quick question im gonna start my new grow with this method but what lghts do you recomend im growin wit cfl's right now but wanna get a 400 watt hps do you think a 400 watt hps is enough light for 5-6 plants peace
A 400 watt is good for covering a 3x3-4x4 area of primary lighting. In that area you can fit as many plants as you want, depending on growing method. A SOG grow would have more plants due to less side, lower branches. if they are gonna be bushes you might only get 2-4 plants under there. CFL's will work, but HPS or MH is always gonna be your better option to use.
Hey, everyone. I registered here to ask you all a few questions. I just recently learned about the hempy buckets method, and would like to transplant about 6 plants into a rubbermaid type container (probably 18 gal container or so.... depends on what I can find easily)... but the problem is my young plants are in soil. I germinated them in paper towels and sprouted them in unfertilized generic potting soil. They are outside in small party cups and have been growing a decent while now and look good... probably about 5 sets of leaves, but are about at the point where they need to start getting some nutrients. I have around 20 of these plants outside and would like to move 6 or so of them as a group into a humpy bucket bin setup.... but how should I go about transplanting them from soil to perlite? I'm not sure if I should just move the whole soil/root mass into the perlite or attempt to wash off as much soil as I can without disturbing the roots too much. I'm worried about just moving the whole chunks of soil into the perlite because i think the hydro nutes might build up in the soil too much and cause overfertilizing.... am I worrying for nothing? I am sure there is some way to get these plants from soil into the perlite and growing well, but I just want to make sure I do it right the first time. I realize starting from soil isn't ideal for this method, but I already have the plants ready and don't particularly want to start more from seeds at this point... but I think if all goes well with the transplanting about 6 plants in a large bin hempy bucket setup outside under the sun probably using GH lucas formula will work really well and grow a nice group of massive plants Anybody have any suggestions on the best way to do this?
Hey man, i have done the same thing. I took a soil plant out of a 16 oz plastic cup, filled a 2 gal bucket with water, laid my two airstones in the bottom, and laid the root mass in the bucket. The air bubbles loosened the soil from around the soil, and about five minutes into it, the soil was all but gone from the roots. Even a quick soaking in water would probably loosen it up enough out of the original pot to remove as much dirt as possible.
You do not have to remove the dirt, i did one also that i left the dirt on the roots and noticed no difference or delay in growth after the transplant.
If you'd like a have a link to a transplant guide for hempies in my sig....check it out.
thansk man i have a better idea now but im stil not sure if the rockwool cube goes straight inside the perlite medium?...
Yup, take the plant and RW cube, and all from the clone dome, and place it on the perlite mix, just as you would with a cube going into a soil pot. Pre-fill the new pot, and sit the cube right on top. then backfill around the sides.
Yeah, I realize about the males, but I'll be on top of that and chop them down as soon as I know which are males... so I'm not worried about that really. I just think having them in one big container like that will be more convenient for me... especially since I have to be somewhat stealth outside.... I can't have a whole bunch of 5 gallon bucket plants all over. haha. So, do you think I should just plop the whole soil/root mass from the cups into the perlite, or should I try to rinse the soil off the roots and then move them into the perlite? Obviously just putting them in the perlite as is would be the easiest thing to do... but I was thinking it might be safer to try to rinse the soil off the roots... I am just nervous about salts building up in the soil, because a previous grow I did I realized how easy it is to accidentally over fertilize and hurt my yield a bit...
Having them in one big pot may be beneficial to you, but it will be deadly for your plants, if not, it will cause massive stress on them as they fight over water and nutrients in the same pot. NEVER use more than one plant per pot, unless its in DWC i hear. If you feel more comfortable putting the soil in the hempy pot, go ahead. It wont cause any problems, the roots will just grow from the soil into the perlite, and go on like nothing happen.
Hope this helped a lil' bit anyway!!
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