What exactly is...

What exactly is Hempy? Having trouble figuring out exactly what makes this different from any other hydroponic grow using household stuff...

really? I was expecting to be treated like a noob... But completely ignored is kinda surprising

Hempy is a hydroponic system that uses buckets typically requiring hand-watering. The name Hempy came from the creator of the system "Hempy".

Simply put, you take any size buckets (I'm doing a hempy system right now with a series of 2L Coke bottles), drill a 3/8 inch hole about 2" from the bottom of the bucket for draining, and the bottom of the bucket is the actual build-in res. Every day or couple of days, you top up the bucket with fresh feed.

Usually, you start off watering daily until your root system reaches down into the build-in resevoir. The original hempy consisted of a mix of perlite and vermiculite, but nowadays people are doing all sorts of mediums in them. Personally, I prefer 100% hydroton as it is very easy to reuse after each grow, but I also have a few with 100% perlite.

Does that help you understand better?

-spek

Hempy was certainly not the first person with this idea. Google "Dutch Bucket" and you'll find some great info.

thanks for all the info. I'm considering using this in my next grow. Quick question though, can I keep mothers in Hempy buckets? Or will it quickly outgrow the bucket?

Use a big bucket

lol duly noted. So the answer is yes. Guess I should be more specific. Is it practical to keep a mother in a hempy bucket. Nutrient solutions and the associated costs, having to pay more attention to it than with soil, etc. And can I use regular water-soluble nutrients/plant food with a Hempy DTW?

Well ud have to put nutes in a soil mother too??? Nutes in soil maybe last 3 months at most so I don't understand your question I guess.. ?