So. Close your eyes and imagine a 20-gallon tupperware container, like one of those blue office ones for files.
Take a drill and drill three holes now, imagine in your mind, a hole in the middle, and both far sides at the ends. Make the holes 2-3", preferably I say 3 inches from the bottom.
If you can, imagine the tape measure for a healthy example or just measure about the tip of your middle finger to halfway to your last knuckle.
This is a hempy bucket.
Now purchase 2 or preferably 4 sponges, the perfect ones are just 'Bath Sponges' that's the name, at least that's what amazon and walmart, and a number of other brands call them. Here's an example: (http://www.amazon.com/Swissco-Classic-Oval-Sponge-SW41624/dp/B000HKTBT4/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1231997922&sr=8-18) that's the one that I would use but ones like (http://www.amazon.com/Luvable-Friends-Bath-Sponge-Yellow/dp/B001AXQON8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1231997898&sr=8-3) these would be O.K too I think.
This is where we begin to incorporate Natmoon's oxygen discovery. By using an air pump (example: http://www.planetnatural.com/cgi-bin/planetnatural/dual-diaphragm-pump) and appropriate tubing we can create a lung inside the medium.
Each sponge is cut on the underside straight down the middle, then perforated air-tubing is run through it. For 10 seconds of every 1-10 minutes (I haven't found the perfect ratio of on/off yet) air fills the sponges and in a strong burst of oxygen the sponge releases the absorbed air in a large breath like a lung.
You're right to believe the medium will quickly dry up using four lungs but I was surprised that it did not using the correct medium. We use a soil-based combination, 4 parts soil to 1 part perlite to 1 part vermiculite to 2-3TBSP per gallon soilmoist, with the last 3 inches of the bucket course-perlite (the biggest pieces).
We must incorporated a time-release product called SoilMoist, they are essentially tiny droplets that (when wettened) become extremely slippery for long periods of time. (Example: http://www.planetnatural.com/site/soil-moist.html) I've bought it but never incorporated it, and found out the hard way just how dry the medium gets.
Using this method we can allow a nurturing soil environment, with great drainage that receives all of its required oxygen through the air pumps. At times the medium will be too soggy, at times too dry, and with time comes adaptation and balance, which will occur naturally with this plant.
This is all theorycrafting, however I have seen Natmoon's results with his air pump method, and quite frankly I've never seen buds quite like it.
Take a drill and drill three holes now, imagine in your mind, a hole in the middle, and both far sides at the ends. Make the holes 2-3", preferably I say 3 inches from the bottom.
If you can, imagine the tape measure for a healthy example or just measure about the tip of your middle finger to halfway to your last knuckle.
This is a hempy bucket.
Now purchase 2 or preferably 4 sponges, the perfect ones are just 'Bath Sponges' that's the name, at least that's what amazon and walmart, and a number of other brands call them. Here's an example: (http://www.amazon.com/Swissco-Classic-Oval-Sponge-SW41624/dp/B000HKTBT4/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1231997922&sr=8-18) that's the one that I would use but ones like (http://www.amazon.com/Luvable-Friends-Bath-Sponge-Yellow/dp/B001AXQON8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1231997898&sr=8-3) these would be O.K too I think.
This is where we begin to incorporate Natmoon's oxygen discovery. By using an air pump (example: http://www.planetnatural.com/cgi-bin/planetnatural/dual-diaphragm-pump) and appropriate tubing we can create a lung inside the medium.
Each sponge is cut on the underside straight down the middle, then perforated air-tubing is run through it. For 10 seconds of every 1-10 minutes (I haven't found the perfect ratio of on/off yet) air fills the sponges and in a strong burst of oxygen the sponge releases the absorbed air in a large breath like a lung.
You're right to believe the medium will quickly dry up using four lungs but I was surprised that it did not using the correct medium. We use a soil-based combination, 4 parts soil to 1 part perlite to 1 part vermiculite to 2-3TBSP per gallon soilmoist, with the last 3 inches of the bucket course-perlite (the biggest pieces).
We must incorporated a time-release product called SoilMoist, they are essentially tiny droplets that (when wettened) become extremely slippery for long periods of time. (Example: http://www.planetnatural.com/site/soil-moist.html) I've bought it but never incorporated it, and found out the hard way just how dry the medium gets.
Using this method we can allow a nurturing soil environment, with great drainage that receives all of its required oxygen through the air pumps. At times the medium will be too soggy, at times too dry, and with time comes adaptation and balance, which will occur naturally with this plant.
This is all theorycrafting, however I have seen Natmoon's results with his air pump method, and quite frankly I've never seen buds quite like it.