Done With soil. Want to try Hempy Bucket. Need Input

LoRd MeGaTR0N31

LoRd MeGaTR0N31

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Ok I can't do soil anymore. This morning I woke up and my tent was filled with gnats. They were everywhere from the new soil I purchase yesterday. Soil is starting to be a pain in the pockets also because I don't live near any grow shops or anything that sells great soil so I always have to buy online. Then I'm tired of the cooking the soil and dragging soil in and out its getting to me now. I would do Hydro or Aero but I hate how I always run into temp problems with my reservoir. To be honest I forget to switch frozen bottles out. Im really thinking about Hempy Bucket grow. I have about 8 Cubic feet of perlite . I see that HB are very light and yield more then soil. I want to do 9-3gallon hempy buckets this next grow under a 1000w in a 4x4. Any Cons I should know about Hempy bucket besides the water all the time? I feel like everybody only talked about the pros of HB grow.
 
shnkrmn

shnkrmn

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Small plants grow slowly in hemp until their roots are well developed. Other than that. Hempy is pretty easy. Also, rooted perlite is very hard to reuse and not as discreet to discard as soil. 9 gallons would be the largest hemp I've heard of. I'd stay smaller, 5 gallons max.
 
LoRd MeGaTR0N31

LoRd MeGaTR0N31

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shnkrmn said:
Small plants grow slowly in hemp until their roots are well developed. Other than that. Hempy is pretty easy. Also, rooted perlite is very hard to reuse and not as discreet to discard as soil. 9 gallons would be the largest hemp I've heard of. I'd stay smaller, 5 gallons max.
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I ment I want to do nine 3 gallon buckets.
 
Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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LoRd MeGaTR0N31 said:
Ok I can't do soil anymore. This morning I woke up and my tent was filled with gnats. They were everywhere from the new soil I purchase yesterday. Soil is starting to be a pain in the pockets also because I don't live near any grow shops or anything that sells great soil so I always have to buy online. Then I'm tired of the cooking the soil and dragging soil in and out its getting to me now. I would do Hydro or Aero but I hate how I always run into temp problems with my reservoir. To be honest I forget to switch frozen bottles out. Im really thinking about Hempy Bucket grow. I have about 8 Cubic feet of perlite . I see that HB are very light and yield more then soil. I want to do 9-3gallon hempy buckets this next grow under a 1000w in a 4x4. Any Cons I should know about Hempy bucket besides the water all the time? I feel like everybody only talked about the pros of HB grow.
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Have you thought about a coco/perlite mix in pots? I grow trees in 5-7 gallon pots. 4-6 per 1000w. It's my goto setup these days.
I've rocked allot of different setups, but I've never done the hempy pots.
 
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spek9

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Get one or two Claber Oasis auto-drip system for your Hempy's. I've done that (pure perlite even) and they take the work completely out of it. I just adjust the water in the tank every 3-4 days if necessary.

-spek

EDIT/ADDITION: I've even been on several 9-12 day business trips and the plants were as beautiful as if I had of been home with them :D
 
Aeroknow

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Wilksey said:
I use coco in my hempies and still get those g'damn gnats. Even after cooking the coco. Those g'damn gnats are fuckin' ninjas man.
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Interesting. Could it be the nature of the hempies? Like I said, I've never ran em. I have gotten gnats from coco that the fucking retard hydro store left outside and got wet. Other than that, no more so than in promix or rockwool. Which is USUALLY going to be from user Error lol
 
Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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Wilksey said:
I use coco in my hempies and still get those g'damn gnats. Even after cooking the coco. Those g'damn gnats are fuckin' ninjas man.
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Do you use rapid rooters? Nothing pisses me off more, than when those bastards get into them, and fuck some of your rooting cuts. :-(
 
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Wilksey

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Aeroknow said:
Interesting. Could it be the nature of the hempies? Like I said, I've never ran em. I have gotten gnats from coco that the fucking retard hydro store left outside and got wet. Other than that, no more so than in promix or rockwool. Which is USUALLY going to be from user Error lol
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I think the little bastards just love coco, and might hone in on the reservoir hole for access to moisture.

I've been taping up that res hole after watering as part of my extermination program, and between doing that, neem, and sticky traps, it keeps the little fuckers manageable.
 
Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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Wilksey said:
I think the little bastards just love coco, and might hone in on the reservoir hole for access to moisture.

I've been taping up that res hole after watering as part of my extermination program, and between doing that, neem, and sticky traps, it keeps the little fuckers manageable.
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Have you tried gnatrol yet? It works good. Don't ask me how I know lol
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It doesn't smell good like gognats, in fact, it doesn't smell at all, but it works muuuuuch better :-)
 
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rob333

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LoRd MeGaTR0N31 said:
Ok I can't do soil anymore. This morning I woke up and my tent was filled with gnats. They were everywhere from the new soil I purchase yesterday. Soil is starting to be a pain in the pockets also because I don't live near any grow shops or anything that sells great soil so I always have to buy online. Then I'm tired of the cooking the soil and dragging soil in and out its getting to me now. I would do Hydro or Aero but I hate how I always run into temp problems with my reservoir. To be honest I forget to switch frozen bottles out. Im really thinking about Hempy Bucket grow. I have about 8 Cubic feet of perlite . I see that HB are very light and yield more then soil. I want to do 9-3gallon hempy buckets this next grow under a 1000w in a 4x4. Any Cons I should know about Hempy bucket besides the water all the time? I feel like everybody only talked about the pros of HB grow.
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i use to be a real big coco grower for about 5 years i got sic of it and moved onto a substrate same tast as soil but the growth of any coco dwc or drip system its a realy good medium and have been useing it for about 2 years now it keeps up with my freinds bubble system and tast 70% better not like hydro
 
rob333

rob333

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rob333 said:
i use to be a real big coco grower for about 5 years i got sic of it and moved onto a substrate same tast as soil but the growth of any coco dwc or drip system its a realy good medium and have been useing it for about 2 years now it keeps up with my freinds bubble system and tast 70% better not like hydro
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and btw u are useing to much water or just plain shit soil to be haven gnat problems
 
rob333

rob333

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LoRd MeGaTR0N31 said:
Ok I can't do soil anymore. This morning I woke up and my tent was filled with gnats. They were everywhere from the new soil I purchase yesterday. Soil is starting to be a pain in the pockets also because I don't live near any grow shops or anything that sells great soil so I always have to buy online. Then I'm tired of the cooking the soil and dragging soil in and out its getting to me now. I would do Hydro or Aero but I hate how I always run into temp problems with my reservoir. To be honest I forget to switch frozen bottles out. Im really thinking about Hempy Bucket grow. I have about 8 Cubic feet of perlite . I see that HB are very light and yield more then soil. I want to do 9-3gallon hempy buckets this next grow under a 1000w in a 4x4. Any Cons I should know about Hempy bucket besides the water all the time? I feel like everybody only talked about the pros of HB grow.
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sorry also if u cant get over the hurdel of soil u are well and truley fucked with any other system
 
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spek9

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rob333 said:
and btw u are useing to much water or just plain shit soil to be haven gnat problems
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How do you know this?

Do you understand the environment and everything else to be giving such feedback? Can you provide advice along with pics of your grows so the OP gets some help?

-spek
 
LoRd MeGaTR0N31

LoRd MeGaTR0N31

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Aeroknow said:
Have you thought about a coco/perlite mix in pots? I grow trees in 5-7 gallon pots. 4-6 per 1000w. It's my goto setup these days.
I've rocked allot of different setups, but I've never done the hempy pots.
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Will coco draw up like peat moss. I just did peat moss and perlite mix 50/50 and that crap killed so many of my seedlings I just gave up on beans right now. That stuff stays wet to long every seedling that died when i pulled it from the medium the tap root was brown and dead.
 
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