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Oh, I was sure you told me to flush before each feed. Well it's great that I don't because that was a pain.No you don't flush every feed... you feed everytime with runoff. That will flush some of the old nutes out with it. But you always water with nutrients in coco if using synthetic nutrients. Organic is a different ball game.
No never bro... im not sure why I would say that... maybe just typed it out poorly.Oh, I was sure you told me to flush before each feed. Well it's great that I don't because that was a pain.
I don't know maybe I was too tired and I read it wrong.No never bro... im not sure why I would say that... maybe just typed it out poorly.
No never bro... im not sure why I would say that... maybe just typed it out poorly.
Since you're flushing the coco before each feed, how much extra nutrients do you go through?
^Not gonna lie quite a bit more that soil or RDWC. But I use dry ferts so it's not bad.
Haha true thise things can steal your soul.Maybe it was the gummie talking Aqua
Posessed by a gummie demonHaha true thise things can steal your soul.
I tried that way to and my pots were heavy and definitely stunted growth. Added at least a week to my veg time. Yields were pretty good, but I was stressing the whole time. I'd love to read some hard facts on watering coco. Help lol. Please!I tried the coco for cannabis style of multiple fertigation events per day (2-3). I found I was overwatering and the pots were heavy.
Again, several variables, but the best advice I got was wait till the pots are light before you feed again.
How big of pots and how much perlite?I tried that way to and my pots were heavy and definitely stunted growth. Added at least a week to my veg time. Yields were pretty good, but I was stressing the whole time. I'd love to read some hard facts on watering coco. Help lol. Please!
If the goal Is 60-90% saturation and they aren’t allowed to dry, it seems like they should be heavy. I know mine are. They don’t get light like containers of soil.How big of pots and how much perlite?
Environmental factors also need to be in a good place. Especially temps.
Just thought I'd share this in here, I've been getting crazy high ec runoff levels so then I have to flush loads to bring the ec levels down, but then on the next feed the ec shot up again even though the coco was still moist. I ended up buying a bluelab pulse and testing the coco ec which reads lower than what I'm feeding (this is 1 hour after a feed) I know it's calibrated right because the solution ec is read right from it. I'm not sure if the fabric pots are catching salts in the bottom like a filter and this is giving the high ec runoff but I'll be ignoring runoff from now on, its been driving me crazy chashing these ec levels...
(Input was 1.7ec at 6pm)
Definitely pots size, drainage and temperature are huge factors... thats why instead of going with arbitrary numbers its better to use a set feed amount and go by the runoff volume. Definitely can tweak to fit your own circumstances and grow. But doing it this way should eliminate a shit ton of issues many nee in mid late over while doing coco. Again its a guide not a rule and is best used as a concept to understand how coco should not be treated like soil for best results... by no means can you not treat it like soil but your going to be more likely to have issues and won't see the full growth benefits of coco.I can get away with once every 2 days with no ill effects in 5 gal deep square pots atm..i have done this 3-4 occasions in flower ive done this when weather has been cooler.my pots stay over 80-85% after 1 day.1 just barely makes it to 2 days with another starting to drink more as they start week 4 .runoff ppm is within 100-150 under whats going in..but im being wasteful and have over 40% runoff which is why im keeping it in check..i reckon i could top up 2hrs before lights off and that would get them through but im in beddy byes at that timeit comes down to your climate but def can water frequently in smaller pots what Aqua has taught me..im all for that.im using 60/40 coco perlite mix..
Definitely pots size, drainage and temperature are huge factors... thats why instead of going with arbitrary numbers its better to use a set feed amount and go by the runoff volume. Definitely can tweak to fit your own circumstances and grow. But doing it this way should eliminate a shit ton of issues many nee in mid late over while doing coco. Again its a guide not a rule and is best used as a concept to understand how coco should not be treated like soil for best results... by no means can you not treat it like soil but your going to be more likely to have issues and won't see the full growth benefits of coco.
Really important on the temps with this method... any any tbh. I really can't say enough the difference it makes with root temps in the increase to the speed of growth. I noticed this in my hydro going from 68 to 72-74f it may not sound like much but it really makes a difference. My coco is about 78f and they suck it up. Granted this grow is a fuxkin mess.
Yup.... but even mr.brucebugbee does... I believe around 80fwow thats a hot rootball. Dyna gro warns not to keep their nutrient solution over 75 degrees f.
Yup.... but even mr.brucebugbee does... I believe around 80f
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