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aperry975
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I run coco in 7gal pots and I hand water the best way i found is to feel what it feels like when you first fill the pot with coco and put the plant in feel the wight of it then water it and feel the weight of it. So you can tell when it needs to be watered the longer you do it you will be able to just look at it and tell but i dnt think it really matters on a specific time. I think somewhere with in the first few hours of the lights on would be best unless they dnt need water and then water them when they do you know what I mean.
I run CoCo also & u can't over water them.. But I let mine dry out juss like soil with no problums at all.. I've heard many times not 2 let ur coco dry out but I do & the plants don't even wilt.. The pots r bone dry & light as fuck & sill no problums what so ever not even a limp plant.. The reason I let them dry out is cuz when I keep the coco moist the gnats seem 2 love it.. They hate it when it's dry.. But other then the pesky gnats u can't go wrong with coco.. I water when ever I get a chance never on a certan time some times morning sometimes at nite when ever I get a min.. My coco fully drys in 3 days but sometimes I can't get 2 them & let them go 4 days no problums..
In my opinion, you can overwater coco.. however, if you are hand watering it becomes harder to do. yes coco has a threshold for water intake which cannot be exceeded, but if you do not let the pots dry out the roots will not stretch to their maximum looking for food since the soil is constantly saturated. Now the amount of times you water a week depends on the size of your container and stage of growth. I water 3 gals every other day or every three days depending on height of plant, with 5 gals i go every four day to third when they start putting the weight on. I have gone longer a day or two just because i had to with little ill effects. For gnats i use diatamacious earth and yellow sticky pads. its the larvae you need to worry about not the adults too much.
if you don't amend your soil with some type of aeration (perlite), and don't have the right pots it is definitely possible to overwater in coco.
50/50 mix works great.
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