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I've been running coco for a while now and I like almost everything about it but have one persistent issue: getting the plants and roots up to flowering size (I flip them big) while keeping vigor through each transplant. The problem, as far as I can tell, lies in the fact that coco holds and wicks a good deal of water, and if it does not dry sufficiently between feedings it will not provide enough oxygen for uptake. If a plant is growing in a bigger planter than it can dry out quickly, it will not be able to grow vigorously. My best vegging plants are in small enough planters to require daily feeding. This is great except it leaves a rootball too small to provide for what's required in flowering. Transplanting up always seems to slow the plants until they can fully establish roots into their new space and grow big enough tops to actually use it. What this means for me is my veg cycle always takes too long and plants are not ready to flip by the time the room has space for them. I'm coming from a pure-hydroton background where this is not an issue at all. I've tried adding rice hulls to the coir, which seems to have helped a bit, but it still doesn't seem good enough.
What kind of watering and transplant schedules do farmers here like to run? How much root space do you provide (per watt would be nice)? What is the water and air holding capacity of your coco blend? In short, how can we best use coir like a hydro system rather than soil?
I still don't know how Capulator manages to top feed hourly without overwatering. Finding a working balance using than kind of frequency sounds great.
What kind of watering and transplant schedules do farmers here like to run? How much root space do you provide (per watt would be nice)? What is the water and air holding capacity of your coco blend? In short, how can we best use coir like a hydro system rather than soil?
I still don't know how Capulator manages to top feed hourly without overwatering. Finding a working balance using than kind of frequency sounds great.