Stizz1e
Well-Known Member
Today I started a new growing journey. Hempy buckets. Inspired by a thread I saw here from @Melville Hobbes Autumn/Winter Two Strains In Hempy and losing a fight with fungus gnats I decided to try a new growing medium for the first time ever. I've always been a soil boy, fox farms was my lord and savior, but its time to branch out.
I bought some 3/4 gallon buckets to get started.
I then drilled a 5/16th hole in each bucket 2 inches from the base
After that I filled them with perlite in preparation.
Once that was done the buckets sat for a couple of weeks while my plant that was in the tent already finished up, at this point I wasn't sure what strain I was going to try growing. However after the completion of the grow that was occupying the tent I planned to use for this hempy adventure I realized that the plant I grew in there, a do si dos was probably going to be scrapped/not provide any meaningful smoke I decided to try the strain a second time.
So I soaked my remaining @Royal Queen Seeds Do Si Dos auto flower seeds over night. While that happened I soaked a couple of rockwool cubes in plain water ph'd to around 5.5 for 24 hours as well.
I've planted my two seeds into their rockwool cubes
Placed them onto a @VIVOSUN seed mat
and threw their humidity dome on
These are sitting on my desk in indirect window light, they have the overhead as supplemental light until they pop and then I'll bring them into the tent and plant them into their buckets. Is this enough light for seedlings?
As I said earlier this is my first try at anything that isn't straight soil, so I'll be asking a lot of questions. I'm working with the general hydroponics flora series of FloraMicro, FloraBloom, and FloraGro nutrients. I also have Botanicare Cal-Mag plus, but I was using that for soil can I use it just the same in this grow or do I need a different cal-mag?
That's all I have for now but I'm excited to start this adventure.
Thanks for hanging out! Cheers!
I bought some 3/4 gallon buckets to get started.
I then drilled a 5/16th hole in each bucket 2 inches from the base
After that I filled them with perlite in preparation.
Once that was done the buckets sat for a couple of weeks while my plant that was in the tent already finished up, at this point I wasn't sure what strain I was going to try growing. However after the completion of the grow that was occupying the tent I planned to use for this hempy adventure I realized that the plant I grew in there, a do si dos was probably going to be scrapped/not provide any meaningful smoke I decided to try the strain a second time.
So I soaked my remaining @Royal Queen Seeds Do Si Dos auto flower seeds over night. While that happened I soaked a couple of rockwool cubes in plain water ph'd to around 5.5 for 24 hours as well.
I've planted my two seeds into their rockwool cubes
Placed them onto a @VIVOSUN seed mat
and threw their humidity dome on
These are sitting on my desk in indirect window light, they have the overhead as supplemental light until they pop and then I'll bring them into the tent and plant them into their buckets. Is this enough light for seedlings?
As I said earlier this is my first try at anything that isn't straight soil, so I'll be asking a lot of questions. I'm working with the general hydroponics flora series of FloraMicro, FloraBloom, and FloraGro nutrients. I also have Botanicare Cal-Mag plus, but I was using that for soil can I use it just the same in this grow or do I need a different cal-mag?
That's all I have for now but I'm excited to start this adventure.
Thanks for hanging out! Cheers!
