Let us journey into the Coco!

Hey there RIU!

My 1st grow is coming to that time where I must start thinking of my next crop. I have gotten a closet all set up for Veg and I am going to take the first steps on another Cannabis journey.

For this journey as with all journeys I want to learn everything I can, and try something new, and have a lot of fun. I will be venturing into the mystical realm of "soiless" and growing in a Coco-Coir and Perlite!

I plan obviously to keep everything as organic as possible promoting as many natural processes as possible. I currently use Earth Juice Nutrients in my soil, and will continue to in Coco, though I may look into their Coco specific line they came out with.I will make a journal when I start if you want to know more about the specifics on the grow but here are a couple main points.

• I plan on using about 70/30 Coco/Perlite for my medium, I bought 2 10lbs bricks and am hoping to fill 5 7 Gallon pots with them. (I will buy some perlite soon)
  
• I have never re-hydrated Coco before obviously but I fairly confident that won't be any issue. I as well will assure I have CalMag unless the Coco line of EJ doesn't need it.
• I plan on popping the beans in peat moss pods and I was planning on just dropping the pods into the Coco like I did with soil and being careful with the water until the girls fill out the pot.
• PH I currently keep about 5.8 and was just going to continue to do so

Anyway my question is, is there anything I should look out for in my first time growing with Coco, and does anything look wrong with my plan?

I hope this will be an easy transition, although if there is any common mistakes I would hope to avoid them!

Any tips would be great!

i think your going to have to step up the ph coco is just a medium meant to deliver to the plant it's pretty neutral

Make sure to flush the shit out of your coco before you pot it. go 50/50 on the mix. 5.5-5.7 ph.

You don't want organics in coco either. you will have to Inoculate the coco
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Rinse the coco very well.

I found 5.8-6.0 works well...less cal mag diff. You don't need to flush your coco before potting. That's with old coco not New. not sure about organic tho, coco is picky with wanting nutes

Thank you all for the responses! I have been able to find next to no info on using an organic nute line in Coco. Now I for sure will do a grow journal with it to see how it goes! I get to keep a close eye on my grows so hopefully I can dial in the nutes well enough.

full coco grow still in action...I wouldn't add perlite imo...coco drains fast and dries out quick once the roots take hold. I have to full water my veg room everyday. only thing I'm thinking tho was organic nutes maybe tough.. in coco deficiencies are day to day not slow like soil.

Looks good. I use half strength nutes of the week 1 schedule and ph'd water to expand my coco blocks in a big tote. Transplant the seedlings/clones then soak the pots with half strength of week 1 nute schedule and ph'd water till it drains out the bottom. Do nothing else for three days.

O yea absolutely use nutes made for coco

I've begun to recondition used coco with a soak in H2o2 for a day, then add enzymes over another couple of days to break down the roots and other organics left behind. I drain and keep in bins until I need to use it again. Quick rinse with a Ca and Mg and its ready to go.

Simples.