in a SIP if i built one with 5gal Buckets. The Roots developing in the Air area and area where The Solution sits, I cant let that dry out right? so if it dryes out im fucked right?
you can be pretty fucked if it dries too much out in any method. even soil. especially soil in some cases.
feeding days in sips and hempy are built on an actual time schedule. you can't fuck it up. soil can change feed to feed.
Also is there a way to Premix the Solution and keep it "fresh"?
yes. with my nutes i always mix ahead. usually only by 24 - 48 hrs though. if they get going heavy in the right direction you can wind up needing to adjust from feed to feed.
pre-mixing too far ahead won't work in most media. if you run super expensive active hydro you can buy mixing stations that adjust on the go.
the cost to go from zero to there will shrivel your wee-wee on a permanent basis though.
there are plenty of guys on the board with massively fantastic examples, they got loads invested though. i was close to that once. i gave all the gear up for simpler methods.
Cause Later in flower thats gonna be pretty stressfull, Mixing, topping the Water up, Washing untensils, etc. every day.
soil requires close to the same attention at the end. it's slower, that's about all. most guys check on them every day in flower.
also then i gotta wake up early to feed them in time.
feed them at anytime during light hours. in flower that's half the day. 3/4 of the day during veg. how much do you really sleep?
This Looks Super Super nice and Space efficient combined with Training the Plants.
So Does this Apply to The Space below the Soil or for The soil Bucket itself?
4 plant 5L hempy grow
the result
the jar
7 bucket clone grow in mostly 2 ltrs ..
i shoveled one into a shampoo bottle under a ltr
hempy is a micro method super suited to small grows.
this is how that grow worked out
it wound up producing more than my 5L bucket grows
if you are tight for space it's a great method. you need a good hydro nute line for it though. mine is super simple.
i use mega crop. it's a one part dry nute, mix and go for the most part. i have a few other tools and tricks as well.
i use a little cal mag, some h2o2, and some bloom booster in flower only, surprisingly little. i run RO water, since i had the filter system already, for a blank slate, but it's not a deal breaker at all with that nute if don't have one. once you roll with the nute its insanely simple.
have a look at the hempy grows in my sig. i'm about to start another one. i'm gonna try drop seeds christmas eve.