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work out 5% of your container volume. you should be applying that quantity plus your run off amount every time you water. if your applying more than that your time between waterings is too long. thats the ideal measure but like 10 % is still ok . more than that your getting off track. if your applying less than 5 % of your container volume you need to wait a bit longer.Okay awesome bro thanks for the feedbackdo you water your coco more than once per day?
There are situations where I do but generally I only need to water once a day. I don't worry about trying to come up with exact volumes or anything, I just water until I get about 10-20% of it back as run-off and call it a day. If your nutrient solution is correct, then all you need to worry about is keeping the media saturated with it. If it looks like its drying out at all within that 24 hours then you can bump it up to twice a day. My tent maintains VPD with a humidifier so my media stays pretty moist over 24 hours, but if you're in a dryer tent then it may be necessary to water twice a day.Okay awesome bro thanks for the feedbackdo you water your coco more than once per day?
I think so bro so basically a way to figure out how much volume of water that needs to be applied? If that's what you mean then I understand I'll have a crack at that tonight when I feed thanks bro always appreciate it hahawork out 5% of your container volume. you should be applying that quantity plus your run off amount every time you water. if your applying more than that your time between waterings is too long. thats the ideal measure but like 10 % is still ok . more than that your getting off track. if your applying less than 5 % of your container volume you need to wait a bit longer.
so measure exactly how much you put on next time and your run off and you can work it out.
does that make sense
Ahhh cool bro makes perfect sense to me, my tent seems to stay fairly humid but not to much so I think il keep it at run off every 24 hours for now thanks dudeThere are situations where I do but generally I only need to water once a day. I don't worry about trying to come up with exact volumes or anything, I just water until I get about 10-20% of it back as run-off and call it a day. If your nutrient solution is correct, then all you need to worry about is keeping the media saturated with it. If it looks like its drying out at all within that 24 hours then you can bump it up to twice a day. My tent maintains VPD with a humidifier so my soil stays pretty moist over 24 hours, but if you're in a dryer tent then it may be necessary to water twice a day.
Ahhhh yup I'm on to it bro I'll assess it as I go then, I'll do that method you told me about for making sure I'm watering enough soon, they looking happy with the nute increasebasically you dont wanna water too often or too less
in summer with a good size root mass for example I can water 3-4 times a day. because teh plant is transpiring rapidly and im losing some with evaporation.
the other end of the scale which is where your at is a small plant with a small root mass that hasnt filled its container once a day should be fine unless you were in a hot tent and evaporating lots of moisture
at the least if you record how much its drinking you wont need to waste any nutrients. every little bit of wastage adds upAhhhh yup I'm on to it bro I'll assess it as I go then, I'll do that method you told me about for making sure I'm watering enough soon, they looking happy with the nute increaseshot bro
Yeah brother everything adds up aye, glad I same to this site probably me lost without itat the least if you record how much its drinking you wont need to waste any nutrients. every little bit of wastage adds up
Better hope it's not HOPSHey everyone,
Turned might up one click lastnight roughly 350 umol, checked looked fine after 12 hours but after 24hours two of My 4 plants look droopy and just slightly wrinckled on the leaves any idea what's going on any help appreciated
You’re not supposed to water coir daily ? I have been maybe that’s my problem too.To me, it looks like overwatering. When the plant is still young, they don't need that much water and if you're watering properly you should need to do it once or twice a week. Wait until dry, weight the pot (by hand or preferably by scale) then slowly water until the bare minimum of runoff appears on the bottom. Once again, weight the pot use both weights, dry and wet, as a reference for future scheduling.
You should only water when the pot is dry. Researching on Google the first website told me that when growing on coco you should only water every 4 or 5 days.
Could you elaborate please hahahaBetter hope it's not HOPS
Shit hopefully mine doesn't get any worse there looking Allgood at the momentThis exact thing happened to me first time in Coco. It was Burpees Seedling mix and I did not rinse or buffer the coco nearly enough. My plants looked worse than your but as the plant matured, it stopped wrinkling and everything was fine.
I actually gave the plant away, it was white widow and it was smelly in Veg, not good for my stealth grow !
I don't think this person realized it was a post about coco? All the other guys here have made it pretty clear to water everyday and keep saturatedYou’re not supposed to water coir daily ? I have been maybe that’s my problem too.
Shit hopefully mine doesn't get any worse there looking Allgood at the momentfirst time in coco have a learnt quite alot so far haha
Okay bro I'll post up a photo when I get home and compare it to yours, cheers for that dude. Perlite is a must next time@_nz420 I responded to your DM but it still looks entirely too dry. Here is a picture of saturated coco:
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Color aside (yours is more red, mine is more brown) look at how it is so damp that it clumps up. It shouldn't fall like dust when you pick it up. Go pick up some of that top layer of media and see how it falls.
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