Hey bud... Would it be possible to snap some shots of your coco beds on your next update? I'd really like to try either a soil or coco bed in the future after seeing GM and Obs straight slaying shit... Any thoughts about the pros and cons between the two mediums, your watering/feeding regiment, and procedure would be greatly appreciated... :cool
Hey brother man! Yeah I'll jump in early tonite and snag a pic or two the candy bed thats about done. Looks stringy, but was the only way to get her to yield decently with some stretch.
So been doing coco for over a year now and can say i love the medium compared to soil...lot less little things to control vs. soil but i did enjoy being organic and ease of Age Old (im going to start trying to dial Age Old in coco soon). Then came the beds- and holy shit my life got way easier. In the
smart pots I was pretty much having to either water daily or super soak (which i don't prefer). Didn't want to set up elaborate drip/floods/yada yada so set up 200g
smart pot bed and saw the light. lol. Now im watering the bed every 2-3 days with 10-12g of feed. If I wanted to soak it, i could easily go 4-5 days between watering but i don't like water logging em them. I'm ordering the Ag T-Tape Obs recommended for the next run to make things simple. I'll be changning my set up design, but it will basically allow me to roll in a 20g trash can/res with nutes, turn on the pump and flood teh beds every 3-4 days. Currently hand watering isn't even bad compared to previously. I mean lets say you are running 8-9
smart pots and each is blowing up mid bloom, if ya don't have a reliable drip or something- you are a busy person- id like to think that keeps me much more on top of plants tho. lol.
Overall, do the
smart pot beds if you run coco. Super easy, simple to water, retain water well in such a large volume of coco, plants are much much more vigorous with the expanded space for root growth etc...and easy to set up. Grab a 4x4 tray, cut down a 200g
smart pot ($35) to 10-12", add 4-5 bags of coco and you are ready to rock for several runs. I'll probably try to replace coco around every 3rd run. Gonna be running diesels and shit so that means if flushed well each time, 1 bed will last most of the year before changing out coco. good stuff.