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There's really no need to water to runoff in coco at all. Soil yes, because you're letting the soil go dry. Coco, no. It should always be moist. The whole point of flushing is to remove salts that form when the medium dries out. Check out the side of a used bottle of nutes and you'll likely find some crystal stuff on the sides of the bottle neck or around the cap threads. This is the salt that forms in your dry media. This is what you're flushing out, which is also why you always remove runoff asap. But since you're gonna be keeping your coco moist at all times, no need for runoff, right? :)
I understand now. I didn’t get it completely until you explained it like that. Do you ever switch it up and hydrate with plain water? On my nute schedule it says to water w/ plain water every other feeding, which I haven’t been doing.There's really no need to water to runoff in coco at all. Soil yes, because you're letting the soil go dry. Coco, no. It should always be moist. The whole point of flushing is to remove salts that form when the medium dries out. Check out the side of a used bottle of nutes and you'll likely find some crystal stuff on the sides of the bottle neck or around the cap threads. This is the salt that forms in your dry media. This is what you're flushing out, which is also why you always remove runoff asap. But since you're gonna be keeping your coco moist at all times, no need for runoff, right? :)
I understand now. I didn’t get it completely until you explained it like that. Do you ever switch it up and hydrate with plain water? On my nute schedule it says to water w/ plain water every other feeding, which I haven’t been doing. View attachment 795172
I understand now. I didn’t get it completely until you explained it like that. Do you ever switch it up and hydrate with plain water? On my nute schedule it says to water w/ plain water every other feeding, which I haven’t been doing. View attachment 795172
I understand now. I didn’t get it completely until you explained it like that. Do you ever switch it up and hydrate with plain water? On my nute schedule it says to water w/ plain water every other feeding, which I haven’t been doing. View attachment 795172
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I wasn't trying to blow your answer out of the water or anything man. I just like to actually explain my reasons for something. I hear 'don't' flush coco and things like that a lot and to someone new to coco that sounds like NEVER flush in coco, when they may actually need to. You can, just replace the nutes straight away. Your just washing the roots
I'm saying flush the coco, when it's time to flush. No point in running just water through it mid-flower.
You will actually find better root growth if you water daily in Coco. If you let it dry out, as Dan said, salts will begin to slowly build up and the EC of your medium will be through the roof.....and roots don't like that. It burns them and prevents new rooting to occur.My coco is dry? It looks super wet to me...jk, I let it sit for an extra day in early veg sometimes to make the roots search for nutes/water and grow to the edge of the pot since I started them in a much larger container than they originally needed.
I’ll water daily, thanks for the perspective.You will actually find better root growth if you water daily in Coco. If you let it dry out, as Dan said, salts will begin to slowly build up and the EC of your medium will be through the roof.....and roots don't like that. It burns them and prevents new rooting to occur.
I’ll water daily, thanks for the perspective.
You will actually find better root growth if you water daily in Coco. If you let it dry out, as Dan said, salts will begin to slowly build up and the EC of your medium will be through the roof.....and roots don't like that. It burns them and prevents new rooting to occur.
There's really no need to water to runoff in coco at all. Soil yes, because you're letting the soil go dry. Coco, no. It should always be moist. The whole point of flushing is to remove salts that form when the medium dries out. Check out the side of a used bottle of nutes and you'll likely find some crystal stuff on the sides of the bottle neck or around the cap threads. This is the salt that forms in your dry media. This is what you're flushing out, which is also why you always remove runoff asap. But since you're gonna be keeping your coco moist at all times, no need for runoff, right? :)
Yes i am removing large fan leaves if they are blocking the light from reaching the lower parts. Actually even a nice defoliation doesn’t hurt, it makes other leaves and altogether the plant explode with growth (my personal experience).
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