yes still using foliage pro with protekt. I was adding maxicrop powdered seaweed but I haven't noticed any benefits, also it raises my ph too high and I prefer not to use ph down. my foliage pro is running low so I might try jacks citrus feed, or petunia feed next.
The main difference is that in a hemp bucket the drain holes are not on the bottom but a couple of inches from the bottom, on the side. That leaves a little reservoir at the bottom allowing for less frequent watering. Getto style hydro. Hempy is the username from the guy who posted about it in mj forums. It's basically the same as bato buckets or dutch buckets (google those for more professional examples).
Wouldn't that contribute to root rot, allowing 2" of nutrient remaining at the bottom?, I could be wrong.
If you use perlite, possibly with some coco or other soilless mix, it will easily suck up the solution from the bottom, besides through the roots itself. If you put the drain hole too high (or have a too wide pot) that is the risk though yes. It's like with soil still a balancing thing, figuring out how often too water and how much. The perlite dries out quite fast and with hempy it's hard to overwater so one can simply refresh that bottom layer (as well as correct ph and ec) by draining more.
Yes our setups are essentially NFT systems. One can argue semantics and stoner terms but it's just a variation on NFT. GH sells a similar system, the AeroFlo, which is basically NFT (hence the 'flo) with some sprayers to aerate the flow (and not an aeroponics system like some want to pretend).
Seems like I've heard someone, possibly you sat, use the term "flooded tubes"?
Yeah I used that a couple of times. By flooding the tubes you create that deeper flow. I borrowed that term from Heath Robinson (worth googling and seeing pictures if you don't know who that is, his journal here is missing the pics...).
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hey sativied, i was thinking about switching my room to 5 gallon dwc buckets w/ 3.75'' net pots..how many do u think i could put under my 2 600 watt hps's w/out moving them. Also do you think i may get better yields doing the buckets instead?? Not really sure it would make a diference..i have to go to town this week so im buying all new 4'' pvc and T's n 90's to rebuild my system plus im going to put it on a small angle so gravity will help the draining problems..I am also going to buy a couple 3 or 5 gal buckets w. lids so i can try n build a bucket or 2 just to see how they work, maybe do a compare w, skunk in 1 bucket and critical mass in the other to see yield diferences. w/ 2 buckets i can also do some more nute compares to but not sure im up to that again as im happy w/ the nutes im using now, but its always a possibility...
I wonder how using a drip system affects that bottom reservoir, it seems that if you drip the reservoir won't be sucked up from the top as much, nor will it be refreshed as much. Or does it drip enough to actually recirculate?
Why, because of the draining issue you have/had? Surely that can be solved.
My crystal ball says no
You can get the same yields with either.
Those pre-made bato buckets have a 1 inch rez instead if the typical 2 inches in a hempie and it drips for 15 min 3 times a day. Seems to me the Rez would be refreshed pretty good since it's smaller.