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if you dont want to get a pen gh makes a PH sample kit that works great. no other calibration solutions needed.
I ran coco in coco ,with great success. Currently thoug i am trying the Bio1 component from house& garden in an amended soil and lovin it.
I kow you mentioned cal mag a few pages back, i found no need for it with h&G.
Get the cheap $30 ppm pen, works just fine. Get the cheap $8 GH pH kit, drops never lie. Shoot for 5.8 pH. Are you going to use tap water or ro water? Never tried the AF but I have run the Cocos & it's great. I supplemented w/ CalMag using ro water. Their feeding schedule is overdoing it. run 4-6 ml A/B in veg and 7-8 in flower. All the additives are great but I would skip the last 2 - Top Booster and Shooting Powder as they will easily burn your beautiful plants if not extremely judicious w/ use. CalMag prob not necessary w/ tap but the bottom line is you have to read your plants. I would skip it any just watch your leaves. If you need Mg, epsom salts are super-cheap.
I would probably go w/ the Cocos over the AF since AF is made for recirculating systems, which usually means hydroton or rockwool, and Cocos is made for DTW. Coco also has unique cation-exchange properties that I'd bet is also taken into account. That said, I know a lot of people have had great results w/ the AF.
BUT ... if I were paying for the nutes ... Botanicare PBP would be the first choice for me.
The key to growing in coco amigo, the biggest gotcha - control the salt buildup in your media & keep your pH around 5.8 give or take.
Alright, good shit, thanx everyone!! I have a question thats way off topic and instead of starting a new thread I'll just post it here. How do you rehydrate buds?? I just got back home today from a 5 day vacation and my buds are crispy as hell. Maybe I left them in brown paper bags too long or something, I'm not sure. If anyone has any tips or tricks let me know, thanx.
Several things you can do.
Orange peel, piece of lettuce, piece of bread. Put in the bag with the product and it will equalize the moisture content of the product and the item you put in. I use the 69% bags for a sealed jar, they last about 3 months and the beauty is they add or subtract moisture as needed.
hey guys, anyone use Canna Cogr nurients... are they better then reg. Canna Coco Nutriens?