Coco Hempy style.

[Lostclusters]

Don't swett it.. nobody's gonna come crashing down on you because you made a mistake.. still sounds like a good thing to try.. sure would like to see your results..

mgk

I would be glad to post my results but it is going to be a while. I probably will not pop any beans until October.

 

[Drewtokez]

I tried this for my first grow, everything is fine plants are healthy except the fact they are autos, and its a month in.. Two of them are 3" tall and the other is 5"..help. Maybe I water like shit? Idk.. I really don't.

 

[Drewtokez]

Is there a specific way to water the babies after pop etc...

 

[bobthegrower]

Plastic beer cup with a few holes in the bottom. fill with coco and let them wick up the nutes. Don't let sit in excess nutes.

 

[GreatFullMeds]

This was my concern...if doin autos will it work the same as with photo-period strains? Don't wanna have the plants roots sittin in h20 constantly. if they are lite drinkers/feeders
won't they be at risk of root-rot, stunting, or slowed growth? And should I add dolomite to
the coco to help buffer ph? using maxi-bloom throughout entire grow veg+bloom.

 

[Drewtokez]

This was my concern...if doin autos will it work the same as with photo-period strains? Don't wanna have the plants roots sittin in h20 constantly. if they are lite drinkers/feeders
won't they be at risk of root-rot, stunting, or slowed growth? And should I add dolomite to
the coco to help buffer ph? using maxi-bloom throughout entire grow veg+bloom.

Sup bro, I'm back with an update. My autos are just fine

They stay tiny for a month and half then explode. I found out its normal. If I didn't LST this bich, I'd have a gigantic plant right now.

Heads coco 6/9 with tap water, 3 strains all loving it.

 

[maimunji]

Hi I plan to grow coco hempy and I whant to know is this size perlite is good for my res or I need to find bigger?

 

[t99]

That will work. I've used chunky and smaller, either will work.

 

[maimunji]

Ok thanks. Perlite need to be above the hole to prevent coco to escape? Or below the hole? Or right in the middle of the hole? Or this doesn't matter?

 

[t99]

I fill up to the top of the hole with perlite. There's pictures in the first post of this thread also.

 

[maimunji]

In pics looks like perlite is to the bottom of the drain hole.

 

[t99]

After a week or two, the roots should be established well enough that a 1/2" of coco or perlite shouldn't make a difference either way. I just fill to the top of the hole for easier drainage. Perlite doesn't wash out of the hole, don't know if coir would, never tried.

 

[iBogart]

Didn't read the whole thread, just wanted to know if anybody had an opinion, or tried hempy buckets with smart pot liners? So, you would fill the smart pots using like a 2 or 3 gallon size with coco, then take a 5 gallon bucket and fill the bottom with gravel or whatever to the drain hole, cut some holes on the bottom of the smart pots to allow for absorption, and place it in the 5 gallon bucket and run it as usual hempy bucket. Wouldn't you get better root structure and what not this way?

 

[Drekoushranada]

Do anyone use House and Garden Cocos A&B? I want to try hempy buckets in a section of my garden. I enjoyed my DTW table but it just took up too much space. Plus I enjoy a super simple approach these days.

 

[Westy40]

Didn't read the whole thread, just wanted to know if anybody had an opinion, or tried hempy buckets with smart pot liners? So, you would fill the smart pots using like a 2 or 3 gallon size with coco, then take a 5 gallon bucket and fill the bottom with gravel or whatever to the drain hole, cut some holes on the bottom of the smart pots to allow for absorption, and place it in the 5 gallon bucket and run it as usual hempy bucket. Wouldn't you get better root structure and what not this way?

Hey Bogart, I had 5 - 3 gallon Smart pots I wanted to Hempy...I just went to the garden store and bought those 10" plastic drip trays (not the shallow ones), I believe they were 4" tall? Anyway, I put a hole in then 2" up and they fit right in the Smart pot(diameter wise)...just add your res medium of choice to the top of your drain hole and your set. I have 5 Swiss Cheese Auto's going now and they are doing awesome. The rest of my medium is 50/50 coco coir and perlite).

Your idea would work also, but this would be a bit simpler maybe and you wouldn't need the 5 gallon buckets...it's all contained in the Smart Pot.

P.S. - I like to see or at least have ease to access my runoff for testing PH and PPM's so I put 1" holes in the smart pots right by the hones in the drain pans to make it easier, works out pretty slick.

Happy grows!

 

[maimunji]

I have 9 plants in 2 gal hempy bucket. 5 of them is male. So I have only 4 females. Setup is 4x4 with 600w hps. I looking for 4-5 oz per plant. Do I need to transplant to bigger pots or this size 2 gal. is enough for this yeild?

 

[phitness]

I've done coco hempy in 3.5 gallon buckets and personally I think the 2 gallon is the better choice. With 3.5 gallon buckets I wanted to water everyday but sometimes I had to do it every other day because the roots just didn't fill out the buckets like they would have in a 2 gallon. I'm pretty sure hempy has grown 1lb plants in 2 gallon buckets so they should work just fine.

 

[Trich_Tyson]

how frequently you'll be feeding may affect your decision.

Gunna be feeding regularly? go 2..
if you pot up your only going up a gallon or so.. is it worth it?

That's a great yield.. I know I wouldn't hit it.

 

[Twisted pleasur]

Greeting all!

I was thinking of doing a Hempy grow with 2 or 3 gallon smart pots. In the smart pot would be about 3 inches of hydroton clay pellets at the bottom. On top of that would be coco. This would then be placed in a some sort of saucer that could hold about 2 inches of liquid. This way the coco would not wick the liquid and drown the plant. The smart pot could be watered and left to drain and then set in the saucer for the "Hempy" effect.

Does anyone see any issues with this design? Has anyone ever tried this before?

A buddy of mine does this with just a coco mix. He does not over flow the saucers at all so their is not run off. He says the water runs out the bottom and fills the saucer and then is sucked back up by the plant in a few hours. He says he has no problems when Ive asked him about it. And swears this is his best results to date. Did this with conventional buckets for years. But he said the fabrics pots do better. There are allot of factors if your not doing run off. You really need to have your concentrations correct to make sure there is no build up or lock up. I think he uses H+G at around 2.0EC

I was thinking of doing this with the Air Pots I have and the saucer would have to be deep because the Bottoms of the Air pots are actually a couple of inches off the ground and I found some and tested a few but I just decided to switch a hempy bucket period. If I need to pick up a plant and move with which I do quit often I would rather not have a saucer.

GL with your test. Look forward to your results.

 

[dansbuds]

If your letting the plants suck the runoff back up into the coco , you better be feeding real light or using something like drip clean !!! otherwise by the 4th week your going to have a toxic build up in that pot of coco !!! BTDT !
a once a week flush (3x the usual amount of water ) of a real low dose of nutes (never use plain water in the growth period ) would be a wise decision too .

the sucking up of the runoff is fine for any other medium besides coco !!! it holds onto nutes better than alot of mediums & theres a cation balance in coco that has to be kept in check or you will run into all kinds of problems !!!

letting coco suck up the runoff is never really a good idea unless you know exactly what can happen & how to combat it .