First Grow. Coco .perpetual Harvests, 2x 600w Hps + 400w Hm. Automatic Feeding.

[AlbaNinja84]

the temps are causing the plants to drink faster which is spiking the ec in the coco
lower the ec and water more often

Every time you comment I learn something new. Thanks
Wednesday we will mount cool tubes. I'll lower the feeding to 1.3 1.4.
Watering my partner doesn't have enough time to water once a day.
I'm hoping on dropping the temperature a lot.

 

[Wisher619]

Every time you comment I learn something new. Thanks
Wednesday we will mount cool tubes. I'll lower the feeding to 1.3 1.4.
Watering my partner doesn't have enough time to water once a day.
I'm hoping on dropping the temperature a lot.

well if the coco dosnt get watered at least once a day they will be dead soon
you will walk in and all of them will be wilted
this will happen I promise

as a matter of fact they will need watering 2-3x a day soon

 

[Polar510]

Watering multiple times a day is not realistic to Your setup right now. Your in a standard drain to waste like Me right?
If You water everyday 2-3 times a day, they will need it after a while just like feeding high ec all the time as soon as You back off they wont be happy.
I personally have always watered coco once a day by hand and never had an issue with it, EVER.
I think if Your in a media that holds very little water like clay pebbles You probably want to feed more then once a day.
That being said, I know Wisher knows his shit were just on different grow styles.

 

[AlbaNinja84]

Yea there watered once a day, but unfortunately my friend doesnt have time to do multiple feeds. That’s one of the reasons why we’re back to soil.
Hope it will be ok further on.
It’s all hand watered.
Bought the cooltubes, they should drop the temperature a lot.
And started main lining on another plant just for an experiment.

 

[Wisher619]

Yea there watered once a day, but unfortunately my friend doesnt have time to do multiple feeds. That’s one of the reasons why we’re back to soil.
Hope it will be ok further on.
It’s all hand watered.
Bought the cooltubes, they should drop the temperature a lot.
And started main lining on another plant just for an experiment.

so
It is very cheap and easy to set up a auto watering system
that would eliminate the chance of not watering
with coco it also depends on pot size
to maximize coco's potential you should be in as smaller pot and fed multiple times a day
you give them doses or "Shots"
it would be something like 10sec feeds 10x a day
by about mid day you would begin to get a dribble of runoff
the last feeding should get you a good amount of runoff
this works for Rockwool as well as coco
first shot is typically 2hours after lights on
last shot 2 hours before lights out
this is Professional Hydroponic Agricultural practices
as for the hobbyist you can run larger say 2-3 gal pots and water once a day
that is practicle

 

[AlbaNinja84]

so
It is very cheap and easy to set up a auto watering system
that would eliminate the chance of not watering
with coco it also depends on pot size
to maximize coco's potential you should be in as smaller pot and fed multiple times a day
you give them doses or "Shots"
it would be something like 10sec feeds 10x a day
by about mid day you would begin to get a dribble of runoff
the last feeding should get you a good amount of runoff
this works for Rockwool as well as coco
first shot is typically 2hours after lights on
last shot 2 hours before lights out
this is Professional Hydroponic Agricultural practices
as for the hobbyist you can run larger say 2-3 gal pots and water once a day
that is practicle

Yes our initial idea was to have a top feed sistem, drain to waist. With trays to collect waist. But going back to soil we don’t want to spend the money.
There in 1.3-1.5 gallon pots, I imagine that watering once a day in full flower won’t be enough.
Could I put them in bigger pots very gently? Trying not to shock?
They just started flower.

 

[Polar510]

I have been using 2 gallon smart pots. I really like them.

 

[AlbaNinja84]

I have been using 2 gallon smart pots. I really like them.

I'll buy 2 gallon pots tomorrow and transplant them there. The shock will be less damaging then not giving enough water. So I hope =)

 

[Wisher619]

Yes our initial idea was to have a top feed sistem, drain to waist. With trays to collect waist. But going back to soil we don’t want to spend the money.
There in 1.3-1.5 gallon pots, I imagine that watering once a day in full flower won’t be enough.
Could I put them in bigger pots very gently? Trying not to shock?
They just started flower.

is this with coco or soil
so are the plants trasnplanted back to soil already?

 

[AlbaNinja84]

is this with coco or soil
so are the plants trasnplanted back to soil already?

No when I meant going back to soil, i mean that i planted new strains in soil.
The ones in coco will remain in coco untill I cut them.

I was talking about transplanting the coco plants in bigger pots with more coco.

 

[Wisher619]

No when I meant going back to soil, i mean that i planted new strains in soil.
The ones in coco will remain in coco untill I cut them.

I was talking about transplanting the coco plants in bigger pots with more coco.

oh yeah this will work fine
it may set your harvest ime back by about 2 weeks

 

[AlbaNinja84]

We mounted the cooltubes.
My friend said temperature went from from 27c to 19 c. Now it’s full winter, it’s the coldest it will ever get. :):):):cool::cool::cool::cool::smoking:

 

[Polar510]

Just plug Your exhaust fan into a speed controller.
Turn it down in the Winter and up a little in the summer.

 

[AlbaNinja84]

Just plug Your exhaust fan into a speed controller.
Turn it down in the Winter and up a little in the summer.

Got it incorporated in my extractor =)

 

[Polar510]

Sounds like Your all set keep us posted!

 

[AlbaNinja84]

Temperature is solved. But humidity raised a lot, we will add a dehumidifier.
Plants look very healthy now.
Just the canopy is uneven, we will try and work on them to see if they get better.

 

[Polar510]

Nice cruising right along!

 

[AlbaNinja84]

Main lining is working good, plants after 2 days from when they are topped start growing again.
We also started to tie one of them.

 

[AlbaNinja84]

Ok so our coco plants vegged too much =).
They are getting pretty big. That have filled their space compleately.
This is my first grow, and I’m doing the impossible to keep things in order only going to the house twice a week.
With our new plants we will try and work on the canopy better.

 

[AlbaNinja84]

oh yeah this will work fine
it may set your harvest ime back by about 2 weeks

Wisher can i ask you what is your view on flushing in coco?