Grow Mediums Too big?

[Builder0101]

I found these 10 Gallon buckets with lids at Menards. They are just a few inches taller and wider than 5 gallon buckets. Are they too big? I'd like to do "hempy style" if these will work should I make a hole in the lid for the plant or just leave the lid off? Lid would make a great stabilizer for the fill tube...
Suggestions appreciated. @Gladiators

 

[Mary Djayne]

I think 10 gallons is way too big for hempy. You'll waste a lot of nutrients trying to get sufficient run off. I think 3-5 gallons is perfect for a hempy bucket.

 

[Shiva's Mistress]

I found these 10 Gallon buckets with lids at Menards. They are just a few inches taller and wider than 5 gallon buckets. Are they too big? I'd like to do "hempy style" if these will work should I make a hole in the lid for the plant or just leave the lid off? Lid would make a great stabilizer for the fill tube...
Suggestions appreciated. @Gladiators

10 gal hempy, maybe only if you wanna grow a tree!
As @Mary Djayne says, gonna have a lot of wasted nutes.
Can do a nice sized one already in 3-5 gal.
Unless you did a few plants in one bucket, maybe 2-4 plants?

 

[Builder0101]

Its a sip/wic system. Never did one. I am sure it is too big as you all say. How will it waste nutes? Just fill to the overflow every few days. Right? And yes trees are a problem. I have a 3' diameter 22" tall Auto Sour Kush in veg/pre flower in my tent At the moment. She is so big. It is a problem in a 4x4 with 4 other plants when one takes up half the tent. For perspective that is a 7 gallon pot.

 

[Shiva's Mistress]

How will it waste nutes? Just fill to the overflow every few days. Right?

Because you're making up nutes for maybe 3 gal (depending where your res line is), whereas the roots would be fine in a much smaller 3 gal pot with a 1 gal res, unless you want trees.
It's like having to water the entire pot if you have a 1 week seedling in a 20 gal pot of coco....

And yes trees are a problem. I have a 3' diameter 22" tall Auto Sour Kush in veg/pre flower in my tent At the moment. She is so big. It is a problem in a 4x4 with 4 other plants when one takes up half the tent. For perspective that is a 7 gallon pot.

Haha, wish I had this problem at the moment.

 

[Mary Djayne]

Hempy is more related to hydro so bigger is not better. If you want to use the 10 gallon, go for it but watering to 20% run off with that much water gets tedious quickly.

 

[Dichoti]

I don’t know much about hempy buckets. If it’s similar to other bottom feed systems like autopots, Then wasting nutes shouldn’t be an issue, though.

 

[Mary Djayne]

Auto pots have access to fresh feed constantly. It gets stagnant quickly in the bottom of a hempy bucket so watering to run off is very important.

 

[Hazyrook]

Just go with organic super soil and your sip system will work wonders for you

 

[Dichoti]

Auto pots have access to fresh feed constantly. It gets stagnant quickly in the bottom of a hempy bucket so watering to run off is very important.

I’m going to look into those.
*edit*
Looked into those.
Too much work for my lazy @$$ lmao.