Quote Originally Posted by Weedhound
Well what kind of things can go wrong with hempys? I've seen a few people with issues and no clue why....someone said that you don't have to worry about ph with them....is that true? And do you feed them nute solution every time you water? And why wouldn't you want moving parts in your hydro so that you wouldln't have to water any more?

Pros?
Cons?

Do tell please.
In the past I had hempys with no problems. It has been as simple as mixing full strength nutes according to the directions on the bottle and watering them every other day until runoff spills into the catch tray. They can be over watered but it takes a lot of work to do so. I never checked the PH in the past, nor am I doing it now.

The main advantages of hempy right now is that my 2 hydro rooms are full and I have a cabinet in the garage that is now the Hempy Hotel. It gets 10 degrees hotter out there and that would put reservoir temps in the 80's - 90's which I have found to be a problem. Also with hempy it is a shorter height setup so I can grow easier in confined spaces. Last but not least it is simple for my GF to care for these girls when I don't have the time. She is slowly being trained into hydro, but has never grown before so we are taking it in small steps.

Technically it is a hydroponic setup - no soil, neutral medium - so it is easy to flush and recover from nute problems.

Overall it produces similar results to DWC or drip/WF types, but a bit smaller on yield. The downside is that I have to mix and manually water 3x week, and nute consumption is pretty heavy. But for the time being I think it suits me fine as a complement (not replacement!) for the hydro.

P.S. Just picked up a kickass Lumitec 600W digital ballast, Eye Hort HPS bulb and top of the line Daystar air cooled hood... When GDP is done in June I have an upgrade planned for the grow closet! :jointsmile: