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The whole reason i got away from dwc was to get rid of the noisy pumps and maintainence. Hempy fits into the little pieces of time i have for myself everyday and grows almost as good as dwc. Maybe someday i will get my buckets out again but for now a trashcan, some perlite and some nutes is perfect. I'd post some pics but i got spoiled with the ease of the app and just dont feel like messing around on my phone that much. Lol
 
Lazarus13 said:
The whole reason i got away from dwc was to get rid of the noisy pumps and maintainence. Hempy fits into the little pieces of time i have for myself everyday and grows almost as good as dwc. Maybe someday i will get my buckets out again but for now a trashcan, some perlite and some nutes is perfect. I'd post some pics but i got spoiled with the ease of the app and just dont feel like messing around on my phone that much. Lol
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I went from soil, to a coco/perl/verm mix, to Hempy. This is how I will probably grow until we get our land, and then I still might run 5gallon buckets outdoors
 
ScHydro said:
I'm a little late to the party, but following along now. Planning on trying 12/12 from clone in hempy 2liters, with my mother's in dwc.
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:welcome: ScHydro. :hugs: Better late than to have never felt the hempy fever. Lol! You just waded through a series of happy testimonials to the ease and productivity of our lazy gardening technique. It pleases me to help introduce a new convert.

We’re surrounded by brilliant growers getting their own taste of life without soil or pumps. Ask anything. We love to find answers. :battingeyelashes: :green_heart:
 
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I went from soil, to a coco/perl/verm mix, to Hempy.
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I'm gonna nip an incorrect idea here.
Hempy pots can use any number of different medium. In my garden, I've been playing with coco instead of perlite, so I've got 2 different types of medium going in my world.
I run perlite alone because I live in a swamp (New Orleans.... don't mention food... you'll be sorry... trust us). The more traditional hempy medium is a perlite/vermiculite mix. I've seen it done in gravel.
Free your mind baby... the options are myriad!
 
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The Hempy Bucket
Hi every one i thort id add this system of growing i use and have used from the early to mid 80s , As most of you that know me will all ready know that im a believe in simplicity and things that work and i only really state facts that i have experience from hands on.

I like the hempy bucket because of its simplicity and the price of the system (ITS FREE ) to make and has no moving parts that can fail and once the plant has started its root system you can basically water and forget it for 2 days or 3 depending on temps and you can grow any strain from sativa to indica in it .

I basically got the idea from my first hydro kit i ever got that was a tomato hydro kit and i found it really easy to understand ,It was basically an aquponic set up and the guy i had got it from i went back a few years later telling him about my creation and how i got it from his idea and the look on his face and smile sed it all ,Iv spoken to a few people in the hydro industry about it and they all tell me it wont work it will course root rot so on well there all wrong because this method works and they say a picture is worth a 100 wards right lol.

I AM NOT SAYING THIS METHOD IS THE BEST BUT What i am saying is its a option and a easy cheep way to grow hydroponicly and nothing more, I have tried a lot of methods and have all ways gone back to this.


To make a hempy bucket is simple all you need to do is this

Get your self a bucket any color but clear as you will end up with algy forming as the nutrients react to the light .

The size of the bucket can very from 1 gal (4lt) to 5gal (20lt) ruffly i personally like using a 10 lt bucket and have had up to 19 oz cured yield from a single bucket but it depends on the strain and given phino .

Once you have your bucket then get a drill and drill a drain hole in the side of the bucket about 2 inch from the bottom , The drain hole can be around 7/16.

And the medium i use is perlite/vermiculite at around 3 to 4 parts perlite to 1 part vermiculite.You can use volcanic rocks but personally i found the perlite / vermiculite a lot better in many ways but you can use only perlite to.

You can use coco core but you need to fill the rez with perlite or clay balls or even coco chip any thing that will allow the coco core to drain as it wicks you cant have coco core from the rez to the top because the coco core needs to be above the rez hole or at the same level so it drains in short you need to allow the coco core to work as it should if you dont it will stay to wet like mud as coco core wicks.

All you need to do now is basically add the rooted clone or seedling water with nutrient rich water and thats it,I would water it daily until the tap root and root system has headed down to the res but once you see a decent growth rate id then start to water every 2 days.

The only thing wrong with it is you need to hand water and you get run off from the drain hole thats it and as far as checking your PH well the only time you need to do that is when you mix your nutrients i like using a PH of 6.2 PH but if your water is 7ph or close then mix your nutrients as directed on the bottle and you will be in the range recommended.

If you want to ask me questions feel free .


Like i sed i am not stating this methods is the best just saying its a option and a free one and it works and works well ................hempy


23 /11/2010 UP DATE - Since i first posted this to the community and shared my method it seams a few people have run with this method and put there spin on it and have been posting it around the boards and saying hempy sed this or that now i will not take responsibility for any of these peoples wards or spins on this method if your plants fail or dont do to good blame them not me.

You need to think for your selfs in all honesty the formula i have given you all to go along with the method is full proof i state my reputation on it and if you know me away from the site you will know my ward means more to me than any ego bull shit these few seam to feed on.

I see some saying dont feed your plants until it starts to grow and the roots hit the rez feed only water well the medium has no nutrient value what are your plants meant to feed off just water ? think about it a little dont just take peoples advice with out thinking about what there saying.

Dont water until you see your plants wilt come on are you guys honestly believing these people ?.

Water once a week with nutrient rich water and only water in between if needed are you seriously going to do this and expect your plants to remain happy and healthy.

My advice is this use the basic formula i have given you it works you will know as much as these try hards or more soon after you read this post you have any problems or questions contact me at Mr nice co site.

I dont care if you put your spin on it i dont care if you dont follow my advice or formula i dont even care if you like me or hate me but i do care that some people across the boards are telling people hempy sed this or that when i have not and are coursing peoples plants to suffer or worse fail that upsets me and it is wrong.

Use your heads its very simple the medium is to anchor your plants the nutrients is what feeds your plants and gives them all they need to grow into happy healthy plants rocket science it is not.
 
I read the above post and want to know where you can get the free perlite? It costs me $20 a bag here.
 
GROWING AUTOS IN HEMPY

I do have a question on a serious note I wanted to ask. It concerns feeding the plants. More accurately in this case autoflower plants.

I use the Fox Farm lineup of nutrients. I am comfortable feeding the young seedlings the Big Bloom. I believe the ingredients of Earthworm castings, bat and seabird guano, rock phosphate, sulfate of potash magnesia (a mined natural mineral) Norwegian kelp are all good and safe. But how about stuff like their Grow Big ? At what point, and at what strength does the plant want/need stuff like Ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, urea, blood meal, potassium nitrate, potassium sulfate, earthworm castings, Norwegian kelp, iron EDTA, zinc EDTA, manganese EDTA, copper EDTA, chelating agent, disodium ethylenediamine tetra acetate (EDTA), sodium borate and sodium molybdate?

I want to feed them everything they want and need. Thus far I am feeding them Big Bloom and Boomerang at approximately 1/4 strength. They will be fed today at 1/4 strength and again on Saturday at 1/4 strength. At what point do I introduce the Grow Big into the mix? According to the legendary Sweet Sue I would be bumping the nutrients up to 1/2 strength on Monday.

Is it safe to start with the Grow Big? Should I just stick with the Big Bloom and Boomerang (2.0 0.2 0.3) a bit longer? Is the Boomerang giving them enough Nitrogen? And then we come to Cal-Mag........sheesh. When should that be introduced to the diet? At what strength?

At the risk of sounding even more boring then I really am I will stop right here.
 
High Beez! :high-five:

It may interest you to know that cannabis can grow (and even flower) well within a pretty wide range of nutrient levels. And different strains require different levels of nutrients as well. I ran across a website where the author describes a 10 year, 25 grow project to study this. His discussion is located at CannaStats - Nutrient Profiles for Cannabis

The nutrient calculator works, but I found it to be rather buggy, so my brother @BTzGrow and I developed our own in Excel that also allows us to calculate elemental ppms for a mix with multiple nutrients and supplements. If we can obtain accurate pricing, it will also calculate cost per gallon.

Have a read if you’re interested, have fun, and please start a journal here on :420: :passitleft:
 
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I read the above post and want to know where you can get the free perlite? It costs me $20 a bag here.
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or here...
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need a trashcan full of it?
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then there are plenty of these hanging around always....
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sorry.... couldn't resist the temptation to be a smart-ass
 
Nothing wrong with a smart-ass provided, as one of the leading authorities in the field you also supply much needed answers to my feeding and nutrition questions.
 
beez0404 said:
Nothing wrong with a smart-ass provided, as one of the leading authorities in the field you also supply much needed answers to my feeding and nutrition questions.
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Awwww shucks.... <insert emoticon of an old western 10yr old boy kickin a little dust up while whacking his hat on his side>
Compliments will get you far in these threads.
Honestly tho... it's just not rocket science in any way shape or form.... except to speak of the role of hydroponics in off world existence.
As with all forms of growing, there are 146 ways to skin the cat. Everyone tends to settle into what works well for them. Some folks do all sorts of hydro dances, others are happy in various soil concoctions. Tead himself walked many paths before settling into the OsmoHempy groove and I hope other paths will present themselves to me in the future... tho I can't see steering to far from that path at this point in my journeys. Yours will lead you to different locations... but we're a happy group and don't mind holding your hand as we travel.
 
LOL.............So you're saying I should just wing it and hope for the best? Will do.
 
Well.... you will 'wing it' really... it's what we all do. We read, we learn, we act in our garden based on what we've learned and adapt it all to our local world. One doesn't follow any set script when growing... one observes the plants and learns from what occurs.
You call it 'winging it'... I call it using your head.
 
Tead said:
I'm gonna nip an incorrect idea here.
Hempy pots can use any number of different medium. In my garden, I've been playing with coco instead of perlite, so I've got 2 different types of medium going in my world.
I run perlite alone because I live in a swamp (New Orleans.... don't mention food... you'll be sorry... trust us). The more traditional hempy medium is a perlite/vermiculite mix. I've seen it done in gravel.
Free your mind baby... the options are myriad!
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I use aquarium gravel with a 2" deep coco cap, Because it fits my needs. Mind open
:ganjamon: this thread is full of great info.
 
Tead said:
Share back baby! Why for you usin that crazy growin gumbo? What's your history with it and how did you end up in that world?
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I always had bugs with soil. I got bugs with my coco mix in pots. Over/under watering was a problem. And messy in my apartment.
I was forced to shut down for about a year and a half. Kept on reading and searching, and reading and asking questions. I bought some maxibloom and hinted at my desire to fire the tent back up. Convinced her that we really needed to slow down our spending and that I had a great idea, Hempy sog 12/12 from seed, all we needed was perlite.....
Not enough funds for a big bag, so I thought about my empty aquarium and decided to buy a couple bags of gravel to add to what I already had. I just sort of went for it. Made some mini buckets up. The coco cap just kind of happened because I didn't have any seed starters or anything. I never thought it would turn out this well.
I should have soaked the gravel in ph'd water instead of just rinsing it. My runoff was alkaline for awhile and everyone drooped. Now no problems. I have to handwater 2x per day because of the small container/ big plants. The weight of the gravel really anchors my small containers, which is great because I rotate my plants daily under my two different fixtures.
That's pretty much it. My wife and I smoke a ton for medical. She is disabled and my 3yo is autistic, our one year old is a one year old. I stay at home and take care of everyone. Growing is the only hobby I have, and I appreciate the warm welcome here at Hempy HQ
 
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