Agree. Learn to grow before messing with HPA.
In fact from what I've seen, even the guys actually doing HPA don't seem to know what they're doing exactly. Most of their discussions are about HPA parts, not a whole lot of growing going on there.
I want to see that one journal from an HPA expert who has grown a plant that is so superior to mine, that all I can think of is spending the money and time to switch to HPA. Haven't seen it yet.
those posts with a full grow in HPA seem to be quite eluding, yes....i think we're in the early dawn of a big HPA following however and soon we will see some great pics of our grows...i myself have never grown using HPA but i have plans to build a system for my next grow...i started out LPA and i think im ready for the switch! good advice about starting out simple!
Trichy Bastard has a thread going where he posted some root pics from someone else's HPA journal..thats what gets you...when you see the root mass from an HPA grow its like nothing else out there...now what the top of the plants looks like isnt shown!
im not expecting better bud than my current system when i go to HPA...in fact im expecting much poorer results...its going to take me probably 2 or 3 grows to get things dialed in where i can harvest as much as i do know with LPA...its a difficult challenge and that is what appeals to me and i think what appeals to many who find themselves researching HPA
i started growing to support medi patients and its turned into a hobby that i really enjoy...every system ive grown with has been different from the previous because i keep fiddling with it, making improvements, changes, etc....HPA is a way for me to mesh my interests in setting up and maintaining water systems with my interests in growing
i would venture to say that anyone starting out with HPA has to expect there to be a large learning curve as each system is different just as each strain is different and one cant expect perfect results right away...but with the proper research, materials, approach, and PATIENCE i think an HPA system would outperform any other form of growing there is
again, i have nothing but speculation to back that up with, but its good speculation based on countless hours of research on the matter...there arent many HPA grow journals because people do not want to spend all the time and money on something that will take them years to operate to its maximum potential...but i see it as an opportunity and cant wait to get started
awesome grow btw man ive been checking in every so often