Seamaiden said:

The key to the switch is, to me, figuring out when the plants move from taking food from that soil to taking it from the coir. I feel it's important to have sufficient Ca in the coir, and an acidified/liquified Ca is easier (better?) for me than most powder forms except gypsum. I haven't used that for the Ca amending of coir yet, so I can't speak to rates. Letting them get a bit Mg- is much better than Ca- in my world, and is a good indicator of when they've moved from the soil-food to the coir-food. Make sense?

Click to expand...

ttystikk said:

They will make this change when they're repotted, right? They can't make it any other time, can they? I would use liquid cal-mag along with half strength nutrient salts to precharge your coir. This is the best thing I know to help encourage your girls to settle into their new digs quickly.

Click to expand...

Seamaiden said:

Some do this more quickly than others, and I've seen one instance where I chose not to open up the root ball and just slap her in there and the roots continued to circle in the soil (totally weird) instead of moving into the coir. I always precharge the coir with nutes and Ca. :)

Click to expand...