Next time I go with soil...

[tafbang]

What do you do with your soil if you need to leave town for a few days? With hydro I could leave for a week or two and my plants would still get watered just like I was home

hire a mexican to water it... =\

A plant can go about a week without a watering, but I just don't leave for too long to tend them.

 

[W N L]

Will be setting it up tomorrow. Thanks again guys. And as far as carrying soil in the door, we carry 11 gallons of water in the house every week lol.

 

[tafbang]

whoa whoa whoa, how many plants are you going to be growing?

 

[robert 14617]

the learning curve and the cost of the meters and nutes along with PH up and down stopped me. i was given a half grown plant in a diy five gallon setup , it was too much for me to learn half way through the game , it is something i def. want to try again on my own terms and my own set up , later

 

[robert 14617]

Will be setting it up tomorrow. Thanks again guys. And as far as carrying soil in the door, we carry 11 gallons of water in the house every week lol.

that was a problem with my hydro as well the res. change

 

[W N L]

whoa whoa whoa, how many plants are you going to be growing?

We have 4 going, but a 30gal res.

 

[genuineapbts]

Will be setting it up tomorrow. Thanks again guys. And as far as carrying soil in the door, we carry 11 gallons of water in the house every week lol.

Holy crap! lol I just use tap so nobody around me sees anything! Although water is less suspicious then bags of soil all the time. I mean a person can only have so many house plants. lol

 

[robert 14617]

i only buy soil twice a year and it stays in plastic bins in the garage

 

[tafbang]

I grew 8 plants with 1 small bag of miracle grow.... the soil bag fit inside the store bag... and tap water/rain/snow, it's nice. that's all I use in my grow. I have no need for a ph meter or temp meter. it's alll well

 

[Bonzi Lighthouse]

I sometime feel like "The Great Escape" when I get rid of soil.

 

[tafbang]

I sometime feel like "The Great Escape" when I get rid of soil.

Waiting to see how many people relate to this.... not it!

 

[robert 14617]

compost heap and raised planter box's in my back yard not a problem

 

[tafbang]

put dirt in a baby basket and set a light timer, it's nothin....

 

[tip top toker]

that' the one thing i love about hydro, all you really need comes straight from te bath. If i owned a place i was willing to goto town with, one could easily plumb a tap straight into the grow area, score!

It's all about what works for you and your situation though. I started on soil, moved to coco, and then moved to DWC, hydro seems to be the way but i'm still contemplating changing things up just so that it flows a bit better with my MO.

 

[theFLAKE]

I love it when some1 else gets converted to DWC trust me you won't look back. Nice1

 

[W N L]

Yup. I'm excited. A bit down that I didn't do it to start. But its been one lesson after another.