The Official Hempy Bucket Thread

[pashio]

From the first post in this thread:

Doesn't say use coco, growstones, rockwool cubes, or whatever, it's very specific in what to use. Deviate from pearlite/vermiculite and you takes your chances.

Yes, the humidity is lower using this media...

 

[DoomsDay]

Nutrients were just standard nutrients I had laying around from previous cycles. Going back to perlite and soil for outdoors. Shouldn't have tried to fix something that wasn't broken to begin with.

 

[Lyfespan]

got 200 homer hempy buckets if anyone wants some, just message

 

[Finagleabud]

Is it possible to use organic ferts for hempies? I've been running 80\20 perlite\verm hempies using maxibloom 1tsp\gal for the entire grow. Very very easy and dependable. However I was wondering if I could just swap the chemical maxibloom out for an organic liquid nute like BigBloom? Any reason this wouldn't work?

 

[DoomsDay]

best answer i can think of is you could, but it probably wouldnt do you too well. Organics are intended to feed the living microorganisms in the soil and they in turn feed the plant. I doubt that the perlite/vermeculite mix is a highly stable breeding ground for those microorganisms if they could even exist in it at all.

No actual scientific tests have gone into this information in regards to whether or not the microorganisms can survive and flourish in perlite FYI... Just going off of what I learned from running the roots organic line for a few cycles. Never again. not worth the headache.

 

[chronosync]

Is it possible to use organic ferts for hempies? I've been running 80\20 perlite\verm hempies using maxibloom 1tsp\gal for the entire grow. Very very easy and dependable. However I was wondering if I could just swap the chemical maxibloom out for an organic liquid nute like BigBloom? Any reason this wouldn't work?

You could try something like PBP or earth juice, or I'm sure general organics. As far as I know these work (can use) just like hydro nutes but are mostly organically derived.

 

[Finagleabud]

I posted a question in the infirmary and i thought i'd mirror here cause I'm currently in hempy cups:

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=332481

 

[Capt.Ahab]

Seems as though you have gotten some reasonable input in the other thread you mention, Finagleabud. I would get them into their final buckets , water sparingly and hope for the best.

Good to be back, everyone.
I took the summer off. It was too damn hot and was nice not to have to babysit a grow for a couple months.

Here are a few of my latest Hempy babies. Running almost all my own seeds this time. Ive got a mishmash pollen chuck of Grindhouse' Prophet, SFV and Diablo crosses, a couple Bubblegum x Maple leaf Indica and one bagseed Grape God. Transplanted them into their final three gallon buckets three days ago. They were getting root bound in the Solo Hempy cups and were ready for a transplant.
Using H&G Aquaflakes with all the other H&G amendments. I received the whole H&G lineup as a sample pack a while ago so may as well put it to use and see what it can do.
Had to dial in the nute mix as I burned them a little when I first mixed nutes at the rate H&G recommends. Should have known better. Anyhow. Now that they have some room to move and a weaker nute mix they seem plenty happy.

 

[Pinball Wizard]

I took most of the summer off, too...big mistake, stash went dry.
Soooooo.... it's cold turkey until Thanksgiving

 

[Ravenboy]

From the first post in this thread:



Doesn't say use coco, growstones, rockwool cubes, or whatever, it's very specific in what to use. Deviate from pearlite/vermiculite and you takes your chances.

I followed the original design and it seems fine. The hardest part is choosing nutes, I settled on Maxibloom Lucus formula K.I.S.S. It has some problems, if you don't do enough runoff each watering you get salts building up in the mix and it eventually needs a flush. Watering from the top gets algae, so I use a funnel poke it in about 1/2" below the top because I hate fungus gnats.

The pearlite/vermiculte is reusable, rinse it and zap it, whilst still moist, in the microwave for a few min to sterilize the mix.

if you follow the whole history you'll see that the creator switched from perlite vermiculite to coco long ago.

he has newer thread than this one : " hempy done coco style" or :coco done homey style" or something like that . There are LOTS of growers having success with coco and coco/perlite in hempies.

 

[DoomsDay]

Yep. Read that thread too and alhave actually had a complete 180 come out of a few of those plants in the greenhouse. All about 1 watering with nutrients, 2 watering with just pure pH balanced water. They're loving it but once this coco run is done, I'm moving back to perlite. Just easier and cheaper all the way around.

 

[Capt.Ahab]

An updated veg shot. Here they are tonight. I'm pretty sure that the roots have hit the reservoir as growth has taken off the last couple days. Switched to 12/12 last night.
The H&G nutes seem to be working well but what a pain in the ass mixing all those different bottles. When the samples run out im switching to Maxibloom.

 

[Jellyfish]

Nice set up, Capt.

 

[Finagleabud]

Gotta love that explosion of growth after you transplant and the roots hit the new rez... man I love hempies.

 

[hayday]

Hey,How do hempies do in the winter time? I might have some problems with temperature during lights out. Any tips or what small heaters do you guys use?

All my heaters glow...I'll be needing a solution soon as cooler weather is on the way. I know it would be best to keep the root zone warmer than the ambient room temperature in the house.

 

[hush]

Just use aquarium heaters. Make sure you use the ones you can set the temperature on, though. Some of the cheaper ones are fixed at 75F which is too warm for plant roots.

 

[DoomsDay]

A small space heater does wonders as well as long as they have selectable Temps. I click mine on at 65 and just let it cruise all winter. Keeps them within range as they art exactly the best calibrated pieces of equipment

 

[Jellyfish]

Just use aquarium heaters. Make sure you use the ones you can set the temperature on, though. Some of the cheaper ones are fixed at 75F which is too warm for plant roots.

Hey, those are only meant to be used in the water! The glass will explode!!!

The heaters made for reptile tanks are a better choice, safety-wise.

 

[dansbuds]

Hey,How do hempies do in the winter time? I might have some problems with temperature during lights out. Any tips or what small heaters do you guys use?

All my heaters glow...I'll be needing a solution soon as cooler weather is on the way. I know it would be best to keep the root zone warmer than the ambient room temperature in the house.

the electric oil filled radiators work best in the flower room , the only light from them is the on indicator light & a piece of electrical tape over that cures that problem .

https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=electric%20radiators

 

[hush]

Just use aquarium heaters. Make sure you use the ones you can set the temperature on, though. Some of the cheaper ones are fixed at 75F which is too warm for plant roots.

You are correct. For some reason, I didn't realize this was the hempy thread and I thought we were talking about DWC buckets. Oops.