World Of Hempy

[Javadog]

Nice buds Stevie and Stone!

BTW, I am sure that you meant

White buckets are fine as long as they are not the least bit transparent.

Take care,

JD

 

[jela10]

Those pics above are my current coffee can hempy mainlines. Here are my previous hempy scrogs I was talking about in the 1.2g Sterlite Handy pails.

Nice Stone! I've said this before but you are the best plant trainer I've ever seen. I've used the 5qt (1.2g) Sterlite "Handy Pale" from Walmart numerous times, lately on a mother plant. Once I threw a runt into a "Handy Pale" and placed it in with my larger bucket grow. The little "Focker" rocked a nice cola .

 

[StevieStoner]

Thanks! I havent tried any yet Who its still a little early. Maybe next weekend ill take a sample though .

I usually just put my waste in regular trash bags and on trash day i put them outside right before the trash men come.

 

[stoneslacker]

Right you are Java! Should have said "as long as they are opaque".

Psilo, I am legal in Michigan here so I just put it out to trash. Used to just cut up the big stuff and mix the perlite in my garden before that though.

Jela, I always love it when you say that, especially when I see your monster colas. Been really interested in trying out the grodan mini's after seeing your results. Man are they a bit pricey though! Gonna hafta give it a run with some perlite though.

 

[Shivaskunk]

Stone really does train the hell outta them. Uniform fat colas for square feet. Your plants look like bonsais. Can you post a pic of the plant structure after you chopped the buds off? Id like to see it if so.

So glad Moe started this thread there are a lot of skilled growers here to learn from and many different skill sets. Hope Moe is just on time out and not in some for profit assholes prison.


Decided that since i hope to do an all bluedream grow at some point that i would take the tops off of another one here at day62. 70% amber 25% clear and 5% amber right now. Last weeks girl was about 70% milky 30% clear. Im going to let my'big'girl go'10 weeks and another 11 weeks to see at what point its most potent/heavy. This will give'all the bottom buds on all my plants time to ripen up'as well.

After trimming on this plant im thinking my big girl might be 3.5 oz or so as there are 18 colas on it this size or larger...some significantly larger....

 

[HydroGp]

What is happening with Moebius?
Goodweekend yall!

 

[lamopa]

White buckets are fine as long as they are not the least bit opaque. If they let light through they will cause algae growth in a best case scenario, root fungus and rot in a worst case. I have used black buckets before with no problems, once the canopy fills in the heat absorbtion is minimal. I am currently using folgers coffee cans and coffeemate cans wrapped in foil tape. So far so good.

I would add in the perlite vs. coco discussion that perlite is as inert a substance as you can grow with. It does not contribute in any way to mold or mildew nor any root zone insects. My buddy grows in coco and is constantly dealing with white flys. I have great results with perlite and seen just as good results with coco so it really ends up being a personal preference I think. Watering difference is pretty much negligible, maybe the difference of a day or so. My last grow was in 1.2 gallon perlite buckets and all 3 yielded over 2 oz each with the largest over 3oz under a 250w hps. Slightly over 7oz with a 250w is pretty good and shows just how well the hempy method performs. So you can really push plant size with smaller buckets using the hempy method. These current coffee can hempys are just a summer experiment with mainline training I'm trying. Averaging about 3 days between waterings right now so even with the smaller buckets I'm still right around 3 days. Love the hempy method and wouldn't want to grow another way.

Nice buds Stevie and Stone!

BTW, I am sure that you meant

White buckets are fine as long as they are not the least bit transparent.

Take care,

JD

I agree on the buckets, that's why I mentioned taping them with a few layers of duct tape or spraying that FlexSeal on them.

BTW stoneslacker - your pics look amazing!!! Awesome grows you have going on, keep it up!!

 

[Indoor Sun King]

What is happening with Moebius?
Goodweekend yall!

I fear that his situation is grim, but for how long is the question....our stupid laws are absolutely ridiculous, to lock up people for growing a plant while serious criminals walk free, time for a revolution....boycott the cotton industry as they were the fuckers that fabricated lies to make hemp illegal.....tell every politician that you will actively campaign against them and their party, if they do not support legalization, or at least decriminalization

 

[Javadog]

to lock up people for growing a plant while serious criminals walk free

There is no doubt but that the fix is in, as far as this matter goes.

The people thinking that they are running the show either have zero understanding,
or zero empathy, for just how corrosive the above bullshit is to our national character.

Woe to him who calls good evil and evil good.

This is what we are doing when we give a dude 17 years for a seed (the classic)
while at the same time releasing pervs to repeat their crimes.

Mo is in our thoughts. It would be cool if he could post from wherever....

JD

 

[MedicineGrowa]

Say Stevie and Stone, really nice buds you have there.

As for the discussion on buckets, I have gravitated to the three gal mop buckets found at the "Dollar Store" or "Dollar General". They work great.

I was using five gallon buckets which I cut the tops off of to make three gallon buckets. Some are black, orange, white etc.

I find with the white ones I do get algae growth on the inside bucket lining, but it doesn't seem to have any ill effect. The algae can't penetrate into the medium because it is too dark for it to grow.

With this said however, I am in the process of culling the white buckets, and all other ones which are not black.

I flush for almost two weeks prior to harvest.

 

[WattSaver]

Just finished reading yesterday's posts on how to start a hempy career. I would highly recommend for anyone's 1st hempy to run straight perlite. (add verm if you think you need to, but you don't). The only reason I say this is because of the one feature where perlite hempys out perform any other medium is the ability to flush. That means as you are learning proper nute strength and ph balance, in the bucket environment, you can be less paranoid about killing a plant, because perlite is so easy to flush and start over with. coco flushes well with holes in the bottom of the bucket, but with the hole on the side, coco will retain alot of water. Where with a tip of the bucket perlite can be almost completely drained dry. Once a person has the system dialed (takes just one grow). The transition to coco is basicly adding 5 ml/gal of cal-mag.

 

[Indoor Sun King]

My plant showed first signs of preflowers on July 2, so it's been 18 days

I believe she's still in the preflower stage or should I now consider this the flower stage?

What makes it be considered as the "flower stage" as opposed to just preflowers?

 

[WattSaver]

@ ISK, I don't know if this is fully correct, but it's how I calculate the flower start date, when dealing with sunlight. I wait until I see the first little real flower head on top and then figure I've completed the first wk of flower.

 

[FuckJeffGoldbloom]

Looking good ISK

 

[MrEDuck]

That's how I've done it, mature plants will show preflowers in veg so it's not too helpful. How much dark are you getting?

 

[whocares100]

ISK she is looking good

 

[lamopa]

My plant showed first signs of preflowers on July 2, so it's been 18 days

I believe she's still in the preflower stage or should I now consider this the flower stage?

What makes it be considered as the "flower stage" as opposed to just preflowers?

First, looking good so far my friend. As far as your flowering question, I have seen various opinions. Some say as soon as you switch 12/12, some say as soon as flowers begin to show. I have a tendency to lean towards as soon as you switch to 12/12, but that's just me. I would be curious what seed banks consider "flowering", since they usually put flowering times in their descriptions. If they say 6 to 8 weeks, does that mean as soon as you switch to 12/12?

 

[Indoor Sun King]

That's how I've done it, mature plants will show preflowers in veg so it's not too helpful. How much dark are you getting?

Sunrise 5:31am Sunset 9:10pm....but I've lately been moving them into a darkroom from approx 9pm to 7am........just can't fit 12/12 into my life schedule.

I did this last year, and 10 hours of dark was enough to trip it into flower mode....so I'm hoping it works again this year

Worldwide Sunrise Sunset Map....you can track the sunrise/set for your exact location....also you can download a pdf file
http://www.sunrisesunsetmap.com/

 

[lamopa]

Sunrise 5:31am Sunset 9:10pm....but I've lately been moving them into a darkroom from approx 9pm to 7am........just can't fit 12/12 into my life schedule.

I did this last year, and 10 hours of dark was enough to trip it into flower mode....so I'm hoping it works again this year

Worldwide Sunrise Sunset Map....you can track the sunrise/set for your exact location....also you can download a pdf file
http://www.sunrisesunsetmap.com/

My bad for not realizing you meant outdoor. From just growing my simple outdoor vegetable garden, I would say probably within a few weeks after the "official" day of summer (June 21st or so). I have noticed my garden vegetables all began to "flower" (as in grow actual vegetables) right around the beginning of July or so....

 

[psilocybindude]

It sucks that Moe got fucked over but at least hes in the UK I'm pretty sure UK laws are a lot less harsh than US, in any case anyone being locked up over weed is complete bull shit, I'm kinda surprised he never told us what his sentence was, where ever your at Moe hope things are going well for you...