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I added the perlite last run, roughly 3 months ago. I was able to estimate waterings last round. Shit holds Sooo much water without runoff.
What makes you prefer coco over peat??
I added the perlite last run, roughly 3 months ago. I was able to estimate waterings last round. Shit holds Sooo much water without runoff.why'd you add perlite if you can't water every day? could pose a problem later in the cycle, esp. with 90 in a 4x8.
when you first hydrate coco are you getting runoff? if so i say you have a nice rhizosphere going on.....are you organic its hard to remember everyones style and im plenty medicated....I added the perlite last run, roughly 3 months ago. I was able to estimate waterings last round. Shit holds Sooo much water without runoff.
What makes you prefer coco over peat??
I'm speaking on behalf of my Sunshine #4 bed, haven't ran coco yet, I feel the sunshine mix outperforms it.when you first hydrate coco are you getting runoff? if so i say you have a nice rhizosphere going on.....are you organic its hard to remember everyones style and im plenty medicated....
I added the perlite last run, roughly 3 months ago. I was able to estimate waterings last round. Shit holds Sooo much water without runoff.
What makes you prefer coco over peat??
peat's not renewable and will eventually run out
I bet it's got a bunch of microbeasties helping conserve waterI'm speaking on behalf of my Sunshine #4 bed, haven't ran coco yet, I feel the sunshine mix outperforms it.
When I first filled my bed with the bale I did get run off, haven't sense.
Interesting WS, thank you for the info. I guess with all that goes with growing I've never considered where my products actually come from.It's not going to run out any time soon - not in our lifetimes - but the environmental consequences far outweigh the benefits of peat IMO.
I used to know a scientist who would fly with the whooping cranes from canada to a brackish swamp on the west coast of Florida every year. He explained to me how peat mining was destroying their habitat and scientists were in a mad scramble researching other places they could nest other than peat bogs. There were less than 100 birds left in the wild at one point - and in the last 60 years they've barely been able to bring the population to 500 because there simply isn't enough of their habitat left to support them.
And when they drain swamps to collect the peat, they are releasing the carbon that has been building up for thousands of years, so not only is peat mining destroying more fragile, important, and irreplaceable ecosystems, it's also releasing over 1,000 megatons of CO2 per year. And that number grows EXPONENTIALLY when peat fires occur, which is sadly very common in SE Asia.
coco coir comes from coconuts, which are produced every year, and in such large quantities that it would be very difficult to drastically alter an ecosystem harvesting them. Since the nut is the only part of the whole seed used. the husk has been considered a waste item until people started amending it into their rice paddies. I personally prefer to use the pith of the husk as opposed to the coir (which is the stringy fiber) due to it's similarity to peat.
I keep my beds loaded with Cap's products... : )I bet it's got a bunch of microbeasties helping conserve water
First run in it I cut it with chunky perlite, nothing more, worked great.
Second and current run, I added All-purpose 5-5-5 organics, dolomite, EWC, and some compost. I vegged for 3 weeks and am 4 weeks into flower, no food needed so far.
I haven't ran it in awhile, I went completely synthetic. However, when I did use it, I generally added 1 bag per 4x8. The plants seemed to love it..How much all purpose are u using per bed? Ive been thinking about adding some organic ammendments too my coco/hydroton/perlite, since I dont plan on getting rid of my medium anytime soon. How are they performing compared to other runs with out it. I plan on adding gypsum and maybe some castings.
Forest humus and porous rock...dosnt matter what kind thats my little dig had a nice young man kick my butt in the right direction with the coconut husk. I honestly reckon the key too amending anything is trial and error. Aint gunna learn a whole lot if ya dont stumble every now and then.
I have, and I avoid using anything with carbonate in it like crab shell meal when growing in coir because 1) that means I'm growing inside and 2) that means that I have to use RO/DI water, my well water is WAY too hard. I've found that carbonates tend to build up and push pH up pretty hard and can be hard to fight.Does anyone have experience amending their coir with gypsum? Apparently it adds to aeration as well. Got the idea here: https://www.thcfarmer.com/community/threads/meeks-2013-dapper-grow-log.53463/page-14#post-1100572 (post #263)
@nMEEKS suggested 150g/50l (approx 1.75 cu ft, or a standard bag)
Maybe amending crab meal in the first pot for veg (for the calcium and chitin) and gypsum in the final pot for the end of veg and flower (for the calcium and sulfur).
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