From cups to Hempy Buckets

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Sactogrower

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Hi everyone ! I want to go from 16oz cups to Hempy Buckets, there at 3 weeks from
seeds. There in soil now and want to put them in perlite or verm. Should I keep them in cups for a better root system or go straight in the 3gl Hempy buckets? And there be to much stress on the 3wks roots right now? I would like to get them out the soil I don't think they like it.
 
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bmeat

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the roots are probably already hitting the bottem of the cup and turning/curling at 3 weeks. i would transplant them.

dont grow directly in perlite or vermiculite. grow in peat moss or coco with perlite or vermiculite w/ some compost.
 
fookey

fookey

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Notice he said soil mix, all you need to do for good solid information is go to ICMags "The official hempy bucket" thread. 3 part perilite, 1 part vermiculite. No need to get all complex. If you have access to turface people recommend subing verm with it.
 
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Sactogrower

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I want to stay organic as I can, I never understood putting chemicals in or on something that go in my body. Any ideas on organic?
So go with just the perlite, vermi and no compost?
 
fookey

fookey

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Sactogrower said:
I want to stay organic as I can, I never understood putting chemicals in or on something that go in my body. Any ideas on organic?
So go with just the perlite, vermi and no compost?
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I have never done a hempy bucket, but like I said google icmag the official hempy bucket. there is a topic with literally 100+ pages on the subject.
 
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bmeat

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sorry, i dont know what a hempty bucket is.

compost is the number one organic amendment. its how us organic farmers grow.

with compost, you will only have to feed the plant once its whole life.

i feed every week in bloom with organic fish protein just for good measure, and 0 times in veg. ;)

[video=youtube;wPjqo6Ad1Gw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPjqo6Ad1Gw[/video]
 
AimAim

AimAim

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bmeat said:
sorry, i dont know what a hempty bucket is.

compost is the number one organic amendment. its how us organic farmers grow.

with compost, you will only have to feed the plant once its whole life.

i feed every week in bloom with organic fish protein just for good measure, and 0 times in veg. ;)

[video=youtube;wPjqo6Ad1Gw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPjqo6Ad1Gw[/video]
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OK with compost you only have to feed once in the cycle of the plant. BUT you feed every week "for good measure"

When in compost life of your plant do you determine it needs the one super feeding as you alluded to?: " you will only have to feed the plant once its whole life."

More bmeat bullshit
 
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bmeat

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my tomato plant is 9 weeks old and it hasnt had a single feeding, besides my super soil.

can you quit riding me? i havent seen a single one of your imaginary plants.
 
AimAim

AimAim

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bmeat said:
my tomato plant is 9 weeks old and it hasnt had a single feeding, besides my super soil.

can you quit riding me? .
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Good for your tomato plant. It is undoubtedly a really tough plant.

I'll quit "riding" you when you stop posting incorrect information.

Deal?
 
Nizza

Nizza

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i like the vermiculite but make sure u mix it in with the perlite properly. vermiculite allows less waterings+more wicking action; better for the -not so slim- buckets. perlite does work on its own though but be prepared for watering every day if doing straight perlite. Dont take any of bmeats advice, he means well, but he doesn't know jack shit. I wouldnt use soil plants to go into hempy pots though i would have taken ready/rapid rooter clones and gone into 16oz hempy pots (75% perlite 25% vermiculite) and be sure that you soak and wash any soiless medium you use (perlite, vermiculite, rockwool, clay pebbles, mapito, and coco). after they get established in these (2-3 weeks from transplant) you can then go into your big ol pots and not need to worry about the roots stretching down to the hempy resevoir. I also reccomend doing 2 hempy holes . heres a great link to the hempy world on riu ! https://www.rollitup.org/hydroponics-aeroponics/546006-world-hempy.html . the advantages to this soiless setup is its easier to leech out the salts and also to avoid mold because of constant drying of the medium (less chance of fungus gnats and such) but like i was saying when you mix up a big batch its hard to mix the vermiculite+perlite because they seperate easy. if your worried about too much vermiculite being in one spot try doing smaller batches of mix and also maybe a little less vermiculite to be on the safe side.
 
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