How to clean used coco so I can use it agen...

[#1cheesebuds]

How to clean used coco so I can use it agen?
I have 3-4 pots with great coco in em but its used so I wanted to clean it to try to use it for future grows.

thx for ur info.

 

[Mephi]

Hello,

I am using my Coco-Bio-Nova Bricks since 2 years.

No problem

Between the "Runs" i let it dry and flush only with Tap Water.
Tap with a neutral ph works fine. Same Amount Coco Volume x 10
My Water has an neutral ph but a lot of Cal-Mag.

On Stage i water every Time with a Shot of Cannazym or other Products. 10 ml/gal.

I use my Coco in pots-1 gal or max. 6.5 litres staged on Libra. But i dont really need to drain in the run.
Lucas Formula attached to your Water Quality/Coco should work fine.
One Time in a month i give Enzyms and Tap-Water only.

For me and my Water-Quality it seems to be perfekt.

I use GHE Flora Nova Bloom or the 3 -Part only, attached to Lucas Formula and my Strains personal needs. Hand-watered/1qm/600 W/Philips Greenpower

2 Years and i never changed the System.

Good Luck.

Mephi

 

[#1cheesebuds]

cool thinks for the great info dude.

 

[Harinama]

i've been reusing my coco for about 1.5 yrs. Since i flush pretty well at the end of each round, i simply let it sit about 2wks, then reuse it. I water to 20% overflow with nutes and extra hygrozyme and dripclean the first round to clear out any remaining salts.

A good flushing between veg/bloom helps keep the salts at bay also.

important tools when reusing coco: dripclean(removes salts), hygrozyme(kills off old roots), cal/mag (use esp. on fresh coco), b12(helps roots get established), good flushable nutes(chem seems to work better than most organics).

 

[Ember1]

Coco is cheap, but we are reusing this round. We ended up dumping all coco (I cut with perlite) into a big empty box. I own a machine shop, so always have metal around. Used a 4' x 4' piece of expanded metal over a second box. Dumped small amounts of the coco/pelite mix onto the expanded metal, and by hand, vibrate the expanded metal to sift.

Doesn't catch all roots, but a good majority of it, plus it makes a nice mix of perlite/coco.

We run Hempy, so we have 2" of perlite in the bottoms of each bucket so it gets mixed in as well.

 

[jackiee]

hi,i put my used coco through a garden seive or riddle to catch most of the roots,i leave it in an empty tub outside to face the elements for a couple of weeks then mix it 50-50 with new coco and a good drink of hygrozyme. works a treat for me.stay lucky