World Of Hempy

I like to use a clear beer cup inside a taped up red one to block the light. Then you can pull the clear one out to check the root development. If the clear cups get too much light though, the roots will turn green and turn into stems. I also use a 50/50 soil/perlite in the beer cups for starting the seeds / rooted clones / early veg, with a layer of all perlite at the bottom and a little more soil towards the top, then transplant or 'BOGplant' into or onto 100% perlite tubs or buckets.

I do the same thing with the tape but I use foil tape since it reflects more light and therefore heat than gorrila tape and hopefully keeps your bucket and rez cooler. It is more expensive though... but by having a sperate taped up cup for blocking the light, and the clear one getting destroyed at transplant time, you don't have to keep retaping.

I did hempys for a long time, trying my first run at 100% coco in smartpots right now and it's going ok, but not as quick of growth as in 100% perlite hempys!

KT420 said:

I like to use a clear beer cup inside a taped up red one to block the light. Then you can pull the clear one out to check the root development. If the clear cups get too much light though, the roots will turn green and turn into stems. I also use a 50/50 soil/perlite in the beer cups for starting the seeds / rooted clones / early veg, with a layer of all perlite at the bottom and a little more soil towards the top, then transplant or 'BOGplant' into or onto 100% perlite tubs or buckets.

I do the same thing with the tape but I use foil tape since it reflects more light and therefore heat than gorrila tape and hopefully keeps your bucket and rez cooler. It is more expensive though... but by having a sperate taped up cup for blocking the light, and the clear one getting destroyed at transplant time, you don't have to keep retaping.

I did hempys for a long time, trying my first run at 100% coco in smartpots right now and it's going ok, but not as quick of growth as in 100% perlite hempys!

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That cup within a cup sounds like a good idea for a science project for like say Hempy peppers for the kids science fair.
Imho once I see plant growth,I do not need to see the established roots.My favorite conventional medium for Hempy is Hydroton.

KT420 said:

I like to use a clear beer cup inside a taped up red one to block the light. Then you can pull the clear one out to check the root development. If the clear cups get too much light though, the roots will turn green and turn into stems. I also use a 50/50 soil/perlite in the beer cups for starting the seeds / rooted clones / early veg, with a layer of all perlite at the bottom and a little more soil towards the top, then transplant or 'BOGplant' into or onto 100% perlite tubs or buckets.

I do the same thing with the tape but I use foil tape since it reflects more light and therefore heat than gorrila tape and hopefully keeps your bucket and rez cooler. It is more expensive though... but by having a sperate taped up cup for blocking the light, and the clear one getting destroyed at transplant time, you don't have to keep retaping.

I did hempys for a long time, trying my first run at 100% coco in smartpots right now and it's going ok, but not as quick of growth as in 100% perlite hempys!

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How big are the beer cups?

I find foil tape not as hard waring as Gorilla. The Gorilla tape gives a nice feel and adds rigidity to 2L bottles. Foil may be more suitable for cups.

Dalek Supreme said:

That cup within a cup sounds like a good idea for a science project for like say Hempy peppers for the kids science fair.
Imho once I see plant growth,I do not need to see the established roots.My favorite conventional medium for Hempy is Hydroton.

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Hydroton is just great stuff. For DWC net pots its the best. ... Ive used it on the top of these Hempys mainly because it gives a nice clean surface on which to pour nute feed.

lilmafia513 said:

don't know if your interested, but check out my signature, ive done hempy grows in the past. Let me know if you need anything

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Interested? This is World of Hempy We're always interested. If ya get a chance, maybe post a pic or two here???

Moebius said:

Wow .. Whats that you got in the third pic? Looks like a gallon of piss. Whatever it is your multi-headed monster is loving it.

.. I know root growth goes on in 12-12. but much of 12-12 the plant is still in the Veg stage. .... I thought once flowering started proper that the root growth would slow to an almost stop. ... I'm really just going by what I've experienced and not through reading.

Maybe this is strain dependent too ... Sativa's taking longer to flower therefore root growth continuing longer. Hmmm . Food for thought.

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RIU really needs to let me add people +REP

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Yea I keep a bucket of piss, to spread around to keep the deer away......LOL, nah it's a heavy dose of Cha-Ching that's the girl's current feed and she seems to like it.

Last thought on root growth. Growth above the medium and below the medium surface, are directly connected. If you see growth above the ground then there is root growth going on. And as plant growth slows so does root development.

@ moe - I also see you are trying a soil cap on a couple of bottles, I know you won't see any drawbacks in its use. And its great to see you up and running again.

WattSaver said:

@ moe - I also see you are trying a soil cap on a couple of bottles, I know you won't see any drawbacks in its use. And its great to see you up and running again.

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Cheers Buddy, I don't tell too many peeps about my hobby so the support and encouragement from you guys is what I use to keep going. Hopefully, I'll get to the 150+ hempy goal of mine.

Its not a soil cap. Its merely an airy mix of 60%compost and 40% Hempy mix.

How long you got to go on that girl? Whats she smelling like? What ya gonna do with the bud?

@Moebius - I wish they sold the mapito here in the states, I'd like to try it out. I went to the hydro store yesterday to get some coco, but they were out of the stuff I wanted and I didn't want to pay the heavy price for House & Garden pre prepped. So I picked something that looked real interesting, it's called Basement Mix its a soilless coco base, with some organic supplements in it. I'm going to transplant some seedlings into it this weekend, I'll keep y'all posted.

WattSaver said:

@Moebius - I wish they sold the mapito here in the states, I'd like to try it out. I went to the hydro store yesterday to get some coco, but they were out of the stuff I wanted and I didn't want to pay the heavy price for House & Garden pre prepped. So I picked something that looked real interesting, it's called Basement Mix its a soilless coco base, with some organic supplements in it. I'm going to transplant some seedlings into it this weekend, I'll keep y'all posted.

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ah dude, the Mapito rocks. .... I'm going to try and find an American link for you guys. I refuse to believe the most technological nation on Earth does not sell 'Mapito'.

Its brilliant ... Firstly it holds so much liquid. I couldnt believe how heavy the tub with 21 hempys got. ... This will mean less watering.
Its also very clean. No more pieces of perlite littering my grow sapace or getting stuck to lower bud.
It also so quick to fill the hempy tubs, no mixing, just shove the stuff in. ... I'll need to figure out a method for bare-root clones.

Moebius said:

Cheers Buddy, I don't tell too many peeps about my hobby so the support and encouragement from you guys is what I use to keep going. Hopefully, I'll get to the 150+ hempy goal of mine.

Its not a soil cap. Its merely an airy mix of 60%compost and 40% Hempy mix.

How long you got to go on that girl? Whats she smelling like? What ya gonna do with the bud?

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She should be done by Oct 10th, I've had one night get down to 38 (3.3C) so I'm hoping temps stay above freezing for a couple more weeks.

Mapito in the usa

You can make your own 'Mapito' using Mini Rockwool cubes like these here and mix with a bit of coco fiber.

Alternatively, If youre feeling hardcore, you can get the stuff shipped in along with all the fancy new substrates from this Dutch store. They except paypal, do clear box packaging and offer international shipping. here

I should contact the manufacture and see what the deal is. Maybe all they need is a distributor.

girls are'starting to thicken up. Blue dream has crazy thick buds for such a sativa structure.

stoneslacker said:

Nice setup georgyboy, the plants look to be loving the coco base. I have been running the perlite, but I really want to try something new and experiment a bit. Maybe a side by side comparison with coco and PBRH.

I am looking forward to your mapito grow Moebius. I hear lots of great things about this hempy style.

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Could be interesting man. For my next grow I am thinking about running two identical clones in a side by side in 5 gallon smart pots. One with a 80/20 mix of coco and perlite using the full dyna-gro line and one in smart soil with AACT. I think it will be a decently fair comparison of synthetic nutrients and organic soil.

This is my Critical + at 5 weeks and I am new to Hempy. I been using Dyna Gro nutes and the temps been 86f with plenty of air movement. Should I dose with epsom salt if so how much? I am wanting this plant to be a mother plant and I figured it will be easy to keep in hempy buckets rather than a rdwc system. Well any help would be great.

drekoushranada said:

This is my Critical + at 5 weeks and I am new to Hempy. I been using Dyna Gro nutes and the temps been 86f with plenty of air movement. Should I dose with epsom salt if so how much? I am wanting this plant to be a mother plant and I figured it will be easy to keep in hempy buckets rather than a rdwc system. Well any help would be great.

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Check pH readings before treating any deficiency. Meter calibrated correctly?

I would immediately apply a foliar feed of epsom. 1 tsp per gallon.
Seaweed extract is always a good source of micronutrients, as well as calcium and magnesium. Never failed me.

btw ... I flower in inert substrates but prefer (for ease) a simple compost soil mix for my Moms.

I have been doing feedings from 5.5 to 6.0. I will do the foliar feed of epsom salt right now. My ph meter is calibrated.

Ive never used Dyna-grow, they don't sell it over here.

I just googled it ...... I've never used powered nutes, how easy are they to get the correct dosage? I guess an EC meter would be essential.

I tend to think liquid feeds are easier to dose and dissolve completely. .. Ive read many peeps praise Dyna-grow so it can't be terrible.

Moebius said:

Ive never used Dyna-grow, they don't sell it over here.

I just googled it ...... I've never used powered nutes, how easy are they to get the correct dosage? I guess an EC meter would be essential.

I tend to think liquid feeds are easier to dose and dissolve completely. .. Ive read many peeps praise Dyna-grow so it can't be terrible.

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Hey Moeb.....I love powder...but not for my nose.

I use GH Maxibloom (powder) Lucas modified. 5 grams(3/4 tsp) instead of 7grams (1tsp) per gal of tap,with other supps.I since added Dyna Gro Bloom in my nute mix at .5ml per gal of mix.I wound up having to put .75ml of ph up to the mix were before my nute/supps mix would buffer at my target ph of 6....I was like wow!...But with the added Potassium of the PH up,and the passive hydro res my plants are not complaining.I figure if the DG Bloom gives the plant that the Maxi has little or none at all of?Then I figure why not?Even if all it does is give the plant the ability to make a slightly better seed?

The Maxi I scoop directly into jug.It clumps on the bottom.I cap jug,and give a few shakes upside down
,while rolling the air pocket around clumps to break main clump up a lil.sit jug down,and 2 hrs later all powder is dissolved.

BTW...For anyone running Maxi (I am sure it works for other nutes too) I highly recommend Dyna Gro Pro Tekt.Do a run starting at .5ml per gal or use it as a PH up,and bring bolt cutters for harvest time.....EH...wire cutters will be fine.

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Dalek I use a Dutch Master silica additive with my maxibloom powder as a pH up and to strengthen the plants. I also use about 5 grams as 7 gets me to about 1000 ppm and 700-800 seems better for my girls. Is dynagrow Protek similar?. I also use Zone although its mostly because i had some left from a dwc single plant grow.

Just spent 4 hours hand wiping my plants with greencure...jesus my back hurts. I will never get clones from dispensary again. Begining week 7 and didnt wanna spray my buds...even though ive read greencure wont cause budrot..im scared to soak em. Just a few very small patches of pm anyway most likely from heavy watering combined with my stoned ass forgetting to turn my fans back on 2 days ago.

Oops in order..my bigger blue dream, close up of bd nug, my girls gangster ass cat, and a super silver haze x mystery that smells like trix cereal...looks to be very small yielder but mmmmmm

Dont know why some pics post sideways sorry.