question about watering coco

Xul

Xul

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Hey everyone,

I'm curious what all the coco users do for watering their plants...do you alternate with nutes once, then plain water the next feeding or do you feed nutes every feeding unless the ppm levels of the runoff is too high and then flush a bit to correct ppm levels? Also, do you water every day despite the coco not being dried out a bit (i've heard many times people saying you can't over-water coco) or do you treat it like soil and let it dry a bit and just do as needed?

Thanks!
 
diggs99

diggs99

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Not a coco grower but from the reading i have done , it seems coco growers are feeding nutes every day, sometimes twice a day.

never allowing the coco to dry out

Stay tuned, im sure one of the better growers will pop in help you out with more certainty
 
3rd Monkey

3rd Monkey

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I treat it just like hydro.

Nutes every time to runoff. Every time to runoff is a flush. Every day, sometimes multiple times a day.

Contrary to belief, you can overwater coco, but it's usually not just overwater but compaction from the way you water.

I drilled very small holes in a juice bottle lid and squeeze it in. Big floppy drops from a watering can will compact it. A fountain of water from a cup wil compact it. Same principle as soil there.
 
WingAK

WingAK

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I’m curious about coco and why people use liquid nutrients. Wouldn’t it be easier to amend the coco with some dry organic nutrients and top dress as necessary? Then all you would have to worry about is properly ph water.
 
3rd Monkey

3rd Monkey

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WingAK said:
I’m curious about coco and why people use liquid nutrients. Wouldn’t it be easier to amend the coco with some dry organic nutrients and top dress as necessary? Then all you would have to worry about is properly ph water.
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Coco doesn't hold very well. I would think most would leach out, especially with the frequent watering.

I could be wrong...
 
WingAK

WingAK

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3rd Monkey said:
Coco doesn't hold very well. I would think most would leach out, especially with the frequent watering.

I could be wrong...
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I’ve seen a few people do it the way I’ve suggested and they are growing some amazing looking plants. One I watch and follow on instagram and has a bunch of videos is doing a damn fine job Mr.Cannucks I’d suggest following what he does. But I guess most people don’t like growing this way because then they can’t spend every week figuring out what deficiency that have going on lol.
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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I water when the pots feel lighter but the coco is still wet. For a well rooted plant in the right size container this will be daily, for a non rooted plant every two to three days maybe but i nay wamt much longer so pot size is key here.

It is impossible to overwater like soil which will create toxic conditions but it is possible to overwater plants if it stays constantly saturated.

I would question why you would need to water fully saturated coco as it wont absorb any and youll just have the equivelent volume of runoff meaning plenrty of waste.

Once you find that line with coco they grow like crazy, roots are mental to see on repots. If it dries down too much you create salt, hence the need to keep the main volume at least damp. I always found the top layer drying singnified watering.

I prefer soil so no plans to run coco any time soon, watering every day 13 pla.ts at different stages.... soil anyday but ya that coco be amazing if you can get say ten grows down to dial it in.

Canna coco the unbuffered bag and a+b gave me dank ass plants no ph just good quality tap water. Mainly my ferts put ph around six so no need to do much there.

Youll get it down in time :-)
 
Xul

Xul

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Kingrow1 said:
I water when the pots feel lighter but the coco is still wet. For a well rooted plant in the right size container this will be daily, for a non rooted plant every two to three days maybe but i nay wamt much longer so pot size is key here.

It is impossible to overwater like soil which will create toxic conditions but it is possible to overwater plants if it stays constantly saturated.

I would question why you would need to water fully saturated coco as it wont absorb any and youll just have the equivelent volume of runoff meaning plenrty of waste.

Once you find that line with coco they grow like crazy, roots are mental to see on repots. If it dries down too much you create salt, hence the need to keep the main volume at least damp. I always found the top layer drying singnified watering.

I prefer soil so no plans to run coco any time soon, watering every day 13 pla.ts at different stages.... soil anyday but ya that coco be amazing if you can get say ten grows down to dial it in.

Canna coco the unbuffered bag and a+b gave me dank ass plants no ph just good quality tap water. Mainly my ferts put ph around six so no need to do much there.

Youll get it down in time :-)
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Yeah, I've done a handful of grows already but i like to hear what others have to say and i've run into difference issues and it's just a nice refresher (my memory isn't the best). I've done both, water every day despite if the coco is dry and i've also let the pots go damn near dry, in fact, dry to the point of wilting, but they sprung right back after watering, so I was just curious what people thought worked best :) Thanks for the reply! All good points!
 
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Lethidox

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you don't let coco dry out cause i think of catatonic exchange. basically if you let it dry out it has a harder time reabsorbing the water so it basically will slide off the surface more. thus why if that happens people recommend you soak the pots i think. currently testing this is HP pro mix which is a spaghnum moss base works really good so far. i try to feed daily as well; well every watering but have gotten nitrogen toxicity a little so i tone it down and just adjust feeding based on how the plants look.

i don't grow in coco but will be after i run my HP mix dry which is probably after 1 more grow. lots of people grow in coco though and it is actually a sustainable medium.
 
WingAK

WingAK

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Bluntroll86 said:
I took what I wanted out of the book and the results have been awesome
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Yeah I agree that they probably are. I’m just trying to say the way weed is being grown today is what people know and there is better ways now but like myself are stuck in the old ways because it’s the only info we can get and when we hear of a better way we brush it off because it seems to simple not to be dumping 10 different chemicals on a plant. Just like the book you got do you think they could sell that book without over complicating a grow no they couldn’t.
 
Kingrow1

Kingrow1

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Xul said:
Yeah, I've done a handful of grows already but i like to hear what others have to say and i've run into difference issues and it's just a nice refresher (my memory isn't the best). I've done both, water every day despite if the coco is dry and i've also let the pots go damn near dry, in fact, dry to the point of wilting, but they sprung right back after watering, so I was just curious what people thought worked best :) Thanks for the reply! All good points!
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I think my way is knid of the middle of the both ways you have explained.

I wouldnt do it often but occassionally when the coco seems dry the plants seem unaffected as you say. Must still be moist around roots or somthing idk for sure the reason there but yes it has happened to me.

Unless some of the volume of water had left the coco watering daily didnt work out too well for me.

:-)
 
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