Recent content by hydroherb

I see what you mean, basementj.

I'm the same way. I'm no gourmet cook, but I know my way around a kitchen well enough to be VERY familiar with the difference between a sifted cup of flour and a cup of flour you scoop out of the bag. It's the difference between good homemade bread and frakkin' amazing homemade bread. (Great...

Interesting. Regarding the price, it's pretty much limited to the difference in shipping costs, isn't it? I'll admit I haven't checked the per-dose pricing in a while, but last I did it was virtually no difference between the liquid and the powder versions of Big Bud. But I also wasn't...

That's going to be true of most any nutrient brand - they tend to print feeding rates above what you should actually use. In my limited testing with the pH Perfect nutes I've been able to run them at full strength without burning where I would've roasted plants with the pre-pH Perfect nutes AN...

The Advanced Nutrients pH Perfect nutes are really awesome, but I don't believe it's really tailored to soil. That might have been the source of the minor issues you had. Most any hydroponic nutrient will work in soil, but I don't think the pH Perfect tech is going to be reliable with soil...

Re: 420RR's First Journal 2013 Jack Flash Hydro SOG Grow Powered By Blue Planet Nutri Plants are looking really good!

I don't have experience with the Aerogarden nutrients, they're scaled for rather small systems as I recall. But compared to other nutrients I've found that at least for me, AN's are well-worth the money. My advice would be not to get too obsessed with whether some brand or another might be a...

It's a nice way to get your feet wet in hydroponics without making things too complicated. Back when I started there wasn't anything like this and it took me a while to figure out how to get it all working right. With the pH Perfect tech it's pretty simple. Mix nutes to desired strength and...

Exactly. It's not the greatest idea to grow without a ppm meter, but you can use this without the pH meter for sure. The base nutrients alone are somewhat less stable than if you run the Hobbyist bundle as well, but there's "stable" and then there's "more stable" and where "stable enough for...

I could be wrong but I believe the point of the "twist and bend" isn't that it makes the plant stronger than just bending it over, but that it makes it much easier to bend rather than break. I've never seen a plant actually straighten back up after it was bent, I don't believe that is really...

Every mistake is a learning experience, though you've already skipped almost every newbie mistake. I'm definitely interested to see how this turns out. You're already demonstrating ability and knowledge well in advance of any first-time grower I've ever seen.

Kudos to you for doing it right from the start. It's obvious you're on a budget, but you didn't start too soon. You see that a lot in the new guys, they have X amount of dollars so they build a grow room for X dollars. Corners get cut, things get skimped on, and it just looks very newbish...

That's what you're basing this on? "A guy with a blog said he read a study"? Well that's different, isn't it. It's not like they let just anyone have a blog, and they certainly don't let people with blogs just say whatever they want. It has to be true. /sarcasm As I have - repeatedly...

Me too. I'm pretty sure I've completed all the requirements to get one of these: I mean I haven't gone so far as to continuously refuse a completely rational and reasonable request for a specific link to a specific document to support my side of a debate, but I still think I rate pretty...