have you not chosen yet in which medium you will flower them all?
>>>Nope, it's been a nightmare. Whole sad story is here
http://www.marijuanapassion.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70733
>>>I've always used earth but got tired of trying to discard it. I went with coco/perlite but did not rinse the coco well enough. (did not have ppm meter) When I checked with new meter, it was 1400... seedlings were not growing. So I flushed them, got it to 100 and waited and waited... those plants are older than they look, I thought they'd die and I'd just start again with seeds, plugs and the buckets but they lived (sortof)
I can't bring myself to kill them.
if you have a dwc system setup then go with that.
>>>Yes, just finishing 2nd dwc tonight. I figured I'd practice with the ones I have and cleaned the roots (I REALLY did not enjoy that at all) and plopped two in buckets, they're in shock methinks.
i used to keep moms in growrocks for years hand watering,
>>> nutes every watering?
but some people have more dry climate and need to mix with something. anyway you go, you need to control the ph and ppm of your medium. in hydro, i would only go with a medium that is impossible to overwater, so that i can flush change the ferts and intervene as i please, and thus i chose flood and drain for almost everything, DWC is good too. I think that 30/30/30 mix would drain well but i cannot be sure as i haven't tried it. i think that the key is in your feeding, what are you feeding?
>>>full strength nutes from GET and full strength power thrive. Some H2O2 in the buckets as well. I put a tote lid under the plants and let them suck it up. Almost a week before they need water again.
how are you controlling ph
>>> city water sits overnight, I nute then check pH, it's 6.0 or 6.1 and I leave it alone.
and ppm?
>> I'm still fuzzy on this... I haven't yet, but I'd add ph'd water if ppm was high and add nutes if ppm was low. I don't check ppm in the coco, don't know how... check runoff?
I certainly am not the guy to ask about soil,
>>> no sweat, there's a great soil guy here, wish I'd known about this place 5 years ago. But I'm pretty excited about the trying the buckets
because i am a hydro guy all the way, and i would only advise you to master your hydro techniques
>>> That's the plan, I'm also looking at P Jammers pruning thread and am leaning that way (really hoping I'll need those 4 stakes per bucket)
and never look back