So true. For OG's they really need different conditions than most other cultivars to thrive. You can compromise with multiple strains but its not ideal. Thats why most bigger growers usually only grow og stuff in whole dedicated rooms. They dont like a warm room where other stuff thrives. They also love alot of calcium while vegging and magnesium while flowering. I grow multiple strains but always dedicate some of the lamps with its own feed tank and drip manifold to og stuff. Totally different base nute profile than the rest. Lots of magnesium. And I dont back off the nitrogen so drastically in flower either. Much more canopy management as well. They can get away from you if you don't deal with canopy early on and stay on it. You will end up with larfy airy buds on floppy stems if you dont. Paying attention to the details and little things..thats how I get og's to give up what they are capable of. But your right. In typical "dutch" conditions...aint happening with og based gear.
I am fortunate to have good tap water, still sucks dragging a hose in every time I need to fill my reservoirs.A drain is fairly easy to rig. Tap a barrel, run a line outside, a strong pump is $50. It's a "drain" you plug in. But not having water on tap makes it barely worth it. You still have to lug water in, it's not much difference to lug some water out.
And concrete floors are amazing. I couldn't do hydro otherwise.
Thank you for this post, it makes me appreciate the little I have all the more. Though I still want Mush's height!
