World Of Hempy

Txchilies

Txchilies

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You got it, you can do the same thing with store bought seeds that you did with the bag seed.

I grow bag seed Mexican all the time and they do just as good as store bought seeds.
 
Moebius

Moebius

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whocares100 said:
well the dinafem tin did great for the cheese seeds, the bagseed I had when they sprouted I put them in Jiffy pots and into the hydro tank till they had roots, then to solo cups whit hempy/soil, not much then into hempy buckets...
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Whocares -

What substrate are you going with? CoCo? Perlite? something else?
 
whocares100

whocares100

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no just a big underbed tote with hydrotron and 2 inch baskets in 6 inch baskets 12" bubble stone for a fish tank and 2 smaller stones, I put the jiffy pellets in the 2 inch baskets with a few hydrotron pellet underneath to hold them up so they are not waterlogged, when they get big enough I plant them to cups...Haven't tried cloning yet as I don't have a mother...so maybe some of the new seeds I bought will give me a few mothers.
 
supchaka

supchaka

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Shivaskunk said:
Well I set my timers to 12/12. I still have a small amount of aphids. Have predator nematodes coming which i hope will keep numbers low through harvest. Also going to put up some fly stickies and prob use some hotshot strips. My seed plants are 3 months old and quite ready to flower and my cuttings were tiny to start but have hada three week veg. All pots have roots in reservoir and quite frankly its going to be a fucking jungle....especially with the blue dream pheno seed plants...maui wowie x dream...yikes! They are really greening up much nicer now that i have aphids knocked back and i switched from powder maxibloom and am using all 3 parts of GH liquid nutes micro bloom and grow. I would have liked to give them a few more weeks to get real healthy but im running out of good smoke and the plants are big.

Pics soon.

To completely eradicate my aphids I may end up doing an NFT run after this crop from clean cuttings (nft is my strong point) I will make sure to bring in some perlite hempys though so i can keep posting here lol!
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I have a strange idea. I mentioned before how diatomaceous earth is good for root bound bugs but in soil I let it sit on top. BUT for the sake of the hempy world, lets take a portion of water, say a quart or whatever and mix some dry DE directly into it. I'd say maybe a tablespoon to a quart. Ph the solution for safety and water it into the hempy. Give it a day or so and flush it through with fresh nutes again. Shit it may work? DE is OMRI listed and "shouldn't" pose a problem IMO. But hey I'm just thinking out loud here :) do so at your own risk!

edit: I don't have any bugs to try it on, but I will mix a batch up just to see what it does to the ph. Ill get back to ya's later
 
Rusty Shakelford

Rusty Shakelford

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supchaka said:
I have a strange idea. I mentioned before how diatomaceous earth is good for root bound bugs but in soil I let it sit on top. BUT for the sake of the hempy world, lets take a portion of water, say a quart or whatever and mix some dry DE directly into it. I'd say maybe a tablespoon to a quart. Ph the solution for safety and water it into the hempy. Give it a day or so and flush it through with fresh nutes again. Shit it may work? DE is OMRI listed and "shouldn't" pose a problem IMO. But hey I'm just thinking out loud here :) do so at your own risk!

edit: I don't have any bugs to try it on, but I will mix a batch up just to see what it does to the ph. Ill get back to ya's later
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I regularly use DE Sprinkled around my Grow Room and vent ports of the Room as well. Good stuff as far as I can tell.
 
Moebius

Moebius

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Ok, I'm interested in seeing if I can build a CoCo Hempy with all organics and feed nothing but water seaweed extract and Molasses

I'm not prepared to buy anything I don't already have but fortunately I have a few 'ingredients' in the cupboard. :-P Also, all of my proportions are going to be guess work but I'll note them all down and post here incase it works well. Basically, I'll measure them out and shake them all together in a plastic bag. The GDP clone is already waiting to go so I better get busy. :lol:

Substrate -
'Atami' CoCo Substrate (12-14-24)
'Bio-Bizz' Worm Humus
Seaweed Powder (0.5-2-0) Red Algae
Palm tree ashes (0-3-14)
Fish Powder (4-5-1)
Bat guano (3-15-4)
Epsom Salts
Hydroton in res

Feed -
Water
Maxi-Crop Seaweed Extract
Molasses



 
Shivaskunk

Shivaskunk

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supchaka said:
I have a strange idea. I mentioned before how diatomaceous earth is good for root bound bugs but in soil I let it sit on top. BUT for the sake of the hempy world, lets take a portion of water, say a quart or whatever and mix some dry DE directly into it. I'd say maybe a tablespoon to a quart. Ph the solution for safety and water it into the hempy. Give it a day or so and flush it through with fresh nutes again. Shit it may work? DE is OMRI listed and "shouldn't" pose a problem IMO. But hey I'm just thinking out loud here :) do so at your own risk!

edit: I don't have any bugs to try it on, but I will mix a batch up just to see what it does to the ph. Ill get back to ya's later
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Worth a try and a good idea! How the heck do i delete pics? I was posting very stoned and slightly drunk at 4 am lol.
 
Txchilies

Txchilies

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Moebius said:
Ok, I'm interested in seeing if I can build a CoCo Hempy with all organics and feed nothing but water seaweed extract and Molasses

I'm not prepared to buy anything I don't already have but fortunately I have a few 'ingredients' in the cupboard. :-P Also, all of my proportions are going to be guess work but I'll note them all down and post here incase it works well. Basically, I'll measure them out and shake them all together in a plastic bag. The GDP clone is already waiting to go so I better get busy. :lol:

Substrate -
'Atami' CoCo Substrate (12-14-24)
'Bio-Bizz' Worm Humus
Seaweed Powder (0.5-2-0) Red Algae
Palm tree ashes (0-3-14)
Fish Powder (4-5-1)
Bat guano (3-15-4)
Epsom Salts
Hydroton in res

Feed -
Water
Maxi-Crop Seaweed Extract
Molasses



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I understand the desire to go organic, though something you might think about as your mix has had no time to break things down. Much like a compost and soil. I would go with your list and make a tea with most of the items. This might make it not so hot on nutes as you have some strong stuff in your coco alone.
 
Moebius

Moebius

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Txchilies said:
I understand the desire to go organic, though something you might think about as your mix has had no time to break things down. Much like a compost and soil. I would go with your list and make a tea with most of the items. This might make it not so hot on nutes as you have some strong stuff in your coco alone.
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I am concerned it may be too hot. but these organics break down at different rates and im trying to figure out in what proportions I should use to make up this thing.

I should add I'm not going organic. Tonight I'm transplanting 50-60 2L Hempys into Mapito and I'll feed them the GH Flora line up with Big Bud additive.

This 2L organic CoCo is a one-off. inspired by subcools supersoil. I'm expecting failure but want to see what happens, like pouring salt on a slug*.

*(I wouldn't actually do that)
 
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Evo8Emperor

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I'm curious for you to do a run with some organics versus chemical's. I have been debating on doing the same thing but just using GH Bio line and seeing if there was any noticable taste difference.

Then I see your post and you had the same idea I was thinking of making a super coco mix. lol. I'm just in it for the taste so I'll be curious to see your results.
 
Moebius

Moebius

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Evo8Emperor said:
I'm curious for you to do a run with some organics versus chemical's. I have been debating on doing the same thing but just using GH Bio line and seeing if there was any noticable taste difference.

Then I see your post and you had the same idea I was thinking of making a super coco mix. lol. I'm just in it for the taste so I'll be curious to see your results.
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I'm smoking some Royal Cheese that I grew in Mapito. Now it may well have been my nute regime but I don't think it tastes as nice as the tester I grew in soil. If I can get this to work it may be interesting.

I don't mind breaking the rules, especially if I have a few Hempy's going. I currently have a Hempy in my grow-room with no drainage holes. Essentially its ALL res. There has been NO stunting of growth, its looks at least as healthy as all the others and has loads of crystals. .. will post comparison pics tomorrow.
 
Moebius

Moebius

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Cloner 1 - thin cuttings, longer roots



Cloner 2 - fatter cuttings, shorter roots




.... or it may just be the cloner. lol.
 
Txchilies

Txchilies

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Moebius said:
I am concerned it may be too hot. but these organics break down at different rates and im trying to figure out in what proportions I should use to make up this thing.

I should add I'm not going organic. Tonight I'm transplanting 50-60 2L Hempys into Mapito and I'll feed them the GH Flora line up with Big Bud additive.

This 2L organic CoCo is a one-off. inspired by subcools supersoil. I'm expecting failure but want to see what happens, like pouring salt on a slug*.

*(I wouldn't actually do that)
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I have poured salt on slug to get them off of garden plants...lol. I would calculate based on the mix of super soil as to how much you intend to use for your pot. This would mean alot of small measurements and a quick mix. I applaude your thinking but again I go back to the additives having a chance to break down so that the plant will get to use them when needed, hence the tea approach. I have seen a grow done with organic teas in coco, it works, as well others with commercial organic nutes.
 
Moebius

Moebius

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Txchilies said:
I have poured salt on slug to get them off of garden plants...lol. I would calculate based on the mix of super soil as to how much you intend to use for your pot. This would mean alot of small measurements and a quick mix. I applaude your thinking but again I go back to the additives having a chance to break down so that the plant will get to use them when needed, hence the tea approach. I have seen a grow done with organic teas in coco, it works, as well others with commercial organic nutes.
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I have no doubt Teas would work in CoCo. I have this stuff left over from my organic soil days, Ive made all sorts of aerated tea before and think they're great, just not this time.

I have anticipated and factored into my reasoning that some of these organics need time to break down. In fact, i'm counting on it.

When we grow in soil we rely on the (N) being readily available to the plant. The enriched CoCo has enough (N) for the first couple of weeks at least (manufacturers claim) but I'll include Worm humus. Whilst this happens the P/K in the other shit (literal technical term) will start to break down and become available about 3-5 weeks in (total guess).

And I'll have a ton of micros in there to do whatever they do.

The idea is a bit like OC+ but organic

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Ive decided to not add the Epsom Salts into the substrate but dilute and use as necessary.

Oh, reading on the label of these organics, they have guidelines for adding to soil and top feeding.
 
drdank50

drdank50

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Here we are 1 week into flowering





Here are the vegging Qrazy train clones that need another week :(





And the Hempy OC+ testers


 
CaliMackdaddy

CaliMackdaddy

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Making progress, doing a drip feed every 2-3 days, 1100 ppm of MaxiGro, 350ppm tap. Looks good so far nice lush green and their really taking off now. Plan on flipping them into flower in roughly 4-5 days.

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supchaka

supchaka

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I mixed a tsp of DE into a quart of 7.2 ph tap water and it brought it to 7. Added 2 subsequent tsp and checked after each and the PH remained at 7. Just for giggles I poured it into 2 houseplants. We'll see if it kills them! I do think it would kill bugs in the roots though, so if they live we can call it plausible? Needs further testing :)
 
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