New Canna coco coming!

[stoned40yrs]

Ha I was at the Hydro store today and the owner was jacked up about a new Canna product coming. Canna coco in blocks Canna is getting tired of all the neg feedback about bugs in their loose coco so they are coming out with the Canna 5.5 kilo blocks. Too funny

 

[MIway]

want to hear a bummer? there are soil mite eggs (hard shelled & resistant to drought) that survive in the compressed bricks. assuming they source from the same places as all the rest, unless they are somehow treating the coir (like prolonged high temp steam or something)... mites will hatch. not hearsay btw... takes about 21days from soaking bricks til u can see em crawling around. thr problem starts at the source of raw coir.

 

[Snow Crash]

They've been making the CoGr slabs for years. So this isn't "new" to them at least. Probably just picked up a new press to make different sizes. Shipping compressed coco is also WAY smarter so it's about time they got on board.

 

[carson]

Funny because everyone poopoos the botanicare ready-gro bricks, but I swear the bags ALWAYS produce bugs.

 

[indalo]

That's why I always use AIN thc Neem oil when I charge my coco. No bugs, no nada, plus regular foilage spraying when that time comes. Always work for me

 

[Coconutz]

What does a soilmite survive on in coco?
Can they eat the coir?

 

[noyd666]

in the infirmary C,Nutz=THREAD ON MITES IN THE ROOT ZONE.

 

[MIway]

What does a soilmite survive on in coco?
Can they eat the coir?

i am pretty sure the ones i have found eat the fungal & bacterial colonies that grow on coir... when they sit in large piles outdoors during processing. they themselves colonize & shit out eggs... most dont survive the processing (dehydration & compression), but certain soil mites have eggs that can withstand long droughts... according to the lit out there. some may in fact eat the coir... i dont know for sure. but sure as shit, they hatch from compressed bricks.

 

[stoned40yrs]

i am pretty sure the ones i have found eat the fungal & bacterial colonies that grow on coir... when they sit in large piles outdoors during processing. they themselves colonize & shit out eggs... most dont survive the processing (dehydration & compression), but certain soil mites have eggs that can withstand long droughts... according to the lit out there. some may in fact eat the coir... i dont know for sure. but sure as shit, they hatch from compressed bricks.

Yes I looked at coco coir production pictures and they have piles and they also spread it out with front end loaders to dry in the sun. I'm sure some bugs find the moist coco a pretty inviting place.

 

[Hydropimp]

Pre treat your coco and call it a day.

 

[dansbuds]

i've been using the bagged canna for a couple years now & never had a problem with bugs in my coco .

 

[Dropped Cat]

I just boil it.

 

[Snauseberry]

No problems with using neem oil as a drench to precharge?

 

[skull and roses]

The canna rep was at my hydro store a week or so ago and I asked him about the bug issues. He said there's no bugs in it and that most people keep the coco too wet and by doing that it sends some smell or what have you that attracts the gnats. He said you should let the coco dry out more??? I thought that defeats the purpose of coco. Once you have established roots I thought your suppose to keep it wet. That's how I've gotten the big yields and fast growth. I'm sick of the gnats though and the dunks don't seem to work anymore.

 

[Ziggaro]

Canna says to water when the pots are 50% of the weight of pot that was freshly saturated. Watering 3x/day in mid flowering and mine might be a little bit less than that even by the time they are watered again.

I have never used bagged coco, but I've never had bugs in coco, either!