How about a PVC pipe pot with multiple holes down the side. Plug the holes all the way up till the res is the appropriate height for the maturity of the plant. So week one the roots are allowed to touch the water. Week two pull the next plug and make them reach.Week three water, week fouur pull the plug and so on till you eventually get to what we use now?
Now doggone it, lol. I had a joint of S&D pipe and four or five caps. Had them for
years. Gave them away a month ago after the 420,000th time I tripped over the pipe. I could have made several little hempy pots out of them. That'll teach me to (ever) get rid of something. Hoarders aren't mental after all - they're just stockpiling against future need
.
Looks like I may have my 1st no show seed, Critical Kush.
Barney's Farm? I had one of their Critical Kush seeds fail to germinate. Was a single-seed pack, shaped like one of those plastic plant identification things that are stuck in garden (etc.) plants at the store, only this was cardstock or some kind of coated paper.
Now you've got me wondering if the other one I have is a dud, too. I probably won't know until Autumn, 2018.
The Siberian Haze Auto will go into a 3gal bucket and also use Osmo+
I did some (very light) skimming and got the impression that Osmocote Plus wasn't the most highly recommended nutrient for auto-flowering strains. I'd
really like to use it for a few (
autos). This is a little embarrassing to admit, but it's the only nutrient I have that isn't 4+ years old (some are even older
). I bought a bottle of it on a whim last Autumn for something like $1.99 (clearance-priced) before I realized that Osmocote is a Scotts Miracle-Gro Monster product. AND... I also bought a sack (pouch?) of the stuff at about the same time to use on Mom's "bucket" tomato plants. BtW, her two five-gallon bucket tomato plants seem to like it, although I might look in the shed to see if I have any triple super phosphate left and, if so, spike them a little.
Good lord man... ya turn ur head for 5 minutes around here and shit just gets crazy busy.
I've noticed this forum is a LOT busier than it was eight years ago - and
SweetSue's threads always seem to have high levels of participation. I almost think she could create a thread solely to complain about a bunion or something, and end up getting 30 or 40 replies in a week.
plus a random gator photo!!!
Lol. I like to post that once a year or so. There's just something very appealing about alligator gar - the fish that you are advised to use a shotgun on as soon as you get it into your boat so it doesn't have a chance to thrash around and break several of your bones (
apparently, merely unloading your pistol into one doesn't kill the primitive beasts quickly enough, LMAO).
Seems like it's about the most... sporting fish for all those
sport fishermen(/women) to go after. Kind of like the water-based version of going wild boar hunting with a crossbow (better not miss that first shot
) .
I had completely forgotten that you live in THE state for those things.
Hang on... this is gonna take a minute.
Don't forget to flush, lol.
I'm not sure this would be a good choice of nutrients for any hydro grow. I hope it does, but the various 'meal' bits worry me. Such things can lead to bad growth in the res.
Hmm... Minimizing light transmission (opaquing the container) would prevent photosynthetic (I tried "photosynthic," thinking that photosynthetic sounded like an
artificial photograph - but Firefox thought that was a misspelling. IDK...) stuff. Not sure what one would do to prevent the other types. With non-"organic" nutrients, I'll just supplement with H₂O₂ - both for the obvious reason and because it releases O₂ as it decomposes. But it'd tend to kill the
good microbial life that a person running that type of nutrient requires in order to predigest(?) the nutrients.
I've always avoided those things in hydroponic setups, because the act of constantly adding
mad amounts of DO to the reservoirs seems like it could cause a runaway microbial growth situation. But that's just my guess (IDK).
Might be okay for hempy use, since oxygen supplementation generally isn't used. Again, IDK. Maybe someone who is curious will call a company such as EarthJuice? Well... SHOOT. I seem to have lost the file that had every nutrient/etc. contact name and telephone number in it. That's something I'll probably never be able to replace.
Back up your data, everyone! Let me do a five-second web search...
Nope, all I could find is a fax number ( (530) 895-9270) or
Contact. Oh, wait, they have a FAQ. And it's lengthy, too - 53 questions/answers.
Earth Juice / Hydro-Organics said:
2. Can the Earth Juice Original Grow & Bloom Liquid Fertilizers be used in automated hydroponic systems?
Earth Juice® Original Grow & Bloom Liquid Fertilizers are
recommended for hand-feeding only. Please visit the
Earth Juice Products by Hydro-Organics Products section for the specific products.
3. What Earth Juice nutrient lines do you recommend for hydroponics?
Sugar Peak, Hi-Brix Grow & Bloom, Sweet & Heavy, and Elements are all excellent choices. They are also superb choices for hand-feeding applications.
Looks like, if you want to run their line in a hydroponic setup, they WANT you to do the hand-watered thing. So... hempy food, lol?
Frequently Asked Questions | Earth Juice
Coco has been used many times. It can be a little 'twitchy'. Unlike other neutral mediums, it does have some sort of bio-activity at a minimal level. This can lead to some fluctuations that other mediums don't suffer from, but it's not a big deal at all. It might not make the best candidate for an Osmocote fed hempy.
Are you referring to its tendency to hold onto calcium/magnesium and to dump phosphate if it is not properly pre-treated? Or some sort of actual microbial life in it? If the latter, I did not know this.
Seems like the hydroton will have a tendency to fall to the bottom over time. 2cents and all.
I sure wish that stuff came in a little jar like popcorn does, lol (throw a handful in a hot pot, cover, wait for it to push the lid onto the floor...). Then I could consider ordering some for delivery. I'd guess that the shipping on a 50-liter sack would be twice what the actual product costs - and the nearest place I know of that carries it is 53 miles away (which is too far for me to walk).
Got res growth once in a HD bucket. Wrap it in tape or spraypaint it. They're super thin and let lots of light thru.
Can you get
green buckets? I did some growing in (unpainted) Mountain Dew bottles a while back and never saw any algal growth. Maybe I just got lucky, but... I'm not especially known for good luck in the grow room
.
I've seen a few folks do hybrid combo sorts of grows with autowatering systems that pump water thru several times a day.
IDK if that really follows the spirit of "hempy." And I wouldn't think it would really be necessary unless someone is doing it in (for example) Texas.
I see it as speed comparable to a soil grow until the roots hit the res... then it speeds up to hydro speeds.
That's how I've always looked at it. Slower overall than other forms of hydroponics - but still quicker growth than with soil.
And, speaking of Texas:
Transplanted from Aerogarden today, been a few hours, looking droopy... Need more water??
Maybe more water, more root mass, and a more gradual ramp-up from indoor plant to outdoor plant? Is there a nice root system on that plant, yet? Was the aerogarden outside, too, or was it indoors and this is the first day the plant has been under the merciless sun? And how wet is the bulk of your medium?
OOPS, looks like
Tead has addressed the same things I was wondering about while I was farting around instead of posting all this quickly.
*What's the story here!? lol Awesome
Second-largest fish native to US freshwater. Ugly as sin, but I always thought they were kind of awesome. BtW, what's up with "ugly as sin," anyway? I've seen some pretty gorgeous...
sins. (Thus the fully-white beard
. ) They seem to be happy to slay Asian carp left and right. Hmm... Do you suppose they'd be good at digesting all the
other worthless Chinese garbage that's blighting our country, lol?
Wikipedia said:
Alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) are ray-finned euryhaline fish related to bowfin in the infraclass Holostei (ho'-las-te-i). The fossil record traces their existence to the Early Cretaceous over a hundred million years ago. They are the largest species in the gar family, and among the largest freshwater fishes in North America. Gars are often referred to as "primitive fishes", or "living fossils" because they have retained some morphological characteristics of their earliest ancestors, such as a spiral valve intestine which is also common to the digestive system of sharks, and the ability to breathe both air and water. Their common name was derived from their resemblance to American alligator, particularly their broad snout and long sharp teeth. Anecdotal evidence in several scientific reports suggest that an alligator gar can grow up to 10 ft (3.0 m) in length and weigh as much as 300 lb (140 kg); however in 2011 the largest alligator gar ever caught and officially recorded was 8 ft 5 1⁄4 in (2.572 m) long, weighed 327 lb (148 kg), and was 47 in (120 cm) around the girth.
Alligator gar - Wikipedia
* I did have my all black air pumps in the tent UNDER the lights, they were always hot. I'm having a duh moment after reading your question...
Err... Did you have them on the floor, too, so that if they failed, they could end up siphoning the entire (liquid) contents of your reservoir out, lol? I remember reading that they're supposed to be kept above the reservoir, just in case.
We've all had plenty of <DOH!> moments - and we all will have more, if we are lucky enough to live long enough. Speaking of <DOH!> moments, why have I been sitting here
beside the air conditioner, sweating, ever since I got home from helping Mom today? Because I forgot it was there...
I am guessing that just about any kind of air pump will heat the air somewhat. Not like an air compressor will, when it fills/pressurizes a completely empty 60- or 120-gallon tank, but maybe a little. But if the next room is, IDK, ten or fifteen degrees cooler than the grow room, and you only need a little tiny hole through each wall surface - which can be patched with spackling or even toothpaste (or wet toilet paper, lol) and painted afterwards, so it should even be feasible for rentals - then that's where I'd put it. Keeping the lines as short as you can, of course.
*Man, I gave up DWC so quick! Still have all the equipment, but I'm getting comfy in the hempy world.
I (think I) forgot to state that when temperatures get extremely hot, the plants are going to stop growing, regardless. But they'll do the same outside if it gets hot enough. Keep the root zone healthy and add enough DO (contstantly), and they should remain healthy, though, and get back to growing when the temps become at least
bearable again.
BtW, that aquarium powerhead I pictured? One of the few products I'd recommend a person purchase at their local ChinaMart if they are
financially-challenged. I think they cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $22 these days. Actually, you could probably get them cheaper if you search, and not have to enrich the WalMart empire in the process...
I tried using a drill bit for the first hempy solo, but it just tears up the thin plastic of the cup. A hot knife was sitting in the tool bag and was perfect for the job - nice clean cut and super easy.
I hate drilling holes in thin plastic. When I was doing the DWC thing, I used big red Solo cups (24-ounce size, IIRC) and placed as many ¼" holes in the bottom halves and bottoms as possible. One day, I got fed up and just took the cups, drill bit, and a pair of vice grips to the kitchen stove, lol. I loved those Solo cups. Filled them with the expanded clay balls and the plants always destroyed them pretty quick from root growth into the reservoirs. But WAY cheaper than those net cup things, especially if I found the Solo cups on sale in 100-packs.
I tried using a drill bit for the first hempy solo, but it just tears up the thin plastic of the cup. A hot knife was sitting in the tool bag and was perfect for the job - nice clean cut and super easy.