Need some help im coco

Aqua Man · Dec 28, 2020

The link to read OP. If not for you not much else I can say but you will likely continue to have issues.

HOW TO WATER COCO FOR BEST RESULTS.

Ok writing this cause i see this issue often and rather have a thread to link than explain this each time. This is not my work but a collection of info from many members here and I have put into practice myself. So first off COCO is NOT soil. For best results we want to keep it saturated...

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NewGrowerer · Dec 28, 2020

Aqua Man said:
That's because your using tap water in your humidifier.... am I right?

Yes I am. Should I use filtered water?

Aqua Man said:
OP you are not watering enough volume or frequency wise. Always water with nutrients.

I encourage you to read this carefully and then try it. You will likely need to flush thT media

I read the article last night. So in 3 gallon buckets I should be feed around 700ml each time. So to test, I feed that to a plant and I I zero run off. I feed another 750ml and then I got run off. Shouls I flush all the plants with Ph water, or just feed them and get the run off needed?

Aqua Man · Dec 28, 2020

NewGrowerer said:
Yes I am. Should I use filtered water?

I read the article last night. So in 3 gallon buckets I should be feed around 700ml each time. So to test, I feed that to a plant and I I zero run off. I feed another 750ml and then I got run off. Shouls I flush all the plants with Ph water, or just feed them and get the run off needed?

Yes use RO or distilled water in the humidifier.

So what i would suggest is. Mixing 400ppm nutrient solution and run 3 gal of it through each pot first thing after lights on. Then go back and feel 750ml half way through lights on and see how much runoff you get. If you get enough then you know you need to water at lights kn and halfway through the lights on. If you don't get enough feed more until you get runoff and the next day try 3 feeds at 750ml of 600-800ppm nutrient solution and see if you get the runoff.

The 3 gal flush will help rebalance the media and then just carry on feeding 750ml of nutrient solution each feed as many times a day as it takes to get that 10% runoff each time.

NewGrowerer · Dec 28, 2020

Aqua Man said:
Yes use RO or distilled water in the humidifier.

So what i would suggest is. Mixing 400ppm nutrient solution and run 3 gal of it through each pot first thing after lights on. Then go back and feel 750ml half way through lights on and see how much runoff you get. If you get enough then you know you need to water at lights kn and halfway through the lights on. If you don't get enough feed more until you get runoff and the next day try 3 feeds at 750ml of 600-800ppm nutrient solution and see if you get the runoff.

The 3 gal flush will help rebalance the media and then just carry on feeding 750ml of nutrient solution each feed as many times a day as it takes to get that 10% runoff each time.

At 400ppm what should my EC be at?

And that's what I did last night. I watered 750ml and got nothing, so I immediately gave another 750ml and got some. But I will do the flush first and then half way water and see what I get.

NewGrowerer · Dec 28, 2020

Aqua Man said:
Yes use RO or distilled water in the humidifier.

Would it be okay if I used filtered water from the tall boy filter?

Aqua Man · Dec 28, 2020

NewGrowerer said:
At 400ppm what should my EC be at?

And that's what I did last night. I watered 750ml and got nothing, so I immediately gave another 750ml and got some. But I will do the flush first and then half way water and see what I get.

EC would be 0.8 its a light feed flush. Then go back to 600-800 at 750ml per event.

Ph AND temp adjust the nutrient solution.

Temps 75-80f and RH somewhere 50-60% should serve you well.

Aqua Man · Dec 28, 2020

NewGrowerer said:
Would it be okay if I used filtered water from the tall boy filter?

You can use any water.... but if it has minerals you will get that powder on everything in the room. You want to use water with the lowest ppm possible so if that filter lowers the ppm then its better than just tap.

It will definitely help but I have never used em so I can't say how much it will reduce the ppm

NewGrowerer · Dec 28, 2020

Aqua Man said:
EC would be 0.8 its a light feed flush. Then go back to 600-800 at 750ml per event.

Ph AND temp adjust the nutrient solution.

Temps 75-80f and RH somewhere 50-60% should serve you well.

Ok i keep water temp around 68f. That's good?

And Temps 75-80F and RH 50-60% you are talking about room condition correct? Wonder if that's my issue then I have my room RH pretty high right now

NewGrowerer · Dec 28, 2020

Aqua Man said:
You can use any water.... but if it has minerals you will get that powder on everything in the room. You want to use water with the lowest ppm possible so if that filter lowers the ppm then its better than just tap.

It will definitely help but I have never used em so I can't say how much it will reduce the ppm

It doesn't really lower the ppm much. Just filtered the chlorine out

Aqua Man · Dec 28, 2020

NewGrowerer said:
Ok i keep water temp around 68f. That's good?

And Temps 75-80F and RH 50-60% you are talking about room condition correct? Wonder if that's my issue then I have my room RH pretty high right now

Whats your RH? Now? It can absolutely affect nutrient uptake.

Bbonez · Dec 28, 2020

Aqua Man said:
Ph AND temp adjust the nutrient solution.

What's the best way to get the temp up on the nutrient mix? I make my mixture then run the pump and let it circulate in the tub, that brings the temp up but it's too slow. Normally it starts around 62 and I water at 65 or 66 (about a half hour of waiting.)

NewGrowerer · Dec 28, 2020

Aqua Man said:
Whats your RH? Now? It can absolutely affect nutrient uptake.

Room temp was 75-80, RH was around 65-71 (highest) % .. I was trying to follow the VPD chart and taking leaf Temps also lol

I was following this chart. That why I kept my RH higher because it says to for early veg along with taking leaf temps.

NewGrowerer · Dec 28, 2020

Bbonez said:
What's the best way to get the temp up on the nutrient mix? I make my mixture then run the pump and let it circulate in the tub, that brings the temp up but it's too slow. Normally it starts around 62 and I water at 65 or 66 (about a half hour of waiting.)

I bought a fish tank water heater. Works pretty damn good

Aqua Man · Dec 28, 2020

NewGrowerer said:
Room temp was 75-80, RH was around 65-71 (highest) % .. I was trying to follow the VPD chart and taking leaf Temps also lol

These guys will be good aboit 0.8 - 1 KPA about now. Think your a bit to humid bit I don't think so much as to affect the plants like this. Your not far off.

Aqua Man · Dec 28, 2020

NewGrowerer said:
I bought a fish tank water heater. Works pretty damn good

That's what I used when my res was outside my room.

NewGrowerer · Dec 28, 2020

Aqua Man said:
These guys will be good aboit 0.8 - 1 KPA about now. Think your a bit to humid bit I don't think so much as to affect the plants like this. Your not far off.

Ok so I just lowered my humidity settings to 55-60% and room temp is 77F.

What about c02. What should I have that at?

Aqua Man · Dec 28, 2020

NewGrowerer said:
Ok so I just lowered my humidity settings to 55-60% and room temp is 77F.

What about c02. What should I have that at?

Your in a sealed room?

Aqua Man · Dec 28, 2020

Bbonez said:
What's the best way to get the temp up on the nutrient mix? I make my mixture then run the pump and let it circulate in the tub, that brings the temp up but it's too slow. Normally it starts around 62 and I water at 65 or 66 (about a half hour of waiting.)

I have like 10 aquarium heaters kicking around so that what I used to use and what I gave my buddy for his res. Just get the fully submersible ones and lay em on the bottom so they never go dry.

Aqua Man · Dec 28, 2020

Co2 for that size id still be sitting around 600ppm.

NewGrowerer · Dec 28, 2020

Aqua Man said:
Your in a sealed room?

Yes. Sealed room. Pretty tight. Right now it's at 680 naturally

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