this is very interesting i purchased a pallet of coco pith @ 25 cents a pound(2500lbs) even having so much i think ill do this rather than throwing it out. looks like ill end up being good on coco fiber for the rest of my life
do either of you guys use pond enzymes or any enzymes, if so how do you apply them? i have the powdered kind for ponds with barley in it, its supposto make 120,000 gallons or so.
Cannazyme will help you with eating up old roots greatly. Never tested pond enzyme but hear same thing.
I use 80% hydroton and 20% coco (measured wet) in my chowmix and I've been recycling the same stuff, over and over, for years. Since I flush at the end of my runs like everyone else, the INERT MEDIA simply gets turned out into a bin and is ready for next time.
I remove any stumps, bundles and chunks of old roots but I'm in no way obsessive about it. I don't attempt to sterilize, either- I run Cap's bennies and figure they're in residence so why evict them just to start over?
I get some benefits:
One, very consistent- and plenty strong- growth characteristics within and between runs.
Two, zero additional cost for media, either for purchase or disposal.
Three, since I'm not buying new stuff, there is no vector into my garden for potential pests brought in by contaminated media.
Cannazyme will help you with eating up old roots greatly. Never tested pond enzyme but hear same thing.
I do the same as tty. I used the same mix for almost two years. Just got the main roots out and replant the same day. The bennies will create enzymes.
Much as I hoped. I'm about 50-50 and hand watering 3 or 4 times a week. How much would I have to kick up the watering to get to 70-30 or 80-20? Automated pump for sure, huh? Thanks man.
I use Cap's bennies, aka OGBiowar foliar and root packs, brewed into aerated compost tea with a bit of sugar and a fee handfuls of earthworm castings and left to do its thing. I'll dip out a quart or two for each RDWC system every few days and when it gets low I replenish with water, sugar and a tiny bit of the above bennies. Cap has allowed us to make RDWC simple without the need for each system to maintain its own microlife, especially through flush and reservoir change events.
It gets better; in stark contrast to most how-tos here, I not only reuse my substrate, but I don't sterilize or scrub out my RDWC between runs- just a flush, a blast with the hose in each site to loosen stuff up and done. I refill with water, nutrients and add another pitcher full of ACT and off I go again.
do you perfer RDWC to top dripped DTW Chow mix?
i love HDPE, but whats ACT
Not true with chow mixes and watering. The more coir the less watering is used. This also effects salt retension,ppms ran, etc. I would use different nutes and watering sch. for a 70:30 then I would a 30/70 chow mix.JKWhat? The ratio of components in the soilless media has no relation to watering.
Hydroton is a brand of the expanded clay pellets, and you know what coco is. Get the coco damp, then run 20% by volume to the rest hydroton and that's your mix.
Not true with chow mixes and watering. The more coir the less watering is used. This also effects salt retension,ppms ran, etc. I would use different nutes and watering sch. for a 70:30 then I would a 30/70 chow mix.JK
interesting when you say al ittle bit of sugar or a taste of bennies what does that mean, a teaspoon, a table spoon?
also do you use the nute pack and if so how?
What? The ratio of components in the soilless media has no relation to watering.
Hydroton is a brand of the expanded clay pellets, and you know what coco is. Get the coco damp, then run 20% by volume to the rest hydroton and that's your mix.[/
I think I get it. Thanks bro.
Not true with chow mixes and watering. The more coir the less watering is used. This also effects salt retension,ppms ran, etc. I would use different nutes and watering sch. for a 70:30 then I would a 30/70 chow mix.JK
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