Drip into Hempy

[Lowman]

I love my Hempy's...and I really am not looking forward to a RTW system with drip. Just wondering if anyone has tried drip in a Hempy. I think the most difficult part would be to adjust the amount to drip each feeding to avoid over or under filling the rez. But I guess that's true even in a RTW.

I use Hempy with silicon rocks in the rez...and straight coco the rest of the way up.

 

[michmedclones]

It would just replace you watering them, you could do it so it was slower than you which would be better, its all going to be trial and error, but with a drip system if you can get some saucers you can easily dial it in as to where it drips for the right amount to not flood your room without getting trays/tables but I'd suggest a reliable digital timer if you're going to attempt that

 

[Han Grolo]

Ive dripped to hempys, but in a recirculating system. My shitty kitty buckets were set to drain at hempy height. Plants loved it, the thread link is here:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=214810

My current grow has trays setup with a hempy reservoir at the bottom as well.

Might need some big trays to catch the excess and error on the side of over watering in a non-recirc setup. good luck!

 

[Hydro-Soil]

I've been thinking about a hempy bucket that has a clear tube that comes partially up the side of the bucket, instead of just a hole.

Depending on the diameter of the tube... it could hold a bit of runoff.

A quality timer and drip system can be adjusted to water just enough.... with all runoff into the tubes.

A less desireable (unless you're in a very dry climate) would be drip trays that can catch what little runoff you have. The excess will evaporate off and add a bit of humidity to your room.

Stay Safe!

 

[dansbuds]

A less desireable (unless you're in a very dry climate) would be drip trays that can catch what little runoff you have. The excess will evaporate off and add a bit of humidity to your room.

like this ......

 

[dansbuds]

I have used blumats in hempys with good results (was easier than DTW buckets to dail in )& am going to hook them up again this round now that room temps are warming up . unhooked them during the winter cuz water temps were just too cold in the rez .

thought i had a pic of them hooked up to my last hempy run but can't find it .

 

[Lowman]

I have used blumats in hempys with good results (was easier than DTW buckets to dail in )& am going to hook them up again this round now that room temps are warming up . unhooked them during the winter cuz water temps were just too cold in the rez .

thought i had a pic of them hooked up to my last hempy run but can't find it .

how does the blumat know the rez is getting empty? Or does it just use the moisture of the medium to start releasing more water? I think the advantage of drip in coco is frequent waterings(3 a day) which would pretty much give you active hydro results.

 

[stonedar]

what is a hempy?
a hempy is a pot/bucket with an internal reservoir

what is a dutch bucket?
a dutch bucket is a pot/bucket with an internal reservoir & built-in over flow plumbing designed to be used in a recirculating drip system, with a variety of media

many people grow with the system you are describing, often with 100% hydroton. but just as often with a mix of 50:50 coco:hydroton

 

[dansbuds]

Or does it just use the moisture of the medium to start releasing more water?

yup that you just dail it in over a few days till you get just a touch of runoof when the dripper opens to feed . it will open only when the Medium is dry enough to set off the sensor ... its not really reading the rez in the bottom . your just adjusting the carrot that when it opens to feed ... it gets enough to fill the rez .

what is a hempy?
a hempy is a pot/bucket with an internal reservoir

what is a dutch bucket?
a dutch bucket is a pot/bucket with an internal reservoir & built-in over flow plumbing designed to be used in a recirculating drip system, with a variety of media

many people grow with the system you are describing, often with 100% hydroton. but just as often with a mix of 50:50 coco:hydroton

good point stondar

 

[glockdoc]

can this be done outdoor
a pot planted in ground into a make shift in ground res. dig a hole, line with garbage bag, place rocks/bricks in bottom of bag to raise water level and prevent pelite/hydroton mix from going in the res. the bottom of bag will collect run of water. add thin layer of hydroton or other medium on top of rocks. place pot of pelite with plenty of holes in bottom for roots to find there way thru on top of hydroton. (system 1)?

or just a in ground 20gallon hempy with a gravity fed drip system. 20 gallon is placed in a 30 gallon with a drain hole to drain the run off from the hempy seeing the pots will be in ground. (system2).
i think system 1 will be good if i cant get to the site every so often (idk exactly how often an outdoor hempy needs watering) to fill the res if gravity fed drip system is used or if i dont use the gravity system and have to hand water, i would just overwater to slowly fill the underground res.
system 2 is just so a hempy bucket can be dug into the ground without dirt clogging the run off hole. gravity drip system could hopefully allow me to visit site to refill it every week or 2 depending on how it works.

questions, comments, criticism, input ?!?! please!

 

[seeingthings]

like this ......
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hate to bump this.. how can I build a drain table like that for my buckets? I'm using a 75gph pump to suck up waste but it doesn't get it all..

 

[dansbuds]

Its just a Botanicare 3 x 3 flood & drain table ($ 80) set up off the floor about 10" ... just enough to put a drip pan under it to collect the runoff . i empty that one every other day & its never full unless i'm setting up the blumats to feed .... then i will get some extra runoff till its dialed in .

now i'm in a different spot with less headroom , so the tray sets on the floor & i use a bucket head shop vac to suck the water out every night . if i have to be away from the spot for a couple days .... i set the drip back a little bit on the blumats so i get less runoff . i'll add drip clean if i do though , so i know the salts won't build up if it gets a bit to dry .

 

[seeingthings]

Nice. Thanks for the info.

 

[dansbuds]

just put these 6 in tonight . 2 drip baskets per hempy bucket . i filled them till runoff & tomorrow i'll see how long it takes to refill it & set the timer then .

edited 7/11 ..... timer set to 1 minute 20 seconds gets me runoff from every bucket . i'll have to extend that time of course as the plants grow.,






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[highocaine]

I did something similar in a smaller scale with 2g smart pots and $1 plastic bowls from walmart..



Just DTW for now, but looking into recirculation, and definitely need to pick up Drip Clean.