kovidkough
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to the OP, for an endeavor this large id suggest promix. alot less headache
500 ppm or less.
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I switched from fabric to plastic recently. I think I'm getting better results, but I wouldn't necessarily attribute that to the plastic pots. That said, I'm not paying the premium for fabric pots anymore and fabric pots are messy to reuse. A good plastic pot is cheap, they last forever and they're easy to clean. You still get some salt build up on the walls of plastic pots, but nothing like fabric.Yes, fabric pot allow for more evaporation of the feeds before being used by the plants. That's where build-up happens, the water evaporates leaving excess nutrients to remain in the coir.
You never feed coco "plane" or plain water. Coco is always fertigated with a nutrient solution.yes, but remember less is more and water plane water in between feeds to stop toxic nute build up in the coco
It just depends on your water. Calmag is very necessary for RO water but natural water likely has enough Calcium in it already. If you have naturally occurring calcium and add Calmag you may end up locking out MAG. I would drop the CalMag, stick with the Epsom salts and just watch how the plants react.I was using Epsom salt anyway. But I figured I was going to add it with the Cal Mag? Is that not a good idea
this would drive me mad.so youll need to mix 600 litres of nutes every day!
It's not that many most of my pots are in soil I just have a few that are in Coco I want a kind of see how they turn outthis would drive me mad.
Wow, it's good to know there is one and only one proper way to feed in coco. All these idiots using "plane" water must just be getting lucky.....You never feed coco "plane" or plain water. Coco is always fertigated with a nutrient solution.
Hey bud, it's amazing what you can get away with. Many people smoke, they don't all get cancer, but they do increase their chances. You can do many things in Coco and get away with them, does not mean it is the best practice. Yes people use plain water, no it is not a good idea, yes they may get away with it and have no ill effects or at least none they notice. It's all up to the grower, don't want to follow the way it was meant to be done than fine. When they are your plants you can take any short cuts you like. That's the joy of being the grower, you can decide what you do.Wow, it's good to know there is one and only one proper way to feed in coco. All these idiots using "plane" water must just be getting lucky.....
Hey, no worries man. Everyone has an opinion and there is nothing wrong with the exchange of ideas. It's conversations that lead to new knowledge, that is a positive thing.thanx, i never said it was a good idea, i was simply told you cant do it
Here is a detailed post about the chemistry behind coco, and the reasoning for feeding a nutrient solution each time. It's kind of heavy but all coco users should read this: https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=307683just an apology for earlier. i had no intentions of missleading any coco growers. i can understand how aweak solution can help to reduce toxic levels of nutes, but didnt realise that giving plane, ph adjusted water would harm your grow
The issue I see with that is you push plain water into the coco which washes out the stored nutes and salts. When done you now have coco with 0 in it, now your plant goes without until you water again.on thinking about it, you make a weak nute solution by adding plane water toany medium that containes nutes, so im still sure about my idea of watering in between feeds when in the seedling stage
I feed my seedlings from day 1 and most people say not to. I look at it this way, soil always has nutes, why would I starve them in Coco. When I put seedlings in my coco plugs I use 1/4 strength nutes and never had a problem. I do agree that many over due it, and technically a seedling should be good the first couple weeks so I keep it light. I think though if we want to help new growers it is better to tech them the proper practice rather than say use plain water in case you mess it up. As I say, enthusiastic new growers are dangerous. Too many believe that they can just nuke the plant with as many nutes as they can buy.which wont harm a seedling, yet saves it from being overferted by enthusiastic new growers. i agree its not good practice, but i see so many posts and know there are lots of readers having trouble germinating them, that it cant hurt for the new grower to do
Please just stop offering your opinion on the feeding and practices of a medium you've never tried. Just because you don't understand the reason why it's bad doesn't mean it's not bad.which wont harm a seedling, yet saves it from being overferted by enthusiastic new growers. i agree its not good practice, but i see so many posts and know there are lots of readers having trouble germinating them, that it cant hurt for the new grower to do