The Official Hempy Bucket Thread

[Miraculous Meds]

It's really a 4X4, but he has them piggybacked. Of course, no photos. Maybe he can Photoshop them....
Yeah, that's the ticket. How stupid of us all not to be getting greater yields by using flouros. Why didn't we think of that? Think of all the electricity we've been wasting! And what's wrong with Hempy. Why didn't he think of it???

Maybe its 4'x8'x20' tall and hes got a couple hundred flouros in there.. That would do it. lol

 

[RetroGrow]

Is the only reason people use hempy buckets instead of dtw because they don't have to water as often because the water in the bottom of the bucket?

Or is there a reason for better growth vs dtw?

Do hempy's perform better than dtw?

Hempys perform better the more you water them. At least once a day, completely replacing the solution and rez. After all, it's hydro. Water to run off daily, or twice daily. The ideal situation I have found is 2 gallon buckets, where the plant drinks up all the solution daily. That way, roots are exposed to air briefly, which is a good thing, as they extract oxygen from the air too. Then you re-hydrate them with freshly oxygenated solution, and they go nuts. They love to drink it all up, then get replenished, as they are always drinking fresh solution. Oxygen=explosive growth.

 

[noyd666]

is there a tall tales thread?

 

[RetroGrow]

is there a tall tales thread?

There should be.....

 

[DoomsDay]

^^^This could very well be the start of one....??

 

[stihgnobevoli]

You know... I'm not one to just flat out call bull, but to come in telling a pretty tall tale without any for of documentation... then to go a stem further and shirk off the people who ask for legitimate proof... well sir... I remember my first beer too....

No way in hell someone pulls 7 pounds from a 100% 4x4 double stacked grow cab with nothing but fluoros and NOT have more pictures than I could shake a stick at. Not saying it isn't possible. I AM saying you however have not accomplished such a feat.

That said... greenhouse is ROCKING it with 5 gallon hempys... did a few transplants directly into 18 gallon hempys that were already in the greenhouse, however the plants received zero time in veg post transplant to reestablish roots. Not expecting much off of them, but I'm dry now so something is better than nothing.

Pics from 2 weeks ago... will get new ones this weekend.

there's actually a guy on here who uses nothing but t8 and pulls elbows. i dunno exact numbers but he has like 600+w of flouro. like 3banks of 4 footers shaped like a batwing and however many plants in single pots you can fit under there.

 

[DoomsDay]

there's actually a guy on here who uses nothing but t8 and pulls elbows. i dunno exact numbers but he has like 600+w of flouro. like 3banks of 4 footers shaped like a batwing and however many plants in single pots you can fit under there.

Exactly why I stated that I know it is possible, however someone without pictures for such tall tales... sure thing... I don't know one person that wouldn't take photos to prove these claims as the individual growing would assume no one would believe those claims.

Again not saying it isn't possible, and if someone has the proof to show us and the know how to teach others how to achieve those same results, that is someone helping the ic community. But o come here, make some outlandish claims, then have absolutely zero supporting data.... smells like a fish and looks like a fish... must be a fish.

 

[DarkGreenGoo..]

Hempys perform better the more you water them. At least once a day, completely replacing the solution and rez. After all, it's hydro. Water to run off daily, or twice daily. The ideal situation I have found is 2 gallon buckets, where the plant drinks up all the solution daily. That way, roots are exposed to air briefly, which is a good thing, as they extract oxygen from the air too. Then you re-hydrate them with freshly oxygenated solution, and they go nuts. They love to drink it all up, then get replenished, as they are always drinking fresh solution. Oxygen=explosive growth.

Personally, I have seen no difference between watering daily, watering every two days or three days.

The medium should be aerated properly and you water until significant runoff every single time you do feed them. When I treat it like this, I do not see a difference.

Most people I find don't feed until significant runoff, and often just shove coco without proper aeration over-top of their base res. Then when they water more often, they find the plant responds better. Which is pretty obvious as to why this happens to me.

 

[Bobbo4200]

I have two 4 x 4 x 6.5 tents, one for veg-the other for flower. I use a 4' t5 for veg, and I have a 600w HPS-and a few LED's mixed in the flower tent. I have a few Hempy's, a few in coco-and a few in dirt. I work my ass off, and I am hoping to get 4 elbows-hopefully a tad more. I had a first good 6 months, had 2.1 elbows there-so we'll see.

After seeing all these 5g Hempy's, Ima have to try. I have a bucket with a hole already. I will wait til I have my 1 gallon free, I would like to go from solo cup of coco-to the 1 gallon Hempy with coco-to the 5 gallon Hempy with coco.

 

[DoomsDay]

Should be interesting. I've never done any other hempy other than 2.5 gallon and 5. The 2.5 did pretty good but the pot itself ended up do small I ran into issues as mentioned in previous posts where plants started tipping over. Now with 5 gal pots, I stick a tomato cage into the bucket after I transplant and veg them out for about 4 weeks. My green crack plant in a 5 gal bucket with the above veg time has turned into a monster in the bucket. Those roots hit that sump and BOOM.

 

[dudin]

100% perlite 12/12 from seed under watering on a tray. 150w HPS. Works kind of like a hempy but the rez (the tray) gets bigger so you can use smaller pots and you water em all instead. Much easier. Water once a week. Do not measure ph or ec.
( oh yeah I've heard it before -That's not a hempy. Nope but pretty fucking close IMO)
Guatemalan Landrace Mango piña

 

[noyd666]

does it produce any decent buds , or just that fluffy rubbish, big enough plant.

 

[RetroGrow]

does it produce any decent buds , or just that fluffy rubbish, big enough plant.

Seriously, where are the buds? Can't even see them through all those leaves. Were you able to get a joint after all that trimming?

 

[DoomsDay]

Greenhouse is doing awesome.

 

[Bobbo4200]

Looking good Dooms! Love the 30 gallon's!

 

[DoomsDay]

18 gallon totes with handles from home depot! 7 bucks a pop. Couldn't beat it hahaha

 

[Bobbo4200]

Sure gonna be some monstah's!!

 

[DoomsDay]

Sadly no. Transplanted late in the season directly outside. I don't expect them to get but maybe a few inches taller sadly. However, the next run in those pots. ... you bet your ass.

 

[mojave green]

i once fuked up some plants in a hydro sys with root rot, transplanted them to airpot hempy style, with 50/50 perlite and rw croutons. watered with ewc tea, and nutes. cured the root rot. they were a bit stunted but ended up with nice roots. shit works. just never figured out how to automate watering so went back to my old fav, flood and drain buckets.

 

[RetroGrow]

Greenhouse is doing awesome.

Noticing some hooking on some of the leaves, which is one sign of broad mites. Not saying you have them, but I would scope them if it were me.