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I also just discovered "buffering" which I honestly had no clue about. I suppose I could have just bought a premixed bag for the purpose of growing cannabis and my head might not hurt so much haha.dont listen to manufacture recomendation on this one,coco regaurdless who you buy from ,rinse ,rinse ,rinse,i rinsed mine 4 times with just tap water,then 2 more times with ro water from a machine,when i feed the plants afterwards,brownish color still came from it,so rinse good,after those 2 flush i was at 6.0 on runoff,so check your runoff and good luck,working with coco is just work hahahah
with coco you have to feed every thing,it pretty much just air drainage,i was feeding 3 times a day and had 2 plants feeding 4 times a day,you will grow faster product,but it all you,tweak in your ph and ppm and you will rock,dont guess but know how much to feed,like flower runs min of 750 i believe,not sure,but mix up a whole gallon then break it down to thirds and dilute,if you get me,if it needs 750 a day,feed 250 3times a day,it did impress me when i grew in it,my back cant handle all the work involved and i aint rich for fancy gadgets,lmaoI also just discovered "buffering" which I honestly had no clue about. I suppose I could have just bought a premixed bag for the purpose of growing cannabis and my head might not hurt so much haha.
If i'm growing auto flowers, is it a must to buffer the coco with cal mag? I don't want to overdo it with my first grow, especially since they are auto flowers. Fastbuds GSC. Any advice is greatly appreciated. I have a full bottle of Cal Mag so buffering is not an issue if need be. But if it will damage the auto flowers or stress them out i'll skip that step and just mix with perlite.
These bricks that come in a grow bag are tempting as far ease of transplant but all that rinsing would take the efficiency out of it and then some.dont listen to manufacture recomendation on this one,coco regaurdless who you buy from ,rinse ,rinse ,rinse,i rinsed mine 4 times with just tap water,then 2 more times with ro water from a machine,when i feed the plants afterwards,brownish color still came from it,so rinse good,after those 2 flush i was at 6.0 on runoff,so check your runoff and good luck,working with coco is just work hahahah
edit..Recharge does contain calcium and magnesium but I dont use liquid calmag,the Recharge is for the benniesI use Canna coco bricks from Amazon,no rinse no calmag.When I hydrate them I use 2 gallons ro water with 1/4 scoop of Recharge per brick.Heres 2View attachment 855188 Fastbuds Girl Scout Cookies auto that I just harvested a few weeks ago
So no cal mag on those beauties? Any deficiencies?edit..Recharge does contain calcium and magnesium but I dont use liquid calmag,the Recharge is for the bennies
I was thinking that as I slaved away rinsing yesterday the water waste is barely worth the savings. Lessons learned. I had no idea this was required I would have just bought some proper coco.These bricks that come in a grow bag are tempting as far ease of transplant but all that rinsing would take the efficiency out of it and then some.
I was told if you don’t rinse the peat out of low quality coco you could retain too much water defeating the purpose of using light airy coco?No need to rinse. I use about 4000 to 5000 gallons of Coco a year. I do buffer my water to about 6.2 before I soak though.
I wouldn't worry about it retaining to much water. Coco with perlite can't be over waterd. The water retention to air ratio is why Coco is awesomeI was told if you don’t rinse the peat out of low quality coco you could retain too much water defeating the purpose of using light airy coco?
This dude s in love wit da cocoNo need to rinse. I use about 4000 to 5000 gallons of Coco a year. I do buffer my water to about 6.2 before I soak though.
This dude s in love wit da coco
I use the canna coco line,recharge,epsom,mammothp thats it,oh yeah 3 times a run they get soil balance pro.thats it.I used to add calmag+ too but dont anymore.this plant is nearing 5 month old not a single mark on any leaves other than the ones riding up the 4x4 tentSo no cal mag on those beauties? Any deficiencies?
the only perlite I use is the large chunky kind an inch or two deep in the bottom of the potI was told if you don’t rinse the peat out of low quality coco you could retain too much water defeating the purpose of using light airy coco?
Dude you da plug! Haha my new coco connect. 3 bones for a 15 gal brick daaaaaamnHahaha. That's right. I get it by the kilo. Pallets on deck. I get it 3 bucks a block 15 gallon blocks. I got the hook up
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