An Idiot's Guide to Hempy

K21701

K21701

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I think I am going to try this style of growing since it does seem pretty foolproof...I have a Queen Kush that I have just started in a 1 gallon bucket in a 3" net pot. She was germed in 1.5" rockwool cubes and place in net pot with hail.

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Right now the bucket is filled to within an inch of the bottom of the pot with ph'd water with air pump and airstone splashing on her. I was thinking of changing her over to hempy in about 2 weeks. Osmocote is available here so I was going to mix that with the perlite so all I would have to do is water her. Any advise would be appreciated!!
 
Dr.J20

Dr.J20

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OB 1 said:
Oh yeah, I forgot to add - when you take the clones, try and leave one node on each branch on the Mom - you'll get a donkey dick from each one.
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Well that sounds like exactly what i want! hahah thanks ob1,
-Dr.J
 
Viagro

Viagro

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Very inventive! Great post, I might have to try this and I'm a a dyed-in-the-wool dirty bird. Very cool, Japanfreak.

btw- What are the laws like in Japan?
 
upthearsenal

upthearsenal

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Is building a rootball vital in hempy? For example, starting in a party cup then continuing to 1gal > 2gal > 3gal etc...
 
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tsboss1

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Japan freak,

Do you leave your plants in the container for vegging and then switch to individual pots when its time to flower or they just stay in the same container the entire life cycle?? Also how can you tell when the roots reach the bottom of the container?
 
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Japanfreak

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From rooted clone to harvest in same container. You can tell because one day (usually about a week) the plants just look much better and really take off. Believe me when you see it you'll know.
 
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Troyzkoi

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OB 1 said:
DocBud was the guy who introduced it to me... and he's got some amazing buds out of it. Irishboy and Setting Sun are both doing grows with Controlled Release (CRF) OC+ and Time Release (TRF) DM Red and Purple in hempy buckets, and both are rocking it - Sun's plants look perfect, and while Irishboy got some deficiencies, his buds are HUGE - he hides a two liter bottle behind the top colas... my favorite comment was "looks like a guy in a weed suit" lol...

The Osmocote has been around forever, and it's used everywhere in professional gardening. You can get 50lb bags of it for like a hundred bucks, and it'd last your entire life since you only use 3-5 tablespoons per plant per grow.

There are some tricks to it though - the osmosis rate is controlled by the temperature of the medium, so you can get problems with too high or too low temps - from what I've seen, it's best to mix the time release ferts with it to avoid deficiencies. Also, I think perlite doesn't hold or buffer the nutes from the CRFs as well as coco or peat with this type of grow - both Sun and Irish added coco with good results.

I'm hoping to do a journal here, but I've not even looked around at who's doing what yet - are there any good hempy grows going on I should check out?
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http://www.humatesupreme.com/store/index.php/ Have you ever heard of this product, and would you consider using this...
 
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tsboss1

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Hi, japanfreak

Do you use nutrients in the last few weeks of flowering or do you stop say within the last two weeks prior to harvesting?
 
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Japanfreak

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tsboss1 said:
Hi, japanfreak

Do you use nutrients in the last few weeks of flowering or do you stop say within the last two weeks prior to harvesting?
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I've tried both and don't really see much of a difference but I like to try and finish with my medium on the dry side so if I usually don't give them anything for the last week, a little water if I must.
 
Dr.J20

Dr.J20

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Hey JapanFreak, Do you ever worry about your roots getting tangled and choking each other or root rot spreading from one plant to another or anything like that? Are there any dangers to doing hempy with a box like yours from page one? I'd like to do that too but i've been concerned.
 
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Japanfreak

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Of course there is the danger of disease spreading but it's doubtful that you would get root rot in hempy. The roots get tangled but it doesn't seem to bother the plants.
 
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