When using a res how to FEED with every other watering??

My bro said you want your drippers to only run 15 minutes per day and use them at a highter flow rate once per week to flush out the salt build up.
He said that should fix your problem.

Originally Posted by KAL EL

My bro said you want your drippers to only run 15 minutes per day and use them at a highter flow rate once per week to flush out the salt build up.
He said that should fix your problem.

I don't technically have drip emitters. I just run the straight 1/4" hose into the pots and water for 1 min every 2-3 days. That gives each plant about 2 party cups of water.

I tried using the 2gph drip emitters but they constantly clogged and kinda sucked.

I'm also a zero runoff using Smart pots in large trays

i will have him chime in or something, i don't know enoguh about coco

Originally Posted by KAL EL

i will have him chime in or something, i don't know enoguh about coco

cool cool thanks man

The point of using a res is they are being constantly fed nutrient solution, which is why you get such vigorous growth using hydro, if your worried about nute burning, use half strength nutes for a while and warm them up to full strength.

You get the non nuted feed from doing say week 1 would be feed week and week 2 you drain the res and fill up with just water and drip just water for a week, rinse and repeat. This also helps to prevent salt build up in the res and planting medium. If you see any deficiencies in the water week, just add a touch of feed. Also by doing this it kind of pre-flushes your plants throughout the grow so you don't really need the full 2 week flush at the end of flowering just continue the same cycle, so long as you chop on a water week they'll be nice and clean.

I've done this every grow with passive hydro (hempy buckets) and is now my plan in DWC anyway same principle.

Thanks man.

Let me ask you this. Whats the advantage of doing the Hempy buckets over just a pot of Coco? Don't you have to water the hempy buckets more often?

Originally Posted by Lucius Vorenus

Let me ask you this. Whats the advantage of doing the Hempy buckets over just a pot of Coco? Don't you have to water the hempy buckets more often?

Watering is less frequent with a hempy. When you finish a watering there is always 2" of water in the bottom of the bucket. And it's hard to overwater using buckets. I don't think that there would be any advantage in growth rate between the 2. It's just the hempy bucket is so simple.

I've been growing with 3gal Osmocote Hempy buckets for the past 2 yrs, I've thought about trying other ferts, and growing method, but the results are good and it just doesn't get any easier.