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noyd666
mate with green house just puts single seed into ground where needed and bingo
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yes dan lol.
Dr.RedWhite
Active member
You can just put a piece of 1/2 inch nylon rope in the bucket from the bottom up and plant next to it. Internal wick makes a lot of difference in the beginning.
DoomsDay
Member
I place seeds and newly rooted clones into 5 gal buckets of perlite without issue almost daily. It's all about keeping the bucket moist and capillary action ensures the top perlite stays just moist enough to allow new cuts and seeds to flourish.. I would try it before you go talking about how it doesn't work or will have a high failure rate. I lose more clones and seeds to overly damp riot cubes long before the perlite only had any issues.
What bout transplanting up sizes? That seems like a lot of room for a lil taproot..... Not bashing you, just my .02
What he said!
DoomsDay
Member
If in hempys, I wouldn't worry too much about transplanting up in sizes. If you would like me to do a write up from clone to 5 gal bucket for my hempys I would be happy to. Clones go into 100% perlite stuffed into a small plastic net pot. 9 be roots come out of the bottom, into a 5 gallon bucket they go. Roots will take about 2 weeks to hit the res at the bottom, then tighten your belt and hang onto your britches.
Hempys are simple. I never transplant. Once its rooted and the roots hit the bottom growth explodes. Every time you transplant you stunt growth temporarily. If you want a tree it takes about 45-60 days from tap root of veg time. Everybody has their own system and its all good. What works good for me may not for you, but never be afraid to try new shit or listen to someone else who's doing it different...
i have into 16 oz beer cups .... not buckets , but the sucsess rate was dismal . now if ya make it more like a hempy bucket mix with 50% vermiculite ..... i've had much better luck , but seeds in straight perilite never worked out for me .
perhaps we've all been misunderstanding one another. I place everything in the same 70/30 mix. 30 being the vermiculite. And everything handles it great and grows just fine whether seed, rooted or unrooted clone. So now that this has been resolved I think we should all move to additional topics of hempy concerns
re: Taking something simple, and trying to make it complicated is absurd.
That's true, and if you want to go one step further, consider CFL lighting. The main advantage of CFL's is there is a MUCH smaller issue with heat. You can buy CFL's anywhere, and they are inexpensive and made to last a long time. You can get a pretty good spectrum spread if you choose your bulbs well.
Check out the CFL Club! thread. If you're the kind of person that digs the hempy bucket way of doing "it", you might enjoy the CFL vibe.
I personally started with CFL's,. A few years, got an HPS lamp. My bottom line- I did not enjoy having that super-hot blazing bulb in my little space. I had to wear dark shades and be really aware of not touching the hot bulb, etc.
So I went back to CFL's, and didn't find any significant difference in yield. It's just so much easier to deal with the cooler light of CFL's.
I know this post is off-topic, mods are more than welcome to delete this post. But my point is, if you like hemp buckets, you might also like CFL lighting- they work together great! Cool and quiet! God bless!
That's true, and if you want to go one step further, consider CFL lighting. The main advantage of CFL's is there is a MUCH smaller issue with heat. You can buy CFL's anywhere, and they are inexpensive and made to last a long time. You can get a pretty good spectrum spread if you choose your bulbs well.
Check out the CFL Club! thread. If you're the kind of person that digs the hempy bucket way of doing "it", you might enjoy the CFL vibe.
I personally started with CFL's,. A few years, got an HPS lamp. My bottom line- I did not enjoy having that super-hot blazing bulb in my little space. I had to wear dark shades and be really aware of not touching the hot bulb, etc.
So I went back to CFL's, and didn't find any significant difference in yield. It's just so much easier to deal with the cooler light of CFL's.
I know this post is off-topic, mods are more than welcome to delete this post. But my point is, if you like hemp buckets, you might also like CFL lighting- they work together great! Cool and quiet! God bless!
by concerns I meant lets talk about something else. Simple is a subjective term which by your definition means doing it the way you do. And as far as the best mix, again we all have our opinions. This forum and thread is about sharing ideas and listening maybe even learning a better way or a different way to do things...if you're open minded. This is my last comment to you in this regard... Once again lets move forward
Funny. We've all "moved forward" long ago. Seems like you are the one behind in the learning curve. Maybe you should ask Hempy. He's moved on to coco, because it's demonstrably superior. So when you come up with a "new", "better" idea, let us all know.
Maybe you should read this thread, and get up to speed:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=147954
see there you go again with that my way is better shit. Some of us don't need to follow the masses, are content with what and how we do, don't really give a fuck what others think and have no interest in switching up what works for us. So, if you prefer using coco, power to you brother.
