hey filthy this method confused me too at first what I found was, its so simple its takes a minute to understand.... one bucket+one hole+perlite+plant=hempy bucket... no pumps or misters you hand water the bucket the hole is about an inch above the bottom this creates a small res, I water when needed and thats it......... 2 pics one fisrt day in HB other is same plant 6 days later
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Woomeister
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very interested in trying this method, but just wondering how you personally deal with the run off? In a 10ltr bucket, for example, how much water do you give a big plant? Do you just try and refill the reservoir minimising run off? Answers will be greatly appreciated. Woomeister.first off some of you may be awar of hempy buckets some may...i did not start this method...its just something i feel is a benifit to the marijuana comunity asa whole....the "offical" name for this hempy buckets..started in the late 80's buy a guy named hempy hence forth hempy buckets...the system was set up to be simple cheap an ez to use, it requires a soilless medium..there are several ways for this..i use 100% perlite..other include parts vermaculte or coco coir...i use the 100% perlite for its ph nutrality...so i dont see much fluction in root zone ph...i personally use r/o water ped to 6.0 an work from there...but i know plenty of people who use this an dont ph at all...using mixs of coco coir an vermaculte can sometimes shift ph....
NOW ON to containers...the pot or "bucket" for this is typilly a cup or bucket ranging in sizes from 16oz to 5 gal....plant size dectates pot size always...you want a container that has no holes on the bottem...you then cut a small hole opn the side of the container 1-2inches above the bottem ...the bottem inch or so now acts like a mini resivor for the roots to work there way to an soak up...the hole acts like an overflow valve an making sure you dont water log the plants...SO NOW come the point of real terms the hempy bucket is a passive hydro system whose growth compeates with that of dwc/swc...so depending on your final plant size most people use between 1-3 gal plastic trash cans/mop buckets from any home supply store....personally ima sog grower so i grow plants in 32 oz cups then bog those on top of 1 gal water jugs all 100%perlite...your pot size will vary on what you decide you want to do....
ON to nutes....in a system like this you want to use hydro nutes..but organic teas an coco specific nutes work well to...seedlings an clones in small container's need to be watered everyday untill root establishment...after this every other day or so an once you get into bigger containers it may be every 2 days depending on your size pots...the lifting method works well here...in my system i go like this for a feeding schudal...water heavey feed water water heavy feed water ...this keeps salts from building up an cusing problems....now that you know...i would like all hempy grower to post pics an experencies with this system....peace az
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not really a flood setup...
its a hand watered setup... you have your bucket filled with perlite... perlite and vermiculite, or coco core (those are the three more commonly used mediums)... put your plants in...
the hole is going to be 1-2 inches about the bottom of the container, which when you water creates a small resevoir inside the bucket.
this water is wicked up to the rest of the medium and feeds plants for a couple days until the rez has been emptied by evaporation and by uptake from plant.
all you need to do is water again... and you only water until just a little spittle comes out your drainage hole...
i hope this clears some things up for you...
no pumps, no netpots... just plant, medium, and bucket... whatever you want to feed with (hydro nutes work best but you can make soil nutes work if need be) and you're pretty much goood to go
let me know if i can help you understand any better
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Lumberjack
you get a feel for how much your res holds after a few waterings, so runoff will become minimal...
you can run tubing to another location if you can't find a tray to put underneath your bucket....
Woomeister
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Cheers, thought as much.Will def give it a go next grow.
DragonsBreath
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looks nice bigd, I can't wait to make my buckets soon.
earlymorninstonepeomp
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been looking for another method to clone, been using rockwool but from what i read you're saying i can use a cup of perlite/your system to clone ????? same h2o schedule ????
specialkayme
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Hey az, do you have a DIY for the bubble cloner you are talking about?
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Lumberjack
i didn't know az had a bubble cloner... haha
anyways... its fairly simple...
take a bucket... cover it with metal tape to protect roots from light (if its see through plastic atleast)... take air pump with tubing and air stone, place airstone in bucket full of water, cover bucket with foil and poke holes in it....
really its that easy... make improvements where you want, but thats about as simple as i'd try it...
pics? umm...
specialkayme
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so just like pencil width holes in the top? Do you sumerge the clones in the water, or keep them above it?
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Lumberjack
yeah, big enough hole to get the stem through... stems should be in the water... lots of bubbles everywhere... maybe some root hormone in the water and maybe some superthrive but thats about it...
pinksensa
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Lumberjack
i use a measuring cup...
200-250 ml depending on the container size and ballparked weight... and how much water i have available to use... haha...
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