The Official Hempy Bucket Thread

[hush]

^ Very interesting, since I too started my first hempy grow with 5 gal buckets, and I'm curious to know whether I should use 3.5-ers on the next round. At the very least, I was hoping to be able to use less substrate. I'll be paying attention to both of your grows!

I think page 237 should start off with some pictures. Here is my hempy grow... there are five 5g buckets under this canopy!

Harvest in 2 more days! Woohoo!

 

[Trichome_Jungle]

Those are some beasty colas! The one on the right in the last pick lookes like a baseball bat with leaves lol. Beautiful girls!

 

[hush]

Thanks! You know what's awesome? That baseball bat cola is actually twice the size of what you are seeing there! There is just as much of a solid cola to it below the visible portion of the canopy as there is standing tall above everything else! Considering what you see there is about 10 inches tall, that one branch will actually be about a 20 inch contiguous cola bud!

 

[dansbuds]

my last run is in my signature . this next one is going to be awhile as i'm looking for a new spot to set up in ..... i can't deal with this attic another minute !!! its been nothing but a test of my patience sense day one !!!

 

[dansbuds]

I for one am very interested in your results. We went with 5 gallon buckets on our first hempys and I talked my partner into going with 2 gallons for the next round and he was having a hard time with it.. we went to the 2 gallons for the next round which is half way done and in a week, we'll be starting another round and going back to the 5 gallons. After that, I think we'll have the data we need to make a good decision. I must say, we've been more than impressed with the results of the 5 gallon (side note, we only filled the 5 gallons up to about the 4 gallon level. I think the biggest advantage on the smaller buckets is spending less money on substrate. We do not reuse our coco, so it's something to consider.

The only reason I'm even stepping up to the 3 1/2's is because of the strain . its yeilds depends on how much root space you give her .... more so than alot of my other strains . so i want to see if theres a big difference in the yield in the bigger buckets for her to spread out with .
i've reached a HP off 1 plant in 2 gallon buckets DTW & hempys with my wsd & kqr . so bucket size doesn't mean squat to them . they'll do just as nice in a 4 gallon as they will in a 2 gallon . as long as ya feed them enough .... which in 2 gallons can be 4 times a day in late flower . coco is the shit !!!!! you can't feed dirt like that & have it flourish like they do

I don't reuse it either maynard .... Its alot easier getting rid of 2 gallon rootballs than 5 gallon !!!

 

[Dr.RedWhite]

The 5 galon buckets do seem effective though. Waiting for a rootball shot.

 

[Trichome_Jungle]

I know this is pretty obvious, but root mass usually coorilates to the plants size. Any time I decide to veg more than three weeks before flower i make sure to transplant into 5 gals so the roots have ample room to stretch. Ive noticed a very big difference in my trees smaller size and growth in the past that i left in smaller pots.


Buuut... On the other hand, if youre doing clone to flower with minimum veg time "in my opinion" it doesnt make too noticeable of a difference from me using 2.5 gal or 5 gal. The roots only get so big. I actuallu have a few in 2.5 that have bigger buds than the 5s. As i said though, these gals only had a barely two week veg time

Thats just my 2 cents. Lol

 

[Hugh Midity]

if youre doing clone to flower with minimum veg time "in my opinion" it doesnt make too noticeable of a difference from me using 2.5 gal or 5 gal.

exactly, we ran 2 gal hempys for 3 runs, started running 5 gals,same 4 week veg on both,no difference in yield at all, started vegging 7 to 8 weeks and got trees. it's a lot of volume for roots to make use of, just have to give the the time to do it

 

[Hugh Midity]

beautiful plants hush

 

[hush]

Question:

Has anyone ever transplanted 4 inch rockwool cubes into 5 gal hempy buckets, and if so, did you encounter any issues? I'm concerned about overwatering from the top feed. Would it probably be okay if I just make sure the streams of water don't ever directly contact the buried rockwool cubes?

I am wondering if I fucked up by vegging in rockwool cubes, knowing I would be going to hempy with 'em. If so, then I guess I'll be doing a flood table this next round.

 

[NKOTS]

speaking of hempy buckets... here is my 1st attempt:

currently in 2nd week of 12/12 and scrogging along the net:

peace out!

 

[MaynardG_Krebs]

Question:

Has anyone ever transplanted 4 inch rockwool cubes into 5 gal hempy buckets, and if so, did you encounter any issues? I'm concerned about overwatering from the top feed. Would it probably be okay if I just make sure the streams of water don't ever directly contact the buried rockwool cubes?

I am wondering if I fucked up by vegging in rockwool cubes, knowing I would be going to hempy with 'em. If so, then I guess I'll be doing a flood table this next round.

Well, I don't think you'd have any problem. I never did the 4 inchers in hempys, but I did do them in airpots with coco and had no problems.. actually, they did quite well. I think you should do it and get us some empirical data..

mgk

 

[Dr.RedWhite]

You could easily trim most of the rockwool cubes off. I think rockwool constantly being a very wet zone in the upper root level could easily cause problems.

 

[hush]

Nah I can't trim much off these cubes at all, actually. They've been vegging for several weeks now and the roots are filling the cubes by now. It would cause more transplant shock than I would be interested in dealing with. I think what I'll end up doing, actually, is planting them only halfway buried, so that they will always be exposed to air and will dry out faster than the actual hempy medium will. I will also make sure that the cubes don't ever receive a direct stream of the top-feed.

 

[Dr.RedWhite]

I have seen that done, bet that is the cure.

 

[Capt.Ahab]

Happy Hempy girls here. They are at 18 days 12/12 .

My Bubblicious x SweetestCindy99 cross. She is already a stinky gal.

Sativa pheno from Vermont Rosebud. First one Ive run into from a vial of beans gifted to me. Gonna be interesting. All others have been heavily Indica in nature.

 

[#1cheesebuds]

Im not a noob to growing but Im new to the hempy bucket thing.
have any off u used perlite by its self for ur plants grow medum or do you mix it with something like coco?

so how often should I be feeding my lady. I feed all of them Genral Organic biothrive gro formula. I fallow the directions on the bottle. feed-water-feed-water like that.
she is the only one with perlite for a medium the other plants r in coco.
she has been in veg for around 4 weeks and 4 days. but Im thinking she should be bigger by now right?
and the lights are 1 floro tube and 3 bright LED spot lights. I do plan on getting a good proper LED grow light some time.

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[RetroGrow]

Looks over watered. I'm guessing the drain hole is plugged with perlite. Also I would up pot it.

 

[#1cheesebuds]

I for got to poke wholes in the pot until yesterday. I should have known better.
hopefully she will pick back up with new healthier growth.

but still am I feeding her the right way. (water-feed-water-feed) or do I feed with every watering?

 

[RetroGrow]

I for got to poke wholes in the pot until yesterday. I should have known better.
hopefully she will pick back up with new healthier growth.

but still am I feeding her the right way. (water-feed-water-feed) or do I feed with every watering?

Hempy buckets get only one hole. I feed/water every day, which re-oxygenates the plants. Get a two gallon bucket from Home Depot. Remove handle. Drill one hole 2 inches from bottom. Put perlite in the bottom two inches, coco in the rest. Transplant to that bucket.
That's it. Use K.I.S.S. method. 800 PPM of Maxibloom.