KushConnoisseur
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That's my only problem, space is limited. I would like to go a week at a time between refills. I may do just 12 plants instead I'm not sure. This is my first run on a 4x4 table and will be my first automated run.
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A few things that I've learned about growing in coco with a drip systm DTW
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That's my only problem, space is limited. I would like to go a week at a time between refills. I may do just 12 plants instead I'm not sure. This is my first run on a 4x4 table and will be my first automated run.
Pot size will only minimally affect your juice needs, if you want the same weight. It makes little difference if you do 4 plants, or 16; expect up to 15 gallons per day at peak of flower. Can you do a res under the table? They have some that stack under a 4x4 tray IIRC...
KushConnoisseur
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No, my table is only about 10" off the ground. It will be outside the tent that I'm growing in. I'm going to see if I can fit a 55 gallon drum somewhere.
Hydrogen peroxide in coco? That will kill the trichoderma, which are the bennies that come in coco. Why do you want to use it?
The other thing: if you want to maximize your yield, go with Hempy buckets. They blow away any other type of pot by a mile, and are foolproof & simple.
Coco Hempy Style:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=147954
The Official Hempy Bucket Thread
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=98419
i had a little funk going on and was trying to clean up the rez. plus there was a little bit of root die off at the beginning due to a lapse in water when they got ahead of me. just trying to clean er up. scrubbed and bleached rez earlier today. uppotting out of 4 inchers into 1 gals of coco and hydroton tonight. reinoculating tomorrow and also relying on the new gal of coco to reinvigorate the micros.
When you up-pot, the new coco will have trichoderma.
Next time, try Aquashield instead of H2O2. It will overwhelm the bad guys with bennies.
KushConnoisseur
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Just the specific info I was looking for thanks buddy this helps me greatly.
Man! That would be perfect to stuff under my table only problem is I'm in a 4x4 tent and that reservoir is 50" long. It might fit barely but wouldn't leave me room for a catch pan. I'll figure something out now that I know how much water I'll be using.
dropped the h2o2 on your advise
flushed bagged roots coco palms brand coco. rinsed it five times before getting it down to .6 ec. explains my weird lockout in the beginning. i didnt rinse or check runoff till days later. this time i rinsed the shit out of it and once i descided the remaing e.c. must be from the few little ingredients they supplement thier coco with. i charged it with nutes watered down to .4 ec from the 6/9 recipe and then added i mil per gal botanicare cal/mag to final volume. this morning i raised e.c. and trickled in a little .7 ec again with cal/mag and silica 1 mil (dynagrow) but i think im going to drop the cal mag and see how it does now that the coco has been rinsed and charged. ph. 5.8-6.0 hydroton sammy on top and bottom inch of pot.
so was this stuff i thought. lol
i would have bought canna down the street but i wanted to buy from the local shop. it amended to charge it i guess . now i have enough to do my whole run. bummer i dont think i can return it. ill just mass flush it over a day or two next time i up pot then switch to canna.
Shoots
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Loving the bagged canna as well. Only been a couple months of using it but so far so good for me.
been using bagged canna for almost 2 years now ....luv the shit !!! its so easy to work with . i did try mother earths bagged coco one time when he was out of canna & had good results with that too .
no critters in either brand , no need to flush & charge .... just transplant feed & go !!!
no critters in either brand , no need to flush & charge .... just transplant feed & go !!!
KushConnoisseur
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Anyone have experience with botanicare coco?
I switched from atami b'cuz and seemed to get some burn or deficiency on the lower leaves when I planted into botanicare coco right out of the bag, but my nutrient ppm was a little high going in also..
I switched from atami b'cuz and seemed to get some burn or deficiency on the lower leaves when I planted into botanicare coco right out of the bag, but my nutrient ppm was a little high going in also..
Shoots
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I used the botanicare moisture and liked it ok. Liking canna better though.
I am still not getting that explosive root growth from my vegged plants, currently I take clones directly to 1.5gallon pots, Canna coco, hand water as needed till they are about 18" then flip em.I am getting great yields, but think I could do better if I had that robust root growth. Ideas?
Put them in smaller containers. In a large container the roots run to the sides and spiral if it is not a root pruning pot. This leaves the center to go stagnant. By moving them up threw the different pot sizes the spiraling will happen in the dead zone you are getting by using to big of a pot. More roots in the center makes a happier plant.
