Post your yield with coco

[MDT]

First off this is not a pissing contest, the purpose of this thread is simply to give people an idea of the yield one can expect with a particular strain and cultivation method using coco. Myself, am interested in the yield numbers between hand watering and drip irrigation. Of course final yield varies from strain to strain but if enough people participate we should have enough data for comparison.

So post your strain, bulb size, veg time, watering method, pot size, temp.. any other details you might want to include and of course...drum roll... dry weight! Properly trimmed and manicured of course, I don't know why people bother posting wet weight with full branches. Keep it short and to the point. Let's get this thread rolling..

Strain: M39, indica, commercial strain, very hardy, vigor is comparable to afghani, 45-50 days flower
3 weeks veg, all running 1000W
Tap water, EC 0.3
1st run:
9 plants per light
86F-90F lights on, 75F-80F lights off
hand water every other day
average yield of 440grams per light

2nd run:
10 plants per light
80F-85F lights on, 65F lights off
hand water every day
yielded slightly over 2lbs (average of 475grams) per light

3rd run:
11 plants per light
65F-70F lights on, 60F lights off
same yield as 1st run (reused coco)

VEG: Optimum Hydroponix A+B, Seaweed extract, calmax
Early Flower: OH A+B, Calmax, Awesome Blossom
Late flower: OH A+B, Molasses, Monster Bloom
Final 10 days, flush with molasses

 

[C21H30O2]

sounds like you did pretty good. perhaps if you can get your temps down a little more your yield would go up or perhaps throw some CO2 in there to take advantage of the warm conditions.

 

[wizardchakka]

Well I've had 2 runs so far..

1st one
2 Pure Power Plants in Waterfarm
1 Super Skunk in 10l pot hand water
400w hps 60cm*60cm*180cm cabinet, scrogged the PPP's
yielded 160g dry from the PPP's, something went wrong with the SS it was dwarfed but yielded about 15g of top quality bud..

2nd run
A Barney's Farm Night Shade in the Waterfarm, scrog
Euforia in 11l pot, scrog
Master Kush in 5l wick-style coco-pot, scrog
the Night Shade yielded about 200g
Euforia about 50g
Master Kush about 25g

Temps are a bit wild in my cab since I got no cooltube, it's around 15-18 degrees celsius when the lights are off and 27-31 when the lights are on depending on outside temperature..And about one month of vegging on both grows. And I use the lucas formula + diamond nectar + top max.

 

[Gazza2007au]

(my old grow room from over a year and a half ago sadly missed)
coco/perlite 50/50
300mm pots
1 pot per square foot
15 pots
2x 600w HPS in chinamans hats
hand water once every 3 days
dutch master nutrients
yeild 392grams per light
strain: BC Chronic

 

[Bush Dr]

100% Canna coco
6 litre pots
4 plots
single 600 watt
Dripper watering 4 times during light cycle, run to waste 15%
Total yield 490 gms
Strain: Northern Lights

 

[donny darko]

How do you guys think a 2 liters sog would yield ebb and flow with 50 under a air cooled 1000 watt with some Ak 47. No co2 and a proper environment. Hope this is not out of place, if so I will start my own tread. I was hoping 4- 5 lbs per 3000 watts.
Peace Darko

 

[MDT]

sounds like you did pretty good. perhaps if you can get your temps down a little more your yield would go up or perhaps throw some CO2 in there to take advantage of the warm conditions.

Honestly, I noticed my plant had more vigor when the temp was hovering around 85-90 degrees. I enjoy the simplicity of an open setup, maintenance free.

Darko, I hear AK47 is a slow vegger, not sure if it's a good candidate for sog. I don't have any experience with ebb and flow using coco but in theory it doesn't sounds like a good idea. My main concern is the top of the coco will dry out faster than the bottom and you would have to flush weekly to get rid of the salt buildup. Dripper would be a better setup for sog. Depending on how long you plan to veg for, those numbers are easily attainable.

 

[B00st3d]

The last couple harvs I had were both done with cococan mixed with perlite.
In the room with four 600hps hangin stationary I got about 3 and a half pounds give or take an ounce.
The strains were recon and chocolope by DNA grown from seed.
They were all in 5 gallon buckets hand watered.
I used c02 via a sentinel digital c02 controller.
Kept the c02 around 1500 ppm.
Day time temps were usually around 81-84
night time temps were typically low 70's.
Humidity was controlled 24 hours a day with a dehumidifier and kept around 45 percent.
I had 10 plants total all of which I topped and LST'ed which is how I got 5.5 ounce average per plant. A few of the Recons were 6 ounces and the chocolopes closer to 4.5 ounces a piece.

The next harv which came about 4 weeks after that one was done from clones taken from that original seed grow of lope and recon. So they ran at the same time in 2 different rooms down the hall from each other. It was just one 600 hps on a 4 foot light rail. There was 8 plants and I got 19.5 ounces off just that one 600.

The flip side is it all took a lil longer due to the rail. I found that growing on a light rail takes a lil longer and the buds are a lil smaller but total weight is way more then growing stationary, theres no comparison. So my current setup is just two 600's on two 4 foot rails running over a 10.5 by 3 foot area. I have 16 plants in there in 5 gallon buckets with basically the same mix from the last 2 grows. Im hopin to get 35-40 ounces. This time Im using:
Advanced nutes basic line bloom, micro and grow
Flora Nectar
Cal Mag
Diamond Nectar
Silica Blast

First two harvs I used Everything except the Advanced nutes, I used basic GH line instead plus botanicare Sweet .

I just bought my first bag of Botanicare cocogro and Im gonna mix it with perlite and see how that goes for me, time for a change I guess.

 

[Capo dei Capi]

I just bought my first bag of Botanicare cocogro and Im gonna mix it with perlite and see how that goes for me, time for a change I guess.

That's what I'm using as soon as my seedlings are ready for transplant. There's a couple people in this forum that have used/do use the cocogro and from what they say, it sounds like a solid product. I also know alot of people that use it around where i live and they all love it. It's good stuff.

EDIT: At what ratio do you mix the coco to perlite? I was thinkin 80/20 or 70/30 cocogro/perlite?

 

[B00st3d]

I dont know exactly the ratio I mix them at but its between 50-65 percent cococan and the rest perlite. Im bout to do my first ebb and flow if I can find a good set of instructions on how to put a system together, I know its easy but I've always done handwatered buckets. I wonder how coco does with ebb and flow. Im not gonna buy cococan again cuz too many fungus gnats come with it due to those lil holes in the bag. What I like bout the Botanicare coco is that the bag is sealed with no holes at all. Im curious how the yield from cococan/perlite compares to the yield from coco/perlite

 

[MDT]

So far I've tried growing in Grotek Coco (complete shit), BioBizz Coco (too much coco peat, not enough coco fiber), CocoDan (comes with worm casting, not enough coco fiber, not a good choice if planning to mix with perlite), Cana Coco (no complaint here, it's very clumpy, time consuming to break them apart), Botanicare Coco (top of my list, it's pretreated with calcium and magnesium, just love the texture).

I also hear great things about BCuzz Coco, like botanicare, it comes precharged with calcium and magnesium.

About mixing with perlite. I tried both, mixing with perlite 70/30 and straight coco and saw no difference. Depending where you live, it's alot cheaper to mix perlite in with coco to fill out the pot.

Oh and guys, please tell us how long you veg for.

 

[onegreenday]

Botanicare Cocogro loose 1.5 cu.ft.

Botanicare Cocogro loose 1.5 cu.ft.

So far I've tried growing in Grotek Coco (complete shit), BioBizz Coco (too much coco peat, not enough coco fiber), CocoDan (comes with worm casting, not enough coco fiber, not a good choice if planning to mix with perlite), Cana Coco (no complaint here, it's very clumpy, time consuming to break them apart), Botanicare Coco (top of my list, it's pretreated with calcium and magnesium, just love the texture).

I also hear great things about BCuzz Coco, like botanicare, it comes precharged with calcium and magnesium.

About mixing with perlite. I tried both, mixing with perlite 70/30 and straight coco and saw no difference. Depending where you live, it's alot cheaper to mix perlite in with coco to fill out the pot.

Oh and guys, please tell us how long you veg for.

The bag of Botanicare CocoGro loose coir fiber ( 1.5 cu.ft) bag I have says it has "not been chemically buffered", "100% ORGANIC"

I moistened this coco with 7.4 Ph public water and the Ph of the coir was
6.0 using a Kell soil Ph tester and I made a slurry and it dropped my city water to 5.4Ph so it has
some acidic properties to it.

The directions on the bag say 5ml Botanicare CalMag per gallon (4L)
with standard fertilzer program for the first 2 weeks.

(for hydrogardens, top feed drip, deep flow, ebb & flow)

Periodically leach out excess salts with Botanicare Clearex salt leaching solution.

 

[Greyskull]

i am ebb n flowing in 8 mesh pots with canna (or b'cuzz if i cannot get the canna) coco using canna coco nutrients. been doing it for over a year now.

I veg under a 400mh 24/7 for 2-3wks (until 16-18" tall. Then I move them to flower...
which is 20 on a 4x4 under 1000hps.

With the super killer strains (pre 98 bubba kush & my SDxSB) I am averaging just over 30g per plant (600g per 1k). 1.3lbs....

With killer strains (MTF & Grape Romulan) I am averaging 45g per plant (900g). 2.0lbs

I love when people tell me eb n flow doesn't work for coco. I'll take the pepsi challenge vs anyone I ain;t scared.

 

[onegreenday]

i am ebb n flowing in 8 mesh pots with canna (or b'cuzz if i cannot get the canna) coco using canna coco nutrients. been doing it for over a year now.

I veg under a 400mh 24/7 for 2-3wks (until 16-18" tall. Then I move them to flower...
which is 20 on a 4x4 under 1000hps.

With the super killer strains (pre 98 bubba kush & my SDxSB) I am averaging just over 30g per plant (600g per 1k). 1.3lbs....

With killer strains (MTF & Grape Romulan) I am averaging 45g per plant (900g). 2.0lbs

I love when people tell me eb n flow doesn't work for coco. I'll take the pepsi challenge vs anyone I ain;t scared.

with the mesh pots you must be getting a root pruning at the
outside of the mesh pot where the air meets the coco
and some roots out the bottom mesh.

How much root growth out the bottom?
thanks.

 

[B00st3d]

wow greyskull u get 2 pounds out of a 4x4 space? Thats insane. Maybe I should consider using coco in my new ebb and flow setup instead of rockwool squares.

 

[riverrat7]

Some of my dry weight for single plants grown in coco.
Method vegging indoors/flowering outside in tropics (11-13 hr photoperiod all year) hand watering.

Aussie blue. 35 liter pot 12 ounces
Ak 47 75 liter pot 17 ounces
skunk1(sensi) 75 liter pot 20 ounces
skunk1(tfd) 75 liter pot 24 ounces

a few other strains in 75 liter pots around the 1 LB mark also.

 

[cocoking]

coco yield

coco yield

Hello everyone,

Im new to IC, this was my last run harvested in march.

Strains: Strawberry Cough, AK47, Northern Lights # 5, Kryptonite.
Pots: 7 Gallon
Height: 4.5 to 5 feet, strawberry cough 6 feet
Mix: 100 percent Canna Coco Coir
Lights: 7 600 watt hortilux eye bulbs with 18" adjust a wing reflectors
Feed: Hand watered every other day,
Nutes: Canna A,B, Rhizotonic,Cannazyme,Cannaboost,PK1314,btncare cal mag
Veg: 2 months under 1 1000w 1 400w MH with 4' Parabolic reflectors
Flower: 63 days
Temp: Day: 75-79 Night: 64-68
Humidity: 40-60 %
Total dry yield: 130 oz or 8.125 lbs or 520 G per 600w

 

[cheesey]

Hello everyone,

Im new to IC, this was my last run harvested in march.

Strains: Strawberry Cough, AK47, Northern Lights # 5, Kryptonite.
Pots: 7 Gallon
Height: 4.5 to 5 feet, strawberry cough 6 feet
Mix: 100 percent Canna Coco Coir
Lights: 7 600 watt hortilux eye bulbs with 18" adjust a wing reflectors
Feed: Hand watered every other day,
Nutes: Canna A,B, Rhizotonic,Cannazyme,Cannaboost,PK1314,btncare cal mag
Veg: 2 months under 1 1000w 1 400w MH with 4' Parabolic reflectors
Flower: 63 days
Temp: Day: 75-79 Night: 64-68
Humidity: 40-60 %
Total dry yield: 130 oz or 8.125 lbs or 520 G per 600w

love too see some photos

 

[MDT]

Hey Cocoking, you have some heavy yielder in your garden, your yield should be higher especially with the veg time. I'm not being critical so please don't take it the wrong way, keep tweaking your system and aim for maximum efficiency. Why not divide the room so you can cut the veg and harvest time in half.

 

[MarquisBlack]

I love when people tell me eb n flow doesn't work for coco. I'll take the pepsi challenge vs anyone I ain;t scared.

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