Hey Hempy-ites,
I've decided to join your little corner of the growing world and start a Hempy container.
I'm in the process of conducting several experiments relating to making my own organic fertilizers (link in my sig) and am at the point where I want to try them out in a basic substrate to see just how effective they might be on their own.
I was going to use a simple seed starting mix of 50/50 peat and perlite, but the pH issue with peat brings its own challenges and, after reading through
@FelipeBlu's Outdoor 2020 grow journal, I was inspired to give straight perlite a go.
I considered this method a few years ago when I first started growing but wanted to grow organically and there are several issues to maintaining an organic hempy pot, so I decided to go with soil. I grow in a cabinet with very limited real estate and therefore my pot sizes max out at well below the minimum 7 gals suggested to maintain the microbeasties and be able to load enough amendments to sustain a plant thru harvest.
My soil grows have been lackluster at best due to the small pots sizes and my habit of overwatering, so this might be a great solution for me if it works.
Soooo, today I took a cut, dunked it in aloe and stuck it in a little perlite Hempy propagator cup w/dome which I misted and plan to leave alone for a couple of days. Assuming I can grow roots on this thing, my journey into the abyss will commence.
I may end up proving the accepted wisdom that organics and hempy reservoirs are not a great combination, but nothing ventured nothing gained.
So, in the name of science, I will take the leap!
