Quote Originally Posted by dooobster
Depending on the size of your hempy buckets.. if you were using a 3 or 5 gallon bucket, I'd make the hole at least as big as a nickel, maybe even a quarter.
Make sure you put the hole about 2 inches up from the bottom of the bucket.
Smaller bucket/cup, smaller hole.

WOW dooobster thats large.....i always use the standard 1/2 inch hole on all my bucket, but any size is adaqute......and no the rootball is not suppose to float.....i learned this the hard way also.......usually after i mix my perlite/verm and put it in my buckets.....i water the buckets(phed water with a drop of superthrive) without the rooted plant......get runoff.....then drain them......place rootball in buckets....cover with medium.....rewater with nute solution!

And i say Hempy's are perfect for a first time grower......really nothing to them......the soil to hempy does worry me though.....but theres no ppm meters....really the only thing you have to do is water them and check the nute ph.....other than that..... the reasons i think its better because i found it hard to guage nutes in soils.....because most of them have nutes....most of us transplant throught the grows and i find that hard....Second complicated Hydro systems take ppm meter....pumps that clog.....res temps....you name it and it can go wrong.....Now hempys....no pumps....no ppm meter...no res temps to worry about....medium has no nutes so you control the outcome(and if you do make a mistake...the medium holds little or no nute...so fixing them takes days instead of weeks or death)......and honestly this is no offense to Stickyattic and this is no personal stab of any sorts....i love her grows, and her threads are some of the most knowledgable on the net on this subject....so go for what you know.....im sure if you have more questions me or dooobster will be happy to help...
killa12345 Reviewed by killa12345 on . Noob Need Help please ok so a friend gave me a plant he thought was dying. well i don't really know where to start as far as watering, nutes and some basics. O the other hand I have been poking around and researching. So I made a box 500 watt cfl's 3000k and 6500k at same time for wide spectrum am lst do to low height got some nice buds going on it's starting to come back. Now I have some seedlings to take care of aswell please help. any info esp from Stinky attic "the queen" would be greatly appreciated. Also Rating: 5