The Official Hempy Bucket Thread

[chronosync]

Running solution through unused portions of a container is technically a waste, but if im so worried about saving fertilizer that my plants dont eat good then whats the point?

To each his own as jelly already said.

 

[dansbuds]

everybody has their methods lol 6 of 1 half a dozen of the other !

 

[Jellyfish]

how do you figure your wasting nutes unless you not feeding the cups ! you still have to feed them no matter what pot its in ! your not using anymore nutrients untill its time to fill the rez . & thats only 1 time , then you only feed to refill .

Jeez man, do I really have to explain to you that a larger container will hold more nutes than a smaller one? :big grin:

I mean wasting in the sense that if you have a seedling in a five gallon bucket, most of the liquid in the rez is going to evaporate before the tiny seedling can intake it and use it. So a smaller container works just as well and uses less nutes, see?

 

[dansbuds]

5 gallons is way to much for this type grow anyways , but i get your point . 3 1/2's were the biggest i ever used & you only give enough juice in the first week or so to keep the plant happy , your not filling the bucket right off the bat ! especially in coco , it would smother the young roots . once the roots have grown down into the rez is when you fill the bucket to runoff .

my main point was .... you don't have to do multiple transplants , you can go right into your final bucket if you want to .... it can & has done very well in the final pot !

 

[Jellyfish]

It's true it can be done your way. My way isn't that different, except I start them out in yogurt cups, hempy style.

Then when they're about two feet tall, and the rootball is about to bust the yogurt cups, you put them in a bigger hempy and let the roots grow into that.

I personally trim the roots at this point, and end up getting a big burst of growth going into flowering stage, as long as you give them a couple weeks at least before putting them into flower.

It's all hempy and it's all good.

 

[dansbuds]

It's true it can be done your way. My way isn't that different, except I start them out in yogurt cups, hempy style.

Then when they're about two feet tall, and the rootball is about to bust the yogurt cups, you put them in a bigger hempy and let the roots grow into that.

I personally trim the roots at this point, and end up getting a big burst of growth going into flowering stage, as long as you give them a couple weeks at least before putting them into flower.

It's all hempy and it's all good.

exactly !!!

 

[chronosync]

This is great, i just learned me a thing or two. Pro banter is the best. Thanks guys!

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[Jellyfish]

Here's what I'm talking about. I would put this same seedling in a solo cup or small hempy until it got at least a few pairs of leaves.

 

[chronosync]

Well thats just.....it certainly illustrates your point.

 

[Jellyfish]

Well thats just.....it certainly illustrates your point.

I got that photo from a current running thread called, My seedlings don't seem to make progress. Need your opinion!

 

[chronosync]

Def got an opinion on that one!

Jelly, how many times are you watering those yogurt cups a day? Gotta be all day with two ft plants!

 

[noyd666]

best way to find out is go do it, easy peasy.

 

[Jellyfish]

Def got an opinion on that one!

Jelly, how many times are you watering those yogurt cups a day? Gotta be all day with two ft plants!

Every other day, but I look at them every day.

Also, "yogurt cup" might mean different things to different people, this is what I'm talking about.

 

[chronosync]

Oh i see now, thats reasonable. I never would have guessed thats all you really need for volume until trying coco out. At first, yea, i thought you meant single serving cups, like the challenge here (diff story)

 

[dansbuds]

Here's what I'm talking about. I would put this same seedling in a solo cup or small hempy until it got at least a few pairs of leaves.
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yeah i wouldn't put anything that small into a big pot ! seedlings unless fems , i do in 5" pots untill sex shows , then they go in thier final pots .

 

[dansbuds]

I got that photo from a current running thread called, My seedlings don't seem to make progress. Need your opinion!

gee .... i wonder why ? lol

 

[Pinball Wizard]

23 ounce beer cups with hempy mix...perfect for seedlings the first 3 weeks.

 

[Jellyfish]

Yes!

 

[chronosync]

Dont they fall over?

 

[Jellyfish]

Like dominoes, so be careful.