Gorwing is soil/hydro...pros of both at same time...come give opinion

[Levitikuz]

Let me know what you think about this....
Take a nice size pot, lets say a 3 gallon pot no less....and seperating it completely in half by like a plastic piece (air tight) so no you have 1.5 gallons on each side...you fill one side up with soil and the other up with your favorite hydroponic medium ie: expanded clay pebbles...

Now you plant your clone directly in the middle of the pot, and you know for a fact the roots of your clone will grow on both sides of the pot, half its roots on the soil side and half its roots on the clay pebble side...

Now if you never watered the clay pebble side half of your roots will always be in enough oxygen for the whole plant while the other half is in soil and you would be able to water it alot more and i would think never have to worry about overwatering because half of the plants roots are ALWAYS in oxygen filled caly pebbles....

So now you can basically take away the risk of getting any type of root rot and you wouldnt have to worry about water temps and if you think about it your PH could flux alot more....

I dont know if im missing anything to this therory but ANY comments and additions to this are WELCOME!

We are always focusing on putting ALL are roots into one certain medium...but if we split the roots in half..and 1 half focused just on water and nutes and the other half just focused on oxygen...then you could never over water and you would always have enough oxygen...
If Half of your roots are soaking up all the oxygen they can get then the other half in soil could be wet 24/7 with no worries if a pump is going to fail...or if the res temps are getting to high...because the other half of the roots are bathing in all the oxygen the plant can get...

And im not saying it has to be soil and clay pebbles it could ultimitley be all the same medium ie: all clay pebbles but if you focues half of its roots just on oxygen and half on water and nutes then you would seem to eliminate almost all the problems regular hydroponics runs into...and if you used all soil you would get the explosive growth that hydroponics brings...because you utilizing the same idea of hydroponics and what makes them grow alot faster...

 

[Levitikuz]

no comments on this theory?

 

[Levitikuz]

I really think if we seperated the roots 1 side to get oxygen and other half to get water and nutes, i think you could find a way to maxamize the total intake of oxygen and water and nutes through the roots of a the plant...i think if we did several test grows on different ways to do it we could get faster growth this way then with most hydroponic systems....

And theres another thing somone brought up, if you fill up a 3 gallon pot 1/3 of the way then put a piece of lexon then fill it up another 1/3 then put another piece of lexon then fill it up all the way then plant your seedling or newly rooted clone...when its time to transplant all you do is remove the 1st piece of lexon and that opens up another gallon of soil for roots to grow, making transplanting easier and no transplant shock at all, because you arent removing it from one pot to another!

 

[Guest]

i think you should try it....peace

 

[Toucha Death]

or you could have the bottom half of your pot be soil and the top half be clay pebbles, either way i think if the roots on the pebble side got to dry i think they would die...maybe...

 

[Dr Dog]

A buddy of mine would line the bottom of his pots with clay pebbles all the time, never had any issues

 

[Maj.PotHead]

heres a plant that started out hydro and was planted into soil hastly then flowered out, the hydrotron balls are in the center of container. i watered and ferted it like a normal soil plant and didnt require more water then rest of soil plants.



plant was flowered for approx 60 days

 

[Worm Eat Worm]

sorry guys just a question i dont have much experience with Hydro but whats the difference if you use a nice soil that drains well and hydrotron balls.