How often to feed in coco?

[SergeantGod]

anolomolies,
drop it... you are new so just let the good stuff flow through.
sg

 

[toasted1]

8# bag of GH maxibloom will give you 768 gallons of mix at 1 tsp a gallon for 40$ on ebay all u need dtw to avoid salt buildup and def

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stay safe
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[dgr]

BTW, for anyone else who can decipher this:

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=66541&page=2

originally posted by Neptune:
By "irrigate" does he mean plain water? Wish I could figure that out.

He said immediately below that,

10ml pbp + 3ml calmag per gallon, mixed in the reservoir.
Nobody should add so much shit to their res.... it's a scam folks.

It would make the most sense that he's using that reservoir for every irrigation.

You really using an average of 60 gallons of water a week?

 

[anomolies]

I'm new so I have to put up with elitist attitude? No thanks. I do appreciate the info though, but that guy offered nothing.

Thanks for the nute suggestions. I'm testing House&Garden on my plants now so I might switch to that when I run out of CNS17, it's pretty concentrated stuff. Jacks Classic seems like a good idea too.

What's the difference between Maxigrow/Maxibloom and the Flora / Floranova line?

He said immediately below that,


It would make the most sense that he's using that reservoir for every irrigation.

You really using an average of 60 gallons of water a week?

Guess you're right, I'm not familiar with pure hydro so I thought he maybe had a 2nd reservoir of just water. I always thought "irrigation" meant application of plain water, is my understanding of it wrong?

well.. 10 gallons per watering. If i were to do that everyday i'd be exhausted and not have time for anything else... That's hours of waiting for the R.O filter to put out clean water, hours of hauling the water back and forth, mixing nutes, watering, etc.

I know I'm gonna have to setup drippers. I plan to eventually, after my outdoor plants are done.

but right now I'm hand-watering so I'm a slave to my plants, just trying to figure out the best watering schedule that will keep my plants and myself happy.

 

[dgr]

Nah, you're right. Likely Neptune misused the word. I guess he could have a second reservoir. I doubt it.

If you need that kind of volume, I would think about setting up a container that your RO system could fill so you aren't waiting on it.

good luck

 

[JacuzziSplot]

You could maybe mix up 3 days worth at once. You dont need drippers to have a reservoir. For me after 3 days of sitting the nutes start to smell funny.

edit: you could also try mixing ro with tap.

 

[guest456mpy]

Neptune's post alludes to different ratio's of Micro / Bloom using General Hydroponics Flora Series Nutes. The first mentioned is the "classic" Lucas Formula, the second is one of the more popular derivatives. General Hydroponics is one of the "golden reference" nutrient formulations, not so much that it is the best but rather that the most data has been made available using it.

I personally use the G.H. formulations using a 6ml micro and 9ml bloom per gallon, with Kool Bloom Powder as a floral additive. Some have said that I use the "Rez Recipe" but I actually don't as much K.B, so at best my feeding formula is a derivative thereof.

Coco has no nutrients so anything grown in it is happiest using a relatively consistent E.C(ppm) and ph quality. Soil has a built in "nutrient flywheel" which accounts for the ability to feed and water in alternating cycles. Of course , this is for "best case" situations, and cannabis being a very hardy plant will survive minor changes. Too much variance and you may risk stressing the plant with reduced harvest, or worse producing hermies.

 

[anomolies]

You could maybe mix up 3 days worth at once. You dont need drippers to have a reservoir. For me after 3 days of sitting the nutes start to smell funny.

edit: you could also try mixing ro with tap.

Is it easy to setup the R.O system to hold more water? Right now it holds like 2 gallons.
Don't know if mixing with tap is a good idea, I have around 400ppm hard water here and it has a PH of 8 or 9. lol.

yep, I do have a reservoir, it's only 10 gallons. I probably need a bigger reservoir but I barely fill up the 10 gallon one before I use it all to water my plants again.

I prefer to mix up my nutes on the spot because for some reason it starts to smell funny after a few days as well, even though I don't add any additives. Starts to smell like fish or salt water. =o
Does this affect the chemical composition?

 

[JacuzziSplot]

Is it easy to setup the R.O system to hold more water? Right now it holds like 2 gallons.
Don't know if mixing with tap is a good idea, I have around 400ppm hard water here and it has a PH of 8 or 9. lol.

I dont use RO myself but I am a med patient and talk to other local growers and most of them mix about 1/3 or more tap to bring up pH and save a couple bucks but most of them buy their RO. There are a couple places around here that have it for 15 cents a gallon or something. Health food places.

I prefer to mix up my nutes on the spot because for some reason it starts to smell funny after a few days as well, even though I don't add any additives. Starts to smell like fish or salt water. =o
Does this affect the chemical composition?

As far as I know the bacteria and stuff just steal a little nitrogen the bigger problem is they will send the pH up. If you check you pH before you water and have Trichoderma(common green mold) in your coco you shouldnt have any worries. Trichoderma is like the lion of the microbial world and will kill almost all other invaders.

 

[TRA1NWRECK]

I just wait til the pots are light. I like to let the roots air out as well. So during flower, I am watering about every other day, sometimes even less.

 

[Decisive]

I feed-feed-RO, water when pots are light but only the tops are beginning to dry out, feeds never break 1000ppm, healthiest plants I have ever had, i'd strongly recommend checking our zoolanders coco nutrient thread on THC farmer.

 

[guerilllataktic]

once plants are more than 2 weeks old, feed everyday for 6 days and flush one day per week with pH'd water... works for me anyways..

agreed, just what i have been doing

 

[n1knightmare]

I use coco hempies so i feed once every 2 sometimes 3 days. I lost a plant when i first started using hempies because i was feeding everyday. Early flower i might let it go for 3 days between watering and 2 days later on in flowering.

 

[asher1er]

everyone has there own method in coco and honestly i think it has a lot to do with strand/enviroment and the obvious... the size of the pot...

i've fed everyday.. every other day.. ive done a round where i only had to feed every 3 days(18gal pots)..

I will say this and this is my opinion only.. YMMV.. i had 2 rooms side by side same setup strand etc etc.. one room was fed every other day and the other was fed everyday. Now the reason i did this was cuase when i skip a day i need a lot more nutes. feeding everyday used less as the coco obviously wasnt drying out as much..


at the end of the day my room which was fed every other day performed much better... even during veg the growth was quicker on the side that dried out more. Usually i woulda dumped the project and continued to perform my normal routine but i gave it a chance and wanted to continue on through flower..

my end result was smaller tree's and less yield on the side that ate everyday.. not by much but when looking at them side by side the results where obvious..

I would stick to feeding whenever your pots are getting light... If you sticking to one strand do a few rounds and try and see what works best for u..

I think the problem most have is that coco is not like soil and you can't really OVER Water as i have tried and the trees have shown no sign of being over watered except slower growth..

trial and error is the name of the game

evlme nice seeing you around homie be safe

 

[Mudita]

everyone has there own method in coco and honestly i think it has a lot to do with strand/enviroment and the obvious... the size of the pot...

i've fed everyday.. every other day.. ive done a round where i only had to feed every 3 days(18gal pots)..

I will say this and this is my opinion only.. YMMV.. i had 2 rooms side by side same setup strand etc etc.. one room was fed every other day and the other was fed everyday. Now the reason i did this was cuase when i skip a day i need a lot more nutes. feeding everyday used less as the coco obviously wasnt drying out as much..


at the end of the day my room which was fed every other day performed much better... even during veg the growth was quicker on the side that dried out more. Usually i woulda dumped the project and continued to perform my normal routine but i gave it a chance and wanted to continue on through flower..

my end result was smaller tree's and less yield on the side that ate everyday.. not by much but when looking at them side by side the results where obvious..

I would stick to feeding whenever your pots are getting light... If you sticking to one strand do a few rounds and try and see what works best for u..

I think the problem most have is that coco is not like soil and you can't really OVER Water as i have tried and the trees have shown no sign of being over watered except slower growth..

trial and error is the name of the game

evlme nice seeing you around homie be safe

would have been interesting if you also did a room using multiple daily waterings.

 

[asher1er]

How often to feed in coco?

would have been interesting if you also did a room using multiple daily waterings.

Your right.. But not possible in my situation.. And at my scale the nute bill will be pretty damn hefty... As if it allready isn't

 

[Bob-Hope]

feed 2 times a day for 10 mins each time,in an atami wilma.10 mins after lights on ten mins before lights off.6ltr pots filled with straight coco and a 2" layer of hydrotron on top.the wetter the better imho

 

[n1knightmare]

Thanks for the info asher1er!