The Official Hempy Bucket Thread

[flexy123]

23 ounce beer cups with hempy mix...perfect for seedlings the first 3 weeks. https://www.icmag.com/ic/picture.php?albumid=61&pictureid=73060View Image

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But you will still have the problem to transplant them (if this is one).

I just transplanted a 2" seedling from soil to Hempy AS A TEST, my what a pain in the ass! This is why I earlier asked around whether folks are putting seedlings into their final containers (in my case just 7L 2gal containers which are fine for now)...

Or said differently: I'd rather start in rockwool, then put seedling into final pot...and NOT any drinking cups in between where you then need to transplant. (I can't say transplanting into Perlite/Verm being a lot of fun, way trickier than in soil).

 

[Pinball Wizard]

there's a very easy way to transplant from hempy cups to hempy pots.

...but,..too stoned to say it now

 

[flexy123]

Yeah you cut a slit into a rockwool cube (at the side), soak the cube in 5.5ph water, put seedling in it, put cube with seedling in substrate. I just learned this on another forum

 

[Capt.Ahab]

I usually start seeds in a coco pellet, then put them in Solo cups when they are at about one inch then transplant to the final 3 gallon container. The course coco chips work great in the Solo cups.
If you time it right the roots are ready to move and will take less than a week to hit the res. after being put in the final pot.

Here are a few plants on the day of transplanting to give you an idea as to what size they were at that point. Probably 2 1/2-3 weeks old . I FIM them and give them another two weeks of veg before flowering.

 

[Capt.Ahab]

Here they are 13 days later about 9-10 days after the roots have hit the reservoir.

 

[Jellyfish]

That's awesome, Capt.Ahab! You can do the same thing with the original perlite/vermiculite hempy mix. Just have to do it when the roots are a bit dry. The rootball sticks together just like yours does in coco.

 

[Pinball Wizard]

It's hell reclaiming the hempy mix back from the roots. My first reclaim grow.

 

[Jellyfish]

Just wait until the rootball is bone dry. Then take it out of it's container, put it in a bag or bucket and shake it. You'll get most of your medium back.

 

[Bobbo4200]

Nice work Capt'n!

Nice work Pinball!

Good tip Jelly!

 

[DoomsDay]

Right on man! Look great! I actually shake the perlite out of my root balls the second I get the plant cut and hung. I've noticed less residual root matter in there when you pull them while damp. Just my .02

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[flexy123]

So far so good, the two fragile seedlings I transplanted into my hempies are still alive, actually looking pretty good after 48hrs.

 

[flexy123]

(I am sort-of dissapointed there is not much discussion going on currently. Seems no-one is growing ATM?)

The last days I am pondering about expanding/enhancing Hempies since I see the commercial Hydro systems all causing some hassles. I think the Dutch pot/Bato Bucket system is really the best but I would not have an idea how to manage, change etc. a bigass 150L tank every week. It would be WAY too much hassles for my taste, on a balcony without a drain and no hose connection).

So I came across the very obvious idea with modifying Hempies with an external reservoir, have seen some interesting threads about this also here.

Like so:

This could be done easily either with single pots and an outer pot/container/tray or a larger tray with several pots.

The reason for this (aside from being able to use normal pots and also air pots!!) would be that it would allow putting air-stones into the reservoir so the nute solution wouldn't go stale.

Such a system could also be expanded with auto-watering etc.

Just wondering about people's experiences with such a simple system.

 

[flexy123]

What speaks against an immersible pump for a simple recirculating system is actually just that the nute solution is SUPPOSED TO be used up rather quickly, say in two days. (Because the level of the solution in the tank is not more than, say, 5cm. And of course you cannot put a pump in there since it would run dry quickly).

And anything more complex I wouldn't call Hempies any more, especially not systems with large tanks...

 

[Trich_Tyson]

flexy.. check back a page or two. there were some flood table ideas to implement hempy "beds"... Cool ideas if you can swing it. It was recirculating.. whereas you are still doing a kind of passive thing

If outside.. the small amount of water will evaporate pretty quickly I think, concentrating the solution. You'd definitely have to change the "rez" super regularly.. and if not covered, you'll have to treat for algae.

I just implemented drip irrigation with my hempy's. Game changer for me. You can do it with a tiny reservoir.. for the first week or so mine was in a 5 gall bucket.. it's now in a 12 gal trash can which is good for a few days.. and surprisingly enough.. pH swings very slowly.

 

[Stoneman123]

Hello,

Sorry for the barge in, but I need some advice. I've been growing in DWC since I started, and just yesterday decided to switch to hempy. 100% perlite, no vermiculite.

I have a 4x3 shower stall which i've always used, and it's great because I just drain straight away. Height is not an issue at all. I have a 600 watter, and temps, humidity, ph, etc has always been under control great.

Now, this may sound BASIC, but how do you water hempys? In dwc, i used 5 gallons of nutrient solution, so i would basically pour in 2 gallons of plain water, and then mix micro, bloom, and grow nutrients one gallon at a time until i had 5, which for me insured no nute lockout, since they always recommend you mix them separately etc. THen i'd simply top up with plain water in the following days if i saw it was running low, until the next week where i would just drain, and do all the process over again.

My question is, in a so small rez as in hempy, how will i know how much to mix of my nutes? In a 1 gallon pot, in the 2 inch rez there will obviously be less than a gallon, so how do you guys go about it? I'm using gh 3 part, the most basic thing. Sorry for the long post, i'd just like detailed accounts of how many of you do things.

Also, would the space im working with maybe be suited for a hempy sog? I've seen a couple of great ones around, and am really tempted to go about that, instead of growing one or two monsters at a time.

Thank you for any help and advice!

Peace

 

[DoomsDay]

Mix your nutrients in 3 gallon water jug with a screw lid. Shake, ph balance, then water.

 

[dansbuds]

or a 5 gallon bucket , use what ya need then set the bucket aside till you need it again . just make sure you adjust the PH before you feed from it , cuz it will rise overnight .
thats the way i feed my veg . 5 gallon bucket & a wooden spoon to stir the mix .....

 

[dudin]

(I am sort-of dissapointed there is not much discussion going on currently. Seems no-one is growing ATM?)

The last days I am pondering about expanding/enhancing Hempies since I see the commercial Hydro systems all causing some hassles. I think the Dutch pot/Bato Bucket system is really the best but I would not have an idea how to manage, change etc. a bigass 150L tank every week. It would be WAY too much hassles for my taste, on a balcony without a drain and no hose connection).

So I came across the very obvious idea with modifying Hempies with an external reservoir, have seen some interesting threads about this also here.

Like so:

View Image

This could be done easily either with single pots and an outer pot/container/tray or a larger tray with several pots.

The reason for this (aside from being able to use normal pots and also air pots!!) would be that it would allow putting air-stones into the reservoir so the nute solution wouldn't go stale.

Such a system could also be expanded with auto-watering etc.

Just wondering about people's experiences with such a simple system.

Yes it works like a charm. 2-3cm of water in the rez and you will be good (100% perlite and bottom feeding basically).
You will probably not get much of a salt build up if you go by less is more.

Lazy ass passiv hydro that works great IMHO. I would skip the pump.

(People who get all worked up because the plants sit in still water for a couple of days should read up on Kratky hydro)

 

[flexy123]

Yeah I think it was you in the other thread who used such a system. It just looks so obvious and (as I look at it) has many benefits when the reservoir is outside. Eg. you can see how much they drink, you can use normal pots, you can use AIR PRUNING POTS (total awesomeness) and you don't even need to bother drilling holes.

As I understand it, the goal *should* actually be that the plants should use the water as fast as possible, basically just so you don't need to water many times every day. This would also mean the solution can never go stale..then I understand why an airstone wouldn't even be needed.

I will see in Summer when it gets VERY hot here, then I'll experiment with perlite/vermiculite to find the best balance/ratio. Right now I am using the standard 3:1, seems to hold water a long time but then it's still chilly.

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By the way, question about using root stims etc. in your Hydro solution. Someone said never to use anything organic in Hydro, which makes sense. After I transplanted, I am using a root stim for the first week or so watering, my plants are still very tiny. Did I mess the grow up by putting a root stim in or won't it matter? Like when I later switch to just giving normal GH nutes, would it flush out/replace whatever organics is still in there when I water with, say, 30% runoff?

 

[Pinball Wizard]

Mix your nutrients in 3 gallon water jug with a screw lid. Shake, ph balance, then water.

Yes!...the KISS principle (keep it simple, stoner)