Hempy Buckets
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hybrid93sivic
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Did a Hempy bucket on my very first grow ever!! I know you are supposed to have a perlite/vermiculite mix but I ran straight perlite. They work great especially for first timers!!
hybrid93sivic
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Google it. It's all over the web or you can search it here. You basically have a bucket and you drill a hole about an inch to two inches from the bottom for drainage and that small space acts as the reservoir for the roots of the plant. When the roots get into the res and start drinking all of the nutes, your plants take off!! Real cheap and simple form of hydro.
smoke and coke
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here is a link to something i have been wanting to make. just never find the time. on the bottom of the page is some videos that show how to make it.
these might be nice if you cant go and check on your plants every day or 2.
http://earthtainer.tomatofest.com/
these might be nice if you cant go and check on your plants every day or 2.
http://earthtainer.tomatofest.com/
SirThunderBud
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Hempy method can be great...I use this method now after starting with a DWC. Compared to the DWC, Hempy is less work and maintenence. I prefer it over just about anything besides using living compost. Good luck man
BeaverHuntr
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Hempy is awesome but its part of that whole " passive hydroponics" but now a' days you can just straight coco rather than 100% perlite/vermiculite.. Hempy is basically a bucket with perlite/vermiculite with a drain hole in the bottom.
MurshDawg
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Coco... The Hempy of the 21st century!
BeaverHuntr
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Yeah pretty much. You dont see too many growers using them anymore as much as the did about 5 years ago, its kind of obsolete with all the different coco coir they have out now.
phxfire
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BeaverHuntr
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nothing really maybe plant stability when it gets big.. In 100% perlite it would probably fall over. You dont get any bugs with 100% perlite.
BeaverHuntr
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I think it was the dudes screen name who did a tutorial on them, I always knew them as perlite buckets
phxfire
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Good info my friend!!
YThor
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That gives me an idea for an experiment: "sandwich" the coco in the middle, with perlite top and bottom- bottom for drainage, and on top to keep down gnats.