Acidic, high in tannins, it breaks down and compresses - and there go the nice air spaces.
It works for you?
It works for you?
Well... I'm seeing better plants that are easier to care for.... so the old "win-win" logic comes to mind.
Thanks for the warnings. I'll keep it in mind.
I've got 2 flavors of peat plants going at the moment. About 1/2 the garden is 5gal fabric grow bags instead of hempy pots. The other 1/2 is 5gal hempy pots using the same peat/perl mix. So far, I'm a larger fan of the bags than the buckets. Yield might tell me differently.... but we'll see. If I were a betting man, I might put a dime on the bags.
I'd be happy to be proven wrong. BTW, is it peat moss or sphagnum moss?
See:
See:
Sphagnum Moss vs. Peat Moss
If there ever is confusion concerning plant products, interpreting the labeling of sphagnum moss and peat moss is high on the list.
garden.org
Sphagnum Peat Moss. This is the dead and decayed peat vs the live or recently dead peat.
I'm thinking I'm in the Pro-Mix ball park. The stuff is produced by the same company as PM.
Honestly... when one moves to peat, one places a foot in both growing worlds. Traditional hydroponics call for a neutral medium and peat doesn't meet that mark. I'm feeding much less (about 1/2) of my perlite girls because the peat contributes to the diet. The peat medium supports active organic magic just like a soil grow. I feel it's a cross.
I've done much reading on the subject and feel I'm on well trodden ground... tho my 5gal hempy peats are a bit off the beaten path. The plain grow bags I'm running are working great too and I'll be harvesting a crazy Blue Dream 3fer (3 plants in a 5gal bag) soon. The Blue Dream will be my first peat grow harvest and I'll be curious to see how soil recovery and reuse will go.
I received two 750-gram containers of Vulx Volcanic Mineral Soil Amendment this week to perform a hempy experiment with. The expected result is: No benefit in a hempy that uses a "dead" medium such as perlite.
Again, even the company's representative predicts that it won't make any difference. This is a soil amendment, lol. I just read the sponsors thread about the product and happened to make an off the cuff comment, "I suppose this means it won't work for a perlite hempy, then?" (or words to that effect). The reply was that he was pretty sure it wouldn't help - but he was a little curious, I suppose, and in the interests of both satisfying that curiosity and in more fully testing his product, offered to send me some of it so I could try it in that environment.
Neither of us expects it to actually cause harm in a perlite hempy. And neither of us expect any positive result, either. But that's how experiments work, lol, you form a premise, then you set up an experiment to see whether you were right. I'd love to see some benefit, and I suppose the vendor would, too, but even I admit it's somewhat unlikely.
I'll be attempting to start seeds soon. They'll probably be autoflowering strain seeds. Yes, there's going to be some variability that wouldn't be present in clones - but it means I can start the plants from seed and maybe finish in a shorter amount of time. "The plan" is to have them be the same strain, at least. Containers are expected to be small wastebaskets from Dollar Tree that are marked "5.5 liter / 5.8 US quart." Depending on how many seeds I end up being able to get started, and other circumstances, I might throw in a couple two-liter soda bottle hempies, too. One will get the product mixed in, the other will not; if I end up adding the bottles, the same will happen with them. There is some speculation that the product will get "flushed out" due to the nature of the hempy beast, so I may choose to add a little more on a regular basis (biweekly, maybe, but I haven't decided for sure, as of yet).
I might try to run a third plant in which I supplement with this amendment on a weekly basis and end up not adding additional product to the other test subject. Again, it depends on how many seedlings I can produce and I should probably think about the expected size of the mature plants, as the space isn't large.
Again, even the company's representative predicts that it won't make any difference. This is a soil amendment, lol. I just read the sponsors thread about the product and happened to make an off the cuff comment, "I suppose this means it won't work for a perlite hempy, then?" (or words to that effect). The reply was that he was pretty sure it wouldn't help - but he was a little curious, I suppose, and in the interests of both satisfying that curiosity and in more fully testing his product, offered to send me some of it so I could try it in that environment.
Neither of us expects it to actually cause harm in a perlite hempy. And neither of us expect any positive result, either. But that's how experiments work, lol, you form a premise, then you set up an experiment to see whether you were right. I'd love to see some benefit, and I suppose the vendor would, too, but even I admit it's somewhat unlikely.
I'll be attempting to start seeds soon. They'll probably be autoflowering strain seeds. Yes, there's going to be some variability that wouldn't be present in clones - but it means I can start the plants from seed and maybe finish in a shorter amount of time. "The plan" is to have them be the same strain, at least. Containers are expected to be small wastebaskets from Dollar Tree that are marked "5.5 liter / 5.8 US quart." Depending on how many seeds I end up being able to get started, and other circumstances, I might throw in a couple two-liter soda bottle hempies, too. One will get the product mixed in, the other will not; if I end up adding the bottles, the same will happen with them. There is some speculation that the product will get "flushed out" due to the nature of the hempy beast, so I may choose to add a little more on a regular basis (biweekly, maybe, but I haven't decided for sure, as of yet).
I might try to run a third plant in which I supplement with this amendment on a weekly basis and end up not adding additional product to the other test subject. Again, it depends on how many seedlings I can produce and I should probably think about the expected size of the mature plants, as the space isn't large.
CADBOY
Well-Known Member
@TorturedSoul dollar tree mesh wire baskets? Wouldn't they be great "air pots" Ive been thinking about this lately too to use with pro hp mix.
I suspect the comment is pretty spot on as far as it not making much difference.
There are benefits vs my previous perlite only grows. Feeding rates are less. They retain water much better/longer than my perlite only mediums. I shifted to the super-chunk perlite, but found it didn't retain enough water thru the medium. I could shift back to the smaller perlite, but it's water retention rate seems less than the peat. A 2 day watering cycle is the best I can maintain so water retention is an issue. The better water retention has translated into much better plants. Plus, the peat supports plants much better and I have much less issue with big plants falling over.
Yup... luvin the peat so far. Bags are awesome.
No; hempy grow. Black plastic wastebaskets.
heya friends,,
just came upon an interesting issue and thot i might post about it
this post for all those who mighta thot hempy pots need not be light proof,, any pots actually probably,,
just shows to go one,,
i was gonna cover this pot once but guess i never got round to it,, in recycling now,, ha
cheers friends
just came upon an interesting issue and thot i might post about it
this post for all those who mighta thot hempy pots need not be light proof,, any pots actually probably,,
just shows to go one,,
i was gonna cover this pot once but guess i never got round to it,, in recycling now,, ha
cheers friends
heya friends,,
just came upon an interesting issue and thot i might post about it
this post for all those who mighta thot hempy pots need not be light proof,, any pots actually probably,,
just shows to go one,,
i was gonna cover this pot once but guess i never got round to it,, in recycling now,, ha
cheers friends
lol
applaud your use of recycling and re-purposed container tho
Love the green algae pattern on the perlite!
Yeah, that's a trip. And it looks like it's confined to one area/level.
My perlite hempy Train Wreck Auto (CKS) lives!
My perlite hempy Train Wreck Auto (CKS) lives!
Lol. It's small and stretched - only one ~134-watt light in there and it's a wide closet, so it's not exactly just illuminating the plants. I'm waiting on fresh seeds, or some better luck in germinating the ones I already have on hand, to put the tent up and add another light or two. I haven't done any training to it at all; I suppose I should melt some holes in the rim of the little wastebasket it's in, find something to tie it down with, and tie the top of the plant down to encourage the (few) lower branches to grow. Kind of forgot about doing that... It wouldn't grow, wouldn't grow, wouldn't grow - then it started to grow 
. About a foot tall, but obviously "resource-limited." I've been thinking "it's only an auto." What I should have been thinking is "it's a cannabis plant - and one of only two that I have growing right now" 
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I haven't grown much cannabis in recent years, kind of got burned out on the activity. On cannabis in general, really. And it gets cold in here in Winter. (Was distinctly chilly last night - some dumb@ss left an upstairs window open and it got down to 39°F outside. Wish I could claim that wasn't me.) So... Wish me luck?
. About a foot tall, but obviously "resource-limited." I've been thinking "it's only an auto." What I should have been thinking is "it's a cannabis plant - and one of only two that I have growing right now" .I haven't grown much cannabis in recent years, kind of got burned out on the activity. On cannabis in general, really. And it gets cold in here in Winter. (Was distinctly chilly last night - some dumb@ss left an upstairs window open and it got down to 39°F outside. Wish I could claim that wasn't me.) So... Wish me luck?
Hey y'all.
I have a quick question for ya.
Was there a member on the forum that did a Hempy with fabric pots sitting in a reservoir?
I have a quick question for ya.
Was there a member on the forum that did a Hempy with fabric pots sitting in a reservoir?
I’ve done “hempy” using a plastic pot (with the hole ~2” up) in a small 4” deep container because the reservoir in the pot ended up being too small for the plants during flowering (was having to water twice a day), but Tead is right - a fabric pot is not strictly hempy.
Buck5050
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone it's been awhile. Here is a 2 x 2 tent full of hempy solo cups. Straight perlite and fed with MegaCrop
It's Tattoo's garden!
Looks cool. I'd be interested in reading what your yield ends up being in that little SOG grow. Would also be interested in knowing the plants' maximum final height. Might be feasible to set up a double-decker (triple-decker for those with tall ceilings) grow, lol.
Looks cool. I'd be interested in reading what your yield ends up being in that little SOG grow. Would also be interested in knowing the plants' maximum final height. Might be feasible to set up a double-decker (triple-decker for those with tall ceilings) grow, lol.
Kismet
Well-Known Member
I just roughly eyeball the height and get to drilling or switchblade. Been bulletproof with hempy. Also i actually take the bag of perlite throw it in a tote spray with water then turn it upside to empty in tote. Cuts down on dust everywhere.
