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Ok, I do not know that brand, and since it was a 'get what you can' situation you probably should have washed it thoroughly before use. By washing I do not mean re-hydrating but actually running a large volume of water through it after it is hydrated to remove excess salt.So the brand is called Sterling Cocopeat. Made in India, it was one of those get what I can situations out here. I will raise temps, should I switch the. larger led panel back on. ?
just gave them a foiler spritz at 6.1 with calmat at half strength as you stated. Ive stabilized the temperature. The newer growth looks healthy, they are recovering, and the symptoms haven't been expressed further. thank you for your knowledge !Ok, I do not know that brand, and since it was a 'get what you can' situation you probably should have washed it thoroughly before use. By washing I do not mean re-hydrating but actually running a large volume of water through it after it is hydrated to remove excess salt.
Yes I would do a foliar spray at this point, but use half of what the bottle recommends.
If the second panel will raise the temps then turn it on but move it further from the plant tops. You could also replace one of your CFL bulbs with a standard incandescent and that will increase the heat and still provide light.
it was the first thing I could think of when I saw the new nodes popping out ! My wife was not as amused as the both of us, " I can't believe you post shit like that you weirdo".Keep thinking about this comment, lol, funniest shit I seen on this forum hahahaa
You don't need to worry about pH so much when using Advanced Nutrients, they have buffers right in the bottles so even if the pH looks too high or too low it will still find a proper point for the plant to utilize all nutrients. The foliar spray should help, but keep your eye on the new growth from here.just gave them a foiler spritz at 6.1 with calmat at half strength as you stated. Ive stabilized the temperature. The newer growth looks healthy, they are recovering, and the symptoms haven't been expressed further. thank you for your knowledge !
would you do this flush at the next watering or now ? I fed maybe a couple hours ago or so. I have raised all my lights and have tried to get them to stretch out. My only fear of a flush would be to over water them.I have cheap Chinese leds also. If you hang the light that close to your plants you're introducing a lot of heat. You might be surprised at how far you can back the lights off. Id use your single 600 watt and raise it to 36" above the ladies. It's a small space so you'll get plenty of light bouncing off the walls too. You want those leaves to be reaching for the light, not shying away from it.
You aren't going to get a giant yield no matter what so my advice would be mix a solution at a quarter of your normal feed strength and flush the plants to clean the coco out. Place them over something that can hold plenty of water like a Tupperware storage container and prop them up do they aren't sitting in standing water then just keep filling each pot. I'll do it three or four times then check my ppms. Aiming for no more than around 200 ppm higher than your watering mix. You'll need to mix up a lot of water I'd you're doing this. Best of luck!
The only way you can overwater Coco is if you do it when the pot is heavy and never let it dry out. It's made to let the water drain and pull oxygen down into the coco. If you flush with no nute water I'd do it later to not waste the feeding you just did. If you do 1/4 nute water for the flush you can do it whenever.would you do this flush at the next watering or now ? I fed maybe a couple hours ago or so. I have raised all my lights and have tried to get them to stretch out. My only fear of a flush would be to over water them.
Thanks for following up ! will do sir, thank you very much. Hope this turns out okThe only way you can overwater Coco is if you do it when the pot is heavy and never let it dry out. It's made to let the water drain and pull oxygen down into the coco. If you flush with no nute water I'd do it later to not waste the feeding you just did. If you do 1/4 nute water for the flush you can do it whenever.
As with errything, this is just another learning experience. Chalk it up and when you start fresh you'll already know more than last time. Not sure about other ppl but my second run was way better than my first.Thanks for following up ! will do sir, thank you very much. Hope this turns out ok
You can't overwater coco but you can give the wrong percentage of nutes. With autos I'd start at 25% of the recommended amounts with every watering and 3 or more per day.@Smoking Gun, firstly, thank you for taking the time to help me out. I used a decent coco peat block. After hydration, I mixed up around 30% perlite 70% coco. As for nutrients, gh trio with AN cal mag extra (5%. nitrogen taken into. consideration when dosing grow). Ive been nowhere close to recommended feedings, and. my feeds are always mixed in 1-2 liter batches distributed amongst 5. so around 250ml-350ml per plant in the larger pots, and around a cup for the small pot of the gorilla. I have so far turned off one led panel and the temps are around 71 and rh at 44%.
this really helped when they were severely overwatered, they kept showing signs of cal deficiencies, so the foiler was a top idea.You don't need to worry about pH so much when using Advanced Nutrients, they have buffers right in the bottles so even if the pH looks too high or too low it will still find a proper point for the plant to utilize all nutrients. The foliar spray should help, but keep your eye on the new growth from here.
Overwater does NOT mean to much water, it actually means to often tough to overwater cocoThe only way you can overwater Coco is if you do it when the pot is heavy and never let it dry out. It's made to let the water drain and pull oxygen down into the coco. If you flush with no nute water I'd do it later to not waste the feeding you just did. If you do 1/4 nute water for the flush you can do it whenever.
Soil is a different animal from coco especially soil with nutes added. Use it to grow vegetables, not autos.so I have some "premium" potting soil, the NPK is too high. I had mixed a 50-50 coco soil mix for one of the pots. That grow is hard to gauge as I have overwatered her. I was considering starting a white widow auto flower from Crop King. My thinking was to set a layer of pumice on the bed of the pot as the drainage holes are a bit large, then a solid layer of said potting soil mixed with 30% perlite as this stuff hold water too well. Then I would apply a layer of coco around 4inches deep. My thinking is that during the seedling period it will have sterile substrate, and as the roots develop, it will reach the soil. My concerns are that the feed is still too hot, and secondly, would this amended soil carry me through harvest, or would the medium need additional nutrients.
really impressive ladies, you really make it look effortless, as I now know it is far from it. I'm still having trouble grasping how to water coco and im basically treating my coco like soil. Today I gave them enough water to get the whole substrate saturated and there was 20% run off. So to understand you clearly, I must keep the substrate saturated ? or can I leave them until the pot gets light and water again.Soil is a different animal from coco especially soil with nutes added. Use it to grow vegetables, not autos.
After growing in soil 50+ years I won't put soil in a pot again. Coco only in pots from now on.
Coco takes all the guess work out of the equation. Mix up the nutes to the required percentage and then you can mix with more water for a weaker mix, especially for the first 2-4 weeks or always with autos as they normally do not require the amounts of nutes as the full size plants.
Water (fertigate) 3-6 x's per day with 20-30% runoff and that's it until the flip to flower. Once light is reduced to 12 hrs less cal/mag, I cut to 25% both calicum and magnesium.
I'm using a 3 part nute, MasterBlend and I highly recommend!
All coco grown in 1/2 & 1 gal pots
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While they are in a greenhouse it's winter and there's no heating.
These girls are outside in 1/2 gal pots of coco.
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The only thing I'll change on my next grow is using 3-5 gal pots and grow some monsters.
Use soil for veggies and coco for weed.
You don't want the whole substrate to dry. Top layer can dry and you can let the pots lighten up a bit. Don't let coco get completely dry though. Now that you're getting runoff every feed, your numbers will slowly start to come back to correct as long as you're ph-ing around 5.8really impressive ladies, you really make it look effortless, as I now know it is far from it. I'm still having trouble grasping how to water coco and im basically treating my coco like soil. Today I gave them enough water to get the whole substrate saturated and there was 20% run off. So to understand you clearly, I must keep the substrate saturated ? or can I leave them until the pot gets light and water again.
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