's kind of like recirculating the more they eat the reservoir will have a different EC and PH,,,because of the changing ratios of water to nutes..but once you mix up again it will all be back where you want it ,, it's a little the same inside my pots but I

Because I add fresh nutes more often than a recirculating system I won't get as much fluctuation as what you might get when changing a reservoir after 7 or 10 days.

 

I can flush then go back to nutes as many times as I want ,,,apparently you'll get problems doing that with coco,,,but with a decent amount of runoff ( approx 20%) I don't need to flush till the final flush.

 

Pretty whacked so not sure I made any of that too clear ..

Edited May 15, 2018 by Serrated edge