User:Hempy047
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The Hempy Bucket is a passive hydoponic system developed by an Australian known as hempy in the early 1980s. First published in 2002, it has quickly proven to be an effective method of cultivation has out performed other hydroponic systems to quickly become a global phenomena.
Hempy Bucket Hi every one I thought id add this system of growing I use and have used from the early to mid 80s , As most of you that know me will all ready know that im a believe in simplicity and things that work and I only really state facts that I have experienced from hands on.
I like the hempy bucket because of its simplicity and the price of the system (ITS FREE) to make and has no moving parts that can fail and once the plant has started its root system you can basically water and forget it for 2 days or 3 depending on temps and you can grow any strain from sativa to indica in it.
I basically got the idea from my first hydro kit I ever got that was a tomato hydro kit and I found it really easy to understand ,It was basically an aquaponic set up and the guy I had got it from I went back a few years later telling him about my creation and how I got it from his idea and the look on his face and smile said it all ,Iv spoken to a few people in the hydro industry about it and they all tell me it wont work it will cause root rot so on well there all wrong because this method works and they say a picture is worth a 100 wards right loll.
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 tried 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 any color 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) roughly I personally like using a 10 lt bucket and have had up to 14 oz yield from a single bucket but it depends on the strain and given pheno .
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 personally I found the perlite / vermiculite a lot better in many ways.
All you need to do now is basically add the rooted clone or seedling water with nutes and that’s it, I would water it daily until the tap root and root system has headed down to the res but once you see a decent growth rate id then start to water every 2 days.
The only thing wrong with it is you need to hand water and you get run off from the drain hole that’s 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 using a PH of 6.2 PH .
If you want to ask me questions feel free.
If you want to see the results of the hempy Bucket let me know and ill tell you were to go to see them.
Like I said im not stating this methods is the best just saying it’s a option and a free one and it works and works well ................hempy
