New to growing any advice

Elpyg · Apr 12, 2025

Ok I’m new to growing I got some clones from shop I watered and gave nutrients a day ago not sure if over watered I got plants how they are any advice the look droopy

OgBoogs730 · Apr 13, 2025

What kinda nutes

Elpyg · Apr 13, 2025

OgBoogs730 said:
What kinda nutes

Lotus

Elpyg · Apr 13, 2025

Lotus nutrients I used grow and cal mag and used it with there feeding schedule

GNick55 · Apr 13, 2025

how long have clones been in grow bags?
what size grow bag?
how much water did you give each plant?

Elpyg · Apr 13, 2025

3 days today and 2 gallon waiting to transplant to 5 gallon and I gave about 4 cups each

Elpyg · Apr 13, 2025

Also I’m just mixing nutrients with distilled water so my ph and everything is on point

GNick55 · Apr 13, 2025

Elpyg said:
3 days today and 2 gallon waiting to transplant to 5 gallon and I gave about 4 cups each

ok did the clones come in solo cups or what?

Elpyg · Apr 13, 2025

Yes they did with rockwhool

GNick55 · Apr 13, 2025

Elpyg said:
Yes they did with rockwool

ok.. seems like your doing good,.. the clones don’t have enough of a root system to process all the light they are getting and you could be feeding more than needed,..
what kind of light and how far from tops,.
what kind of growing medium?

Elpyg · Apr 13, 2025

I’m in a 5x5 with a ac infinity evo 10 I have the brightness adjusted to 4 and it’s almost at top so not to close so they won’t catch a burn and the growing medium I’m using is coco coir Mother Earth 70 / 30

GNick55 · Apr 13, 2025

Elpyg said:
I’m in a 5x5 with a ac infinity evo 10 I have the brightness adjusted to 4 and it’s almost at top so not to close so they won’t catch a burn and the growing medium I’m using is coco coir Mother Earth 70 / 30

what is the distance from top of plants to light?

GNick55 · Apr 13, 2025

i’m not a coco grower but i’ll try to find one to help you out?
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HerbalEdu · Apr 13, 2025

GNick55 said:
i’m not a coco grower but i’ll try to find one to help you out?
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@HerbalEdu

i'm not a coco grower either

Coco + Perlite Mix 30% Perlite 70% Coco

Balanced 70/30 blend of coco & perlite for drainage, aeration & water retention. Mother Earth Coco + Perlite Mix is perfect for growers.

www.mother-earthproducts.com

so 70/30 coco perlite

but i think coco require more frequent watering and larger amount than only 4 cup.
Usually watering till 10% to 30% run off once or twice a day depending how old and how big is the plant.

phxazcraig · Apr 13, 2025

I'll pop in here for a bit. I grow in coco also, and I documented my first coco grow in detail in a thread here called 'Explosive Growth in Coco Coir"

explosive growth in coco coir

First coco grow. I'm finding it very interesting. I didn't know plants grew this fast! Here are two pictures. One from Jan 28, thr other from February 7.

www.thcfarmer.com

Definitely read through that. You will learn a lot.

As to your plants, they are tall and spindly, by my standards. I suspect they didn't get very strong light for a while, but I don't know clones. For now, they need time to get established and expand the root system. If things are going well, that will happen very quickly. Everything happens quickly in coco in the first part of the grow.

If you grow in coco you need to water a LOT, and that means a lot of drainage. You need an automatic drain system. Once you have that, you can water/feed very often, leading to fast growth. I water every 2 hours, and I get some runoff from each watering. Four plants in 3.5 gallon airpots, and I get about 3 gallons of runoff each day. I use all that to water all the plants in the house and the yard - it's quite a lot really. Not cheap to make it up either, but I do this once a year for fun.

Your plants look like they've recently been watered, and the leaves are drooping from the weight. It looks a lot different from leaves drooping from drying out. Be careful you have the right coco mix to buffer it with some perlite. I just use Roots Organics as recommended by cocoforcannibis.com.

An easy way for you to get a quick idea of the state of your pots, at least at this stage, is to simply lift them. You will know in a couple of waterings what is heavy and wet and what is light and dry. But with good coco, you can't really overwater and kill the roots like in soil.

phxazcraig · Apr 13, 2025

It will probably help those stems to grow stout by adding some Silica Blast. I use 2.5ml/gal, and I add it to 10 gallons of RO water 15 minutes before adding any other nutrients. (It's important to add nutrients to water, and not mix them together and then add to water, by the way. I'm using liquid GH nutrients for coco growing and their Flora series grow charts.

Elpyg · Apr 13, 2025

phxazcraig said:
It will probably help those stems to grow stout by adding some Silica Blast. I use 2.5ml/gal, and I add it to 10 gallons of RO water 15 minutes before adding any other nutrients. (It's important to add nutrients to water, and not mix them together and then add to water, by the way. I'm using liquid GH nutrients for coco growing and their Flora series grow charts.

Ok so my nutrients I’m using are lotus nutrients Its powder form so I mix them in water together and ok yea I have some silica blast by heavy sixteen I haven’t used yet I’m looking in to using it then

Trash_2002 · Apr 14, 2025

Elpyg said:
I’m in a 5x5 with a ac infinity evo 10 I have the brightness adjusted to 4 and it’s almost at top so not to close so they won’t catch a burn and the growing medium I’m using is coco coir Mother Earth 70 / 30

that's a beefy grow light tho.
install photone app, chose full spectrum led as the source.. cover your phone front cam with 75g/m office paper for diffuser, and make sure clones are getting 200-300ppfd at canopy level
are you measuring EC? 1.0mS EC for now is a good range for coco, raise ~0.1mS weekly when they start growing
always PH to 6.0 in coco.
what's your environment stats? 26-28c 55-65% RH is a good range, if its too cold or too dry isn't good with LEDs.

other than that i think those clones if they were proper rooted will recover fast if environment is dialed.

Christmas · Apr 24, 2025

Watering every hour? I have a 9-5 job. How can I use coco for my 2 plants and not have to water but morning/evening. Building soil now. 30% coco 30% compost 40% perlite??

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