Coco vs soil. Why so small??

go go kid

go go kid

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so giving plane water in between feeding isnt good advice to someone who hasnt used it b4. your off your rocker, i can see no harm whatsoever in useing this advise
 
go go kid

go go kid

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BobThe420Builder said:
You know nothing of coco

Stop feeding bad info if yer unsure
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it would help if the corect info was given in the first place. so your saying that plane water cant be given to coco in any circumstance??
i havent said that you should only give them plane water, im just stating a fact that you can give them plane water in between feedings if your unsure. please prove me wrong
 
MickFoster

MickFoster

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Shaggy78 said:
So alternate? Plain water and low feed?
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Don't listen to that guy..........he has never grown in coco.
I use high quality bag coco that is already buffered so I don't have do any rinsing or pre-charging.
I start in 1ltr air pots with a 70/30 coco/perlite mix.
I feed daily to run off from about day 3 from sprout through veg........and twice a day in flower.
Coco is drain to waste hydroponics and feeding to run off daily renews the nutes, pulls in fresh oxygen to the roots, and prevents salt build up.
Always feed to run off with light nutes and you will never get salt build up.........contrary to what the above poster says.
Never let it get dry.
Never use plain water because it messes up the Cation Exchange Capacity.
A plant in a coco/perlite mix cannot be over watered.........coco still holds 30% oxygen even when saturated........add perlite an the oxygen increases.
Unfortunately you started in large pots which is the only time over watering can be a possibility in coco.........maintaining the proper moisture levels will be a challenge until the roots are established.

This is the best place to learn the correct way to grow in coco.....www.cocoforcannabis.com.
Good luck to you.
 
insomnia65

insomnia65

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I bought my Coco from nearly the cheapest source possible so it deffo needed rinsing, some Coco comes prewashed and even has nutes in to start off, I think this might be Canna, I've read on here that you always water the plant daily with nutes added, as for rinsing and flushing ask the guys on here they will know.
 
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myke

myke

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You are correct,
MickFoster said:
Don't listen to that guy..........he has never grown in coco.
I use high quality bag coco that is already buffered so I don't have do any rinsing or pre-charging.
I start in 1ltr air pots with a 70/30 coco/perlite mix.
I feed daily to run off from about day 3 from sprout through veg........and twice a day in flower.
Coco is drain to waste hydroponics and feeding to run off daily renews the nutes, pulls in fresh oxygen to the roots, and prevents salt build up.
Always feed to run off with light nutes and you will never get salt build up.........contrary to what the above poster says.
Never let it get dry.
Never use plain water because it messes up the Cation Exchange Capacity.
A plant in a coco/perlite mix cannot be over watered.........coco still holds 30% oxygen even when saturated........add perlite an the oxygen increases.
Unfortunately you started in large pots which is the only time over watering can be a possibility in coco.........maintaining the proper moisture levels will be a challenge until the roots are established.

This is the best place to learn the correct way to grow in coco.....www.cocoforcannabis.com.
Good luck to you.
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Nicely written,All correct information.
 
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Shaggy78

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MickFoster said:
Don't listen to that guy..........he has never grown in coco.
I use high quality bag coco that is already buffered so I don't have do any rinsing or pre-charging.
I start in 1ltr air pots with a 70/30 coco/perlite mix.
I feed daily to run off from about day 3 from sprout through veg........and twice a day in flower.
Coco is drain to waste hydroponics and feeding to run off daily renews the nutes, pulls in fresh oxygen to the roots, and prevents salt build up.
Always feed to run off with light nutes and you will never get salt build up.........contrary to what the above poster says.
Never let it get dry.
Never use plain water because it messes up the Cation Exchange Capacity.
A plant in a coco/perlite mix cannot be over watered.........coco still holds 30% oxygen even when saturated........add perlite an the oxygen increases.
Unfortunately you started in large pots which is the only time over watering can be a possibility in coco.........maintaining the proper moisture levels will be a challenge until the roots are established.

This is the best place to learn the correct way to grow in coco.....www.cocoforcannabis.com.
Good luck to you.
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I started in 3 gallon because you don't want to move autos transplant I should say. Now I've normally done them in a Happy Frog perlite mix and most of mine are in a Happy Frog perlite mix now. I'm just heard that Coco is so much better I'm trying to see for myself if it's worth all the time money and energy or it Happy Frog and perlite is just a simpler way to go when dealing with a couple hundred pots at a time
 
insomnia65

insomnia65

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Shaggy78 said:
I started in 3 gallon because you don't want to move autos transplant I should say. Now I've normally done them in a Happy Frog perlite mix and most of mine are in a Happy Frog perlite mix now. I'm just heard that Coco is so much better I'm trying to see for myself if it's worth all the time money and energy or it Happy Frog and perlite is just a simpler way to go when dealing with a couple hundred pots at a time
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MiGrow has a great video on soil,Coco,hydro,
The Coco does give better yields but is less forgiving than soil, brilliant Shane from Migrow in youtube
 
BobThe420Builder

BobThe420Builder

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Read this and go to the link to learn about Coco

And I always start my autos in Solo cups, they start much faster and dosent hurt anything

MickFoster said:
Don't listen to that guy..........he has never grown in coco.
I use high quality bag coco that is already buffered so I don't have do any rinsing or pre-charging.
I start in 1ltr air pots with a 70/30 coco/perlite mix.
I feed daily to run off from about day 3 from sprout through veg........and twice a day in flower.
Coco is drain to waste hydroponics and feeding to run off daily renews the nutes, pulls in fresh oxygen to the roots, and prevents salt build up.
Always feed to run off with light nutes and you will never get salt build up.........contrary to what the above poster says.
Never let it get dry.
Never use plain water because it messes up the Cation Exchange Capacity.
A plant in a coco/perlite mix cannot be over watered.........coco still holds 30% oxygen even when saturated........add perlite an the oxygen increases.
Unfortunately you started in large pots which is the only time over watering can be a possibility in coco.........maintaining the proper moisture levels will be a challenge until the roots are established.

This is the best place to learn the correct way to grow in coco.....www.cocoforcannabis.com.
Good luck to you.
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