Im A New Caregiver

[md420]

I just got my caregiver card in the mail, im kinda new at the indoor growing. I heard to mix perlite with vermiculite (does it matter if you use only perlite) if any1 can help answer my question it will be much appreciated, thanx MD 420

[bobandtorey]

I just got my caregiver card in the mail, im kinda new at the indoor growing. I heard to mix perlite with vermiculite (does it matter if you use only perlite) if any1 can help answer my question it will be much appreciated, thanx MD 420

 

i use pro mix it works great for me and you can buy it anywere

[md420]

i use pro mix it works great for me and you can buy it anywere

i bought miracle grow perlite hope that worx

[samtheclam]

it has time releasrd fertilizer. i suggest do not use.

[glaucoma1]

Are you using hempy buckets?

 

I use Hempy buckets and I use 3 1/2 gallon perlite to 1/2 gallon vermiculite mixed in my 4 gallon pots.

 

You will want to use some vermiculite to hold some moisture thats what its for. Hope that helps.

[kruztydj]

If your lookin to run hempies then just use perlite and feed it like your in hydro and feed it ever time.

[boroboro]

Well, just to confuse things further:

 

I ran Hempy Buckets for a while, and may go back to them soon (currently growing in coco #3 Smart Pots drain-to-waste). The recipe I remember was a 3:1 perlite / vermiculite mix, i.e. 3 gallons perlite to 1 gallon vermiculite. Some people ran pure perlite, but the vermiculite helps in wicking up water from the hempy reservoir.

[Minion]

Dont ever use Miracle Grow. Its not formulated for cannabis growing. I'll assume this is your first indoor grow and I'll just give you the basics for now. First, make sure you have a dedicated room for your grow setup. A large closet, full room or basement will work great. Dont use an attic. Heat becomes a big problem, fast. Next, figure out if you want to use soil or soilless grow mediums. If you do go with soil I recommend Fox Farm. Its a very good mix of the right ingredients for tropical plants. Clay pellets work great for a soilless mix and can be used over and over with proper cleaning. Fertilizer and other nutrients will vary on you and the strain you grow. I suggest, again, Fox Farm as it they have a nutrient feeding chart that comes with purchases and makes it easy to know when to add what. Finally is Lights and Ventilation. More and bigger lights means bigger buds, but it also means more heat. A good venting system will maintain proper temps and humidity and keep fresh air circulating. You can also add filters to remove smell to keep your room unknown from curious neighbors. So, plan out your room first. Make sure you have easy access to fresh water and air. Know where the lights will hang, where your fresh air will come from and how your plants with get their nutrients. The planing is the hardest part of a grow set up, as you want the room to be as efficient as possible. Let us know what you have in mind and we will help any way we can. Hope this helps. PEACE

[md420]

Dont ever use Miracle Grow. Its not formulated for cannabis growing. I'll assume this is your first indoor grow and I'll just give you the basics for now. First, make sure you have a dedicated room for your grow setup. A large closet, full room or basement will work great. Dont use an attic. Heat becomes a big problem, fast. Next, figure out if you want to use soil or soilless grow mediums. If you do go with soil I recommend Fox Farm. Its a very good mix of the right ingredients for tropical plants. Clay pellets work great for a soilless mix and can be used over and over with proper cleaning. Fertilizer and other nutrients will vary on you and the strain you grow. I suggest, again, Fox Farm as it they have a nutrient feeding chart that comes with purchases and makes it easy to know when to add what. Finally is Lights and Ventilation. More and bigger lights means bigger buds, but it also means more heat. A good venting system will maintain proper temps and humidity and keep fresh air circulating. You can also add filters to remove smell to keep your room unknown from curious neighbors. So, plan out your room first. Make sure you have easy access to fresh water and air. Know where the lights will hang, where your fresh air will come from and how your plants with get their nutrients. The planing is the hardest part of a grow set up, as you want the room to be as efficient as possible. Let us know what you have in mind and we will help any way we can. Hope this helps. PEACE

i am currently growing in my basement for now, i heard of hempie buckets and that is wat im tryin 2 make, i heard to put a screen bout 6 in from bottom of bucket (im not sure cuz this is my first time growing indoors) and the lights & ventilation . im using fluerosant bulbs right now im wondering wat kind of lights i should be using. do you need good venting system during veg growth or more during flowering? i can use as much info i can get i appreciate all the help. thanx MD420

[Nemosity]

Go pick up the Medical Cannabis Growers Bible, it will be the best money you will spend on the entire set-up. Make that book your best friend for awhile and you'll be off to a great start.

[glaucoma1]

Everything you need to know about hempy right here post by Jippo in the tutorials

 

Back when I was a member of a forum known as HG420 I met a guy named Hempy, this was his method and I have used it to great success ever since. If anyone here remembers HG420 you know how exclusive and how many of the worlds best growers frequented there.

 

The biggest benefit of this method is.......it's virtually free!

 

To make a hempy bucket is simple, all you need to do is this:

 

Get a bucket.

 

The size of the bucket can vary from 1gal(4lt) to 5gal(20lt).

 

Hempys' preferred size is a 2.5gl bucket, I use 5 gal for monster plants

 

Drill a drain hole in the side of the bucket about 2 inches from the bottom.

 

The drain hole should be 7/16". I've had better luck with 1/2" and larger perlite

 

The grow medium is perlite/vermiculite. I generally nix the Vermiculite as I notice it slows the rate at which the roots hit the bottom of the bucket due to the wick effect, but it makes things a little less high maintanence for the first week or two while waiting for the roots to make contact.

 

3 parts perlite to 1 part vermiculite.

 

You can use volcanic rocks (Hydroton) but the perlite/vermiculite is the preferred method.

 

Once you have your seedling sprouted fill the bucket with plain water every day until the tap root has reached the standing water that always remains in the bottom of the bucket. this will take about 10-14 days after the bean sprouts. If you use clones, plant the stem in the middle of the bucket as it will shorten time for roots to hit the bottom, however you loose space for the root ball by lowering the stem, if your in rockwool or anything like that what I like to do is bury the rockwool about 1" from the top of the perlite so it has a little support on the stem but allows the most space for the root mass, upon harvest you will be amazed with the size of the root mass! Also what I've been tending to do recently is water directly down the stem of the plant until you know it hit bottom, and trust me you will know when it hits the bottom, I also use PH'd and Nutrient filled water every other day w/ root stimulates, I've noticed this tends to speed things up but you don't want to let the salts build up in the bottom so when you water with fresh water use alot to run off the standing water at the bottom of the bucket.

 

 

Completely fill the Hempy Bucket with plain water, every two-three feedings. This will stop all the nutrients from going stale and building up salts in the bottom.

 

Use water that has been open overnight to allow the chlorine to escape, unless you can afford to buy filtered or distilled water..

 

Fill your water bucket or whatever you use to water with JUST water, no nutes, or PH until the following day, Add the nutrient solution to this water bucket and then adjust the ph to 6.0 For best results use an accurate ph meter and follow the nutes mfg reccomended amounts very carefully. Use precise measuring devices to make your nute solution.

 

Once your roots hit the bottom you will notice a much faster rate of growth and at this point is when you want to begin full strength feeding always, I like to add water/nute mix every 2 days, however I never let it get dry, you could water in theory every 5-7 days depening on the feeding rate of your plant, when I water I move the bucket to a utility sink or drain and I add until there is a little bit of run off allow it to level out

 

 

The strenght of your nutes depends on several factors such as how much light you have, humidity, CO2, strain your growing. You will have to use judgement, If your plant looks under fed or unhealthy add more nutrients, generally your mfg feeding schedule is going to be the safest bet without over feeding or burning, If you notice what looks like burnt tips on your leaves your under feeding. also look up plant deficiencies and get a feeling for what different defiencies look like since your medium isn't soil it will provide 0 anything for the plant. make sure to have a good line of nutrients, I always use 3 part nutes, Veg, Bloom and Micro and have had good results, I also use additives like Superthrive and other planet essential vitamins.

 

thats about it. Its a pretty simple way of having a passive hydroponic grow, I only use organic nutrients with my plants as well, I have had extremely impressive results compared to soil grows of identical clones side by side and I haven't looked back since.

[md420]

Everything you need to know about hempy right here post by Jippo in the tutorials

 

Back when I was a member of a forum known as HG420 I met a guy named Hempy, this was his method and I have used it to great success ever since. If anyone here remembers HG420 you know how exclusive and how many of the worlds best growers frequented there.

 

The biggest benefit of this method is.......it's virtually free!

 

To make a hempy bucket is simple, all you need to do is this:

 

Get a bucket.

 

The size of the bucket can vary from 1gal(4lt) to 5gal(20lt).

 

Hempys' preferred size is a 2.5gl bucket, I use 5 gal for monster plants

 

Drill a drain hole in the side of the bucket about 2 inches from the bottom.

 

The drain hole should be 7/16". I've had better luck with 1/2" and larger perlite

 

The grow medium is perlite/vermiculite. I generally nix the Vermiculite as I notice it slows the rate at which the roots hit the bottom of the bucket due to the wick effect, but it makes things a little less high maintanence for the first week or two while waiting for the roots to make contact.

 

3 parts perlite to 1 part vermiculite.

 

You can use volcanic rocks (Hydroton) but the perlite/vermiculite is the preferred method.

 

Once you have your seedling sprouted fill the bucket with plain water every day until the tap root has reached the standing water that always remains in the bottom of the bucket. this will take about 10-14 days after the bean sprouts. If you use clones, plant the stem in the middle of the bucket as it will shorten time for roots to hit the bottom, however you loose space for the root ball by lowering the stem, if your in rockwool or anything like that what I like to do is bury the rockwool about 1" from the top of the perlite so it has a little support on the stem but allows the most space for the root mass, upon harvest you will be amazed with the size of the root mass! Also what I've been tending to do recently is water directly down the stem of the plant until you know it hit bottom, and trust me you will know when it hits the bottom, I also use PH'd and Nutrient filled water every other day w/ root stimulates, I've noticed this tends to speed things up but you don't want to let the salts build up in the bottom so when you water with fresh water use alot to run off the standing water at the bottom of the bucket.

 

 

Completely fill the Hempy Bucket with plain water, every two-three feedings. This will stop all the nutrients from going stale and building up salts in the bottom.

 

Use water that has been open overnight to allow the chlorine to escape, unless you can afford to buy filtered or distilled water..

 

Fill your water bucket or whatever you use to water with JUST water, no nutes, or PH until the following day, Add the nutrient solution to this water bucket and then adjust the ph to 6.0 For best results use an accurate ph meter and follow the nutes mfg reccomended amounts very carefully. Use precise measuring devices to make your nute solution.

 

Once your roots hit the bottom you will notice a much faster rate of growth and at this point is when you want to begin full strength feeding always, I like to add water/nute mix every 2 days, however I never let it get dry, you could water in theory every 5-7 days depening on the feeding rate of your plant, when I water I move the bucket to a utility sink or drain and I add until there is a little bit of run off allow it to level out

 

 

The strenght of your nutes depends on several factors such as how much light you have, humidity, CO2, strain your growing. You will have to use judgement, If your plant looks under fed or unhealthy add more nutrients, generally your mfg feeding schedule is going to be the safest bet without over feeding or burning, If you notice what looks like burnt tips on your leaves your under feeding. also look up plant deficiencies and get a feeling for what different defiencies look like since your medium isn't soil it will provide 0 anything for the plant. make sure to have a good line of nutrients, I always use 3 part nutes, Veg, Bloom and Micro and have had good results, I also use additives like Superthrive and other planet essential vitamins.

 

thats about it. Its a pretty simple way of having a passive hydroponic grow, I only use organic nutrients with my plants as well, I have had extremely impressive results compared to soil grows of identical clones side by side and I haven't looked back since.

thanx for the info will appreciate it thanx again md420

[md420]

thanx for the info will appreciate it thanx again md420

is there a certain brand of nut that you found 2 work better?or are they all pretty much the same