The Hempy Collective

rollanotherbowl said:

Sounds like a good sign. About how tall were the plants? This was in 16 oz cups right?

Click to expand...

the tallest is roughly 3 ft.. i started them as clones though...

not with pure vermiculite it holds too much water you could attempt a mix of vermiculite and coco fiber that might work. to the foliar question just make sure to spray the undersides of the leaves as thats were the stomata are located which take in the nutes most effectively they are most open and ready to receive ferts when the lights are off or just came on. this also helps to avoid leaf burn caused by the magnifying effect of a water droplet when hit by intense light.

thanks racer

no problem bro.

racer, for the bucket when planting do you have to have rockwool cubes then into the mix or can you use a jiffy peat pot?

do you mean can you use those to sprout seeds or start clones to then put into hempy? if so yes you can use the jiffy peat pots some people even use soil to start seeds in small containers and then transplant those to hempy systems.

alright, cause i have some sprouts in jiffy peat pots that im moving to hempy later tonight check it and tell me what you think once its done

yeah you can start them anyway you want. I think it's easier to start in a small cup of pro-mix and then transplant that into a hempy bucket after the plants are well established

pro mix is mostly coco right? i have not used it people seem to like it though.

Mostly peat. It's an inert soil. SOme ppl like it because it is a blank slate.

I would agree with the notion of starting seeds in small soil cups and getting good roots before transplant to hempy. This should help minimize the wait time.

Hi guys.

I usually read up on something I don't understand.

For some reason this is the only growing method I don't understand.
I've read over the growfaq about 3 times, and read this collective,

and still don't understand how growing hempy works.

I understand that the plant grows in perlite or vermiculite, or a
mix of both.

But I don't understand how Hempy is passive hydro.

I'm lost.

because its a soil less medium and the bottom 2 inches act as a reservoir where water stays and where the plants get all there nutes.

look up the definition of hydroponics that will answer your question. people sometimes think hydro or its definition is more complicated than it actually is. peace

nickbbad said:

because its a soil less medium and the bottom 2 inches act as a reservoir where water stays and where the plants get all there nutes.

Click to expand...

OOHH!!!

Ok. I wasn't understanding that the bottom 2 inches are
the res.

ok ok ok. Thanks a bunch. +rep

bicycle racer said:

look up the definition of hydroponics that will answer your question. people sometimes think hydro or its definition is more complicated than it actually is. peace

Click to expand...

I know what hydro is. I wanted to do DWC but don't have closet
space, so its outdoor for now. Thanks.

petejonson said:

what are the yield advantages on a hb

Click to expand...

i been reading this thread and im up to page 22 i understand the method and definatly going to try it soon

im workin with a 1000 watt mh/hps convertable ballast
i also have a sun system fluor( which i keep my clones under)

i want to start hempy buckets im going to have 9 plants started from seeds (which i havnt decided the strains im getting yet) and then i plan on cloning them and also im hoping to find a plant worth making a mother

i just have to wait because im just finishing my harvest from my first grow

so my question is what could i do, with the lighting i have and the plants and clones im planning on having to keep harvesting as much as possible? Im just tryin to get other peoples opions i have a few ideas but now reading about hempy buckets my ideas are changing

im doing hempy outdoor works great 1 cool aspect is the white color of perlite reflects heat and its very light and aerated naturally so it insulates well and does not hold heat long. also insects that have a larval stage have trouble establishing in such a porous light weight medium.

bicycle racer said:

im doing hempy outdoor works great 1 cool aspect is the white color of perlite reflects heat and its very light and aerated naturally so it insulates well and does not hold heat long. also insects that have a larval stage have trouble establishing in such a porous light weight medium.

Click to expand...

i've always had to (indoor growing) put mylar "inserts" into the top of the container to reflect light and eliminate algae/gnats...

algae is in no way bad just a simple plant so dont worry about algae gnats can cause problems only in severe cases as the larvae eat roots. try putting a two inch layer of perlite on top of your medium it stays dry and they have trouble dealing with it in the larval stage otherwise use diotamatious earth(misspelled) it kills them directly. as long as your medium has time to dry out between waterings there numbers stay under control. the biggest problem with gnats and other poor flyers is they end up dead and stuck to resin in buds lame smoking gnats sucks little bastards.

i have a a 67.6 FL OZ bottle and im was thinking of cutting it inhalf and using it for a single plant. how many inches or centimeters should i make the hole at the bottom? also im used to soil but im gona try 100% perlite for this, how do i plant the seed? just make a hole in the perlite and drop the seed in?

i would start the seed in a rapid rooter or rockwool and then transplant to hempy i recommend some vermiculite so watering is not daily imo.