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Hiya folks
Got plenty of free time on my hands at the moment so have been learning all about organic growing methods.
I've been growing in coco for a while now and love it, the precise control you have over feedings and ec levels is one big thing I love, but I don't like the price of nutrients at all, I think we are all getting ripped off, basically.
Organics appeal to me for two prime reasons - the cleanier, healthier end product and the price - a lot cheaper than buying bottles of fancy nutes.
To cut a long story short, bottles coco nutes such as Canna work so well because they have the necessary ingredients present in a highly available form, so the plants can use them immediately, this is due to chelation of the elements. Organics give you less control over the feeding and the elements aren't in such a readily available form, so you need bacteria and funghi in your rootzone to ensure the plants can get all the goodness they need.
Coco is a sterile medium so I have decided to switch to a coco/worm castings mix, for initial experiments I am mixing 15 litres of worm casts with 30 litres of coco coir and adding mychorrizzae to this mix to give a medium rich in beneficial funghi. As this is just a small experimental grow to test organic methodology I'll be running 9 x 5 litre pots in a 60cm x 60cm tent under a 250. I usually use 1.5 or 2 litre pots of plain coco, and you only need small pots with bottled coco nutes as they are so easily uptaken by the plant. I figure I will need larger pots with organics so I am using 5 litres.
Using my regular coco regime I could get 1 oz per plant from 9 plants under a 250, so that is my goal for this organic experiment and 9oz is 225g, which is pretty close to the magical 1gpw figure.
Genetics for this test will be Purple Afghan and Grapefruit F6 (Sweettooth#3 x Hawaiian), seedlings are only a week old so I have plenty of time before they are ready for flowering to get my organic teas prepared. I am using Canna Start, Seaweed Extract and H&G Roots Excel on the seedlings because I have it to hand and it needs using up. I will start using organic teas on them from day 1 of bloom in the tent, currently they are under fluoros.
Got plenty of free time on my hands at the moment so have been learning all about organic growing methods.
I've been growing in coco for a while now and love it, the precise control you have over feedings and ec levels is one big thing I love, but I don't like the price of nutrients at all, I think we are all getting ripped off, basically.
Organics appeal to me for two prime reasons - the cleanier, healthier end product and the price - a lot cheaper than buying bottles of fancy nutes.
To cut a long story short, bottles coco nutes such as Canna work so well because they have the necessary ingredients present in a highly available form, so the plants can use them immediately, this is due to chelation of the elements. Organics give you less control over the feeding and the elements aren't in such a readily available form, so you need bacteria and funghi in your rootzone to ensure the plants can get all the goodness they need.
Coco is a sterile medium so I have decided to switch to a coco/worm castings mix, for initial experiments I am mixing 15 litres of worm casts with 30 litres of coco coir and adding mychorrizzae to this mix to give a medium rich in beneficial funghi. As this is just a small experimental grow to test organic methodology I'll be running 9 x 5 litre pots in a 60cm x 60cm tent under a 250. I usually use 1.5 or 2 litre pots of plain coco, and you only need small pots with bottled coco nutes as they are so easily uptaken by the plant. I figure I will need larger pots with organics so I am using 5 litres.
Using my regular coco regime I could get 1 oz per plant from 9 plants under a 250, so that is my goal for this organic experiment and 9oz is 225g, which is pretty close to the magical 1gpw figure.
Genetics for this test will be Purple Afghan and Grapefruit F6 (Sweettooth#3 x Hawaiian), seedlings are only a week old so I have plenty of time before they are ready for flowering to get my organic teas prepared. I am using Canna Start, Seaweed Extract and H&G Roots Excel on the seedlings because I have it to hand and it needs using up. I will start using organic teas on them from day 1 of bloom in the tent, currently they are under fluoros.