DST!

lusidghost said:

Just up your dosage a little then? When I used 5 gallon or even 3 gallon fabric pots, I would water once every two days until they demanded a daily watering, but they never required more than that. I could see if you had a big plant in a small pot, but that would be more of a demand for moisture than nutrients.

Right now I'm growing 6 plants in a 2 x2 ft bed covered ion panda film. They have plenty of coco to dig around in, and it stayed moist for much longer than in fabric pots. The plants doing fine. I went three days without watering them last week, but I think that's pushing it nutrient wise. Every other day seems perfect.

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That's not how coco works.

twentyeight.threefive said:

In DWC the roots are continuously exposed to nutrient solution. Multi feeds in coco are similar as you constantly try to keep the roots exposed to fresh nutrients.

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Coco doesn't really hold the nutrients. That's why it's considered hydro. If the roots are wet they have access to the nutrients. If they are eating heavy then you'll get an imbalance, but that's the same issue with DWC.

lusidghost said:

Just up your dosage a little then? When I used 5 gallon or even 3 gallon fabric pots, I would water once every two days until they demanded a daily watering, but they never required more than that. I could see if you had a big plant in a small pot, but that would be more of a demand for moisture than nutrients.

Right now I'm growing 6 plants in a 2 x2 ft bed covered ion panda film. They have plenty of coco to dig around in, and it stayed moist for much longer than in fabric pots. The plants doing fine. I went three days without watering them last week, but I think that's pushing it nutrient wise. Every other day seems perfect.

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Maybe I just have a thirsty strain, friend. I am happy that YOUR coco is nice and damp. I need to water mine more for now, I wanted to hear funny dst stories my friend. I was once in a ff14 raid, and yeeted the controller to run upstairs and feed my plants last spring... I was the dps

lusidghost said:

Coco doesn't really hold the nutrients. That's why it's considered hydro. If the roots are wet they have access to the nutrients. If they are eating heavy then you'll get an imbalance, but that's the same issue with DWC.

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Hey if you like feeding every other day or every ten days I don't care. Sure it may work but you can grow better plants when you treat coco properly.

Rsawr said:

Maybe I just have a thirsty strain, friend. I am happy that YOUR coco is nice and damp. I need to water mine more for now, I wanted to hear funny dst stories my friend. I was once in a ff14 raid, and yeeted the controller to run upstairs and feed my plants last spring... I was the dps

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I'm not telling you to change what you're doing. "Thirsty" is what I'm talking about. I didn't bring it up either, I was just questioning it.

lusidghost said:

I'm not tell you to change what you're doing. "Thirsty" is what I'm talking about. I didn't bring it up either, I was just questioning it.

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That's fine I never said you were trying to change my process. People get so defensive, lol. I was just putting out how to correctly treat coco in case others read it. People start feeding coco every three days and then they come on here wondering why they have issues.

Rsawr said:

Maybe I just have a thirsty strain, friend. I am happy that YOUR coco is nice and damp. I need to water mine more for now, I wanted to hear funny dst stories my friend. I was once in a ff14 raid, and yeeted the controller to run upstairs and feed my plants last spring... I was the dps

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So you were saying you weren't that important then? Not like a tank or healer. hahah

twentyeight.threefive said:

So you were saying you weren't that important then? Not like a tank or healer. hahah

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Yup, I got back and they were fine, but pissed

Maybe the Sunshine Protection Act will finally be approved in Congress and we can all stop fiddling with our clocks twice a year. It looks like there is a big push with many states on board.

twentyeight.threefive said:

That's fine I never said you were trying to change my process. People get so defensive, lol. I was just putting out how to correctly treat coco in case others read it. People start feeding coco every three days and then they come on here wondering why they have issues.

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I wasn’t talking to you, and I’m not so sure you know what you’re talking about. You’re hand watering in one gallon pots. That’s hilarious. Good luck deep into flower.

lusidghost said:

I wasn’t talking to you, and I’m not so sure you know what you’re talking about. You’re hand watering in one gallon pots. That’s hilarious. Good luck deep into flower.

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I'm sorry, I didn't raise my hand to speak? I don't know what I'm talking about? I'm not the one watering coco every two days. THAT is hilarious.

Wasn't the plan, but I can deal with what I have.
Yeah looking awful... Think I should transplant?

xtsho said:

Maybe the Sunshine Protection Act will finally be approved in Congress and we can all stop fiddling with our clocks twice a year. It looks like there is a big push with many states on board.

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Im hoping this is the year it happens. Seems to have the potential to happen. Bipartisan bill.

twentyeight.threefive said:

I'm sorry, I didn't raise my hand to speak? I don't know what I'm talking about? I'm not the one watering coco every two days. THAT is hilarious.

Wasn't the plan, but I can deal with what I have.
Yeah looking awful... Think I should transplant?

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They look nice. How much longer do they have?

Look at this.

lusidghost said:

Look at this. View attachment 4853140

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That an algae farm? JK. Are they exposed to light?

lusidghost said:

They look nice. How much longer do they have?

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IDK maybe 4-5 weeks, just based on appearance. Most tend to go longer than expected, never grew this strain before.

twentyeight.threefive said:

That an algae farm? JK. Are they exposed to light?

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Yep, and now I'm dealing with gnats. I didn't think I would need the panda film at first because they were fine during veg. But live and learn. Plus I wilted them a bit before the roots spread enough, so I got paranoid and started watering them too hard. This is an experimental setup. I used the same method last time, but with rockwool slabs instead. I didn't care for them so I went back to coco and came across these cubes. I have a few ideas how to improve on the next cycle.

I think the reason people recommend small pots with coco is because the pots are too deep causing the bottoms to stay too saturated, so the roots struggle to breathe until they fill in. Keeping it low and spread out seems to solve that problem. Plus the panda film holds in a lot of humidity. That's why the little roots are growing upward and creating a spikey ring around the hole in that empty cube.

twentyeight.threefive said:

IDK maybe 4-5 weeks, just based on appearance. Most tend to go longer than expected, never grew this strain before.


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Nice. I just hope you don't have to start watering under a green light.

you could maybe save yourselft a lot of work and put a small pump and timer to feed your plants automatically. Nice grow!

I’m about a month into flower. I’ve had some minor issues with a couple of plants, but I’m also running a lot of different strains for seed along with the wilt, algae and gnats. All in all I think they’re looking pretty good considering their hardships.