Hello everyone, my name is Kyle and welcome to my grow, I have never done a grow journal before so I apologize in advance if this is not the normal style. I will learn the proper ways as this grow gets growing.
This grow was suppose to be a new change for me. I was planning on growing in a water only super soil known as kryptonite, things didn’t pan out and I have now decided to reset up my passive hydro system that I last used before I moved last year.
I will be growing 4 plants in this grow
2 Blue Velvets (blueberry Thai) 1 Strawberry Bannana kush and 1 Grape Ape
I will be using a 3 x 4 tent and growing from mothers. That I just transplanted today from soil into this system of hydroten perlite and vermiculite.
Any questions, please post. I will answer the best I can and hopefully learn a lot from you all along the way, for now I will post my starting pics.
Hydroton on bottom 5 inches, there’s a drain hole 2.5 inch up which creates a partial reservoir. The remaining medium is 20 percent vermiculite and 80 percent perlite. The tube I water down so the water is fed to the bottom, there is also an air stone in the bottom of the pot.
still have two questions regarding yours: the tubes are draining tubes? You water from the top and the remnant water just goes to a deposit in the bottom? Also I wonder if putting the hole higher would mean more water remaining and more time between watering, thanks for sharing, will keep an eye on this …
This is most deffinetly based off of a hempy bucket design. It’s been so many years since I originally did it that I couldn’t even remember that name anymore. Thankyou.
The tube on the bottom is a drain tube. I like to drain out 15 percent of the water to remove salt buildup.
The pipe on the top brings my airstone to the bottom and allows me to water to the bottom. Keeping my medium on top dry and forcing my plants to bottom feed.
If the hole is higher it will give you longer inbetween watering.
In the heart of flower I water twice a day. Gives me a lot of control over everything.
So when you transplant from soil do you sit the bottom of your plant ontop of the clay pebbles and add the perlite/vermiculite mix? Or farther up? What I guess I’m really trying to ask is how your sure your plant is able to reach your resivor to get what it needs? Dose the vermiculite act as a type of wick? I’m familiar with vermiculite, making PF cakes for shrooms.
how does passive hydro work?
, excuse my ignorance, when I saw 
), great system, willing to see it work …
