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Shulman · 03-31-2013, 02:43 PM

Hello i am a noob to organic hydro and am wondering a few things.What medium is normally the best to use for organic hydro coco or rockwool and hydroton?With coco can you use worm castings and bat guano in the coco and top feed like in soil, use microbial teas and use mycorrhizal?with rockwool must all the organic nutrients be supplied via the water and no top feeding as it will go in res?And when running a top feed drip system with rockwool do you just need a biofilter and to aerate the res nutrients and the correct nutrient combination?

Thanks a lot I know it is a lot of questions but those are the main things i am confused about

canna woop! · 05-12-2013, 02:24 AM

are you dead set on organic hydro? i mean you can achieve the same results with much less cost input and less problems by mixing up a coco or soil base mix. It gives you the advantage over rockwool of a biologically active terrestrial environment where many of the organisms that are symbiotic with cannabis thrive.

mrwags · 05-12-2013, 05:29 PM

There is to much to include for just ONE point of view. I say trial and error and see what works best for you.

Rockwool I will say I don't like. There are far to many others out there that fit the bill much better.

05-13-2013, 02:10 AM

I believe Soil to be simpler in the long run ... if you know about soils and make them yrself.

but use the easiest way for you. make a start. any start! because the Learning is in the DOING!

cheers ...

0101010101 · 05-17-2013, 09:32 PM

hi Sat X RB you so wrong in my opinion soil is to comlicated if you have to compare with hydro grows.

my 2 cents

coldcanna · 09-22-2013, 05:04 PM

I wouldn't recommend hydro on your very first run... There's a lot of little details that you start to pick up on and you don't need the added headache of PPM's and PHing your hydro system everyday. 5 gallon buckets of promix, espoma garden tone and some compost manure, feed them once a week using the Lucas formula and your have a pretty easy and proven formula to start out with.

FromHolland · 08-30-2014, 06:37 PM

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and PHing your hydro system everyday

But organic nutes will regulate the pH, thats the reason why you'll never have to use a pH adjuster when you're growing organic.

09-02-2014, 11:14 PM

I would agree that soil is way easier. Just invest in a good soil and then it comes down to proper watering. No messing with pH, fertilizers, EC, etc....the microbes take care of it for you.

09-02-2014, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by FromHolland

But organic nutes will regulate the pH, thats the reason why you'll never have to use a pH adjuster when you're growing organic.

It's actually the microbial community that regulates the pH, not the nutrients themselves.

03-31-2013, 02:43 PM	#1
Shulman Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 36	New to organic hydro Hello i am a noob to organic hydro and am wondering a few things.What medium is normally the best to use for organic hydro coco or rockwool and hydroton?With coco can you use worm castings and bat guano in the coco and top feed like in soil, use microbial teas and use mycorrhizal?with rockwool must all the organic nutrients be supplied via the water and no top feeding as it will go in res?And when running a top feed drip system with rockwool do you just need a biofilter and to aerate the res nutrients and the correct nutrient combination? Thanks a lot I know it is a lot of questions but those are the main things i am confused about
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05-12-2013, 05:29 PM	#3
mrwags ********* Female Seeds Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,493	There is to much to include for just ONE point of view. I say trial and error and see what works best for you. Rockwool I will say I don't like. There are far to many others out there that fit the bill much better. __________________ Never Argue With The Ignorant Because They Will Simply Pull You Down To Their Level And Beat You With Experience So the idea of spreading the love is the disease and making sure it's done is the cure TY all for allowing me to get my treatment
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09-22-2013, 05:04 PM	#6
coldcanna Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: high on a cold mountain Posts: 1,016	I wouldn't recommend hydro on your very first run... There's a lot of little details that you start to pick up on and you don't need the added headache of PPM's and PHing your hydro system everyday. 5 gallon buckets of promix, espoma garden tone and some compost manure, feed them once a week using the Lucas formula and your have a pretty easy and proven formula to start out with. __________________ "I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." Thomas Jefferson "One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that "an unjust law is no law at all"" Freedom begins between the ears
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05-12-2013, 02:24 AM	#2
canna woop! Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Warshinton Posts: 729	are you dead set on organic hydro? i mean you can achieve the same results with much less cost input and less problems by mixing up a coco or soil base mix. It gives you the advantage over rockwool of a biologically active terrestrial environment where many of the organisms that are symbiotic with cannabis thrive.
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05-13-2013, 02:10 AM	#4
Sat X RB Guest Posts: n/a	I believe Soil to be simpler in the long run ... if you know about soils and make them yrself. but use the easiest way for you. make a start. any start! because the Learning is in the DOING! cheers ...
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05-17-2013, 09:32 PM	#5
0101010101 New Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 6	hi Sat X RB you so wrong in my opinion soil is to comlicated if you have to compare with hydro grows. my 2 cents
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09-02-2014, 11:14 PM	#8
ct guy2 Guest Posts: n/a	I would agree that soil is way easier. Just invest in a good soil and then it comes down to proper watering. No messing with pH, fertilizers, EC, etc....the microbes take care of it for you.
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