The Official Hempy Bucket Thread

[bobman]

There are probably a lot of different systems that will out yield hempy. Look at heath robinsons tree grows.Thats just a recirculating drip system. I think hempy is a great way to learn hydroponics. For me its just a stop over but I will probably be using it for a while. Unless you have the money to really do it right and/or have a hands on mentor hempy is the way to go.

 

[Ty_Kaycha]

There are probably a lot of different systems that will out yield hempy. Look at heath robinsons tree grows.Thats just a recirculating drip system. I think hempy is a great way to learn hydroponics. For me its just a stop over but I will probably be using it for a while. Unless you have the money to really do it right and/or have a hands on mentor hempy is the way to go.

You are so right. Hempy buckets are meant to be an easy way to grow. Very low maintenance, very easy to fix problems (plants are able to respond quickly to adjustments/corrections), great yield - maybe not the biggest yield one can get from the plant but still great yield. Personally I've tried other methods and have spent a lot of money doing so. I ended up running with a modified Hempy bucket that works great for me & my ladies. They're happy which in turn makes me happy!

 

[dubwise]

What's the smallest container anyone has ever used to run a plant through flower? I've just harvested a little 12oz. cup that yielded one nice top and some tiny popcorn (veg'd x1wk).

 

[Japanfreakier]

will this style of growing, yeild more then DWC?

Not really, but I'd say that hempy has a wider strike zone so it's easier for a lot of growers to get decent numbers with hempy compared to DWC.

 

[Japanfreakier]

Look at heath robinsons tree grows.

lol, I don't think it's fair to compare anything to health, he's a bit of an abnormality when it comes to yield.

 

[bobman]

yea but its something to shoot for and you can not get there with hempy. I think anyone with a little experience , a little money and the right strain dialed in can achieve really good results like heath. Well maybe not like heath but get close. It all comes down to strain, knowledge and equipment. One day I just want to get near those results with those plant numbers. Just trying to find a fucking decent strain is probably the toughest part. Man, todays strains have thrown me for a loop just keep striking out.

 

[deviant1]

Ok so I supercropped my girls yesterday morning, within a few hours I had all of the pinched branches tuning back up towards the light, I love supercropping!

How many times can I do this the plants? Can I do this over and over, if so I jus bend it back down where the tops have grown up again, right? If so this what im gonna use from now on, and it doesn't take long for them to respond on the bottom branches, they already have more sites and branches starting to develop, it's only barely been 24 hrs. Thank you to all who have helped me, especially the person who suggested supercropping, thanks again to all.

 

[deviant1]

@bobman, I have an Alaskan ice strain that is a very high yielder, maybe I got lucky with this one because I hear alot of bad talk about it. I've pop two from seed, both different of course but still both very good plants. I've been using clones to save time, and I'm out of seeds, so it was easy figure I'd have to clone. I've had this strain every sinse I went to Amsterdam, this is a very powerfull and beautiful plant with good to high yields. I love this strain so much, I'm gonna do a round with jus them to see how much I can get from them. I would suggest trying this strain, only if you get it from ams though, or someone who already has some. Good luck on finding the right strain for you.

 

[Bubba2]

I am still on the fence between "Rumple-Buckets" (DWC) or hempy. Only growing a single plant and want to get into hydro. Both methods seem simple enough.

 

[Japanfreakier]

Any kind of hydro is simple once you get used to it, not much learning curve really so just choice the style that meets your needs and your environment.

 

[ibjamming]

I am still on the fence between "Rumple-Buckets" (DWC) or hempy. Only growing a single plant and want to get into hydro. Both methods seem simple enough.

But DWC can go horribly wrong if the environment isn't right...high temps are tough to deal with. For me anyway.

 

[bobman]

Yea, the only way I would do dwc is recirculating with a chiller. The single bubblers seem like a pain and trouble waiting to happen. Never heard them called rumple-buckets before.

Deviant thanks for the suggestion I hope the ak47 and super lemon haze I just started will be nice. I shall see.

On another note the seedlings I stated in perlite are already hungry and two are showing a ph issue or deficiency. keeping a close eye on them I hope they make it. I have just been giving them ro water that is not ph'ed every 36 hours. Just feed them for the first time a few minutes ago.

 

[bobman]

Hey I just wanted to let anyone interested know I just harvested my first substantial hempy go around and all I can say is wow. I grew in soil for 8 years and never again. I cut them down 5 days ago and they are still drying but what a difference. I grew the same phenos in soil twice and this go around the plants have much more resin and the buds are rock hard. They are lite but rock hard like a pumice stone or something. I also dried them in lower temperatures this time so I am not sure how that affected them but they look and feel so much different and better this time. I guess effect will be the real test but from what I am seeing its going to be at least as good and probably better. A few more days until that test.

 

[Ty_Kaycha]

Bubblers are easy until something goes wrong, then it can be awful. kinda hard to screwup hempys

 

[NinjaCS]

Ok so I supercropped my girls yesterday morning, within a few hours I had all of the pinched branches tuning back up towards the light, I love supercropping!

How many times can I do this the plants? Can I do this over and over, if so I jus bend it back down where the tops have grown up again, right? If so this what im gonna use from now on, and it doesn't take long for them to respond on the bottom branches, they already have more sites and branches starting to develop, it's only barely been 24 hrs. Thank you to all who have helped me, especially the person who suggested supercropping, thanks again to all.

You can do this as much as you want. The only thing you need to watch out for, is not pinching in the same spot. After a week or two, the pinches will actually become really hard and strong, and attempting to pinch again in the same spot could snap it. So either pinch above (recommended), or below other pinches.

I use supercropping as well, and will never turn back. Added along with defoliation, great bushy plants!

 

[zor]

I am still on the fence between "Rumple-Buckets" (DWC) or hempy. Only growing a single plant and want to get into hydro. Both methods seem simple enough.

With only one plant, id go with hydro as the convenience factor of the hempy bucket is not such a huge deal. In other words, single bucket dwc will become a pain in the ass with any more than a couple of buckets. But for a single plant, i dont think it'd be much more work than a hempy bucket.

 

[Ty_Kaycha]

With only one plant, id go with hydro as the convenience factor of the hempy bucket is not such a huge deal. In other words, single bucket dwc will become a pain in the ass with any more than a couple of buckets. But for a single plant, i dont think it'd be much more work than a hempy bucket.

To each his own, but personally, unless you already have all the equipment for DWC, why go through the trouble purchasing all of it for just one plant?
Is DWC easy? Yes but not as easy as Hempy buckets (punch a hole in a bucket, fill with your choice of medium, plant your plant/seed/clone, water/feed, give it light, repeat last two steps - that's it).
Is it more prone to mistakes than Hempy buckets? Well I guess it could be argued either way, but Hempy buckets are pretty idiot-proof.

But if you already have the equipment for DWC and like having to worry about pumps going out, like using electricity for said pumps, and like having those same pumps making noise. Well heck go for it! There are plenty of DWC threads around. Good Luck!

Don't mean to come off like an ass, but this thread isn't really for arguing which method of growing is better, but to explain & help people grow great cannabis with a very easy to learn & efficient method, specifically the Hempy bucket method...

 

[Japanfreakier]

I've done both and I actually switched to Hempy from my DWC and for me it was just wanting to add another closet to my room but I didn't have enough electricity left over. So when day when I was looking at the chiller I was using for dwc I thought "Fuck this, that chiller is 200 watts" so I unplugged that thing and added a 250 watter and am doing 2 closets for the same juice as one.

I never had any problems with the dwc though (well besides the root rot, but that's why I bought the chiller) and I like growing dwc. Only draw back I guess is that I used up to 8 times more nutrients in the dwc as well.

 

[Ty_Kaycha]

...I was looking at the chiller I was using for dwc I thought "Fuck this, that chiller is 200 watts" so I unplugged that thing and added a 250 watter and am doing 2 closets for the same juice as one.

I never had any problems with the dwc though (well besides the root rot, but that's why I bought the chiller).... Only draw back I guess is that I used up to 8 times more nutrients in the dwc as well.

Well said.

 

[deviant1]

Thanks ninja for the advice, I might only pinch them once this time since it is so late into veg. Next time though, I'm gonna start supercropping earlier.