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Hello everyone,
I'm using a coco mix for the first time and am having over watering problems. It's straight coco with no perlite and on my first watering I over watered a couple of plants. Although the new growth looks fine so I think they will be ok, i'm not sure if I need to get some perlite in there as I think the plants are getting water logged. I left them to dry really well but noticed when I watered one plant today I got no run off at all so wasn't able to test ph level and didn't want to put more through due to the original over watering. I have been growing indoor for over a year now and would class my results as average, mostly due to the enormous amount of information out there half of which doesn't make any sense!
Here's a brief outline of what i'm doing, any thoughts from other growers would be greatly appreciated as i've found it quite a struggle to get over the line with my indoor growing!
Strains: 3x Ray's Choice - Kiwi Seeds 2x 2 Pounder - Kiwi Seeds
Environment: 4x4 grow tent, 600w HPS, 6" extractor/carbon filter
The plants are in 10ltr pots, I water the plants dependent on individual needs (dryness of coco/weight of pots). I start by flushing straight water through (2-3 ltrs), I then test ph levels with run off and then put another ltr through with the feed. The plants are into their 3rd week of veg.
Many thanks
I've never been able to over water coco read that one more time never ever. But I have been able to under feed coco and that looks like over watering. I use straight coco nothing added. JACK
Agreed, damn near impossible to overwater, and I'm including using a flood & drain technique where I will leave the flood phase for several hours. I feel that the size of the plant and root ball in relation to the volume of media plays an important role here and can possibly lead to an 'over water' situation. I wouldn't do anything like try to add perlite, though, that won't really help anything as it wicks water as well.It should be really hard to over water coco as long as you have good drainage away from the base of the pots. Don't let them sit in runoff but water until you are getting 10-15% out of the bottom. Check the runoff for EC and pH and adjust feeding as necessary. Don't let them dry out between watering/feeding either!
I was told by the shop to give them 1ml to the litre to start off with and take it up tp 2ml in flowering. I put 1 litre of straight water through followed by 1 litre of feed. I don't get ANY run off at all, I told this to the guy's at the shop and they said to just measure the ph levels that i'm putting in but this is the thing that's confusing me as I always thought measuring the run off was the most important thing? I cannot get run off with this coco without putting more than 3 litres through which everyone says is too much!What strength are you feeding the Canna nutes at? You should easily be able to tell if you are underfeeding them by simply checking the ec of the runoff. Take a reading and post the results here.
Get an ec/ppm meter so you can actually mix/adjust your feed correctly. You won't overwater as long as you don't let the pots sit in the runoff. You will do more harm under watering with unknown levels of fertilizer than overwatering with the correct amount. An ec/ppm meter is a small investment that will make a world of difference in your success or failure.I was told by the shop to give them 1ml to the litre to start off with and take it up tp 2ml in flowering. I put 1 litre of straight water through followed by 1 litre of feed. I don't get ANY run off at all, I told this to the guy's at the shop and they said to just measure the ph levels that i'm putting in but this is the thing that's confusing me as I always thought measuring the run off was the most important thing? I cannot get run off with this coco without putting more than 3 litres through which everyone says is too much!
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