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I've been growing for a year now. Not long but have a basic understanding. I hope to grow as close to organic as possible from building soil to cure. But im still stuck at the soil building stage!
Main problem is preparing coco. I noticed coco is great for drainage, water dispersal, and general soil structure, but not so great with a few other things like coping with variable conditions. So ive added a bit of peat moss which seems to get a good balance. Also added variety of stones to the mix to get some texture etc. Mix feels and works really well.
The coco prep is done by washing through until runoff ppm reaches input water ppm (near 50ppm). coco then soaked for a few days in RO water with some calcium and magnesium additives. Ive tried a few different types of calmag sources including botanicare calmag, epsom salts, seas shell/vinegar mixes. All with pretty similar results.
The main issue is that each time i use the f#cker, it give calcium excess symptoms in plants. clawed leaves, or potassium magnesium and other symptoms all arising from excessive calcium (this is my assessment). So im stuck here. Maybe there is still sodium in coco somewhere that leaches out over time or maybe coco needs calcium nitrate instead...
Currently ive noticed that when i flush and then add a nitrogen based acid to the mix, plants seem to react positively - start praying/reaching etc. Be cool if i didnt have to put the plants through that. So any thoughts on this? Any improvements i can make?
Also to complicate things even further, just found out that after about 9 weeks in grow, coco flushes out a load of potassium...
Really want to get proficient at this. Maybe its not a perfect medium, maybe ill have to develop a system of catering to cocos needs as much as the plant! Doesnt sound good...
Available amendments nearby are bat guanno, home made worm castings (started my own), compost (also home made), buffalo manure (dont have any buffalo yet), and chicken manure (also from unknown farms). dont have anything like foxfarm or buildasoil available.
Setup includes two tents, indoor, 150w led, 300w led.
Conditions are between 25-28°c, 50-75% humidity. First grows so not going to get too obsessive about temps and humidity yet as when the plants grow, they do well.
Main problem is preparing coco. I noticed coco is great for drainage, water dispersal, and general soil structure, but not so great with a few other things like coping with variable conditions. So ive added a bit of peat moss which seems to get a good balance. Also added variety of stones to the mix to get some texture etc. Mix feels and works really well.
The coco prep is done by washing through until runoff ppm reaches input water ppm (near 50ppm). coco then soaked for a few days in RO water with some calcium and magnesium additives. Ive tried a few different types of calmag sources including botanicare calmag, epsom salts, seas shell/vinegar mixes. All with pretty similar results.
The main issue is that each time i use the f#cker, it give calcium excess symptoms in plants. clawed leaves, or potassium magnesium and other symptoms all arising from excessive calcium (this is my assessment). So im stuck here. Maybe there is still sodium in coco somewhere that leaches out over time or maybe coco needs calcium nitrate instead...
Currently ive noticed that when i flush and then add a nitrogen based acid to the mix, plants seem to react positively - start praying/reaching etc. Be cool if i didnt have to put the plants through that. So any thoughts on this? Any improvements i can make?
Also to complicate things even further, just found out that after about 9 weeks in grow, coco flushes out a load of potassium...
Really want to get proficient at this. Maybe its not a perfect medium, maybe ill have to develop a system of catering to cocos needs as much as the plant! Doesnt sound good...
Available amendments nearby are bat guanno, home made worm castings (started my own), compost (also home made), buffalo manure (dont have any buffalo yet), and chicken manure (also from unknown farms). dont have anything like foxfarm or buildasoil available.
Setup includes two tents, indoor, 150w led, 300w led.
Conditions are between 25-28°c, 50-75% humidity. First grows so not going to get too obsessive about temps and humidity yet as when the plants grow, they do well.