Hempy Headquarters

Buck5050 · Mar 2, 2019

The medium is very close to 12" to the bottom of the tube. It's 2" from bottom to the drain hole. I believe @Tead said 12" is a good depth for wicking up from the bottom. With this set up I believe it is a good number to go by for container choosing. I have been watering every other day with every other watering showing good run off.

With the roots making it to the res things should start to take off.

Tead · Mar 2, 2019

Keep your eye on the flow. New pots often clog as the medium settles over time.

bluter · Mar 2, 2019

hello headquarters..

fort st. veg/clone reporting...

core recruits.

stay healthy and green headquarters.

that is all.

Barney86 · Mar 2, 2019

nivek said:
cheers Sue,, i hear ya,, not a new issue, indeed.

dealing with this is near the biggest stress issue in my life right now,, besides finishing this darn painting.

i have no problem asking q's but also have no problem,even prefer, finding the pertinent info myself as well. main reason being is when i want to know something, i wanna know it now damn it

ok,, this then,, has had me wondering

the ph for hempies

seems to me hempy is so called, i read this, 'passive hydro', or similar,, and ph for this kinda hydro is about 5.6 - 6, give or take ,,

then i read that a lotto folks don't even worry about ph in hempies, and that is one of the benefits of hempy,, no need to worry about ph so much

well,, who has water , besides the osmosis folks i guess,, who has water out the taps at ph 5.6 - 6 ??

i don't, and mine varies as well, some.

so how can i not be concerned about ph??

Technically this is bad advice but I don't bother ph'ing in coco. Think I feed about 7.3 and it works without issues. Can't get away with it in full hydro though. I also grow nft and start getting problems at 6.5 in that.
So, yes you should really ph your feeds. Helps avoid any issues and ensures the nutes are all properly available but many people do get away without doing it.

bluter · Mar 2, 2019

Barney86 said:
Technically this is bad advice but I don't bother ph'ing in coco. Think I feed about 7.3 and it works without issues.

have never gotten away with anything like this here, that would kill anything in any medium. i don't doubt it happens, and i am jealous.

Barney86 · Mar 3, 2019

bluter said:
have never gotten away with anything like this here, that would kill anything in any medium. i don't doubt it happens, and i am jealous.

Haha yeah mate, technically it shouldn't work but it does. Im using ionic hydro nutes in 20L hempy style coco/peri 60/40 , 1 bottle for veg, 1 bottle for bloom and a pk booster. Shot of calmag every week or so and that's it. Awesome results at an apparently terrible ph range. Would kill my NFT plants though without a doubt. Soon as they hit 6.5 they start stressing out. Never wanted to find out what happens higher than that though lol.

Chris Scorpio · Mar 3, 2019

The 1% isn't the norm and probably shouldn't be mentioned, peeps will try it and fail

Just my $1.02

ZebSoames · Mar 3, 2019

My little ones are doing good after the LST.
May lower the light.

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ZebSoames
Mar 3, 2019

LST

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ZebSoames
Mar 3, 2019

LST

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ZebSoames
Mar 3, 2019

30day old kink Tut
1.5gl hempy perlite

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ZebSoames
Mar 3, 2019

30day old Jack Herer.
1.5 gl hempy perlite

And then there's this one. Just not doing good at all.

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ZebSoames
Mar 3, 2019

30day old original skunk #1
Not doing to good

Ganjagrowergu · Mar 3, 2019

After all males have finally been culled. Things are happening. Lava rock hempys (all but 2). 11/13 from seed. Mega-Crop and Maxibloom. Ph 5.5. Multiple cultivars.

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Ganjagrowergu
Mar 3, 2019

SweetSue · Mar 3, 2019

Barney86 said:
Thanks buddy. Must say folks round here are well friendly. Been on most of the forums at some point and they tend to be full of aggressive know it alls but been here a week now and not a bad word to say.
Not gonna start a journal for a few weeks till I start my next run but I'll get my current stuff up in here till then. Seems like the right place and hopefully meet some like minded people.

Welcome to the family you didn’t know you had. :hugs:

bluter said:
i should mention i try to find a balance with the RO, nutes, and cal-mag to hit a target ph and ppm. i use very little buffer. when i have stuff dialed in i don't use any at all, and my ph is right in the 5.7 - 5.8 range. it isn't always doable tho.

How do you manage to dial it in bluter? I’ll admit I’m spoiled by RX Green Technologies, but there was a time I always adjusted pH, and it looks like I’m going back to it, between the hempies and the Octopot. I could use all the pointers I can get. :laughtwo:

Buck5050 said:
The tube update. Went out to water today and found a interesting development. The tubed clones have been in flower for 8 days and in the tubes for 15.

Buck.....

So.... how do you anticipate this will improve your grow? Were you looking for increased yield, the possibility of variety in a confined space, or something else? This is working, and looks to be a marvelous way to achieve both of those goals.

Ziggy proved years ago that a grouping of budcicles would increase yield, and Graytail’s knocking it out of the park with his 3-gallon pots with kit soil. You’re on to something mighty special here buckaroo. :high-five:

bluter said:
hello headquarters..

fort st. veg/clone reporting...

core recruits.

stay healthy and green headquarters.

that is all.

I find your posts to be absolutely delightful! :laughtwo:

It’s so satisfying to see happy recruits. :battingeyelashes:

Barney86 said:
Technically this is bad advice but I don't bother ph'ing in coco. Think I feed about 7.3 and it works without issues. Can't get away with it in full hydro though. I also grow nft and start getting problems at 6.5 in that.
So, yes you should really ph your feeds. Helps avoid any issues and ensures the nutes are all properly available but many people do get away without doing it.

I hear ya. Often I’m one of those people that gets away with.....insert whatever :rofl:

RX spoiled me something fierce. If they weren’t so damned expensive.....

Mega Crop and Octopot both recommend pH adjustments. Sometimes I take more risk than others, but then I used to grow many more plants and had more wiggle room to be risky. This might be a good time for me to play by the rules.

Chris Scorpio said:
The 1% isn't the norm and probably shouldn't be mentioned, peeps will try it and fail

Just my $1.02

I missed the reference Chris. 1%???

DV-travis said:
And then there's this one. Just not doing good at all.

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ZebSoames

Mar 3, 2019

30day old original skunk #1
Not doing to good

I find it easier to raise the plants than lower the light DV-travis. I have all manner of risers to get them level. :laughtwo:

That Original Skunk looks like she has a root issue. If she were mine I’d lift her out and do a quick inspection.

I don’t know where this came from, but I’ve been inspired to suggest you dunk the plant in a dilution of H2O2. It certainly couldn’t hurt. If her roots are as limited as her leaves suggest you might want to consider a smaller pot for a time????

Just thinking off the top of my head. :hugs:

Ganjagrowergu said:
After all males have finally been culled. Things are happening. Lava rock hempys (all but 2). 11/13 from seed. Mega-Crop and Maxibloom. Ph 5.5. Multiple cultivars.

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Ganjagrowergu

Mar 3, 2019

Boom! The grow aligns! :high-five:

bluter · Mar 3, 2019

SweetSue said:
How do you manage to dial it in bluter?

the latin based technical horticultural term is blindassluckulus

to be honest the short answer is i balance the ph with cal-mag. nutes first, then cal-mag.

shoot for a target ppm and don't go over the max 1ml cal mag to 1L RO. outside of that i will use buffer. it's pretty rare that i have to tho. when i water with molasses i have no choice as an example.

ZebSoames · Mar 4, 2019

SweetSue said:
I find it easier to raise the plants than lower the light DV-travi

I was going to lower the lights for the other two in with the sick one. They where under a 150cfl. Now under an LED. kinda ease them into the light.

The little weak one is original skunk #1 from seedsman. And when I took it out of the solo cup the roots where lacking to say the least. The Jack Herer and King Tut are taking off.
Poor thing is trying to grow. Might just cull it and pop and extra c99* blueberry*fast by seedman when they show up for the comparison grow.

So how is the best way to check the roots and stuff . Float her out? Then H2O2 and back into a smaller pot? I don't think she'll make it through another man handling.

Buck5050 · Mar 4, 2019

@SweetSue All the above.
I plan to use this to maximize yield in the space that I am using now (2'x4'x5') and have a shot at perpetual with a variety. Only time will tell on this.

SweetSue · Mar 5, 2019

DV-travis said:
So how is the best way to check the roots and stuff . Float her out? Then H2O2 and back into a smaller pot? I don't think she'll make it through another man handling.

That would certainly work, and hempy girls are typically easier on the rebound bounce than soil roots.

If you have a basin that pot would fit into you could put the rinse in there and set the entire pot into it. That way you’ll treat all the perlite too, and if anything’s in there it’ll ferret it out while oxygenating the root mass. Either way I’d use a 50/50 dilution of 3% myself.