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[Kumapip]

Budget? well weeks of being without a smoke, I`ll spend what I need

 

[Caliverner]

Welcome to RIU. @HydroKid239 has you covered with a good place to start. Good luck bud.

Doug do you use coco?

 

[Kumapip]

Show everyone before buying

great, thank you so much. I was looking at this ....

Pardon our interruption...

 

[Kumapip]

Soil or growing media ( Coco coir or other ofc) and light. Oh and don't forget the light.

what`s coco ?

 

[Caliverner]

great, thank you so much. I was looking at this ....

Pardon our interruption...

@hydrobkid is that a good starter you think

 

[Doug Dawson]

Doug do you use coco?

Yes, Coco mixed with perlite.

 

[Caliverner]

what`s coco ?

A cereal coco puffs

 

[Caliverner]

Yes, Coco mixed with perlite.

Do you think I'm ok in 3 gallon pots also what you think of this system it's from the bucket company
With your pots what do they drain into I'm having issues right now

 

[Doug Dawson]

what`s coco ?

Coco coir is a hydro medium made up of ground coconut husks.

 

[Caliverner]

They say the plant grows faster in coco than plain dirt and deff dries faster than dirt

 

[HydroKid239]

@hydrobkid is that a good starter you think

I think if bought separate it would come out to less. The selection on the tents are slim, most of them are huge. It may be all that's available in the area.

 

[Doug Dawson]

Do you think I'm ok in 3 gallon pots also what you think of this system it's from the bucket company
With your pots what do they drain into I'm having issues right now

I use 5 gallon fabric pots but you should be fine with 3. Not sure on that watering system as I water by hand. That said the pics you show seem to have all you would need to set up an auto watering system. It shows the pots as 1.2 gallon which I would worry about. I have my 5 gallon fabic pots on plant stands with trays underneath to catch runoff.

 

[Caliverner]

great, thank you so much. I was looking at this ....

Pardon our interruption...

Bud you have to figure out if you want led or hps type of light hydro and Doug know the biggest diff I use led myself my main reason is less power pull and lower temps than other

 

[rmax]

You can do it! Ain't no thang but a chicken wang.

 

[Caliverner]

I use 5 gallon fabric pots but you should be fine with 3. Not sure on that watering system as I water by hand. That said the pics you show seem to have all you would need to set up an auto watering system. It shows the pots as 1.2 gallon which I would worry about. I have my 5 gallon fabic pots on plant stands with trays underneath to catch runoff.

Are they like saucers under the pot where does the extra water go?

 

[Caliverner]

I use 5 gallon fabric pots but you should be fine with 3. Not sure on that watering system as I water by hand. That said the pics you show seem to have all you would need to set up an auto watering system. It shows the pots as 1.2 gallon which I would worry about. I have my 5 gallon fabic pots on plant stands with trays underneath to catch runoff.

That's it I'm gonna roll a fat joint and post a thread lol

 

[Rurumo]

i would recommend against getting a kit. Start by researching lighting and growing medium. You'll usually end up with a really substandard light if you buy an all in one kit. We're asking about your budget because that will determine which light you get. Read up about the difference between growing in dirt vs coco-you should probably start with one of those over a "real" hydro system. You can have great results with a really simple setup and cheap nutes, like Dyna Gro Foliage Pro, but if your light is lacking, nothing you do can make up for it.

 

[Doug Dawson]

Are they like saucers under the pot where does the extra water go?

Yes, the plant stands sit in saucers so they catch the runoff.

 

[Kumapip]

A cereal coco puffs

 

[Kumapip]

You can do it! Ain't no thang but a chicken wang.

 

[Caliverner]

Yes, the plant stands sit in saucers so they catch the runoff.

Then you just dump each saucer?