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Hi all,
We were at first going to design our grow room with MPBs (21kw, 16plants) but we decided to stick with a medium like coco because we don't have experience in water culture and since seriously ill patients depend on our results its better to not take risks in a first grow. So the room wil have a 21kw MPB layout but the medium will be coco. The room dimensions are approx. 18ft x 18ft with 40" centers.
I've grown in soil before , both organically and with synthetics. I'm interested in switching to coco for trees b/c I'm told coco has faster growth and I also like the idea of it being able to be fed often. Also I want to get away from peat due to the problem of flushing big pots of it. I've found peat gets water-logged too easily if you need to flush.
We aren't interested in an automated feed program. In fact, a benefit to the grow is hand-watering as myself and a few of the other patients find great stress relief from getting in amongst the plants and manually feeding them. We aren't opposed to watering two times a day. I've read about people mixing coco 50/50 with hydroton which interests me as that would allow lots of watering every day. Here are some questions I have, mostly having to do with my lack of experience growing trees.
What size pots should we use for MPB style coco trees? (thinking of using smart pots)
What medium is reccomended for watering often? I'm willing to handwater twice a day in full flower. 50/50 coco and hydroton?
anyone know how long approx to veg for MPB style trees in coco?
thx
We were at first going to design our grow room with MPBs (21kw, 16plants) but we decided to stick with a medium like coco because we don't have experience in water culture and since seriously ill patients depend on our results its better to not take risks in a first grow. So the room wil have a 21kw MPB layout but the medium will be coco. The room dimensions are approx. 18ft x 18ft with 40" centers.
I've grown in soil before , both organically and with synthetics. I'm interested in switching to coco for trees b/c I'm told coco has faster growth and I also like the idea of it being able to be fed often. Also I want to get away from peat due to the problem of flushing big pots of it. I've found peat gets water-logged too easily if you need to flush.
We aren't interested in an automated feed program. In fact, a benefit to the grow is hand-watering as myself and a few of the other patients find great stress relief from getting in amongst the plants and manually feeding them. We aren't opposed to watering two times a day. I've read about people mixing coco 50/50 with hydroton which interests me as that would allow lots of watering every day. Here are some questions I have, mostly having to do with my lack of experience growing trees.
What size pots should we use for MPB style coco trees? (thinking of using smart pots)
What medium is reccomended for watering often? I'm willing to handwater twice a day in full flower. 50/50 coco and hydroton?
anyone know how long approx to veg for MPB style trees in coco?
thx