Hempy Bucket info??
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ow.douglas
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lsmk, you can look around here and get some good information. I am a Hempy grower, if you want to ask a question or drop your plan here for review I would be glad to help in any way and am sure the other Hempy growers will jump in too. Just cut some Skunk Berry this weekend Hempy style.
kyoinidaho
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lsmk, hempy is the greatest! i'll sub this thread, ask any questions and i'll try to answer them! have you got our lights and all your basic grow equipment already? just starting out, i have to reccommend using 100% perlite!! i love it for its ph neutrality, when i mix my nutes to the hempy ph (5.
i never ever have had a nute problem...
i love hempy buckets for the simplicity! really a set it and forget it type of grow, it's like whatever i do, i CAN'T fuck my plants up!! if my ph is 5.8, then my plants are fine
i never ever have had a nute problem...i love hempy buckets for the simplicity! really a set it and forget it type of grow, it's like whatever i do, i CAN'T fuck my plants up!! if my ph is 5.8, then my plants are fine
kyoinidaho
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just like ow.douglas reccommended, just browse the forums and you'll have a general idea of what's up, ask specific questions for specific answers to fine tune your grow how you want it...
Ismk171
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Im mostly confused on the watering, i've looked at a few websites and some are saying feed once a week and some saying feed skip feed skip just water and start over?? anylight on that would help. and also im kinda new at all this nute stuff, so if ya'll could just recommend some good/basic nutes that would help. I've heard alot of people saying just perlite, so i guess thats the way im going, sounds cheaper anyway.
just orderded some green o matics
just orderded some green o matics
Izoc666
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yeah i was looking fot hempy bucket information too...today i saw at the walmart, they sell a 5 gallon bucket, i remember i saw the hempy bucket thread about this, just bought it. i have plenty of perlite that i dont use too much...i have like 2 pertlite bag sitting at my patio. And i have GH floraduo. I figured why not to try give it a shot so i cant find the thread, if anyone of you have the link to that thread, it will be much appreicate, thanks.
so i cant find the thread, if anyone of you have the link to that thread, it will be much appreicate, thanks.kyoinidaho
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if read a few things too about watering, like, every other watering just use plain water, personally i've just fed 'em with nutes every time...
when you start your hempy's, i assume you're going to first use 16 or 20 oz plastic cups (mini hempys), be SURE to make your hole at least and inch and a half to 2 inches from the bottom! i messed up one time and put the hole about an inch from the bottom on 5 cups...about 3 weeks into veg, i was watering every single day, and even then i'd have to tilt my cups back so they'd hold more water for longer...
basic nutes? as with Izo, i just use the GH line...5ml micro, 8ml bloom in veg, 10ml micro, 16ml bloom in flower...i've seen posts of a *new *improved lucas formula with the GH nutes, but the old one i just told you has always worked fine for me
when you start your hempy's, i assume you're going to first use 16 or 20 oz plastic cups (mini hempys), be SURE to make your hole at least and inch and a half to 2 inches from the bottom! i messed up one time and put the hole about an inch from the bottom on 5 cups...about 3 weeks into veg, i was watering every single day, and even then i'd have to tilt my cups back so they'd hold more water for longer...
basic nutes? as with Izo, i just use the GH line...5ml micro, 8ml bloom in veg, 10ml micro, 16ml bloom in flower...i've seen posts of a *new *improved lucas formula with the GH nutes, but the old one i just told you has always worked fine for me
ow.douglas
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ISMK, I use a 3:1 perlite/vermiculite mix. If you are going to grow more than one at a time try one of each and you make the decision. I did and this is where I landed, your results may vary. I use GH Maxi series, it's cheap and easy I don't sweat the pH a great deal and you will find that there are hempy growers here that don't pH at all. I don't ever add just water until the final flush, every 2-3 days with whatever mix of nutes you are using at that time.
kyoinidaho
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i guess you could go either way, i personally just use 100% perlite, it's main benefit imo is the ph neutrality of it, but then again, i believe hydroton is ph neutral too...i have never used hydroton, so i can't speak poorly or positively about it...
i guess if you have some hydroton, maybe do one bucket with hydroton filling the res, as something to compare the other with...hell if you do one with hydroton at the bottom, and that one's doing better than the rest, i'll probably try it!
i stick with just perlite cause it just adds to the ease of an already simple way to grow...oh, a word of advice, when you make your hole in your bucket, make it small, enough for water to drain out, right now i have perlite all over the place all the time cause i made 'em wayyyy too big, about an inch square!
god i love hempy buckets! really, if you look through posts i've made, i always try to represent hempys every chance i get! i couldn't imagine growing any other way, it just seems like i'd be adding more things that i could mess up
i guess if you have some hydroton, maybe do one bucket with hydroton filling the res, as something to compare the other with...hell if you do one with hydroton at the bottom, and that one's doing better than the rest, i'll probably try it!
i stick with just perlite cause it just adds to the ease of an already simple way to grow...oh, a word of advice, when you make your hole in your bucket, make it small, enough for water to drain out, right now i have perlite all over the place all the time cause i made 'em wayyyy too big, about an inch square!
god i love hempy buckets! really, if you look through posts i've made, i always try to represent hempys every chance i get! i couldn't imagine growing any other way, it just seems like i'd be adding more things that i could mess up
Izoc666
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lol i got ya bro about the smaller drain
sure i will do that really small drill size about dime , not quarter !! I think i will go for 100% perlite only, i appreciate your tip, gotta give ya +rep, thanks
Izoc666
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yo peeps , heres a video that i found at the youtube, thought you guys would like to watch this video, heres link:
http://youtu.be/1hWmTpcFWws
enjoy it.
http://youtu.be/1hWmTpcFWws
enjoy it.
drgreentm
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i have thrown freshly rooted clones straight into 5 gal hempy buckets with 100% per and they grew quite fast, i dont believe there is any reason at all to have to transplant anything. i also have always done a feed,water,feed,water,etc etc... if you dont plan on running straight water through your buckets every other feeding i would strongly recommend measuring the run off every so ofter because the fist hempy i ran i feed all the time and over a period of time the standing water in the bottom 2" was so strong it fried my plant after that i flushed every other feeding with ph'd water and no nutes. i like to feed every morning when the lights come on with a gal of nute water then right before the lights go out i like to throw another gal of straight ph'd water through it as it is nearly impossible to overwater when using 100% per, i have also done this with hydroton with good results.
Izoc666
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yeah i got the picture of water, feed water,feed etc. how often you flush ? basically every night before light out, you just water dowm bucket with straight water, acting as flush every two night if it feed nute in the morning ?
and another question : which is the best result to use perlite or hydroton ?
thanks.
drgreentm
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yup i would feed every morning then basically flush every night, this just helped throw some of the nutes out the drain holes and dilute down the strength of the standing water, this worked well (got some pics here of a couple i have done). i wont be of much help to you about finished results as i used this style strictly for mothers although i did flower one bubba mom but had to chop early for other reasons (fist pic) i loved the ease of the hempys for moms cause it was just one res i didnt have to mess with (used to use DWC for moms).
also with the difference between hydroton/per i am currently doing one outdoor with hydroton and it is still vegging so again no finished results but it seems to be growing just like the rest so i would have to say they are about even, hydroton will be more expensive to start but you can re use it, with per i never re use it just get more.
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Izoc666
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awesome plants ! they re looking real good with nice greener leaves, indeed you did good job, sir and gotta ya +rep ! I think i got it everything..maybe ill start by next month or Oct for sure. Oh yeah what kind nutes do you use for hempy bucket ? because i noticed in your shelf, you got kind of different hydroponic bottles. i have GH floraduo ill use it for hempy bucket
drgreentm
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thanks man rep right back to you, i was using flora nova in those im now using the flora 3 part with my hydro system and loving it if you got any other ?'s i would be glad to help as much as possible. these simple systems work very well and if i wasnt running the system i have now this would be the way i would go for sure.
if you got any other ?'s i would be glad to help as much as possible. these simple systems work very well and if i wasnt running the system i have now this would be the way i would go for sure.
Izoc666
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sure I ll PM ya if i have some question, i appreciate it. thanksthanks man rep right back to you, i was using flora nova in those im now using the flora 3 part with my hydro system and loving it
drgreentm
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anytime man