Hey dude I thought I'd try out your technique,bucket all made up now waiting on 1 Sweet Coffee Ryder to finish soaking
Grow Mediums Help Needed: Intro to DWC Nutrients. Recommendations?
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Just to clear things up for me beyond all doubt, the growing medium used is perlite only? I do soilless in 3gal pots and was tempted to do a method like DWC but seeing this hempy bucket system got my attention. Ive been leaning more toward the hydro way, and would at least like to get used to it before going all out DWC. Im still learning, have had good results in the past, just always looking to improve!
Hempy's are the easiest hydoponics to grow from. I'll create a thread a bit later and show my Hempy's I got going on right now. 4 Exodus Cheese and 1 Kandy Kush. @ Dman, great! What I have been doing is filling the bottom 2 inches of the buckets with hydroton, then the rest perlite, it makes for better drainage.
Late to the thread, but just wanted to add for general info sake that I run really simple... tap water left sitting for 48 hrs, then it's PH adjusted, and then I follow the Lucas formula using just FloraNova Bloom.
I get very good results.
When the FloraNova Bloom runs out I'm going to switch to the MaxiBloom from General Hydroponics Lucas method. I've heard great things.... much cheaper, and if stored well, an indefinite shelf life. With my small annual grows, I've never run through a pint of Bloom before the expiration hit.
You really can do this any number of ways and be very successful. I've done some 3 part nute grows before and frankly it's a lot of fun! Especially if you have any tendencies to be obsessive about new projects. But, don't fret... pick a method that matches your personality... you can choose a laid back method, a full blown OCD method, or many different levels in-between... and if you follow it closely, you'll be rewarded!
I get very good results.
When the FloraNova Bloom runs out I'm going to switch to the MaxiBloom from General Hydroponics Lucas method. I've heard great things.... much cheaper, and if stored well, an indefinite shelf life. With my small annual grows, I've never run through a pint of Bloom before the expiration hit.
You really can do this any number of ways and be very successful. I've done some 3 part nute grows before and frankly it's a lot of fun! Especially if you have any tendencies to be obsessive about new projects. But, don't fret... pick a method that matches your personality... you can choose a laid back method, a full blown OCD method, or many different levels in-between... and if you follow it closely, you'll be rewarded!
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