rkymtnman
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I am so glad I switched to DTW. It makes life so much easier. Set it and forget it.@kovidkough is 100% correct.
I am so glad I switched to DTW. It makes life so much easier. Set it and forget it.@kovidkough is 100% correct.
yea im still working on figuring a way to make it auto mated with no floor drain , I have a liquid transfer pump but with no drain its hard to multi feed my perlite, for now they seem fine with 1 gal every two days but im only in early flower, I have 6ft of headroom so I don't like losing much of that to grav fedI am so glad I switched to DTW. It makes life so much easier. Set it and forget it.
yeah, i got lucky. my drain is about 3 feet from my grow room.with no floor drain
this house qualifies for a meeting with Bob vilayeah, i got lucky. my drain is about 3 feet from my grow room.
Will be curious if you run into any root rot issues not aerating that solution@kovidkough is 100% correct.
are you draining to waste daily?Update. Day 25 of the new Deep Water Hempy System.
I pulled a plant to check on the root system's health. It appears the new bucket system is able to keep the plants fed and oxygenated perfectly fine without air stones or a constant water flow.
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The plants are fed 1/3 gallon over a 4 minute period every 6 hours.
This seems it might have the potential to actually work.
Every time the bucket feeds it drains to waste the overflow.are you draining to waste daily?
fucking genius, I'm genuinely dumbfounded how you took the hempy method this far . here i am still hand feeding lolEvery time the bucket feeds it drains to waste the overflow.
The drain in the buckets basically acts like an overflow culvert for a pond/lake.
I got f'ing sick and tired of hand feedingfucking genius, I'm genuinely dumbfounded how you took the hempy method this far . here i am still hand feeding lol
Jela I remember you, and Wattsaver! Moe! Also the lady the was growing with chandlers are her husband past she took over the grow while he was sick. Love to see you at it!Hi all my Hempy Brothers & Sisters! As of yesterday, Arizona is now officially legalized for recreational so I can legally grow again. If anybody remembers, I was an active contributor here on WOH 5 years ago until they put in a medical dispensary less than 25 miles away so I lost my cultivation rights. I also retired and moved to Northern Arizona at 5000 feet. Then a dispensary moved there too. Seeing this year’s election polls for Prop 207 predicting a win at 55%/45% vs last election’s loss at 49%/51%, I gambled and drug out all the hardware from the attic and got started with a hempy grow in October. My new home, although larger is not grow space friendly. The only viable area close to a pre-existing roof vent is a closet next to a bathroom. Even after ripping out a built-in shelving unit, I was only able to fit a 2.5’x2.0” Gorilla tent in there without destroying much else. Its a tall tent but it’s limiting me to 1 plant. Being the only toker left in the family I’m sure I’ll be happy with the one plant per run indoors but I’ll have lots of fun growing outdoors next season.
So here’s my latest 2 gal Hempy magic.
Strain: Nirvana Northern Lights
Light: Area-51 SGS-160 w/5w LED’s
Bucket Build: 2gal, hole 2” from bottom.
Media: plain Canna Coco up top (no perlite mix), ½” Grodan Mini Rockwool Cubes in Rez
Nutrients: AN Sensi Coco Grow & Bloom
She's just finishing week 4 of flower, so Christmas 2020 is gonna be nice! I included a shot of the Grodan mini-cubes in case you've never heard of them. They've upped my yields from 4.5 to 4.8-5.0 oz's per each 2-gal bucket. They displace less water allowing more volume in the rez and roots actually penetrate them. I would use them for the whole bucket but they're a little expensive and hard to clean up for reuse. I just buy them in 2 gallon bags for $15 which works for about 6 buckets used in the rez only.
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The Hempy bucket is so forgiving you can run any strain with any hydro nutrients. If new to this you might find 5-5gal buckets a lot to feed for your first run though. Hauling RO water if you use it can wear your ass out too. Check your tents headroom minus the light distance and any fans filters up top versus that strain's typical height. Step down in bucket size for a smaller plant. I've had my 2 gal buckets grow monsters and had to perform bending and super cropping to keep them out of the lights. Just for example, here's a shot of a 2gal bucket grow I did. This tent was 4.5' wide.Hey guys, starting my first grow soon and decided on hempy buckets hydroponic!!! So I have a 4x4 tent, I’m thinking 4 or 5, 5gallonbuckets, I will be using only perlite as my medium, with a block, led lighting, my real question because maybe it would be different for other people growing in other mediums... but I would like to know if jack321 and megacrop are more suitable for this kind of grow... also i will be starting with big bud from sensi seeds, probably try to veg for 4 or 5 weeks... any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!