CH9 Mixed Female CFL Hempy Grow

[skitz0]

Ditto!!! WOW!!!

You got me reading up on these hempy buckets. I'm gonna have to give this a try on my next grow. Seems like the hot ticket for a small grow space.

Thanks.

i personally had to look up info about these 'hempy buckets' you speak of.

i must be missing something or am just not getting it :/

a hempy bucket is just a regular bucket, but you drill a hole in the side about 2inches from the bottom for drainage?

lol i do this as a natural instict, no terminology for it. if i dont drill a few holes in the bottom for drainage, its on the side. big whoop!

[dooobster]

Hempy buckets have no drainage holes in the bottom; the hole in the side is only used to judge if the 2" reservoir at the bottom of the bucket is full. You add nutes until you get a little runoff out of the hole, then you know the res is full.
Some people like to call hempy's buckets "passive hydro", because they use a soilless medium (100% perlite, or a perlite/vermiculite mixture), they use hydro nutes instead of nutes for soil, you use hydro pH levels etc.
They are an awesome method, and generally will DOMINATE in a side-by-side grow with a soil plant. I stress the word dominate, because that's what happens. LOL

[killa12345]

i personally had to look up info about these 'hempy buckets' you speak of.

i must be missing something or am just not getting it :/

a hempy bucket is just a regular bucket, but you drill a hole in the side about 2inches from the bottom for drainage?

lol i do this as a natural instict, no terminology for it. if i dont drill a few holes in the bottom for drainage, its on the side. big whoop!

You got it........A sealed bucket......one hole on the side(anywhere from 1inch-2 inches from the bottom, depending on the size, but its no science...i dont even measure anymore)....cover the hole with some sort of mesh.....i personally use drywall tape.....

Medium:
use 100% perlite or 4 pts. perlite/ 1 pt vermiculite or coco and verm.....or turface.....or keep reading....ive even heard of someone using cat litter and perlite...i use 4 pts perlite/ 1 pt vermiculite....you can find them at home depot.....4 cu ft. bags both together cost $24

Nutes:
Use any type of nutes but run the ph at 5.8-6.0....i personally run fox farm hydro nutes.....but once again ive heard people run soil nutes, teas...you name it...its been run on hempy buckets...I personally start them around 600ppm/.5 conversion.....and get them to around 1300-1400 ppms.

Watering:

For the first few weeks probably around 3 wks.....water daily....then water every other day....

Thats about the best cliff notes i got for you.......Maybe Dooobster will chime in further......hes grown some dank in Hempy buckets

But is just a simple way of passive hydro....the medium acts as a wick....and the built in res. holds the water for a few hours...

Hope this helps....feel free to ask as many questions as you like guys....many of you helped me in the beginning......and i feel obliged to help!

[killa12345]

Thanks dooobster....i forgot about the runoff.....i usually get about 10-15 % runoff.....

And yes dooobster...i got the email....those will get out this week....i promise.....just a little busy preparing.....im sure youve seen the news for my area!

I agree they will dominate a side by side soil grow...plus you can fix problems almost instantly because the medium holds very little nutes, and you water every other day if not daily

[dooobster]

Hahaha yeah killa.... I know what you've been goin thru brotha.
I'm in no hurry man... Whenever is cool with me.
I just didn't get a reply so I didn't know if I sent to the right address or not. lol
Glad you're alright bro!

[killa12345]

Killa my brotha... They're all looking GREAT!!! :thumbsup::rastasmoke:
Just think... You were about to give up. Lookie whatcha got now!!
Rock on man... You're makin me proud

P.S. I sent you an email a week or so ago, I dunno if you ever got it.

Peace!

Your right.......I cant believe i was going to quit this hobby.......i really got to thank dooobster....without his kind words over the past few months none of this would have been possible.....Man i cant wait till you start showing the peeps ova here your work......it must be gettin cold round your parts huh dooob?

[bloodbrother]

subscribed looking very nice man keep it up!

[dooobster]

Hell yeah bro, it's 49 degrees this morning.. wo0ot! Winter'll be here soon!
Hey man... I started a grow log... got 2 little babies (WW pollinated with Skunk Haze male) So be on the lookout for mah thread!

[Chong Version 2.0]

Hey dude. I put my hempy plants into flower on Friday and they are quickly filling up my grow box. I can't believe how bushy they grew. I have to move a bunch of leaves out the way just to see the main stem. My temperatures have been cold lately (15C/59F) but they are still growing like banshees. When the weather warms up I think they will really start to grow pubes. :stoned:

[killa12345]

Hell yeah bro, it's 49 degrees this morning.. wo0ot! Winter'll be here soon!
Hey man... I started a grow log... got 2 little babies (WW pollinated with Skunk Haze male) So be on the lookout for mah thread!

Nice......you pollinated the WW from the last grow with the plant from the grow before that...if im correct....you still have the male....its the bushy lst'ed monster.....

The temps are still in the upper 90's here.....luckily the room i keep my grow in constantly stays at around 68F......but ill have to take a looksy after my blunt of haze which is just asking to be burned!

One more thing dooob.....how the pre baby days coming.....you almost prepared to have your life turned upside down! enjoy your time now!