Rollingstoney
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Thanks for all the info alot of good info. I'm probably going do a side by side test run too see which one ill like better.
Soil or coco
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SmokeyExcursion
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Do you wanna water daily or set up an auto water system? Or do you wanna water a couple times a week and not stress when you forget to water or cant water that day? If you like high maintenance women go with coco. If you like freedom. Soil. I run about 20-30% composted manure in my coco. Helps it hold moisture if I forget to water or dont get home before lights out
twentyeight.threefive
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Pretty much this. Coco is amazing but it's also a prison without automated watering and waste water disposal.
lusidghost
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I just checked and the coco is still plenty moist. The plants looks super healthy. I think I may have solved the "chained to the garden" coco problem.
twentyeight.threefive
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If you aren't watering coco at least daily then you aren't using it to it's potential. You growing seedlings in 6 inch cubes?
lusidghost
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Yeah I don't agree with this at all. I'm growing flowering plants in a roughly 2x2' bed made up of 6" coco cubes. (2 or 3 empty cubes to every cube with a plant.) Week 4 today. I did transplant them from a macro plug straight into the 6" cube, which I put into dutch leech trays before "transplanting" them into the final flood trays with the empty cubes. I've been flooding to waste since seed.
lusidghost
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lusidghost
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I wasn't planning on using the panda film this time, but the cubes got algae so I haphazardly threw the film on. It seems to work fine. I do have some fungus gnats now because I waited too long though.
twentyeight.threefive
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Why the larger numbers vs less more manageable plants? Your method works great too, I'm just curious.
lusidghost
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It's really because I have limited space in my veg room, so I have to start my clones / seeds later and continue to veg them out a for a week or so in my flower room. I've experimented with numbers, and 6 per 4x4 seems to work the best at filling the scrog canopy quickly while still having fairly large individual plants. I tried one plant once and it took a woefully long time to fill out. Also if I'm running regular seeds some of them are going to get pulled, so 6 seems to be enough to fill in the void.
This coco cube setup is experimental. Mistakes were made, lives were lost. But I think I'm on to something here.
Star Dog
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It's not expensive to sort out, basically it's a piece of capillary matting and a something to stand the pots on either in or over a tray/reservoir.
A capillary set up will feed your plants indefinitely just keep the tray/reservoir filled.
It's not expensive to sort out, basically it's a piece of capillary matting and a something to stand the pots on either in or over a tray/reservoir.
MICHI-CAN
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A capillary set up will feed your plants indefinitely just keep the tray/reservoir filled.
It's not expensive to sort out, basically it's a piece of capillary matting and a something to stand the pots on either in or over a tray/reservoir.
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TY. I have run wet sets of most common types. I can build a full hydro system with a pet shop, hardware and dollar store. LMAO. Glad you love it. I'm on team "Mother" now.
It's not expensive to sort out, basically it's a piece of capillary matting and a something to stand the pots on either in or over a tray/reservoir.
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TY. I have run wet sets of most common types. I can build a full hydro system with a pet shop, hardware and dollar store. LMAO. Glad you love it. I'm on team "Mother" now.
lusidghost
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A capillary set up will feed your plants indefinitely just keep the tray/reservoir filled.
It's not expensive to sort out, basically it's a piece of capillary matting and a something to stand the pots on either in or over a tray/reservoir.
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I have a big roll of 1” coco mat that I plan on using next time. I’m not sure if I’m going to try to go fully automatic or not, but the roots are going to enjoy it.
It's not expensive to sort out, basically it's a piece of capillary matting and a something to stand the pots on either in or over a tray/reservoir.
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I have a big roll of 1” coco mat that I plan on using next time. I’m not sure if I’m going to try to go fully automatic or not, but the roots are going to enjoy it.
lusidghost
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One thing I like about flooding them is it prevents salt buildup and the water is always fresh.
Lordhooha
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User error. You can grow in straight perlite I know I've done it. Ppl over complicated things.
MICHI-CAN
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3/8" ball bearings, fish tank gravel and open air. Medium is only the support and delivery system once you learn to meet a plant's needs. LOL. But that is all complicated.