Yes the 1.5 gal ones
Been real happy with them
Been real happy with them
That's one of the things that interested me in trying hempy growing. I enjoy growing different strains and I think the hempy pots might allow me to add an extra plant into my small tent.
My newest hempy baby. Does the color look alright to you guys? It was "overdue" to sprout so I very gently and carefully dug down with a toothpick and found the plant you see. Completely out of it's shell with a root about an inch long. The part you see was approximately an inch below the surface. Almost as though the root was pulling it down? As gently as I could I relocated it to the surface and maybe the lights will give it some color.
Give her a day or so in the sun and she will green up
BTzGrow
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Awesome! That has been the direction and yield I have been looking for. SweetSue mentioned that in her visit here in San Diego last month and so has DrDoob. Both great mentors of Hempy along with FelipeBlu. We have a great sharing Hempy community.
Hempy Rocks!
Ganjagrowergu
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I have a lot of love for the Hempy style. Roots are so healthy and it's just plain easy. I currently have 9 plants, 8 are hempys. 12/12 from seed on very heavy sativa phenotypes. I read a lot about small plants with this light cycle, Hempy has a great plant size to container ratio.
Has anyone done a Hempy "bed"? Like an 18 gallon or whatever tote with say 6 plants in it together? It keeps popping into my head that watering one big pot would be much easier than messing with my different sizes and shapes of Hempy.
Has anyone done a Hempy "bed"? Like an 18 gallon or whatever tote with say 6 plants in it together? It keeps popping into my head that watering one big pot would be much easier than messing with my different sizes and shapes of Hempy.
BTzGrow
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I've heard of the plants in the tote. I like the term Hempy Bed.
I feel your pain on the multiple feedings, but I also measure the runoff and record so I can see if anyone is taking more. Is it a trend, is it related to a current growth spurt? How does that connect to the stage the plant is in. I guess you could say I'm a bit OCD. Give me time and my number of f's to give might slow down and I'll be asking about Hempy Bed's again. 
I feel your pain on the multiple feedings, but I also measure the runoff and record so I can see if anyone is taking more. Is it a trend, is it related to a current growth spurt? How does that connect to the stage the plant is in. I guess you could say I'm a bit OCD. Give me time and my number of f's to give might slow down and I'll be asking about Hempy Bed's again. 
Tead's been around the block a time or two and has seen this in action. He'll send some words down the wire to help on your 'bed' travels... or perhaps convince you to avoid it.
First, you've got the form issue. I think you really need about 1ft of medium depth for proper medium evaporation and plant support. Be sure to keep your bed at least 1ft deep.
Then there's the issue of dealing with that much water and perlite. It will be ugly to try to move the container, so set up a way to water and drain without moving the bed.
Many folks don't take into account the difficulty of feeding/flushing such a large container and they don't really boost their runoff amounts.
Getting into that bed to water even across the entire surface will be a pain. Get some sort of small watering device you can reach in there and water with.
With both ends of the hempy size spectrum, I've seen some rot issues on occasion. Be sure to block all light possible.
Probably more... not coming to mind at the moment.
Notice that Tead... very hempy savvy.... doesn't do large beds with lots of plants. Perhaps he has his reasons.....
Give me time and my number of f's to give might slow down and I'll be asking about Hempy Bed's again.
And in beds the issue of balanced light comes into play
I'm testing DWC and have 3 plants in a big tub and have that issue
I'm testing DWC and have 3 plants in a big tub and have that issue
Who would have thought that a tiny plant could go from this last night
To this today in just 12 hours. Such a resilient plant species.
I have to attribute this plant being alive to the fact it is in hempy. I do not think it would have made it in soil or soil-less medium.
To this today in just 12 hours. Such a resilient plant species.
I have to attribute this plant being alive to the fact it is in hempy. I do not think it would have made it in soil or soil-less medium.
BTzGrow
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That is why I am using two lights side by side in my flowering tent. As the distance between a single light closes, the plants begin to move out of the cone of coverage and the PAR readings begin to drop. With two lights especially ones that can be slightly tilted the coverage extends out to the sides of the tent at the plant level keeping the light exposure more uniform in the PAR readings.
Ganjagrowergu
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Yeah, the only things I measure are 1 tsp maxibloom and two cap fulls of vinegar. I have 3 40oz that need twice a day, 4 20oz that need fed 3x a day, and my coco Hempy takes 2-3x per day depending on how I am feeling.I've heard of the plants in the tote. I like the term Hempy Bed.
I guess on the positive side of small containers is that I can easily run different ages of plants which can potentially lead to
I've been paranoid about root rot. All plants get 2-3 flushes per day really. I pull each individual plant out and feed with about 30% runoff, I don't measure.
My hempy bed ideas are really just fleeting thoughts about how i could possibly be lazier and achieve at least equal results. The runoff problem could be solved by attaching a drain tube and elevating the "bed". But i completely agree that watering would require some sort of automation, which completely goes against my laziness and the spirit of the Hempy itself.
The more I ponder this, the worse the idea seems.
Tead is a friend of the lazy... no doubt.... and it sounds like it should be good.... just never seen it work well.
To be honest, this may represent one of the limiting factor of hempy growing itself. I see it as much more of a smaller garden solution. If I wanted to bump up to monster plants, I'd probably look at using other forms of hydro.
To be honest, this may represent one of the limiting factor of hempy growing itself. I see it as much more of a smaller garden solution. If I wanted to bump up to monster plants, I'd probably look at using other forms of hydro.
Ganjagrowergu
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Yeah, think you are right Tead. I think I'm going to be stuck in my ways for a long time now, as long as my space is limited to a 10ft² corner of an apartment bedroom anyway. I also think that 18gallon hempys do have their place in an outdoor garden with one monster per tote.... A guy can always dream
I have to assume there is a limit as to the height the perlite can wick up the water/nutrients? A foot? Fifteen inches?
BTzGrow
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SweetSue has determined that the wicking height of Perlite is 8 inches. I would stick with that. That is why I like those baskets. By the time you drill your hole 2 -2.5" above the bottom you will be within that range all the way up to the top surface of your hempy basically. The sides on those baskets are about 11inches, and you aren't going to have your mix all the way up to the top rail. I currently find that 2 inch holes hold at least 1/2 liter of fluid after you have your hempy mix in. If you want to extend your watering schedule you might want to try 2.5 inches. I'm personally watering 3/4 of a liter every 24-36hrs with a runoff in the 10-15% range.
I'm giving thought to raising the height of the hole to 2.5 or 3" giving a little larger reservoir. Eventually the plants roots will grow down into the reservoir right? Is that not bad for them to be in the water/nutrients all the time?
You will still need to add fertiwater every 2-3 days to flush out the reservoir.
