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Jobo

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Any advantages or disadvantages to either?

Would a mix of perlite/coco be better?

Whats your opinion on this?

 

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Coco mixed hempy is better then 100% perlite, but I use perlite and verm mix.


One time I did a Side by Side of 100% perlite and a perlite / verm mix.

The 100% perlite did not do as good as the perlite / verm mix. The roots grew in a mat above the rez instead of growing all through the media.


Verm and Coco both do the same thing for hempy, they hold nute rich water in the root zone.

 

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when im running dirt for my breeding experiments i like a perlite/coco mix of 50 and 50%
ive run perlite and vermiculite and thats nice too..........just a pain to transplant anything since it breaks apart so easy

 

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dagobaker i guess i would agree with you it doe' s break apart easy but at that point you can decided to go an throw it in to a full out DIY hydro setup. or not. Just my 2cents peabody grow green stay safe.

 

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this is a 50/50 coco-perlite hempy bucket:fixed:

 

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just running my first hempy buckets now with 75% P and 25% V. from what i hear coco can have some insect problems. so if bugs are an issue straight up perlite/vermiculite might be better. otherwise hear only good things about coco, hempy or otherwise.

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I just started 13 seeds in 2 liter bottles with 100% perlite, going 12/12 from seed. The only thing I see so far is I need to be really delicate so they don't fall over in the bottles. Also they seem to require 3 times the amount of watering due to almost no water retention.

 

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my first hydro was buckets like this - I used even parts volcanic rock/perlite/vermiculite - the rock is supposed to help stabilize the plant...

it yielded 13 oz on 6 plants with a 400 on a light mover.

I was using tap water and GH 3 part - dont even think I was ph'ing my water then - maybe though.

this was way back when GH first opened a small hydro shop by the east bay vivarium.

 

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That's some good info to know.. I'm trying to decide what mixture to use... If anymore info is available.. Or grow journal... Point me in the right direction.. Thanks

Peace
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I have done many different hempy mixes and the perlite/vermiculite mixture works the best by far. The vermiculite just seems to hold the perfect amount of water and I have seen the best root growth it.

 

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Rolln J said:

my first hydro was buckets like this - I used even parts volcanic rock/perlite/vermiculite - the rock is supposed to help stabilize the plant...

it yielded 13 oz on 6 plants with a 400 on a light mover.

I was using tap water and GH 3 part - dont even think I was ph'ing my water then - maybe though.

this was way back when GH first opened a small hydro shop by the east bay vivarium.

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Thats great alomst a gram per watt on you're first grow.

 

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LA Woman said:

Thats great alomst a gram per watt on you're first grow.

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that was just my first "hydro" grow - I was averaging 11.5 with that gear prior to running what people are now calling "hempy" buckets...

everything I did back then was from bag seed.

 

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J I want to come stay with you for about a month.

 

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lol just a month huh? why did you leave cali in the first place?

 

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i used to use a layering method. 1st layer 100% coco, 2nd 75coco/25 perlite, 3rd 50/50 4th 25coco/75perlite this would go to top of "res" then 100% perlite in the res. 60/40 coco/perlite is now what i do on top of the 100% perlite res area. 60/40 i found is perfect for watering every 2 days. this is in a 3g bucket also. feed mainly teas & thats it. this run ill be doing these buckets however w/ full line of GO instead of teas. i like em alot but might be ditching em to go rdwc, just for ease.

 

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Rolln J said:

that was just my first "hydro" grow - I was averaging 11.5 with that gear prior to running what people are now calling "hempy" buckets...

everything I did back then was from bag seed.

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Do you feed constantalising or feed water feed water ? And how long did you flush ?be amazing to get some info of some experienced perl/verm hempy not long started and loving it