The Official Hempy Bucket Thread

[Primalraindrop]

2 litre hempy getting close

2 litre hempy getting close

This is one of my nugs to be ready in the next couple weeks. I have done everything in my power to try and keep it spider mite free. but its like the cherry pie strain just attracts all bugs. Anyways. Here is a little peak at the cherry pie. in 2 litre.

 

[markymarkfunky]

Thanks for the replys ppl. Thanks for the ppm link. Do you add the tap ppm onto nute ppm? So if tap water is at say 200ppm and I'm looking for 400ppm. I then add 200ppm nutes to my 200ppm tap water to get my 400ppm? In the link you gave me glockdoc on the chart for Indy ad sat the ph changes with the ppm. With hempy is best to keep ph at 6.0. Or let it fluctuate with various stages of growth as shown in chart? Iv Never been lower then 5.8 in hempy or higher then 6.1 from start to finish. How many hempy growers stay with one ph and how many fluctuate ph with growth stage? Thanks.

 

[Jnugg]

Yes,if your target ppm is 600ppm total and your water is 200ppm you would add 400ppm of nutes.

pH should be between 5.5 and 5.8 as a plant eats the EC/PPM drops and the pH rises,allowing the roots to take up all macro and micro nutes.

 

[markymarkfunky]

If I use the basement420 ppm chart do I have to follow the ph guide as we'll or can I keep it at 6.0? Not real Keen on dropping ph to 5.5 -5.7? Thanks.

 

[markymarkfunky]

Thanks jnugg. Iv done ph 5.8 but plants look like shit. When I up ph to 6.0 they look and feel happy. Could it be the strains? La con/ aff goo and deep purp doja? 100% indys?

 

[Jnugg]

You would see better results if you kept the base pH between 5.5 and 5.8 because like I said...as a plant feeds the EC/PPM drops and the pH rises allowing all macro and micro nutes to be taken up.

 

[markymarkfunky]

Who uses white vinegar to ph down? I run out of ph down so been using vinegar. Will it cause probs down the track? Cheers. I will use 6mil micro 9mil bloom feed from now on. Primal raindrop, is that 6mil micro 9mil bloom for the whole growth cycle? do you ever need or use cal/mag or Epsom?

 

[Jnugg]

I use only pH down,it holds the pH longer.

Yes 6/9 the entire life cycle.

 

[markymarkfunky]

I will re calibrate ph meter to make sure it's rite. Flush and feed water, nutes to ph 5.8 feeding 6mil micro 9mil bloom With no gh grow. Very interested in results.

 

[markymarkfunky]

Can I drop from ph 6.0 to ph 5.8 instantly or drop it down to 5.9 for a few days then 5.8?

 

[markymarkfunky]

How quickly will ph rise in the medium jnugg? If say you feed ph 5.6 on Monday will it rise to say ph 6.0 by Wednesday? I feed every two days so if I drop ph to 5.6 - 5.8 every two day feed. Will it fluctuate in ph much?

 

[markymarkfunky]

Sorry for so many questions. I'm a noob if y'all couldn't guess. I find this site very helpful and am learning a lot. Only been through 20 pages of this one thread so yeah a lot more to learn yet.

 

[markymarkfunky]

If tap water is 200ppm to start with. Do I then add nutes to water. Then ph down. Then check ppm? If ppm says 600ppm after mixing nutes to water. Does this mean I have a ppm of 800 now?

 

[markymarkfunky]

Master jnugg please help it's my last question for the day. Is my last post correct about the ppm?

 

[sahdgrower]

Master jnugg please help it's my last question for the day. Is my last post correct about the ppm?

Most people don't want to answer every newbie question. If you have some very specific question that cannot be answered with just a few minutes of reading then by all means ask away. However if you have a basic question, take the time to study up a bit before you ask someone to take away their time to save yours. Just my opinion, I think it is good etiquette.

 

[Elmer Bud]

G`day MMF

You can change PH from 6.0 to 5.8 with no probs .
Get some phosphoric acid to use as PH down . Vinegar won`t hold the PH down for very long .
Don`t worry about PH fluctuations . If you set it between 5.8 and 6.2 with proper PH down it will be adequate .
200 PPM tap water is pretty standard so again don`t stress it .Start with half manufacturers recommended strength nutes and see how the plant responds .

The Hempy Bucket is fool proof if you follow Hempy`s instructions .

Hi every one i thought id add this system of growing I use and have used from the early to mid 80s. As most of you that know me will already know that im a believer in simplicity and things that work and I only really state facts that I have experienced from hands on.

I like the hempy bucket because of its simplicity and the price of the system (ITS FREE ) to make and has no moving parts that can fail and once the plant has started its root system you can basically water and forget it for 2 days or 3 depending on temps and you can grow any strain from sativa to indica in it .

I basically got the idea from my first hydro kit I ever got that was a tomato hydro kit and I found it really easy to understand. It was basically an aquaponic set up and the guy I had got it from I went back a few years later telling him about my creation and how I got it from his idear and the look on his face and smile sed it all ,Ive spoken to a few people in the hydro industry about it and they all tell me it wont work it will cause root rot so on well there all wrong because this method works and they say a picture is worth a 100 words right lol.

I AM NOT SAYING THIS METHOD IS THE BEST BUT What I am saying is its a option and a easy cheap way to grow hydroponically and nothing more, I have tryed a lot of methods and have all ways gone back to this.


To make a hempy bucket is simple all you need to do is this

Get your self a bucket any color but clear as you will end up with algy forming as the nutes react to the light .

The size of the bucket can very from 1 gal (4lt) to 5gal (20lt) roughly I personally like useing a 10 lt bucket and have had up to 19 oz cured yield from a single bucket but it depends on the strain and given pheno .

Once you have your bucket then get a drill and drill a drain hole in the side of the bucket about 2 inch from the bottom , The drain hole can be around 7/16.

And the medium i use is perlite/vermiculite at around 3 to 4 parts perlite to 1 part vermiculite.You can use volcanic rocks but personally I found the perlite / vermiculite a lot better in many ways.

All you need to do now is basically add the rooted clone or seedling water with nutes and thats it,I would water it daily until the tap root and root system has headed down to the res but once you see a desent growth rate id then start to water every 2 days.

The only thing wrong with it is you need to hand water and you get run off from the drain hole thats it and as far as checking your PH well the only time you need to do that is when you mix your nutes i like useing a PH of 6.2 PH .

Don`t over think it . Read more and observe . Its not rocket surgery ...

Thanks for sharin

EB .

 

[markymarkfunky]

Sahd grower Iv been reading a lot but seeing a lot of info that contradicts itself. I'm now on brain sensory overload lol. I think Iv absorbed as much as I can for today. This site is the best Iv seen by far with EXPERIENCED hempy growers. That is why I'm asking the questions I'm not sure of. Elmerbud are you aussie? Babies are 100mil high. If I feed them 9mil micro and 6 mil bloom gh nutes now is there a chance of burning? It just seems a bit excessive as to what is labeled on the bottle for that stage.

 

[Elmer Bud]

G`day MMF

Dunno what brand nutes your talkin about ?
Like I said start with half strength , observe .
Some plants like strong nutes . Most don`t .

By the sounds you need to look into the "Lucas Formula " Bloom + Micro sounds like that method to me .

Give the plant a week to ten days after transplant for the water roots to hit the rez and then things really begin to happen .

Thanks for sharin

EB .

 

[Jnugg]

Micro and bloom IS lucas formula Elmer,but in coco it's recommended to go with 6/9 instead of the 8/16 that Lucas calls for since coco has plenty of P in it and holds in to it.

 

[tomislaw.nijaki]

I got question about air pump that oxygen water ... Is there any ratio with reservoir size and power of the pump (how many litres it pump) ... i got simple bucket, somethink about 15 litres ... i got pump that have 2 exits for air and pump 400l/h...will it work for 2 buckets ??