Budget Buds
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To me soil is more of just a pita, If you have the proper equipment hydro is way easier to run than soil ....
Is soil easier?
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Boreal Curing
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My days of babysitting a finicky cat are over. I don't enter my buds in competitions, and I want to do the least amount of work possible, but still pull of something nice. Sure, it's not "dialed in", but I don't really care that I'm not maxing out my plant. Trying that hard just gives me grief.
So I make soil that has everything it needs except water.
Here's a DIY video.
So I make soil that has everything it needs except water.
Here's a DIY video.
Alter Jean
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Thanks for the video link. Also the Salt Water hack the other day... Went and did it. Will let you know how it goes.
Boreal is the truth
I can't answer the thread because they are all very similar to a prepared grower.
Alter Jean
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xtsho
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I've been making my own soil and fertilizers e.g. FPJ, SST, etc... my last couple of runs and I've been getting my ass kicked. Plants look great and do fine for awhile until the dreaded midflower. But It's getting better and I'll have it perfected in another few grows I hope.
Watering daily sucks. Once I went to blumats with coco I didn't have anything to do. No more worrying about runoff or daily hand watering. Just keep nutrient solution in the reservoir. I'd go 3 days without even opening up the tent. It's pretty simple. As long as you feed properly and keep the coco damp you don't need to do anything else.
PadawanWarrior
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You need to reread that newbie.
Boreal Curing
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When you make your soil, make a small batch of a hot top dressing for bloom time. That'll fix running out of soil food at a time when you need it most.
PadawanWarrior
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Hell ya. Awesome idea. I started making batches of top dressing, cooking it, and storing some in an old BAS bag for when I need it. I figured I'd try to make my own Build a Flower like BAS sells.
Soil can be temperamental, Plants are slow to react in soil.
As example if you over-fert you won't know until a day or two has passed since the over-fert.. Then when you deploy corrective measures to counteract the over-fert you won't know if that's working until a few days have passed. Meanwhile if you are watering to run-off then a week of soaked root zones has passed. Plants now losing their minds to stress.
I think with hydro if you do something wrong the plants will notify you much faster.
Alter Jean
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+1
Alter Jean
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I recently did an experiment with a SIP. They are badass. I am doing all SIPS since then.
Modified SIP I suppose. Brief look: Since Sunflower taproot are supposed to reach 4 feet downward I was curious if a COCO sip (prevent bondage) I would be able to maintain, get the bloom and manage salts. It worked but I'm going to try a better version next year. Now I am trying to make smaller beds of sips but individual containers. Shoot me a PM if you want to see I don't want to clog the thread.... You got me fired up with the SIPS
They are nearly a passive hydro system. LMAO that's funny. I didn't even think about sips but I be running them.
xtsho
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My issue is I jumped into the pool only being able to do the dog paddle. I'm trying to reuse soil and make my own fertilizer. My goal is to grow using KNF and JADAM methods. But I'm not as versed in the various properties of using different plants, seeds, etc... for making fertilizers containing the proper nutrients. My goal is to reuse my soil and make fertilizer out of stuff in my yard with the occasional purchase of rice hulls for aeration and a couple other things needed to make everything myself like brown sugar for fpj and IMO. Vinegar for WCA, WCP, etc...
I'll figure it out soon and will 100% cut the ties from commercial products.
Brellan217
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I am not as experienced as others, but I’m not having trouble growing in soil. I’m using Happy Frog and a super soil. No need for nutrients at all, just water. It’s been super easy so far. I amazingly haven’t killed my plants and I only have 6 or 7 weeks to my first harvest. I’ve been so bad at growing anything my entire life that I didn’t think I’d even get this far. So I would say Soil is pretty easy, especially with this super soil mixture.
Lockedin
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Of course amendments are nutrients - never said they aren't. Just a different delivery method.
Was referring specifically to growing with FFOF - a highly amended soil - only. -- That accounted for two of the six plants I grew.
I learned what the soil does all by itself, before I began thinking I needed to dump a few bottles worth of advertising and bro-science on my plants.
My current grow runs nutrients based on my knowledge that FFOF is already chock-full-o-nutes and doesn't need much help - something I would not know if I had not grown with FFOF and water only.
I have that first grow linked in my sig - plenty of successes and mistakes that others can learn from
My current grow is also in my sig
Where's yours?
Alter Jean
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Out of all of the FF products I have to say Happy Frog is one I will not knock at.
I will grab a bag and cut it with coco every once in a while for a quick one. It's a really a good soil.
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Soul Dwella
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do you top water after top dressing?Sips and Dr Earth dry ammendments. I mix in ammendments with the soil in a tote before putting it in the sip. Then when I flip, I top dress and scratch in the dry ammendments again. Other than that, it's just filling up the reservoirs with water every couple of days. There is a solid few hours of work in between cycles cleaning the sip and reammending the soil, but its cruise control after that
Wizzlebiz
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Question for ya on that. Can I use the bluematts with my outdoor plants? Or I should say would you advise it?
If so I would consider trying some coco
myke
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I do,i make a channel dump my 1/2 cup in and everyday I water over it.10g sip i can pour1.5- 2 solo cups in a day