What I mean, is it dark enough to prevent algae from growing? Also, do you recommend straight perlite or perlite and vermiculite in a 3 to 1 ratio?
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What I mean, is it dark enough to prevent algae from growing? Also, do you recommend straight perlite or perlite and vermiculite in a 3 to 1 ratio?
best results I've seen were straight perlite. drain hole s with screen 1-1/2 - 2" from the bottom of a 5 gallon pail. Water until 25-30% run off to clean out the bottom.
I didn't know until I got there, but they have a gray bucket also, much more opaque.
To me 5gal is a waste of money(nutrients). Maybe outside I could see using something like that but that seems way overkill for an indoor grow. I like 1-3 gal.
The only reason I went with the 5 gallon is because all the research I did said the bigger the bucket, the bigger the plant. I just can't wait for this grow to finish, I have to harvest as soon as possible. Next grow I can veg much longer, grow big beautiful plants then flower them and harvest pounds.
Like I told you in your other thread, you can't treat a hempy like a soil grow. It's hydro so the roots don't need all the space in a 5 gallon bucket, your using way more nutes that needed and you added another 6" or so that the roots need to go before they reach the res so that's going to slow you down, you've lost another 6" or so in head room, and you bought $5 lowes buckets instead of $1 for a 3.5 gallon dollar store buckets. Why ask for advice and then not use it? It's your grow tho so il stop ranting and let you do it your way. Good growing
Lets see some of your grow results, jnewcs, jbone77.
I've seen many, many professional grows with trees indoors. I know of a few people getting 2.5-3 pounds per plant indoors. Sea of Green is not the only way to grow a successful crop. Especially when mmj growers are limited to the number of plants.
I'm with you 100%, "they grow trees indoors in 5 gallon hempy buckets", that's my point exactly. They have the experience and the equipment to do it, they aren't new to hempys and understand how hydro works. A 3.5 gallon hempy will grow a 4' plant nicely. He's asking if he should get a silver or blue bucket so he's not a pro, he's never grown hempy style, with that I'm assuming he doesn't have the equipment needed to grow anything over what a 3.5 gallon bucket will do. Will a 5 gallon bucket work, of course it will, is it needed for the average person growing 4-5 plants in a 4x4 tent, no. If you think a 3.5 gallon hempy is used for a sog grow well that's just silly, most hempy sogs iv seen are either 2 ltr soda bottles or 1 gallon. So I guess I may have made a mistake by assuming he wasn't set up to grow trees so il ask, hey pain guy what is your lighting and room set up? Do you have growing experience? Hydro experience? PH/ppm pens? Maybe Ur right and his intentions are to grow trees and he has several 1000 watt rigs and 10' ceilings so for that I apologize
Bone, it's only advice.... ingest at your own risk. Random information is out there for all to ingest. Chew it, eat it, compute :pimp:
Agreed, however when the advice given is "iv seen professional growers grow 3 lb plants this way" to someone new, that's silly, hell iv seen Payton manning throw a football so could I be his back up? Someone new needs guidance, what's simple, what's feasible, what works. My personal thoughts on a hempy grow for a new grower is 3.5 gallon buckets, 100% perlite, lucas formula, cal/mag, ph up/down, ro or distilled water, 400-600 watt light, ph pen, exhaust and carbon filter. It's simple, it's repeatable, it's something to easily build on and it works with little attention.
agree, I've seen a 3.5 gallon hempy grow 1 pound (grower named "Hempy", a very experienced grower. But with the correct information an intelligent novice can duplicate this, just as you described, 100% perlite, lucas formula, etc. When the plants do get to full size in a small container you're looking at either an having to use an automatic watering system or watering twice or more daily.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jbone77
I didn't remember or perhaps I didn't read the post where you already answered SSDI's question. But to refer to my comments as 'silly' pissed me off. I use 3 gallon and five gallon bags and/or pails. But I'm not asking for anyone's advice. And though I have 3700 posts and been on here a minute I'm getting to the point that I'll let you and the other smart people answer the rest of the questions on this forum and I'll just stay on the private forum where I don't have to try and help anyone, I just read and learn from solid professionals.
Ok, my apologies, since you post a lot of comments and read a lot of other people's journals you definitely are more knowledgeable so I will concede, disregard my previous statements that a 3.5 gallon bucket fed every other day will be better for a new grower, use a 5 gallon and feed less frequently. You won't have ph issues, ur ppm's will stay steady and you will get more bud on your plant.
rotate
and the SOG comment was directed to "I like 1-3 gal." poster
Shovelhandle-tried to find Hempy, wanted to see one pound of bud from a 3.5, that is impressive. The only way I could come close to that is if the cops did the weighing.
Im going aquaponics from here out, iv heard I can get 6 pounds a plant with as little as 2 mermaids per tank.
There are many excellent growers showing their work out on the web. Well regarded professionals doing some big numbers, every day. Probably had some here over the years. They seemed to have run off or have been inactive. Hanging here so long myself, I don't wonder why. ^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by tlranger
Cannacabana.com is a wonderful cannabis site and a favorite of many amazing growers but it is invite only. In my opinion, the best site for grow information is the IC Forum (International Cannabis Magazine). A lot of the big name growers and breeders are there too, some not as active as others.
Totally believe you, just thought seeing would be cool, I have tried this as one of my hydro attempts could get smoke, but...
Still trying on the web thing, seems like smoking and the web don't mix well for me.
Big numbers, saw a picture of a plant down under, extra long season, shaded the house, small house but still, the plants a gift
I'm challenged enough that I can't even show my own best cannabis photos. Losing things every day. It's disappointing, I'll tell you that. I don't have time to try and locate that grow, I tried to remember the other day and I can't recall wtf. I have to look up 1999 Jeep Cherokee (not Grande Cherokee) and find some info for my buddy with no coputer. He has heater box leak and damper lid failure. No puter needed . dig in.
I told him if any lower mounting studs are through the fender wall just drill/chisel 'em off and don't bother putting them back on.
Yea, us jeep drivers are a sorry lot. Always wanting things to be simple. Mines a CJ5