Indoor Think Different Journal - Soil + T5

[Midwest2012]

sounds exciting man, good luck!! will be watching this with interest

just quickly i want to jump straight in the deep end and go for dwc but was told i should start in soil... what is your advice having had both?

I personally found dwc very easy but I'm the sort that does tons of research and was very diligent on daily routines, monitoring ect.

Soil is much more forgiving beyond a doubt and I would always recommend starting that way as a new grower.

 

[brokencage]

sounds exciting man, good luck!! will be watching this with interest

just quickly i want to jump straight in the deep end and go for dwc but was told i should start in soil... what is your advice having had both?

I actualy found hydro to be easyer than soil.But like midwest I did ALOT of research first.DWC works great but takes alot of work imho.I prefer ebb and flow using a bucket system like the multi flow system.Easy as pie.

 

[The Squid]

If you have done it with success roll with it. It's too hot for a lot of strains though. Depends on other aspects as well. Don't fix it if it's not broken. Grow on. :smokebuds:

 

[Midwest2012]

I start of in ffof and I have not had any problems. Sounds like you have a lot of experience using it so you already know not to give any nutes for a couple weeks. I use rapid rooters and then go straight to the final pot of ffof. Good luck dude sounds like you have a nice setup.

Yes, I have used it quite a bit. I'm putting these puppies to Germ this weekend!

I actually decided to do a mix with soils. I always prefer to put straight to final pot after taproot pops so I'm doing the bottom 2/3's of my pots with straight OF. The top 1/3 will be a 50/50 mix of OF and Light Warrior (This entire mix will include added Perlite fyi and Dolomite Lime)

This will reduce any chances of stress/burn on the seedlings and once they develop a decent root structure they will have the the full pot of OF below waiting for them.

Nutes - Yes, I won't begin the feed until a couple weeks in of course.

 

[Midwest2012]

The ladies have popped!

 

[Midwest2012]

24 hours later. Showing good growth. There is some odd curling (not normal curling ive ever seen)..

They look healthy overall but anyone have any feedback?

 

[Midwest2012]

And we go again. Quick update. Odd curling I saw worked itself out with new growth. I'm of the mind it was some sort of burn while still in seedling stage. Luckily I think having the top 1/3 of pots ffof and light warrior was a good choice. They are exploding each day.

A few are slow rollers, but they still look very healthy to me now.

 

[Midwest2012]

More pics. They are moving along nicely.

 

[DutchPassionTony]

you have all the ingredients for a great grow, good luck !

 

[Midwest2012]

New pics, they are in week 4.

Few problems im seeing... Please review and give me your thoughts.

Also, anyone think they can start nute feeding? The ffof has carried them well but I would like to push these ladies if they are ready..