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I'm glad you like the thread! Thank you greatly for the kind words. :)Holy Guacamole this thread is amazing! I've been stalking for a while and finally created an account to ask for advice.
I'm running almost the same setup, I didn't know to line the bottom of the pots with anything so I'm all 80/20 coco/perlite to the bottom.
I'm using the head formula with the gh liquids and am 2 weeks into flower.
1. When you up the ppm, aren't you changing the formula then? And what would you suggest upping liquid wise as I don't use the powder?
2. Are you still in favor of the +life and the booster(can't remember the name you used in your journal)?
Many MANY thanks for all this info, people like you make the internet worth it!
Top fed drain to waste watering system isthe route you want to go.This is a great thread. Wish I had followed your advice sooner. Very hard to keep coco wet all the time. Finally committed to doing this and my yields have improved 300%. The quality is as good or better. I have only been indoor growing a couple years and what a learning curve. There is a lot of advice out there but not all is good, this thread seems spot on. We are doing multiple fertigations a day in 10 to 25 gal pots. With several rooms running different times, it has taken over my life.lol. I gardened for years, small fruits as a hobby. Coco coir is a different animal all together, a great one for indoor cannabis. The daily growth and yields are unbelievable. A lot of nights I go hiome and knees hurt, backs sore and I think what the heck am I killing myself for? The next morning after a little sleep I find myself excited and chomping at the bit to get there and see whats happened overnight,lol. It a sickness this damn gardening. Thank you so much for this thread and all the great contributors.
Nice straight forward info thxsGood roots in coco come with sound watering practices period!!!!!!!! I prefer 100% coco. No need to mix anything like perlite into it. I prefer simple hydroponic nutrients that are easy to use. No additives or 15 different bottles to measure. That kind of stuff only invites problems in my experience so far.
Examples of simple easy to use hydroponic nutrients:
- General Hydroponics Micro and Bloom(6/9 h3ad recipe)
- General Hydroponics Maxibloom(1 part powder)
- Hydroponic Research Veg+Bloom(1 part powder and my absolute favorite).
Do's:
Don'ts:
- Feed often(At least once a day)
- Check pH
- Use a balanced quality base hydroponic nutrient(no organics this is hydro not soil)
- DO NOT LET YOUR COCO DRY OUT
- Do not feed plain water
- Do not add a plethora of additives(they are mostly snake oil anyway so save your $)
Never let your coco dry out. Did I say that already? I water at least once a day(except for seedlings at the very beginning). The more I water the better growth and the more roots I get because of the fresh oxygen being pulled into the medium on a regular basis.
Dry coco kills roots, and so does wet coco that has stayed wet for too long without irrigation. This is because it has not been fed again to renew the oxygen levels thus causing the roots to suffocate. You just can't "over water" coco. You can only deprive the roots of oxygen. The longer one waits to water in coco the longer the roots are deprived of oxygen.
In other words. Feed often and you will get thick and healthy roots. This is a very hard concept for previous soil growers to grasp. In soil you need wet dry cycles because soil holds so much water and so little oxygen at max saturation. Coco is an entirely different beast so think of it as such.
I truly believe the KEY is FREQUENT IRRIGATION
If you follow these simple guidelines your roots will look better and your nutrient uptake will improve so stop letting your coco dry out. Keeping your coco wet is also a great way to prevent salt build up and salt concentration which in turn obviously leads to healthy roots as well.
Here are some examples of plants that have gotten 1-2 feeds a day. Nothing but Veg+Bloom and occasionally +Life(microbial innoculant). That's it nothing else.
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Amazing work manGood roots in coco come with sound watering practices period!!!!!!!! I prefer 100% coco. No need to mix anything like perlite into it. I prefer simple hydroponic nutrients that are easy to use. No additives or 15 different bottles to measure. That kind of stuff only invites problems in my experience so far.
Examples of simple easy to use hydroponic nutrients:
- General Hydroponics Micro and Bloom(6/9 h3ad recipe)
- General Hydroponics Maxibloom(1 part powder)
- Hydroponic Research Veg+Bloom(1 part powder and my absolute favorite).
Do's:
Don'ts:
- Feed often(At least once a day)
- Check pH
- Use a balanced quality base hydroponic nutrient(no organics this is hydro not soil)
- DO NOT LET YOUR COCO DRY OUT
- Do not feed plain water
- Do not add a plethora of additives(they are mostly snake oil anyway so save your $)
Never let your coco dry out. Did I say that already? I water at least once a day(except for seedlings at the very beginning). The more I water the better growth and the more roots I get because of the fresh oxygen being pulled into the medium on a regular basis.
Dry coco kills roots, and so does wet coco that has stayed wet for too long without irrigation. This is because it has not been fed again to renew the oxygen levels thus causing the roots to suffocate. You just can't "over water" coco. You can only deprive the roots of oxygen. The longer one waits to water in coco the longer the roots are deprived of oxygen.
In other words. Feed often and you will get thick and healthy roots. This is a very hard concept for previous soil growers to grasp. In soil you need wet dry cycles because soil holds so much water and so little oxygen at max saturation. Coco is an entirely different beast so think of it as such.
I truly believe the KEY is FREQUENT IRRIGATION
If you follow these simple guidelines your roots will look better and your nutrient uptake will improve so stop letting your coco dry out. Keeping your coco wet is also a great way to prevent salt build up and salt concentration which in turn obviously leads to healthy roots as well.
Here are some examples of plants that have gotten 1-2 feeds a day. Nothing but Veg+Bloom and occasionally +Life(microbial innoculant). That's it nothing else.
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Looking beautifulPeyote gorilla being grown using this method. Just figured I share.
Beautiful!Good roots in coco come with sound watering practices period!!!!!!!! I prefer 100% coco. No need to mix anything like perlite into it. I prefer simple hydroponic nutrients that are easy to use. No additives or 15 different bottles to measure. That kind of stuff only invites problems in my experience so far.
Examples of simple easy to use hydroponic nutrients:
- General Hydroponics Micro and Bloom(6/9 h3ad recipe)
- General Hydroponics Maxibloom(1 part powder)
- Hydroponic Research Veg+Bloom(1 part powder and my absolute favorite).
Do's:
Don'ts:
- Feed often(At least once a day)
- Check pH
- Use a balanced quality base hydroponic nutrient(no organics this is hydro not soil)
- DO NOT LET YOUR COCO DRY OUT
- Do not feed plain water
- Do not add a plethora of additives(they are mostly snake oil anyway so save your $)
Never let your coco dry out. Did I say that already? I water at least once a day(except for seedlings at the very beginning). The more I water the better growth and the more roots I get because of the fresh oxygen being pulled into the medium on a regular basis.
Dry coco kills roots, and so does wet coco that has stayed wet for too long without irrigation. This is because it has not been fed again to renew the oxygen levels thus causing the roots to suffocate. You just can't "over water" coco. You can only deprive the roots of oxygen. The longer one waits to water in coco the longer the roots are deprived of oxygen.
In other words. Feed often and you will get thick and healthy roots. This is a very hard concept for previous soil growers to grasp. In soil you need wet dry cycles because soil holds so much water and so little oxygen at max saturation. Coco is an entirely different beast so think of it as such.
I truly believe the KEY is FREQUENT IRRIGATION
If you follow these simple guidelines your roots will look better and your nutrient uptake will improve so stop letting your coco dry out. Keeping your coco wet is also a great way to prevent salt build up and salt concentration which in turn obviously leads to healthy roots as well.
Here are some examples of plants that have gotten 1-2 feeds a day. Nothing but Veg+Bloom and occasionally +Life(microbial innoculant). That's it nothing else.
View attachment 670721 View attachment 670722 View attachment 670723 View attachment 670724 View attachment 670725 View attachment 670726 View attachment 670727
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