bottom feeding coco

[moodster]

hi farmers i have 4 plants in flower in coco im using gh nutes and the lucas formula i have been running to waste with 10% runoff i have been thinking if i should be bottom feeding her nutes ? and what should i be doing with plain water in between feedings should plain go in the top to avoid salt build up ?? thanks farmers:party0042:

 

[motherlode]

thats what Im doing bro - bottom fed e/f once a day - res is base nutes only - I supplement with organics and boosters in my top feed

 

[Darth Fader]

Wick-fed is really nice if you want to be able to leave your plants for days at a time or if you just don't like having to mix nutes & handwater every day. Another great thing is not having to worry about over/underwatering. Only issue I ever had was ppm buildup in the res, so that has to be watched & managed.

 

[L-Immortal]

hi farmers i have 4 plants in flower in coco im using gh nutes and the lucas formula i have been running to waste with 10% runoff i have been thinking if i should be bottom feeding her nutes ? and what should i be doing with plain water in between feedings should plain go in the top to avoid salt build up ?? thanks farmers:party0042:

Bottom feed once a day with your lucas formula. I would never run water between feedings unless you have issues. I would use drip clean with your base nutes then you need not worry about any salt buildup. Just use it from day one and your straight

 

[Bud Spleefman]

Why Lucas? 8/16? 6/9 (H3AD FORMULA) is much better for Coco, same nutes, just a slightly different ratio.

 

[true grit]

Make sure you use drip clean, went this route for a while handfeeding. worked fine- i was trying to avoid compaction, etc. Found no real difference between bottom/top feeding- seems less salt build up tho top feeding, even with drip clean. could just be my experience.

 

[moodster]

Why Lucas? 8/16? 6/9 (H3AD FORMULA) is much better for Coco, same nutes, just a slightly different ratio.

i do use 6/9 m8 and loving the results i should have said earlier :party0042:

 

[hiboy]

I use to bottom feed/flood the tables, then i went to drip, well it aint a drip its a flow . 3 minutes twice a day in flower. Agree with true grit about less salt/nute build up with top feeding. I like to rinse every 3 rez changes with just water to clean out the krap kickin in the cubes. Went from 270 ppm to 570 ppm with a flush= ran a drip for 20 minutes flowing water thru the rw cubes
hiboy