do you really loose flavor in hydro ???

[IwannatokeNbone]

Lots of things are in the genes but without the proper diet don't come out. Do you really believe that a dozen or so salts is everything the plant uses in nature? I got a feeling that there is something else in the soil that helps with the flavor. I've tasted enough grass of the same strains grown both in hydro and organically in soil (when I say organic I mean shit, I don't mean organically derived nutes) and without doubt the organic bud has more flavor, not always the better smoke, like some people have pointed out it can be just as harsh as hydro, but the flavor is more and really comes through when I vape it. The high is the same though.

Japan i actually do believe that the bakers dozen of salts releases from the godlike vagina of erb all the aromas n flavours, im not sure though if the bacterian n fungi have a relationship over long term gene transmission, meaning that if u strickly grow a strain hydro for ever i do wonder if u loose something, this i dont know.

i think the blue light is crucial plain n simple, makes me also wonder out there whos breeding in soil, i think mandala does.

 

[NiteTiger]

There are some common misconceptions about growing that just seem to perpetuate.

Organics or Soil taste better than hydro.

Hydro outyeilds Soil or Organics.

Both false.

It comes down simply to skill. A pro is a pro is a pro is a pro. You get a guy that knows his medium, whatever it may be, inside and out, and his yields and taste will equal any other method.

 

[toohighmf]

CAN I GET AN AMEN????

 

[Smokeone1]

hydro grows faster period! 2week veg in hydro is like a 4 week maybe longer in soil.just stating my two cents.

 

[unthing]

CAN I GET AN AMEN????

Amen

 

[dmt]

depends on strain and nutes, but that is subject to soil too, i have bomb and bad from both, d

 

[KarmasWheele]

There are some common misconceptions about growing that just seem to perpetuate.

Organics or Soil taste better than hydro.

Hydro outyeilds Soil or Organics.

Both false.

It comes down simply to skill. A pro is a pro is a pro is a pro. You get a guy that knows his medium, whatever it may be, inside and out, and his yields and taste will equal any other method.

True words here.....Also a experienced grower will take notice of which strains preform best in which medium.....in his individual conditions

 

[Herborizer]

People think my hydro weed is grown outside. I do nothing special except flush for 10-14 days. I use gh nutes (Lucas formula).

 

[Harvest]

first time posting here
i ve been reading here for about a year thought
i used soil for the past year but now i'm running
rubbermaids dwc's with rockwool and hydrodron
for the past month and i ve told that i would loose a lot of flavors
i'm currently growing mazzar ,g-13 and blueberry

Not true.

 

[danimarie193]

all i can say is that a have a buddy doing the same strain in soil and a e&f table. 30 days in the soil side stinks and the hydro side has no smell at all.

 

[IwannatokeNbone]

have him add one table spoon of molasses to his hydro side, will stink the next day 30 percent more, has nothing to do with the pot being any better or stronger or anything, just more funky probally becuase like your armpits do when u eat ''shit'' foods they smell like shit, but when u eat very clean vegatarian foods you have no odor, not that molasses isnt clean its just that plants have to get rid of something extra, plants eat cations n ions, not dookies. then again , even organic nutes reak to all hell, try flushing with fish emulsion, that will be very great tasteing weed im sure.

odor to me means fuck all, has nothing to do with potency.

 

[cocktail frank]

i've done both methods of growing.
once you dial both in, nobody would be able to tell the difference.

 

[F_T_P!]

I have grown soil and hydro and if you know what you are doing you can get great herb from either method. Hydro is easier to flush and clean out all the salt ferts and there is no dirt to lug around. Not to mention hydroponics get superior yields indoors when all things are equal.

 

[toohighmf]

yields and speed are totally subjective to strains and growhow. I just grew 2 moms under 4 64w CFL's in 2 months that rival some mothers I seen grow for 3x as long under $275 1000w MH "super blue daylight bulbs in hydro. I did it in FFOF soil and some 5 year old expired hydro ferts
just took almost 70 clones off the smaller 1, and I if wanted I could easily cut another 40-50. then theirs the big mom. she has to have almost 200 cuts on her. I

not tooting my own horn by any means, but
A: I hate dirt.
B: Not I'm using a strain I never ran before
C: I'm using old ass hydro ferts that I have never used before with NO METER!!!!.
D: I bend some stuff, train em, turn the 3 gal pot their in when I see fit. move the CFLs around a little bit.

is this strain some super freak of genetics, or do I just maybe know what I'm doing???
Chck it up to experience, folks.

 

[Sam_Skunkman]

Flavor and smell are closely related, that and if you think odor has nothing to do with potency, you need to rethink that and learn about terpenoids. In the best varieties the more odor the better in general.

-SamS

 

[acidlexxx]

i just want to keep the good skunky lemony taste its really good
like i said so far so good i have much easier time with hydro
i dont see why it would no be as flavorfull as with my walmart hillview soil at 4 $ for 25L

 

[unthing]

Flavor and smell are closely related, that and if you think odor has nothing to do with potency, you need to rethink that and learn about terpenoids. In the best varieties the more odor the better in general.

-SamS

Interesting in itself, and also makes me wonder about water cure...

 

[CaptainTrips]

all i can say is that a have a buddy doing the same strain in soil and a e&f table. 30 days in the soil side stinks and the hydro side has no smell at all.

Are you sure there the same strain? Are they clones or from seeds In any case, if hydro caused plants to not smell, perhaps it would be a good way to go for odour control... lol Obviously that is not the case...

 

[10k]

Okay now I have to call bull shit or proof on this one.

So what is the story? You grow them twice as big? Are just the buds bigger? What gives? Are All other things equal?

This does not make sense to me. If that were the case every cash cropper would be doing this.

I just have to chime in on this question randude101..

Have you never heard the expression "explosive growth rates" ?

I have NEVER seen a soil grown plant take off and put on foliage as fast as a well done hydro grown plant.
As someone else mentioned, if the side by side had the same veg time, there is NO WAY the soil plant would keep up with the hydro plants growth and yield wise.

In hydro I have seen growth rates in veg as remarkable as an inch a day.
You'll never find a soil plant exploding at that pace. Ever.

As for cash croppers...well it depends upon what the particular grower finds easiest to manage vs the size of the grow.
Most indoor big yield growers choose hydro if they're looking for a fast turnaround going into the next run unless they can afford all that extra veg time to run soil.

 

[TicalionStalion]

good point 10K, I have noticed the exact same thing. Im on my first hydro grow, but Im absolutely blown away by the rate of growth, both in veg and flower. I ran soil for 6-7 years prior to this, and so far, hydro takes the cake big time. Im at day 35 of 12/12 and Im atleast 15-18 days ahead of my soil grows, dialed in. same strain, but first run with hydro. cant wait to dial it in. I have photo diaries of my soil grows, so its really easy and accurate to compare the 2 for me.

so far Im really loving hydro, im runnin E&F table in hydroton. if everything keeps going smoothly till harvest, I can tell hydroponics is gonna be my new best friend!