Guerilla Kush
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Yeah, I guess size always does matter.The single most largest impact on my hempy bucket experience (which has been amazing) was the container size. I started with 3.5gal black buckets with the hole 2" from the bottom and my first plants grew too large for my tent. So I cloned them and started over in 2gal buckets with the same hole spacing from the bottom thinking the smaller bucket would limit the root system....man was I wrong...the plants still exploded compared to my previous soil grows… so I got different lights and managed things differently to cope with the larger plants. So, what was that impact??....the watering amount....with the 3.5gal bucket I had to mix a ~1.5gals of water/nutes per feeding. Now with 2 gal bucket it only takes me 1gal per feeding with just enough overflow of the hole to say I got some flush. The higher frequency of watering during heavy flower is the same too despite the smaller res in the bottom (every other day). Mixing nutes is a no-brainer now and water container size for trips to the water store are easier too. I need to tell you this is with a coco hempy setup (perlite bottom 2", coco rest of the way to top). Nevertheless, I have done 2 autos, and 2 photo-period plants in shrimpy little 2 gallon buckets that simply kicked ass....both the auto’s were massive bushes @37-38" tall vs. the little 2 footers you see around here. Every plant has been an awesome yielder with hardly any maintenance. I don’t flush or do anything but feed nutes every feeding…
The 2 and 3 gallon containers that you have used would be way too big for my grow box. I will be using 1/2 gallon containers.
By the way: can I use soil for starting my seeds until they become healthy seedlings, and then place the seedlings under the tap to wash the dirt off of the roots before transplanting them into hempy buckets?