The Hempy Bucket

[hempy]

Hi every one i thort id add this system of growing i use and have used from the erly to mid 80s , As most of you that know me will all ready know that im a belive in simplicity and things that work and i only realy state facts that i have experencet from hands on.

I like the hempy bucket becouse of its simplicity and the price of the system (ITS FREE ) to make and has no moveing parts that can fail and once the plant has started its root system you can basicly water and forget it for 2 days or 3 depending on temps and you can grow eny strain from sativa to indica in it .

I basicly got the idear from my first hydro kit i ever got that was a tamato hydro kit and i found it realy easy to understand ,It was basicly an aquponic set up and the guy i had got it from i whent back a few years later telling him about my creation and how i got it from his idear and the look on his face and smile sed it all ,Iv spoken to a few people in the hydro industry about it and they all tell me it wont work it will couse root rot so on well there all rong becouse this method works and they say a picture is worth a 100 wards right lol.

I AM NOT SAYING THIS METHOD IS THE BEST BUT What i am saying is its a option and a easy cheep way to grow hydroponicly and nothing more, I have tryed a lot of methods and have all ways gone back to this.


To make a hempy bucket is simple all you need to do is this

Get your self a bucket eny colour but clear as you will end up with algy forming as the nutes react to the light .

The size of the bucket can very from 1 gal (4lt) to 5gal (20lt) ruffly i personaly like useing a 10 lt bucket and have had up to 19 oz cured yield from a single bucket but it depends on the strain and given phino .

Once you have your bucket then get a drill and drill a drain hole in the side of the bucket about 2 inch from the bottom , The drain hole can be around 7/16.

And the medium i use is perlite/vermiculite at around 3 to 4 parts perlite to 1 part vermiculite.You can use volcanic rocks but personaly i found the perlite / vermiculite a lot better in meany ways.

All you need to do now is basicly add the rooted clone or seedling water with nutes and thats it,I would water it daily until the tap root and root system has headed down to the res but once you see a desent growth rate id then start to water every 2 days.

The only thing rong with it is you need to hand water and you get run off from the drain hole thats it and as far as checking your PH well the only time you need to do that is when you mix your nutes i like useing a PH of 6.2 PH .

If you want to ask me questions feel free .


Like i sed im not stateing this methods is the best just saying its a option and a free one and it works and works well ................hempy

[JessE]

Hey guys,
I highly recommend the Hempy bucket myself, I recently read a thread over at ICMAG with some guys trying to do the hempy bucket and they were getting alot of information wrong. Here is a picture I took a few months ago of all the equipment needed for the hempy bucket minus the HPS light ofcourse and a dropper to measure out the nutes.

[redeye24/7]

Great post hempy,will do one when i run some m/h clones,thanks.

[JessE]

Hey guys,
Here is a picture of a 3 gallon bucket with a 75% perlite to vermiculite ratio. Basically mix the soiless mix at 3 cups perlite to one cup vermiculite(make sure you water the perlite and vermiculite first) and then place your rockwool cube with your clone or seed plant in the mix. Follow the rest of hempys instructions as far as feeding, and you should be on your way. A highly effective method of hydroponics.

I have used the hempy bucket a couple time's now myself, and it has worked like a charm each time. This is a method anyone can use to grow quality cannabis.

[Missile Mike]

Can I use perlite for construction purposes, cause it's the only one I can get here in vast amounts?

[JessE]

Hi Mike,
If you mean can you use perlite only, I believe the answer to that question is ultimately yes. However, I find vermiculite hard to find in my area as well which is why I ordered some online when I got my nutrients.

[hempy]

Missile Mike Can I use perlite for construction purposes, cause it's the only one I can get here in vast amounts?

hi all i know with the perlite here it has a grade to itbut reading the info on it says for ag and other purposes i think the grades basicly the size but im sure its fine .

Yes you can use only perlite also.

[Missile Mike]

lol, I meant, I can only get perlite for construction purposes here easily. I know what perlite is, but don't know the difference between the perlite used for growing and the perlite used for building, if there is any.

JessE:
I thought Vermiculite is even more difficult to find, but isn't. Go to a pet shop where they have reptiles and stuff for terrariums. There you will likely find Vermiculite in 2 L bags, used as medium for breeding (eggs). It's quite expensive 2,49 € when on sale for 2 L, otherwise 2,99. The brand I can get is from Namiba Terra. They sell coco bricks and spagnum moss and other neat things along wif UVA/UVB cfls. I get my charcoal in petshops as well, more inconspicious and since I have turtles and fish it's convenient.

Since I have very good results with coco I might try a mix of coco, perlite and vermiculite with mostly coco and least vermiculite.

[hempy]

Originally Posted by Missile Mike

lol, I meant, I can only get perlite for construction purposes here easily. I know what perlite is, but don't know the difference between the perlite used for growing and the perlite used for building, if there is any.

Hi well its the grade basicly the size of the perlite grain or what ever there called the perlite i get here wich is not from the country your in im thinking comes in 100 liter bags.

It dont matter if its a little finer grade to say ag grade it will still work fine i belive the construction grade perlites just a finer grade it should still be a sterile product.