Coco do I need to add cal mag from start!

[Yoteslayer007]

Going with coco this run seems kinda over whelming ! Everything I read talks about adding cal mag before planting seed! Do I feed everyday with cal mag or once a week!?Hopefully someone can shed some light on this for me! Bought mothers nature 70/30 coco

 

[PixelPlanter]

I add some when I hydrate my coco.

You don't need to add it every feeding. I add a good pour of it when I hydrate my coco, and then I add a few ml to my feed water for the first few weeks.

 

[Yoteslayer007]

OK, awesome thank you

 

[RoadKillSkunkHunt]

OK, awesome thank you

Calcium needs go through the roof as your plants start flowering. You may need to use more cal-mag through out the grow. Cal-mag tends to be more than a one or 2 time thing through out a grow. This is especially true in coco under LEDs.

 

[Florida_Mike]

Welcome to the Farm!

I grow in rockwool with 2 wide open 1/4" tubes going to each plant; that run continually when the lights are on. The 20 gallon reservoir gets topped up with ro water and full strength nutrients including cal-mag, every day (13-16 gallons/day by end of stretch). Like rockwool, coco is inert and must be fed up to twice per day during heavy growth.

Never let coco dry out it'll become hydrophobic -

• Goes hydrophobic: fibers shrink, pull from pot walls; water beads and channels past roots instead of soaking in.
• Salt/EC spikes: as water leaves, salts concentrate; first re-wet can dump a hot mix on roots → burn.
• pH/biology drift: micro-life stalls; fine root hairs die back; medium structure tightens.

Good luck, Happy Growing!

 

[Yoteslayer007]

Welcome to the Farm!

I grow in rockwool with 2 wide open 1/4" tubes going to each plant; that run continually when the lights are on. The 20 gallon reservoir gets topped up with ro water and full strength nutrients including cal-mag, every day (13-16 gallons/day by end of stretch). Like rockwool, coco is inert and must be fed up to twice per day during heavy growth.

Never let coco dry out it'll become hydrophobic -

• Goes hydrophobic: fibers shrink, pull from pot walls; water beads and channels past roots instead of soaking in.
• Salt/EC spikes: as water leaves, salts concentrate; first re-wet can dump a hot mix on roots → burn.
• pH/biology drift: micro-life stalls; fine root hairs die back; medium structure tightens.

Good luck, Happy Growing!

Thank you!!!Been growing in ocean forest and coco but never strait coco!! Exciting!

 

[Yoteslayer007]

Calcium needs go through the roof as your plants start flowering. You may need to use more cal-mag through out the grow. Cal-mag tends to be more than a one or 2 time thing through out a grow. This is especially true in coco under LEDs.

Thank you !! Maybe start with 2ml per gallon once a week see how that works!!

 

[Florida_Mike]

Welcome to the Farm!

I grow in rockwool with 2 wide open 1/4" tubes going to each plant; that run continually when the lights are on. The 20 gallon reservoir gets topped up with ro water and full strength nutrients including cal-mag, every day (13-16 gallons/day by end of stretch). Like rockwool, coco is inert and must be fed up to twice per day during heavy growth.

Never let coco dry out it'll become hydrophobic -

• Goes hydrophobic: fibers shrink, pull from pot walls; water beads and channels past roots instead of soaking in.
• Salt/EC spikes: as water leaves, salts concentrate; first re-wet can dump a hot mix on roots → burn.
• pH/biology drift: micro-life stalls; fine root hairs die back; medium structure tightens.

Good luck, Happy Growing!

Here's a couple pics, in case you think I'm fos

 

[Illbill]

Thank you !! Maybe start with 2ml per gallon once a week see how that works!

I water once a day to 50 percent runoff and full dose of calmag every time. I always run into problems if I don’t. Coco is great. If you mess up just flush it with nutrient water.

 

[Florida_Mike]

I water once a day to 50 percent runoff and full dose of calmag every time. I always run into problems if I don’t. Coco is great. If you mess up just flush it with nutrient water.

In my system, I flush every 7 days. 1 hr with plain ph water, Then drain res and refill with full strength nutrients. It's like starting brand new every 7 days - This pretty much eliminates any deficiencies OR excess salt buildup in the rockwool slabs... I weigh lbs and keys instead of grams & oz's

 

[Illbill]

In my system, I flush every 7 days. 1 hr with plain ph water, Then drain res and refill with full strength nutrients. It's like starting brand new every 7 days - This pretty much eliminates any deficiencies OR excess salt buildup in the rockwool slabs... I weigh lbs and keys instead of grams & oz's

Yep. Making sure it all stays rinsed out and fresh is where it’s at. I usually do the 50 percent runoff and flush every couple weeks on top of that.

 

[Yoteslayer007]

Yep. Making sure it all stays rinsed out and fresh is where it’s at. I usually do the 50 percent runoff and flush every couple weeks on top of that.

Man that’s gonna be rough with the runoff! Maybe will tilt pots a little

 

[Yoteslayer007]

In my system, I flush every 7 days. 1 hr with plain ph water, Then drain res and refill with full strength nutrients. It's like starting brand new every 7 days - This pretty much eliminates any deficiencies OR excess salt buildup in the rockwool slabs... I weigh lbs and keys instead of grams & oz's

I get about 5 ounces growing with fox farms but water every 2 days ! This may be a challenge! This is New York sour diesel tyson2.0