Hey All wanted to try a Hydro grow Or soil less grow....I am using the hempy bucket method with a rope for wick. Veg room is dirt free and soon flower room will be as well...I set buckets up with 3 parts perlite to one part vermiculite Mixed....I coved top of pot with inch of plain perlite cause it looks nice and is more reflective. There is hole 2 inches from bottom of most containers that hold a reserve of water/nukes What I plan on doing is every couple days tip buckets to let out whats left in bucket and let it sit over night to dry it slightly or at least to get roots some oxygen then i top it off with water/nukes till it comes out hole and let it drink for couple few days and then same...one bad thing i heard about hempy style is lower roots always being in water and roots roting.
For now i water a 1/2 cup twice a day till roots hit ropes to get drink or bottom
When i put in rope i laid circle on bottom and twisted as i went up the pot to top where i made a smaller circle close to roots so in a week or so i should be able to cut down on watering daily. This was simplest method i could find and cost was right. I did invest in cheap pump and made a bubble cloner for this grow as well. Nukes i am using orchard bloom 11-35-14 i plan on getting other nukes as well further down the road.
Tap water is 7.8 when i hit it with nukes drops it to 5.5
plain water i have to bring it down with lemon juice...till i get some up and down.
to bring it up i use baking soda....my soil grow when it gets nuked is only 5.5 so i add 1-1/2 teaspoons of baking soda and i get 6.5
Lights are a bunch of cool white 6500 bulbs 12-42 watts each..also have two foot fluro that has multi spectrum bulbs.
Clones are a bag seed variety different bags. One strain i will have to keep eye on (marked with white wire) seed i grew from same bag hermied as did all 7 clones i took from her. I had seed going before i confirmed seeds from that crop seemed to have hermie tendency's, so figure i will let it run it's course.
All moms to these clones are in my second grow journal ....and currently in soil pots in flower room doing good.
Had some polished rocks from desktop water fountain that i thought looked good in pot
OK here is bubbler cloner ....I use minnow bucket cut top so it fit half way down bucket....a cheap air pump...some air line a couple tees and air stones and oven roasted chicken clear top
For now i water a 1/2 cup twice a day till roots hit ropes to get drink or bottom
When i put in rope i laid circle on bottom and twisted as i went up the pot to top where i made a smaller circle close to roots so in a week or so i should be able to cut down on watering daily. This was simplest method i could find and cost was right. I did invest in cheap pump and made a bubble cloner for this grow as well. Nukes i am using orchard bloom 11-35-14 i plan on getting other nukes as well further down the road.
Tap water is 7.8 when i hit it with nukes drops it to 5.5
plain water i have to bring it down with lemon juice...till i get some up and down.to bring it up i use baking soda....my soil grow when it gets nuked is only 5.5 so i add 1-1/2 teaspoons of baking soda and i get 6.5
Lights are a bunch of cool white 6500 bulbs 12-42 watts each..also have two foot fluro that has multi spectrum bulbs.
Clones are a bag seed variety different bags. One strain i will have to keep eye on (marked with white wire) seed i grew from same bag hermied as did all 7 clones i took from her. I had seed going before i confirmed seeds from that crop seemed to have hermie tendency's, so figure i will let it run it's course.
All moms to these clones are in my second grow journal ....and currently in soil pots in flower room doing good.
Had some polished rocks from desktop water fountain that i thought looked good in pot
OK here is bubbler cloner ....I use minnow bucket cut top so it fit half way down bucket....a cheap air pump...some air line a couple tees and air stones and oven roasted chicken clear top
but one out of six is good odds...it still isnt dead 
......so out with the old in with the new 
poker shark and 
