jigfresh
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I honestly do feel like soil is hmmm, maybe 5 times the work of hydro. I have to check every single day to see if anything needs watered. THey are all on different schedules for watering. I have to take each plant out the closet to water, put back in. I have to transport them, or water them in my bedroom, neither is optimal. Plus they are always pitching leaves so I am having to remove/ clean those up. I don't feel that I actually pay much attention to the plants, jsut trying to get the soil right and the watering right.Nice bush jojo!
@jig Really, you feel like it's more work? Hmn!
It should be fun for you no matter what your approach, if not move on ya!
puff, puff, pass....
With hydro the rez took care of itself. Didn't even have to think about it. If I heard a waterfall it was fine. I never checked pH, so that wasn't a constant thing for me. I would spend my time trying to make the plants happy. With soil I feel like I'm just trying to keep them alive.
That's not to mention mixing soil and keeping it around while it activates, I have 3 trashcans on the side of my house full of different soil type stuff. I only needed a few bottles for hydro, that fit snuggly in a shelf. And while making tea is fun, I can mix a new rez just as fast as mixing up a tea... only the rez doesn't need to brew for a day or two, then need to be moved to put into the plants, all while making a mess.
Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy soil. It's fun. But as for growing buds to smoke... it's just so much less work, with so much better results doing hydro, for me.
I mean I get at least double the yield in half the time for less than half the work. Soil does taste good though.
I think this is the best plan Jojo... just be carefull washing off the roots... they are fragile. But slimey roots ain't doing you any good, so you gotta clean them. And the trays like you said. I'm guessing there is light getting in the root zone. You can't have any light get where the water is, or slime can grow. Also your water temps might be a little high. And there might not be enough oxygen. So do what you said to help the situation, but you'll need to figure out why it started in the first place to make sure it don't happen again.
The plants should be fine... just stunted a little.
On a different note... I flipped out yesterday.
The white trash peoples' dogs were out chasing a neighbor down the street, barking like mad, and the protector in me snapped. I've been known to get a bit angry from time to time, but nothing sets me off like seeing other people hurt other people, especially when they are smaller or weaker. I go into protector man!!!! Pratically ran after the dogs chasing them back to their property. I chased them up to the door (which is a trip up here in the mountains, cuz the houses are set back from the road and you don't just walk onto peoples property here) yelling the whole time. "Fuck your fucking dogs" A girl comes to the open door talking about, just keep walking they won't do anything"Fuck that!!! Keep your fucking dogs in your own fucking house!!! my voice was wavering and everything. It was something. Came back home and wife said the first neighbor I came to 'help' looked scarred shitless, lol. I guess some other neighbors were up for the day too... so now they know who I am.
Crazy old man jig ftw.
Forgot to add this pic of babe and kitty for G.
