Feeding clones

my clones are rooted and growing great in coco. This is my coco medium. It has nuets in it. When should I give them their first feeding. I am using nectar for the gods (I have a box of all of their stuff)

the clones are the bigger 3 plants. I havent fed only watered because my coco comes with their first feeding.(that's what the ppl from the grow shop said)

the nutes I'm going to be using.

Grown on coco before? There are a few tricks to it. I'd say you could feed them any time now. I'd go maybe 1/4 strength at first. Clones can handle strong feedings...but often company doses on the bottle are too high. So to avoid burning them...start low and work up.
You want to get runoff...I'm fairly casual about this. I don't rigidly do 20% runoff...but more like a weekly flush with closer to 40%. This is experimentation on my part...so I'm not telling you to do it my way.

With coco...never give straight RO/distilled...it'll wash out your calmag buffering.

The dreaded toxic salt build-up usually happens around mid flower with leaves dying off...and worsening every day. If that ever happens...flush the shit out of them...with low dose nutes or calmag. Then reduce nutes and continue.

Better to keep nutes low with good runoff...as prevention.
cheers,
JD

Thanks alot. This is my first grow. Only been a few weeks now and its alot to handle. I have a great setup and a friend with great genetics.

Can someone help with a good watering schedule? I've been giving a half cup to a cup everytime the soil is dry. PH to 6.5ish

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Can someone help with a good watering schedule? I've been giving a half cup to a cup everytime the soil is dry. PH to 6.5ish

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Not enough. This is coco, not soil. It's a soil-less medium. I'd give way more. Soon, once in final pot...you will need to water them to wet the whole thing. For now...the piecemeal watering you're doing is OK. Bump up to 1 cup on the little ones and maybe a pint on the bigger ones. I never measure...I just water till it starts coming out the bottom. That's why coco is categorized as run to waste.
JD

and ph 5.8-6.2

Thank you. The smaller one in the red cup is a 2 week old seedling and I waterlogged the coco with tiny drain holes. I poked a shit ton of holes and starves her for a few days to dry out soil. It dried yesterday so I gave her a quatercup today. She looks droopy and it scares me

Does she look overwatered to you guys? Shes more droopy then perky so it scared me. Maybe I'm just being over worrisome idk

Do you water everyday?

You can water everyday, 3 times a day, once every other day, how ever you like.

coco holds plenty of o2 and introducing more water adds more o2, its difficult to overwater.
Overwatering is actually a lack of oxygen, not too much water.

The reason we don't like to let it dry is because it can cause salt build up, since your not feeding nutrients yet that shouldn't happen.

When your lower leaves start to yellow then start to introduce your nutrients at a lower amount than suggested on the bottle.

Also, should I add more coco to the baby seedling that is stretching up to the top of the cup to bury some of the stem? You guys are the shit and I love this site.

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Does she look overwatered to you guys? Shes more droopy then perky so it scared me. Maybe I'm just being over worrisome idk

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Henny,
First...as a new grower...you most likely will overtend and hover like a worried Mother. That's what newbs do...but don't let it go so far as to kill it.

If your coco was fairly coarse...it should drain well. Some coco is a little less porous...more pith. Guys add perlite to keep things draining well. So coco plants don't suffer from overwatering as easily as soil plants.

Try and determine this. Do you have any fabric bags? Put some of that coco in a pot...fill it up and see how many days it takes to dry...and feel how heavy it is. When I lift a totally wet coco pot...if it feels really heavy...then I know it has too little drainage. Needs some perlite. Just fool around till you get a good mix. 20% perlite is used commonly.
JD

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Also, should I add more coco to the baby seedling that is stretching up to the top of the cup to bury some of the stem? You guys are the shit and I love this site.

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Sure...why not

Lmao yeah lucky for my plants I work full time and have a big family to raise so I'm not fucking with them 24/7

I I transplanted her into 3 gal and fed her. She was rooted around the bottom of that little cup. Hopefully she perks back up.

That's not straight coco. It's a blend of coco and peat and a bunch of other ingredients including worm castings, guano, and various meals.

Now that you point it out, true @xtsho... Depending on what I've learned with mastering soil for gardening (not cannabis - i grow many leafy greens and medicinal + culinary herbs outdoor which loves my cool env). Easy to miss with the untrained eye. Still, if the mix is right, may be a great medium. However, guess amounts of minor nutrients with the worm casting is added. Not "truel-ly soilless"