The other day I got fed up with RDWC and hydro in general (after 20+ years). I felt like the Grateful Dead in 1970- after all the high powered experimenting, time to go back to a nice, stripped down organic type grow. I'm hoping for American Beauty quality, or at least Working Man's Dead!
Sorry for the hippie reference, LOL. Anyway
@Tim Fox recommended I look into SIPs. After looking at various grow types, I am ready to go this route. I even read all the 91 pages here and a few SIP grow journals.
Right now I have a few plants finishing up in the RDWC (which is really DWC now since the water pump broke). They should be done within a month. I am then removing the system. I will run some DWC buckets next, since I have some nice plants in DWC veg. Along with finishing up the DWC plants, I will slowly add some SIPs until the room is all organic SIPs. I transplanted some bare root cuttings into one gallon organic pots yesterday and they look great today. I'm running all Bodhi gear ATM, with 2 new crosses germinating now.
Of course, I looked at Earthpot and Growbox, as well as some of the DIYs on here. I'm still undecided how to proceed (and I have time to build or do more research). Right now I am leaning toward the Growbox for the larger rez. I may even buy the 6 pack for $200 from the agardenpatch.com site.
So, yea, at this point I am just looking for suggestions. I want to run organic, amended soil with just H2O in the rez. My local shop recommends this:
https://www.greentreegardensupply.com/collections/agricultural-potting-soil/products/greentree-ultimate-blend
I can run 12 plants legally (hence the 6 Growpot idea) and I'd also like to use air stones in the rez. I have a nice Alita pump and I just like the idea of keeping things oxygenated. I know it's not necessary, but I like the idea of the the water roots growing into a H20 saturated environment, like hydro.
Lets see, what else... my space is 7x3, I run about 1000 watts of COB and QB, no CO2. I like variety and can have anywhere from 4-8 strains going at any given time.
Sorry for the overly long post, but I just wanted to introduce myself. I hope to make this thread my go-to for this project and I look forward to joining this SIP revolution