I find the only way to truly do hydro to its full potential is with vertical hps and large trees....yawn....
LT i dont know, before the onset of new technology i was closely watching vertical bulb grows in particular the Under Current grows, here and elsewhere and those grows were true HYDRO... great yields and great quality. I know what you mean..... It cannot however be denied that HYDRO is growing in an inert form of media (water or other carbon based media). with new lighting on the market now like LEP, LEC, DE HPS, DE MH and LED all of which is horizontal or hooded vertical bulbed, and all of them are more efficient than any single ended bulb. there is also the fact that in my shop there are a lot of high frequency electronics, the EM disturbance thrown off by the cord between bulb and ballast just play all kinds of hell on all my toys out there.... So as much as i wanted to try those methods and systems they were never an option for me.Besides I've seen massive single plant Scrog grows...... to each there own my friend...
If you know what you are doing Veg time equal to a dirt grow ought to give you double yield minimum for comparison.
I'm not sure she's trying to do a full on hydro setup, what she is doing is growing in coco which is a form of hydro. To each their own, don't we all bear the same fruit? I like Aspen and many others chiming in on this thread enjoy growing in coco with multiple feeds per day.
If you're not going to contribute anything beneficial to the thread please post your opinions elsewhere.
Is that a steam roller? Jeez and to think i was bustin coba's balls about the gravity bong.....
so true, and stretch hasent really kicked in yet, I am always amazed at how many lateral branches pop up through the screen , gg4 is made for scroggLooking mighty fine in here. Those brown plant clips are the shit! Same exact one's I use. They last forever and can be reused. I soak mine in 91% iso in between uses. And to think you were worried that your screen wasn't gonna fill in, lol.
I suffer from the same mind-set. Flip a batch and say, "shit prolly should have put a couple more plants in. Then half-way thru flower, wish I would have put less plants in.
so true, and stretch hasent really kicked in yet, I am always amazed at how many lateral branches pop up through the screen , gg4 is made for scrogg
i wait till the stretch is over then strip all the lowers . tony was saying when he did his early , he thought he stalled them from growing & his yield suffered from it .......
mine are at day 21 yesterday , so tinight i'll get in there & start stripping . i'll break it up into 3 days so i don't stress them all to much at once .this way too , i can see how far down below the net that the light penetrates & i can leave some undergrowth on that will still be getting light .
Hey Aspenou812, if you get a chance to look around for it check out the Greeneye grow light. I've had 2 versions so far: 1 like a a Bluetooth that went on your ear and 2 is a headlamp type version. It uses green leds and its designed to be used on your plant at night or dark periods to view them without disturbing the dark period. I've had mine for 6 years or more and have even gotten to the point where I can tell if something is wrong with my plant and the only colors I see are green and black lol. Its like the green will be off a little bit here or there and sure enough i'll be looking at a deficiency. Like watching a black and white tv you could tell there were different colors on the screen you just don't know what they were lol.
Looking good so far. Its gonna be a jungle in there . Also glad you found your bong and had time to catch up . I love being outdoors and fish and walk around the woods most of the year. Smoking at a big fire on the edge of so many woods sound awesome! Enjoy and take care 1