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Hempybucket/bucquet test
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hempybucquet
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I am going to try a few clones in 1 liter bucquets when I have the chance. With a bit more veg, and a bit more room it will be most interesting to see how they react.
Soil still best for small pots.
Soil still best for small pots.
Sir_Stickybuds
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so far in my experience, my bucket and bucquet are twins, same height same health, metanatural nutes now being used which is making the roots healthier n thicker than they were, only difference is the bucket has more vigorous branching which will make it great for clone mothers
hempybucquet
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bounty29 said:
Funny you should ask..... I have never grown in coco, and have been hearing nothing but good things. I put two clones into coco and will see how they like the Dr Bud nute mix. Sounds like I have to add Calcium and Magnesium to keep them healthy. Added a sprinkle of dolomite lime to PH my mix, so will hope that has enough of the elements needed.
I've been doing a few different variations of hempy buckets using coco, and I've had great results with every different design. Right now I'm flowering in 3 gallon hempy buckets with coco (which is going awesome), and I've got a passive hempy-derived hydro system set up that's going great.
I've wondered about a simple mix like DrBuds for feeding, but I don't think it'd work in coco. If you've got the ingredients already I'd love to see how the plants react. I've been updating both the passive system's thread and the 3 gallon coco hempy buckets thread, both are linked in my sig.
I've wondered about a simple mix like DrBuds for feeding, but I don't think it'd work in coco. If you've got the ingredients already I'd love to see how the plants react. I've been updating both the passive system's thread and the 3 gallon coco hempy buckets thread, both are linked in my sig.
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hempybucquet
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Harvest time for my outdoor Hempy bucquets...
Powdered sugar trichs
Powdered sugar trichs
Bass Akwards
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What was the yield?
What was the yield?
Healthy plants.
Dried & cured, it looks about 2.5 oz each.
Is that about right?
What was the yield?
Healthy plants.
Dried & cured, it looks about 2.5 oz each.
Is that about right?
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Dalaihempy
They do look very healthy but yields look low for out door plants that get long veg times.
With that size bucket and being grown out doors with a long veg you should be looking at around 8 oz cure min a plant even a low yielding plant will yield more out in the sun getting months of veg time mate.
With that size bucket and being grown out doors with a long veg you should be looking at around 8 oz cure min a plant even a low yielding plant will yield more out in the sun getting months of veg time mate.
bump. nice thread hempy! i stumbled upon a variation of this method due to my hesitation with converting from soil to strictly hempybuckets immediately. i have experienced such great results with more control (and less soil) that i have a whole garden thriving with this method.
the method i use: after rooting clones or sprouting seeds in rockwool i transplant to a dixie cup of FFOF soil, about 3/4 filled. When the plant has outgrown the cup i transplant to a 3g or 5g container. The container is filled with perlite about 3/4 of the way leaving enough room for the "dixie cup" transplant to sit on top of the perlite perfectly and freely. Then i fill in the remaining area, surrounding the "dixie cup" transplant roots, with a 50/50 mix of FFOF and perlite. Depending on desired height requirements i will place the plant in veg or flower, always feeding with veg nutes till about week 2 of flower process. i am loving it so far.
i agree with most of what i think you are saying. However, my understanding of "rootbound" is when the roots have outgrown their container and root growth is stunted due to there not being enough room to expand more. The main problem i have seen with rootbound plants is the plant itself suffers from stress because the roots want to grow more but have no room to grow.
yes, if you can fit a 1gallon ball of roots in a 20oz container then by all means do it...but then what if the plant wants to grow to 2 gallon or 3 gallon ball of roots.
i guess i like to error on the safe side and to assure that there is enough room for any roots to grow that i did not account for are able to do so thus hopefully preventing any unnecessary stress.
the method i use: after rooting clones or sprouting seeds in rockwool i transplant to a dixie cup of FFOF soil, about 3/4 filled. When the plant has outgrown the cup i transplant to a 3g or 5g container. The container is filled with perlite about 3/4 of the way leaving enough room for the "dixie cup" transplant to sit on top of the perlite perfectly and freely. Then i fill in the remaining area, surrounding the "dixie cup" transplant roots, with a 50/50 mix of FFOF and perlite. Depending on desired height requirements i will place the plant in veg or flower, always feeding with veg nutes till about week 2 of flower process. i am loving it so far.
i agree with most of what i think you are saying. However, my understanding of "rootbound" is when the roots have outgrown their container and root growth is stunted due to there not being enough room to expand more. The main problem i have seen with rootbound plants is the plant itself suffers from stress because the roots want to grow more but have no room to grow.
yes, if you can fit a 1gallon ball of roots in a 20oz container then by all means do it...but then what if the plant wants to grow to 2 gallon or 3 gallon ball of roots.
i guess i like to error on the safe side and to assure that there is enough room for any roots to grow that i did not account for are able to do so thus hopefully preventing any unnecessary stress.
bush master
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I agree. I had vegged my BB in 710 ml pepsi bottles, didn't take that long for roots to hit the bottom, but once they started to curl up around themselves, my plants started showing some problems. A few leaves were dying and I had to transplant which solved the problem, although they took some time to start growing again! i think if i flower clones in the 710 i would not have any problems, cause i wouldn't bury them half way down the bottle!
Instead of using coir in your design, could you use an inch or two of gravel/stone to seperate the layers of soil and perlite?
I'm thinking you need a medium that will allow the roots to penetrate down to the water resevoir but not allow water to wick up to the soil level so it will not always be moist.
Just a thought, I might give this method a try
Cannabisaurus
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I tried this method with polyfil as the separation layer. The soil stayed dry, although I'm not sure if any of the water was wicking through it anyway. I don't mind watering from the top now and then though 
that sheet looks dank as ever could be. nice job
bostrom155
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great info
bostrom155
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I have a plant vegging in 3 gallon at the moment and was wondering the same thing, using a 5 gallon bucket with perlite then transplant the soil 3g on it, my soil is LC1 mix
I have a plant vegging in 3 gallon at the moment and was wondering the same thing, using a 5 gallon bucket with perlite then transplant the soil 3g on it, my soil is LC1 mix
I ended up removing my plants from their 1 gallon containers, gently shook as much soil as I could from the roots. Then placed them in the hempy buckets, they have taken off and are looking very healthy. I did not use anything for a barrier between the soil and perlite/vermiculite mixture either.
