MadameCrash
Well-Known Member
Hello folks! Well, I've been pretty busy these last few months. Didn't have time to do a proper grow journal like I said I would, my apologies to all for that. However, I am nearing the end of my first "Hempy Bucket" grow and let me just say that I am SOLD on this method. It really is idiot proof.. and the results... well... I'll get to those in a minute..
Here's the original info I found from the inventor..
-AKA- "The Hempy Bucket"
"Hi every one i thort id add this system of growing i use and have used from the erly to mid 80s , As most of you that know me will all ready know that im a belive in simplicity and things that work and i only realy state facts that i have experencet from hands on.
I like the hempy bucket becouse of its simplicity and the price of the system (ITS FREE ) to make and has no moveing parts that can fail and once the plant has started its root system you can basicly water and forget it for 2 days or 3 depending on temps and you can grow eny strain from sativa to indica in it .
I basicly got the idear from my first hydro kit i ever got that was a tamato hydro kit and i found it realy easy to understand ,It was basicly an aquponic set up and the guy i had got it from i whent back a few years later telling him about my creation and how i got it from his idear 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 couse root rot so on well there all rong becouse 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 tryed 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 eny colour but clear as you will end up with algy forming as the nutes react to the light .
The size of the bucket can very from 1 gal (4lt) to 5gal (20lt) ruffly i personaly like useing a 10 lt bucket and have had up to 14 oz 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 personaly i found the perlite / vermiculite a lot better in meany ways.
All you need to do now is basicly add the rooted clone or seedling water with nutes 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 desent 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 nutes i like useing a PH of 6.2
the diffrence (between this and DWC) is theres no parts no pumps nothing but a drain hole and a built in rez of about 2 to 3 inches and you hand water to top up the rez thats it in short , You need to look at the hempy bucket as i do in that it mimics nature in that soil has its layers and a water table low down were the tap root heads for thats wat this is in short.
Also its free to make and you have no risk of parts failing as theres no parts , you dont get root rot or do you have eny problem with nutrents needing ph ajusting once the plants are feed all you need to do is re water before the plant or plants run dry the only problem is the run off you will get from the drail hole thats it."
Okay - so I followed Hempy's directions to the letter... 3 gallon bucket filled with 2/3 perlite 1/3 vermiculite, one pencil sized hole drilled 2" up the side for drainage, I used clear plastic saucers to catch the run-off and a shop-vac to suck up the drainage after every watering/feeding.
I used GH FloraNova Grow/FloraNova Bloom nutrients and Florilicious Plus additive once a week for good measure. Mixed up with plain old tap water - the nutes buffered the PH of the tap water right down to 5.5 - 6.4 depending on the amount used. (1 teaspoon per gallon of nutes was the average dose, and that set the PH down to 5.9 - perfect)
Acutally, I only checked the PH/PPM's of the nutes once or twice the ENTIRE GROW! Woohoo!
Planted the seedlings and clones in the bucket, and after about 14 days the roots hit the resivoir at the bottom of the bucket, and DAMN! They just TOOK OFF! Made the mistake of vegging for 3-4 weeks before flipping to 12/12 - they stretched like nothing EVER has in my little room. It's completely overgrown in there with only 5 Hempy Bucket plants and 1 in soil for a side-by-side comparison.
Anyhoo... enough with the chatter.. here's some pics of the results thusfar.
HEMPY ROOM
Gordy's Spice #18 x Hashberry F2 - This plant had NO veg time 12/12 from seed
Lemon Thai (clone)
And some Lemon Thai sugar shots for ya'll....
Peace
MC
Here's the original info I found from the inventor..
-AKA- "The Hempy Bucket"
"Hi every one i thort id add this system of growing i use and have used from the erly to mid 80s , As most of you that know me will all ready know that im a belive in simplicity and things that work and i only realy state facts that i have experencet from hands on.
I like the hempy bucket becouse of its simplicity and the price of the system (ITS FREE ) to make and has no moveing parts that can fail and once the plant has started its root system you can basicly water and forget it for 2 days or 3 depending on temps and you can grow eny strain from sativa to indica in it .
I basicly got the idear from my first hydro kit i ever got that was a tamato hydro kit and i found it realy easy to understand ,It was basicly an aquponic set up and the guy i had got it from i whent back a few years later telling him about my creation and how i got it from his idear 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 couse root rot so on well there all rong becouse 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 tryed 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 eny colour but clear as you will end up with algy forming as the nutes react to the light .
The size of the bucket can very from 1 gal (4lt) to 5gal (20lt) ruffly i personaly like useing a 10 lt bucket and have had up to 14 oz 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 personaly i found the perlite / vermiculite a lot better in meany ways.
All you need to do now is basicly add the rooted clone or seedling water with nutes 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 desent 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 nutes i like useing a PH of 6.2
the diffrence (between this and DWC) is theres no parts no pumps nothing but a drain hole and a built in rez of about 2 to 3 inches and you hand water to top up the rez thats it in short , You need to look at the hempy bucket as i do in that it mimics nature in that soil has its layers and a water table low down were the tap root heads for thats wat this is in short.
Also its free to make and you have no risk of parts failing as theres no parts , you dont get root rot or do you have eny problem with nutrents needing ph ajusting once the plants are feed all you need to do is re water before the plant or plants run dry the only problem is the run off you will get from the drail hole thats it."
Okay - so I followed Hempy's directions to the letter... 3 gallon bucket filled with 2/3 perlite 1/3 vermiculite, one pencil sized hole drilled 2" up the side for drainage, I used clear plastic saucers to catch the run-off and a shop-vac to suck up the drainage after every watering/feeding.
I used GH FloraNova Grow/FloraNova Bloom nutrients and Florilicious Plus additive once a week for good measure. Mixed up with plain old tap water - the nutes buffered the PH of the tap water right down to 5.5 - 6.4 depending on the amount used. (1 teaspoon per gallon of nutes was the average dose, and that set the PH down to 5.9 - perfect)
Acutally, I only checked the PH/PPM's of the nutes once or twice the ENTIRE GROW! Woohoo!
Planted the seedlings and clones in the bucket, and after about 14 days the roots hit the resivoir at the bottom of the bucket, and DAMN! They just TOOK OFF! Made the mistake of vegging for 3-4 weeks before flipping to 12/12 - they stretched like nothing EVER has in my little room. It's completely overgrown in there with only 5 Hempy Bucket plants and 1 in soil for a side-by-side comparison.
Anyhoo... enough with the chatter.. here's some pics of the results thusfar.
HEMPY ROOM
Gordy's Spice #18 x Hashberry F2 - This plant had NO veg time 12/12 from seed
Lemon Thai (clone)
And some Lemon Thai sugar shots for ya'll....
Peace
MC
and have lots of stakes and ties ready to hold it up near the end.. lol 
