Hempy Bucket Feeding Schedule
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yankeetransplant
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OH YEAH...Thats PLENTY of light for that....I was only able to see edge of the reflector and go curious...Thats enuf to do a few plants...I assume it equivalent to 600w of HID...TRUE 600w LED (LED itself is putting out 600w), it would be getting close to a 1000w HID equivalent.....I in process of buying a HLR 650 LED that puts out light equiv to a 1000w HID...High end product...little pricy, but best panel LED on the market IMO....
After this plant your ready for your 1st seed purchase....I've been using MSNL out of the UK and they get here in 10days or less....And the genetics have been outstanding....Recently finished their Bruce Banner #3 (potant ass, GIANT buds), and just started some of their Gelato and Do-si-dos....Both are current and very popular strains right now....YT
After this plant your ready for your 1st seed purchase....I've been using MSNL out of the UK and they get here in 10days or less....And the genetics have been outstanding....Recently finished their Bruce Banner #3 (potant ass, GIANT buds), and just started some of their Gelato and Do-si-dos....Both are current and very popular strains right now....YT
. I should check that out. I’ve been a little nervous about trying to buy seeds online
yankeetransplant
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No doubt man, those are looking in pristine heath....With roots showing down at rhe holes, your set up for a TRUE DTW.....Hempy just has a drain 2 inches up (for 3-5gal buckets)...It creates that internal reservoir for them..Less are frequent watering.....A good size plant will suck a 2gal true DTW container dry in a day.....Heat, light size, plant size, all play a part in frequency of watering....Everyone must MASTER their own system.
For a 1st attempt, you SHOULD BE quite proud how she is looking....Kudos...YT
For a 1st attempt, you SHOULD BE quite proud how she is looking....Kudos...YT
yankeetransplant
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Thats what I thought about the light....Otherwise, it would be WAY TOO BRIGHT for that small spot....Light burn is a real thing and even moreso with LEDS than HIDs.....Your looking great!!!!
Vitech
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Guess I should look into that, I’ve researched hempy for years on and off before ever making the effort to try it. A lot of ups and downs here. I even snapped the stalk once . But we’re here now and I feel good about it. I’ve only heard the term dtw throw. Around never actually check it out
yankeetransplant
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These are 4 days today out of the nursery, where they were 16oz CUPS.....They grow FAST when they are tuned in....These have doubled in size in 4 days and the roots are just now really setting nicely....They REALLY take off when the roots reach that internal rez....I use a 2 inch lava rock base (always have)....It holds SO MUCH AIR when they sucks the water nearly dry...LOTS OF QUALITY NOOKS AND CRANNIES, like a nice english muffin with butter and jelly when you got the....Now Im showing my age....Thomas English muffins had a Nooks and Crannies commercial way back...WOW!!!....started growing in 1979...Got tired of spending $$ on weed....FUCK, its just a plant, I'll grow my own....NOW 42 yrs later, STILL LOVING EVERY CROP AS MUCH AS MY VERY 1st ONE....We wont talk about my 1st one....No HOW TO books, no Internet back then, and no REAL KNOWLEDGE of the science of growing weed....WHAT DO YOU MEAN pH....I could tell some stories of my road to success....Maybe I'll write a book on my grow journey...NAH, I'll just twist up another joint....LOL......YT
yankeetransplant
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oops..forgot my latest crop just planted 4 days ago...
yankeetransplant
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Since I'm blitzes and contemplating, you mentioned that plant was from a seed you found....If you pulled it out of QUALITY weed, it will carry many of the parents genetics....BUT, ITS POSSIBLE, if it was in a bud (if thats where you got it), that its there because that plant ALSO produced some male flowers (hermaphrodite)....Some females these days have that tendency, since many are bought as feminized seeds...BUT ANY female can produce a Nanna or two under stress....Watch her progression for throwing and male flowers (or nannas)....YT
Vitech
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I know what the banana kind of looks like. But it’s my first real experience. There’s a few on the stalk that maybe haven’t grown the hairs yet or won’t I’m not sure I’m keeping an eye on them pretty closely. That’s what a friend told me was if it showed signs then remove that genitalia from the plant as I find it
itsgoodtobeking
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YT...I saw a post of yours in 2019 and have been growing with your modified hempy buckets ever since. I keep 3-4x4 tents with 4 plants each in constant use. Using 4-1 perlite/coco for media, clay pebbles in res with air stone. I use 5 gal buckets with 3" reservoir. Test res PH by syringe with 18" large gauge blunt needle down PVC. Great day when I discovered your post. Use Dyna-Gro nutes. Yields average 500-600 g, last harvest 12/30/21 was 665 g. Let me just say, thank you. Gorilla Ghost 13 days from seed. 34-67 day comparison Hawaiiana.
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yankeetransplant
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killer looking work bro....If your NOT a 'NERVOUS WATERER' (one who waters too often), YOU CAN grow the same way WITHOUT airstones....I usually suggest that to new grower, cause they tend to KEEP THAT RES FULL of water....AND ANY TIME you have standing water, its best to bubble it....IF YOUR tuned into your watering, Ideally the res rocks will be down to just being damp before you water again, WHICH WORKS JUST FINE....SOMETIMES though its just best leave well enuf, ALONE...LOL...Cant argue with your results...LOVE IT!!, and happy to help any time...YT
yankeetransplant
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cpl pics...current crop sunrise day 7 of flower....RECENTLY defoliated....I'M BIG INTO DEFOLIATION....late veg it opens all your POTENTIAL BUD BRANCHES TO LIGHT, and 2 weeks into flower I defoliate pretty hard to open ALL BUDDING SITES to full light....And thats when they are getting ready to bust out buds HARD...Pretty hard means everything with a petiole I can get my fingers on...BUT NOT THE TOP 2-4 on each main stalk...
AND cpl pics from the previous crop....I still have not made the leap to LED lighting.....These are from 1K HID lighting...20sqft closet yields about 30-35 oz.(6 buckets, 3.gal)..
Gotta love some bud porn...
AND cpl pics from the previous crop....I still have not made the leap to LED lighting.....These are from 1K HID lighting...20sqft closet yields about 30-35 oz.(6 buckets, 3.gal)..
Gotta love some bud porn...
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yankeetransplant
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Out of curiosity, what type lighting you using over your plants....NOT particular brand name, but LED or HID and watts per sqft...My 1000w HID over 20sqft is maxing them at 50w/sqft.....Any more than 50w/sqft is basically waste cause it not needed.....That 665gm you WERE able to pull is just about 24 jars (oz)....Thats a respectable yield for one of your 16sqft tents....I know yields are greatly effected by strain too....I'd bet you'd be able to up your yields by 25%....I can kind of see what your doing with pruning/training to get your plants to fill your space....And it looks great....I ALWAYS attempt to get a dozen MAIN tops per plant....Each of your plants needs to fill a 2ft by 2ft footprint.......Over the years, a plant that is 2ft by 2ft by 2ft tall, with a dozen main tops has given me the best yields.....Do you dabble with defoliation?....I keep mine from having a thick canopy up till flower, THEN day one of flower, they get a serious defol...I strip off everything with a petiole long enuf to get my fingers on...When you do it, you do need to leave about 3 big leaves on the top of the main stalks...This lets so much light INTO the plants, that they SET UP for nice budding sites....THEN, 2 WEEKS into flower they get another SERIOUS defol session....By then, you have 'popcorn' size buds everywhere and they are starting the 3rd week of flower...THATS WHEN THEY REALLY START producing flowers...So EVERY BUDDING SITE is wide open to light 2 weeks into flower...SHADE IS THE ENEMY during flower....After that, all I need to do is pop of a leave here and there till they finish up, keeping them open to full light...THIS ALLOW quite a few tops per plants since self shading is pretty much eliminated.....You could pack MORE TOPS into each tent WITHOUT worries of overcrowding...YOUR KILLING IT NOW FOR SURE, but using a more advanced defol techniques would up your yields a good amt...I'M SURE YOU COULD GET 25% more....Over the course of 3 tents with a crop per tent, is approaching 75% of a 4th tents worth of weight (3 tents with 25% more)....YOUR THEN LOOKING AT CLOSE TO A pound of extra weight across a 3 tent harvest...YES IN DEED!!!!!.....There are a few sites about this type of defol technique (Schwazzing)...Some dude wrote a book and PRETENDED he developed this technique...Made some $ from it BUT BY NO MEANS WAS THIS Defol technique HIS IDEA....Many grower started did this 30+ yrs ago, including myself.....Ppl figured it out when they were stripping mite infected leaves off their plants...Found out they were yielding better, adjusted the timing and started doing it intentionally and defolling was born...BUT IT WORKS AND WORKS WELL......If yields matter, and should for your hard work, Check it out....You recognized a simple but extremely effective grow method and are killing it, so I AM CERTAIN you have the skills to get into ADVANCED Defoliation techniques and MAXIMIZE what comes out of your tents.....YT....
yankeetransplant
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A pic to ponder (think you saw this one)....With one of my better yielding stains, I can pull close to 40 jars out of my 20sqft space....It because of the shear number of tops PACKED into the space....AND THEY FIT FINE since the were properly defolled.....
I had a crop with Green Crack and a NICE White Widow cut I has that pulled 43 jars once for my 20sqft....IMPOSSIBLE without proper defolling....They were both real good yielders but
you can maximize what each strain has the POTENTIAL of yielding...But look at the shear number of tops in this pic...And its WITHOUT overcrowdind...ALL WERE GETTING FULL LIGHT ON THEM....YT
I had a crop with Green Crack and a NICE White Widow cut I has that pulled 43 jars once for my 20sqft....IMPOSSIBLE without proper defolling....They were both real good yielders but
you can maximize what each strain has the POTENTIAL of yielding...But look at the shear number of tops in this pic...And its WITHOUT overcrowdind...ALL WERE GETTING FULL LIGHT ON THEM....YT
itsgoodtobeking
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Compared to you, YT, I'm a rookie, even though we are of similar age. I have 3-500w COB fixtures with LED bloom enhancers. Live in Texas and HIDs are too hot, I tried them when I started growing. I am a defoliator, too. During veg I top twice for 8 mains to fill a 46" square net with 2" corner knotted squares. I defoliate continually throughout veg on an as needed basis. Before 3-4 days before flipping, I give it a final pre-flower hair cut, leaving only enough fans to fuel the plant into flower. Again, for the first two weeks of flower, I only eliminate problematic fans till sometime during the 3rd week, then I get serious (ha) leaving only enough solar panels to keep them healthy and robust. From there till harvest I only eliminate shading fans as needed. I grow from seed, so I always face, even with just four plants, what I call 'seed personality'. Rarely do I have 4 plants that look exactly the same, or grow to the same height without manipulation. Early in using your bucket design, I was a 'nervous water-er', but I have learned the hard way not to drown the girls. No doubt, defoliation is the key to healthy, heavy buds and generous yields. I continue to learn how to understand the needs of different strains, slight adjustments, but the difference between good and great. There is something to learn with every grow, so may strains, so little time. Happy growing, mate! Let's stay in touch. Your grows are inspiration. I always take a picture of my grows at 34 days, 34 days was the first photo of your grows I saw and I use it as a benchmark to gauge how I'm doing! Photos of current grow, Tahoe Mango at 34 flower,
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Mike Parent
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This thread is too good to end.
Here is
My CoCo 5 Gal Hempys with 2 inch Perlite reservoir Fed full strength Masterblend 2.5-2.5-1.25 6 ph
Here is
My CoCo 5 Gal Hempys with 2 inch Perlite reservoir Fed full strength Masterblend 2.5-2.5-1.25 6 ph
itsgoodtobeking
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It was on this thread, March 1, 2022, that I reconnected with 'yankeetransplant' after reading one of his posts in 2019 and copying his modified hempy system. I changed some aspects to suit my situation, 3" reservoir with clay pebbles, small air stones, 2" drench/feed tube, 4-1 perlite/coco coir media, and Dyna-Gro nutes. He also taught me an incredibly easy and successful method for cloning that I have used for over 100 cuttings with 100% rooting success. Sadly, my last communication with him was October 6, 2022, I sent him messages each day until 10-12-22 without a reply. I decided to check Florida papers to see what I could find out about him. I found Steve's obituary, he left this dimension on October 8, 2022. He was a caring mentor who shared his hard earned knowledge from 40+ years of growing kindly and willingly. I miss him.
Mike Parent
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At our old age, every wake-up is a gift.
At least, he’s remembered fondly.
What’s the cloning method please?
At least, he’s remembered fondly.
What’s the cloning method please?