IwannatokeNbone
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this might be the ultimate medium, anybody doing blending coco with worm poop.
anybody putting worm castings in there coco?
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Why would you want to?
It doesn't make sense. Coco is soil less, and worm castings are, well, soil.
So how are you going to PH it?
Like coco or like soil?
I could see amending a soil mix with coco, but not the other way around.
Some guy on here tried just that a while back and had nothing but problems.
It doesn't make sense. Coco is soil less, and worm castings are, well, soil.
So how are you going to PH it?
Like coco or like soil?
I could see amending a soil mix with coco, but not the other way around.
Some guy on here tried just that a while back and had nothing but problems.
IwannatokeNbone
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thx
Leeroy&Co:
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I used to use organic's in coco, with Seasol,dynamic lifter and worm waste etc.With good results.
liquid "wormswork", it's a brand of liquid worm waste that is very ph friendly. I used it in a mix of coco and perlite previously and it went fairly well through veg and flower. It also added a very nice sweet flavour to the budz in the cure process.
But I am refering to LIQUID worms waste in an adjusted diluted form, not raw worm poo just put in with the medium (edit: although I'm sure you can do this aswell),. Personally i think worm shit is the best organic boost in terms of health and flavour, I love it but am not using it currently as I am trialling just canna cocco a+b with pk 13/14 and mollases just for something different.
liquid "wormswork", it's a brand of liquid worm waste that is very ph friendly. I used it in a mix of coco and perlite previously and it went fairly well through veg and flower. It also added a very nice sweet flavour to the budz in the cure process.
But I am refering to LIQUID worms waste in an adjusted diluted form, not raw worm poo just put in with the medium (edit: although I'm sure you can do this aswell),. Personally i think worm shit is the best organic boost in terms of health and flavour, I love it but am not using it currently as I am trialling just canna cocco a+b with pk 13/14 and mollases just for something different.
My mix is 50% coco, 30% perlite, and 20% castings.
The reason that you do it is to add microbial life, particularly bacteria, and a habitat for microbial life to your coco. I would think this would only be beneficial if you are running insoluble organics. If you are using salts straight coco is probably better.
You shouldn't need to worry about pH with this type of mix and organics. That you don't need to be concerned with pH is one of the reasons to do something like this.
I've been using this same base mix since February in a no-till tote. When it is time to replant I just cut a little hole in the top of the mix put the new plants in. I don't pull the soil out, take out the old roots, re-mix, or anything else. If I need to add something back I do it by top dressing. This time I didn't add anything back except for a chopped up comfrey plant from my yard and the left over trimmings (stems and leaf) from the prior crop. This system is really simple and has worked very well for me.
Pine
The reason that you do it is to add microbial life, particularly bacteria, and a habitat for microbial life to your coco. I would think this would only be beneficial if you are running insoluble organics. If you are using salts straight coco is probably better.
You shouldn't need to worry about pH with this type of mix and organics. That you don't need to be concerned with pH is one of the reasons to do something like this.
I've been using this same base mix since February in a no-till tote. When it is time to replant I just cut a little hole in the top of the mix put the new plants in. I don't pull the soil out, take out the old roots, re-mix, or anything else. If I need to add something back I do it by top dressing. This time I didn't add anything back except for a chopped up comfrey plant from my yard and the left over trimmings (stems and leaf) from the prior crop. This system is really simple and has worked very well for me.
Pine
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SeaMaiden
I, too, mix worm castings (and some mineral matter, and rice hulls) into my coco and it works just fine. I replaced perlite with rice hulls for a few reasons.
One, it's MUCH less expensive, literally a fraction of the price.
Two, the rice hulls don't float up to the top like perlite.
Three, they're not only renewable, they're sustainable *and* an already-present agricultural byproduct.
Four, they provide some nutrients in their own right, in the form of potassium silicate (hulls are about 20% silicate).
One, it's MUCH less expensive, literally a fraction of the price.
Two, the rice hulls don't float up to the top like perlite.
Three, they're not only renewable, they're sustainable *and* an already-present agricultural byproduct.
Four, they provide some nutrients in their own right, in the form of potassium silicate (hulls are about 20% silicate).
IwannatokeNbone
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thats what i thought guys, worm poop makes the coco better. thx
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YosemiteSam
I am starting to mess around with it and love it.
50% coco, 25% perlite (i think important once you start adding humus) and 25% a combo of ewc and a couple sources of thermal compost.
I think it makes the plants healthier to use microbes. I think diversity is the best answer to a whole lot of problems...fuck ever using poison again.
Plus, I think once I play around a little I can go full organic with this mix. No mo chem nutes.
50% coco, 25% perlite (i think important once you start adding humus) and 25% a combo of ewc and a couple sources of thermal compost.
I think it makes the plants healthier to use microbes. I think diversity is the best answer to a whole lot of problems...fuck ever using poison again.
Plus, I think once I play around a little I can go full organic with this mix. No mo chem nutes.
For the same reason you would add castings to any mix.
Many people use worm castings in organic mixes with coco or peat as a base medium.
Roots organic 'soil' and basement mix are examples of commercial coco products amended with organic material right out of the bag.
There are many documented grows with no problems as well.
petemoss
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My first bag of coco was called CocoCan. It was coco with EWC added and pre-rinsed with fresh water. I found that the added EWC created a muddy mixture that held way more water than plain coco. Also, the hybrid media was partly soil-like and partly hydroponic, which made it hard to decide how to PH my feed and how often to flood. I struggled with the hybrid mix and eventually went to all coco plus perlite with better results.
