kovidkough
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never run full strength without knowing your strains ability to handle it. always suggest starting low. your plants healthy no need to mess it up.
Week 8 of a 12 week cycle plant not drinking
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I’m only following a guide tbh and from what i learned on forums.
kovidkough
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only way to learn is to do . I journal what I can remember as its easy to forget
I’ll do that thanks for the advice.
The guide right now suggest an EC of 2.0
kovidkough
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what guide ?
Canna coco
kovidkough
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this?
kovidkough
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btw don't let your coco dry. its a misconception that dry coco leads to more oxygen. in fact its the opposite, coco holds way more oxygen when wet but not soaking. some people feed up to 4x a day
kovidkough
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Principle 1: Fertigation is a Balance: Proper fertigation strategy balances the Nutrient Element Ratio (NER), which controls plant nutrition and the Electrical Conductivity (EC), which controls osmosis.
Principle 2: Always Add Fertilizers to the Water: To maintain the balance between NER and EC, nutrients must be added to all irrigation water at the correct ratios and doses. The feed chart determines the ratio, and EC determines the dose. See our guide, "How to Mix Nutrients for Cannabis".
Principle 3: Keep the Coco Wet: Do not let your coco get dry! One of the key benefits to growing in coco is that it enables high frequency fertigation. This article discusses just how frequently it should be.
Principle 4: Run-off is Critical: Run-off carries away the excess salts and allows you to maintain a consistent root zone EC. Proper run-off practices are discussed below.
Principle 5: Manage Electrical Conductivity (EC): You need to monitor the EC of the nutrient solution you are adding (inflow) and the EC of the water that drains through and ends up in the saucer of each plant (run-off). As discussed in our tutorial “How to Manage Cannabis Fertigation by Measuring Run-off EC”, The critical number is the difference between the two. As explained below, fertigation frequency is one of the main ways that you maintain that difference in the acceptable range.
Coco Coir Watering Guide
This coco watering guide explains in detail how to put the principles of high frequency fertigation into action. It explains:
Many growers are concerned about watering because of their experience with soil. Happily, coco is not soil and it is a lot easier to know how and when to water in coco than in other media. There are a few basic rules for watering the plants and they can be mastered quickly.
Ensure Complete Saturation
Every time you water cannabis in coco, you should saturate the entire volume of the media. Remember that even at the seedling stage there is no real risk of over-watering. Properly conditioned coco retains adequate oxygen for the roots even when it is saturated.
Saturation is important to prevent salt build-up in the media which can burn your plant. The water that moves through the media and ends up as run-off is the mechanism that prevents salt build up. If the media is not saturated, then there is no water moving through it and salts accumulate.
Water Quantity is Determined by Run-off
The number one rule for watering coco is that you should always provide enough nutrient solution to each plant to produce 10-20% run-off. That means that if you add one quart of water then 10-20% of that quart should end up as run-off. Run-off water plays an important role in maintaining healthy conditions in the root zone. Therefore, you need to always get run-off no matter how much water you must add in order to accomplish that.
Under high-frequency fertigation, the quantity needed to produce run-off should be small. As I explain in “Growing Cannabis in Coco with High Frequency Fertigation”, it is ideal to keep the coco between 90 and 100% saturated all the time. Therefore, when we water in coco, the coco is already 90% saturated and it cannot hold much more. As discussed further below, the ideal quantity of water per event is about 5% of the volume of the growing container. This is ideal, but the rule is that you need to always provide enough water to actually produce adequate run-off from each plant.
Hand-Watering vs. Automatic Watering for Coco Grows
Many growers are concerned that high frequency fertigation is only possible with an automatic watering system. However, it is possible to unlock the benefits of high frequency fertigation with only watering once or twice per day. Therefore, it is possible to get tremendous results from coco when hand-watering, but it requires a significant commitment.
Principle 2: Always Add Fertilizers to the Water: To maintain the balance between NER and EC, nutrients must be added to all irrigation water at the correct ratios and doses. The feed chart determines the ratio, and EC determines the dose. See our guide, "How to Mix Nutrients for Cannabis".
Principle 3: Keep the Coco Wet: Do not let your coco get dry! One of the key benefits to growing in coco is that it enables high frequency fertigation. This article discusses just how frequently it should be.
Principle 4: Run-off is Critical: Run-off carries away the excess salts and allows you to maintain a consistent root zone EC. Proper run-off practices are discussed below.
Principle 5: Manage Electrical Conductivity (EC): You need to monitor the EC of the nutrient solution you are adding (inflow) and the EC of the water that drains through and ends up in the saucer of each plant (run-off). As discussed in our tutorial “How to Manage Cannabis Fertigation by Measuring Run-off EC”, The critical number is the difference between the two. As explained below, fertigation frequency is one of the main ways that you maintain that difference in the acceptable range.
Coco Coir Watering Guide
This coco watering guide explains in detail how to put the principles of high frequency fertigation into action. It explains:
- The basics of watering cannabis in coco.
- How much water you need to apply.
- How to determine your coco coir watering frequency.
- The best coco coir watering schedule.
- And, how to handle run-off water.
Many growers are concerned about watering because of their experience with soil. Happily, coco is not soil and it is a lot easier to know how and when to water in coco than in other media. There are a few basic rules for watering the plants and they can be mastered quickly.
Ensure Complete Saturation
Every time you water cannabis in coco, you should saturate the entire volume of the media. Remember that even at the seedling stage there is no real risk of over-watering. Properly conditioned coco retains adequate oxygen for the roots even when it is saturated.
Saturation is important to prevent salt build-up in the media which can burn your plant. The water that moves through the media and ends up as run-off is the mechanism that prevents salt build up. If the media is not saturated, then there is no water moving through it and salts accumulate.
Water Quantity is Determined by Run-off
The number one rule for watering coco is that you should always provide enough nutrient solution to each plant to produce 10-20% run-off. That means that if you add one quart of water then 10-20% of that quart should end up as run-off. Run-off water plays an important role in maintaining healthy conditions in the root zone. Therefore, you need to always get run-off no matter how much water you must add in order to accomplish that.
Under high-frequency fertigation, the quantity needed to produce run-off should be small. As I explain in “Growing Cannabis in Coco with High Frequency Fertigation”, it is ideal to keep the coco between 90 and 100% saturated all the time. Therefore, when we water in coco, the coco is already 90% saturated and it cannot hold much more. As discussed further below, the ideal quantity of water per event is about 5% of the volume of the growing container. This is ideal, but the rule is that you need to always provide enough water to actually produce adequate run-off from each plant.
Hand-Watering vs. Automatic Watering for Coco Grows
Many growers are concerned that high frequency fertigation is only possible with an automatic watering system. However, it is possible to unlock the benefits of high frequency fertigation with only watering once or twice per day. Therefore, it is possible to get tremendous results from coco when hand-watering, but it requires a significant commitment.
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kovidkough
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that guide doesn't work for your strain and the max ec is 1.8 so id assume somewhere between 1.3 and 1.5 of a+b should be good seems 1.8 is full on bloom
what about the EC total?
I use this one.
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kovidkough
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you need a ppm/ec meter to tell you that , do you own one?
kovidkough
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its basically an algebra equation base water ppm +Nutes ppm + additives ppm = total ppm , your goal is to end on 1.8 when everything is added up
Yeah i do, and once i add the a+b as instructed in the guide i get a 2.0 as in Generative Period 1 in the photo
The guide actually instructed to get the EC amount as written there by only a+b than add the other ones on top.
kovidkough
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that guide is awfully confusing, id say use 3/4 their suggestions , then again some strains are heavy feeders. you will know you've gone to high when you get the burning tips
kovidkough
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honestly I've never fed that high perhaps some of it is accounting for Calmag ppm and all the additives
kovidkough
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I saw the total box ok max is 2.2 sorry