You must be logged in to post a comment. Previous Defiency or bigger problem?? Next Supersoil to no till. About The Author. Killzone on October 14, at pm. Log in to Reply. TalesOfChronica on October 14, at pm. JustCoolin on October 15, at pm. Compared to regular soil pots Hempy buckets seem to provide a more balanced water source. Thanks to the reservoir at the bottom the plans would still be in good shape if a feeding is missed when watering by hand.
Having drain tubes and an overflow bucket made handling the wastewater a simple task. The automatic irrigation is awesome, not having to worry about the watering schedule was a huge comfort. My only job was to refill the nutrient reservoir every weeks.
As coco soil is closer to a hydro setup set the pH of the nutrient mix around 5. Make sure to use a nutrient solution designed for coco soil or a hydroponics system, coco coir tends to binds some of the calcium and magnesium in the nutrient solution. I noticed a slight increase of pH in the reservoir over the 3 weeks it took for it to run out, but even on the last day the pH was below 6.
This slight fluctuation of pH is perfectly fine as long as it stays within the 5. Search this site. You will still need to monitor the ph of you water unless you are lucky to already be in range. Hydro is more controllable, you just need a ph test kit or a decent quality ph pen like a bluelab etc. I hate working with a res tbh. Also controlling the temperature can be a real pain, especially in loft grows.
Running and controlling nutrient heaters and chillers along with pumps, circulation fans, extraction fans, room heaters, dealing with leaks etc it all becomes so much more than i can be arsed with. I have gone away with the bucket in a Tupperware container for four days in mid flower and could have gone 2 or 3 more days before they were dry. You have to somehow make it fit into your life without it compromising other vital aspects like relationships etc.
I like to keep complications to a minimum so things like DWC are off the cards forever. I will have to monitor my ph closely no matter how I grow. Run off of a well and with an aquarium test kit my ph is 8. Have a ph pen on order now. Maybe an RO system in the future, but I will be tapped out right now setting this all up. Hand watering every day will not be a problem with any grow medium.
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JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Wud up farmers, the past few days logic and whoever else has been fixing the site because of the recent attacks, so I've been surfing other sites and got some great info on hempy buckets.
I don't see many people on this site using hempy bucks so I decided to start a thread on it to get more info and to let people know how easy it is to learn when transitioning from soil to hydro. Anybody with exp. Hempy tutorial This is not my tutorial and I am NOT taking credit for this I'm not going to discuss anything but the most basic Hempy style here, as this is a thread for Hempy Newbies and Purists.
I'll put up another thread for Hempy Variations. Here's what you need to make a Hempy Bucket. A bucket 2. A drill or other hole making device - a hot nail works great too. Perlite any size will do - finer is better for the roots, but too fine will run out the hole.
Most of the time even "course" grade comes with enough fine stuff 4.
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