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Growing in coco question

Autodoctor

Autodoctor

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May give a shot on trying a grow in coco.
Only doing 2-4 plants in a 3x3 tent. wondering if I do fabric pots should I do it in 3 or 5 gln pots.
And how many 3 or 5 gln pot will one brick fill. Will be adding perlite.This way it gives me an idea how many to order. Am familiar a little with coco as far as how it expands from using it as reptile bedding. Also will it hurt to add a small amount of vermiculite to it as well
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MickFoster

MickFoster

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There is no need to add vermiculite to your coco.
I have used Mother Earth coco before with good success.........although it was the bag, not the brick.
I suggest you rinse it thoroughly to eliminate any powder and soak it in a weak nutrient solution or calmag solution overnight to be safe.
Good luck.
 
Autodoctor

Autodoctor

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MickFoster said:
There is no need to add vermiculite to your coco.
I have used Mother Earth coco before with good success.........although it was the bag, not the brick.
I suggest you rinse it thoroughly to eliminate any powder and soak it in a weak nutrient solution or calmag solution overnight to be safe.
Good luck.
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tks for that and yeah used to soak before use my it in the reptile bedding to eliminate the dust
 
Roger A. Shrubber

Roger A. Shrubber

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don't use cloth pots with coco, unless you want to water at least twice a day, every day. they dry out too fast, and coco cannot be allowed to dry out. if you miss one day of watering in cloth pots, you will get root damage.
never use vermiculite in coco, it's counter productive, vermiculite absorbs water, and so does coco....perlite is ok, but you don't need it.
hempy buckets aren't the only way to go with coco, but they're just so good for it...seems like a waste to go any other way to me
 
Star Dog

Star Dog

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There's coco and coco some holds water/nutrient better than others, imo the better holding (premium) benefits from some perlite for the early stages of seedlings/clones, once potted on I don't bother with it.
 
lusidghost

lusidghost

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
don't use cloth pots with coco, unless you want to water at least twice a day, every day. they dry out too fast, and coco cannot be allowed to dry out. if you miss one day of watering in cloth pots, you will get root damage.
never use vermiculite in coco, it's counter productive, vermiculite absorbs water, and so does coco....perlite is ok, but you don't need it.
hempy buckets aren't the only way to go with coco, but they're just so good for it...seems like a waste to go any other way to me
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I've never watered more than once a day unless they were under three gallon pots.
 
A

A.k.a

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Me too, and I’m running 30-40% rh usually.


unless you’re growing massive plants three gallons will be plenty watering once a day.
 
xtsho

xtsho

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100% coco, cloth pots, and Blumats. I found that to be a winning combination and maintenance free. The key is feeding properly. Most people overfeed regardless of how they grow.

I don't recommend it for the first time using coco. Something to think about if you stay with coco and get tired of hand watering, collecting runoff, or dealing with some irrigation system that requires pumps , timers, etc... and want to simplify things.

Good luck. Coco is great for growing cannabis as well as most plants.
 
ComputerSaysNo

ComputerSaysNo

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I've grown in coco, wick system (AutoPot), 50/50 coco and clay pebbles. Those are plastic pots, but they're permanently watered, so that's not an issue for me anyway.

After transplanting I had to hand water, but it was only once or twice in 2 weeks; the coco holds plenty of moisture.

xtsho said:
Coco is great for growing cannabis as well as most plants.
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Yes, it's great, I will never grow in soil again.
 
twentyeight.threefive

twentyeight.threefive

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Autodoctor said:
May give a shot on trying a grow in coco.
Only doing 2-4 plants in a 3x3 tent. wondering if I do fabric pots should I do it in 3 or 5 gln pots.
And how many 3 or 5 gln pot will one brick fill. Will be adding perlite.This way it gives me an idea how many to order. Am familiar a little with coco as far as how it expands from using it as reptile bedding. Also will it hurt to add a small amount of vermiculite to it as well
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5 gallon pots are overkill for coco, 3 gallons will be fine. If you can get bagged Canna Coco locally I'd do that, shipping bags would be expensive.

You can skip the perlite if you want and I'd definitely not add vermiculite.

What are your plans for feeding nutrients?
 
lusidghost

lusidghost

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There is no cheap way to get coco shipped. I bought a bunch of bricks, and it was still fairly expensive. Luckily I’m using 1 gallon pots with Blumats, so I only used around 3 bricks to fill 20-something pots. I was using rockwool and prepackaged coco cubes for the last few years, but preparing the coco wasn’t nearly as big of a deal as I remembered. It’s nice not having to flush the hell out of it anymore. That was always the most laborious part.
 
ComputerSaysNo

ComputerSaysNo

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lusidghost said:
There is no cheap way to get coco shipped. I bought a bunch of bricks, and it was still fairly expensive.
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Huh? Those bricks weigh next to nothing and they're super compact. You can get them on Amazon with free shipping. Available in every garden center and grow store.
 
lusidghost

lusidghost

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ComputerSaysNo said:
Huh? Those bricks weigh next to nothing and they're super compact. You can get them on Amazon with free shipping. Available in every garden center and grow store.
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Look at the prices online compared to a local grow shop. At least that’s what I hear because I don’t have a local grow shop anywhere near me. The bags are insanely expensive. Bricks are a little cheaper, but still, it’s coco fiber.
 
ComputerSaysNo

ComputerSaysNo

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lusidghost said:
The bags are insanely expensive. Bricks are a little cheaper, but still, it’s coco fiber.
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The bricks are available in every garden center where I live. The garden centers are usually attached to hardware stores. The bricks are not used very much as it seems, because I only see them on small shelves in the specialty section. I haven't seen bags of coco.

Typical price for a brick that yields 9 ltr of substrate is around €3.
70 ltr bag of buffered coco is €16.
Just pulled those numbers from a quick Amazon search.

Checking some "specialty grow shop" (= online hydro store) gives me €2.40 for a brick and €19 for a 50 ltr bag of Canna Coco. Shipping is usually in the range of €5, unless it's getting bulky (> 20 kg and such), then you pay €20 or some such.
 
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