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The Official Hempy Bucket Thread

RetroGrow

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hello fellas, I am about to start a new grow in a coco hempy. everything set, just waiting for the seed to germinate. I just would like you suggestions about nutrients please: canna coco a&b or gh floranova grow/bloom? I havent tried either of these. thanks

Maxibloom. See the K.I.S.S. thread:

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=191645

Canna nutes are good, but expensive and have to be mixed. Have never gotten better results than Maxibloom, and it's one part simplicity.
 

jorgeblen

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Cant get maxibloom here in the uk I am afraid. Would love to try it. What do you mean by "and have to be mixed.."? dont they all? £13 for a&b to use in veg and flower sounds like a good deal to me
 

RetroGrow

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Cant get maxibloom here in the uk I am afraid. Would love to try it. What do you mean by "and have to be mixed.."? dont they all? £13 for a&b to use in veg and flower sounds like a good deal to me

No. Maxi's one part, but if you can't get it.....Floranovabloom is one part too...
Sounds like Canna's cheaper over there too.....
Have used all of them successfully.
Just prefer Maxibloom for simplicity and cost.
 

Bobbo4200

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I am using Ionic nutes, it is pretty cheap. After I run out of the gallon that I bought(which will be a long time lol), I am pretty sure I am going to switch to something else. Yeah, the pics of the buds using Maxibloom look nice! Maxibloom is a powder?
 

blunt toker

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here is my yogurt hempy and a belka in a 5 gallon under 400 hps. perlite/verm mix but I mixed to much verm.

Anyone recycle there mix? I reused from my last grow, just mixed in a bit more perlite cause too much verm. still to much but it seems to be okay, even with bits of roots still left.
 

moonymonkey

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wen i take clones i use 2tlbs perite bottom of 8inch cups cut i half,2tlbs of mg soil on top.soak,poke hole in soil 1/2 inch to 3/4 inc deep.wen rooted,put into cut of 2liter bottle to 6inchs.using all perilite to plant in.soak..and check the soak weight,i water wen it weighs 3/4 of its flood weight,gets 2ouncs of water,for a couple weeks.wen i tryed to flood one after 7 waterings,wen i first seen root hit bottom,it stunted some,now i wait for a longer period of time after root first hits...no moe problems.also i went from 5inch pot of soil 10 inch tall planted transplanted,to all perlite 1 gallon pot,tookk 40 ounces to flood.after that i gave it 8ounces wen it needed to b watered,wen it weighed 3/4 of flood weight,worked great.i start seeds in 20 ounces cups,filled 80% perlite,3tlbs mg on top,soak and plant.wen theses dry to half there flood weight,i water.you can check how wet soil is with your finger,wen checking the weight.this way doing this i can get moe facts ,against how well plants are growing. im a first timer hempy.btw all grow operations were movedxxxxx....peace moon/
 

moonymonkey

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btw wen seedlings roots first hit bottom in clear cups,it was ok to flood,not lik the clones^^^which i had to wait for a longer period of time after root hit bottom before i cud flood,or wud stunt.now me knosw that isall good.....zzzzz update the clones i found were stunted,was cuz they were ran alittle to dry,before i flooded,checked with moisture meter,now i know i can flood the clone as soon as i see a root hit bottom,in clear 2 liter bottle,instead of waiting longer......
 
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dubwise

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Cant get maxibloom here in the uk I am afraid. Would love to try it. What do you mean by "and have to be mixed.."? dont they all? £13 for a&b to use in veg and flower sounds like a good deal to me

can you get Jack's pro hydro nutes? I don't know if they ship there, but it's an inexpensive one part that works very well.
 

jorgeblen

Member
I never seem it around and a quick google search didn't show anything. But my doubt is really between canna coco and floranova. As i have tried heads formula before I probably will try canna now. Thanks
 

moonymonkey

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to anyone using moisture meters,wen i used it to close to outer edge of pot,was geting dry on meter,then i moved it little closer to middle an read not dry.....so you need to make sure you get it in right spot.now i check it right to the side im pouring water...u get it,just find were its most moist in soil,before watering.i found out just by watching growth....bing problem solved plant grows on....peace moooon/lilhomey:tiphat::blowbubbles:
 

moonymonkey

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one moe thing on using the moisture meter,make sure you check at different soil depts,not just the bottom,were you cud get a dry reading,and be moist somewere in the middle.....have a good one..not trying to complicate a goodthing..just making sure i get it right..mm/:tumbleweed::tiphat:
 

moonymonkey

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peforming a little surgery with moisture meter,got som rootbound..mm/ btw...moisture meter i got goes from 1-10 ,with a 1foot probe on it to insert deep in the perlite,tryed to water wen meter was on 3,to wet,tred 2 to wet,1 1/2 too wet,then tryed at 1 1/10 PERFECT..this works great,until me gets everthing exactly familar..yep....peace moooons/bundle crazyzzzzzz one more important thing even though meter is at 1 1/10...make sure pot feels light xxxxxx
 
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justanotherbozo

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can you get Jack's pro hydro nutes? I don't know if they ship there, but it's an inexpensive one part that works very well.
unfortunately, they do NOT ship to the UK at this time.

...also, as per your advice, i myself switched to Jack's Pro about 4 months ago from Maxi and while i liked me my Maxi, i'm really liking the Jacks, i'm liking my results and i'm liking the simplicity

so thanks for the tip man!

bozo
 

perfekto

Member
Hey! i'm about to go SoG with hempy buckets for the first time. but i will use 2 litre bottle's but i want to know do you use perlit only in the resoir? and then mix 3 part perlit and 1 part vermculit and mix it up. but is it only perlit in the bottom?.
then i wounder. whats the best way to make succesful clones?. i cut a clone of and then put it what?. what kinda things can i use maybe those root!it!?. i put some rooting gel on the stem and then what give em only water or should i use root nutrien?. someone help me out here couse i'm about to start in just some few days....
 

Jellyfish

Invertebrata Inebriata
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winner@420giveaway
Use the mix throughout. No need for a layer of straight perlite.

1X1 inch Rockwool cubes work well for clones in a Hempy system.

Use only water for a week/week and a half. Then move up to weak solution.
 

Lowman

Member
I've dome clones in mini Hempy's. just use those solo cups filled with your mix. Fill the rez...stick in the clone...and some water every few days. A heat may set at 75F as well gives me 100% success.
 

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