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6/9 & A Pinch BayBay!
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bagged coco usually comes washed.
Sanctuary Soils Dutchman Coco is tripple washed.
It used to be around 500 ppms run off but now its close to 150ppms and already buffered. Its so ready to use you could rip a hole in the bag and stick the plant in it and call it a day LOL I spoke to the sales rep for my hydro store at the indoor gardening expo. Their only advantage over the competition is the triple wash and the dude was being honest and professional. That was that day. I saw him later on this year at the shop, being cool with the owner/workers has its perks cause we smoked with him and he explained the ppm shit to hte owner and I got to listen in so I got the scoop on it. 20$ a bag
Brick coco is messy. 10' makes it sounds like a walk in the park but dude, you need a larger container to hold the water/coco as it fluffs up and then you need to rinse it. More than once is cool too. Make sure all the nasty shit is gone, and usually by hand is the best way and well its not fun squeezing coco by hand when you gotta do a bunch of bricks.
ProMix has Coco in its HP mix (high porosity) - Its super pricey because its inoculated, buffered and all that good stuff making it ready right off the bale.
Brick coco is cost efficient and all those pennies add up if you donig it big.
But i'd say if you got 10 pots under a 1k or something like that - just get a ready to use bag and save yourself hte trouble and time of soaking and rinsing the bricks.
Sanctuary Soils Dutchman Coco is tripple washed.
It used to be around 500 ppms run off but now its close to 150ppms and already buffered. Its so ready to use you could rip a hole in the bag and stick the plant in it and call it a day LOL I spoke to the sales rep for my hydro store at the indoor gardening expo. Their only advantage over the competition is the triple wash and the dude was being honest and professional. That was that day. I saw him later on this year at the shop, being cool with the owner/workers has its perks cause we smoked with him and he explained the ppm shit to hte owner and I got to listen in so I got the scoop on it. 20$ a bag
Brick coco is messy. 10' makes it sounds like a walk in the park but dude, you need a larger container to hold the water/coco as it fluffs up and then you need to rinse it. More than once is cool too. Make sure all the nasty shit is gone, and usually by hand is the best way and well its not fun squeezing coco by hand when you gotta do a bunch of bricks.
ProMix has Coco in its HP mix (high porosity) - Its super pricey because its inoculated, buffered and all that good stuff making it ready right off the bale.
Brick coco is cost efficient and all those pennies add up if you donig it big.
But i'd say if you got 10 pots under a 1k or something like that - just get a ready to use bag and save yourself hte trouble and time of soaking and rinsing the bricks.
That sanctuary coco was actually the first coco I encountered and it is that coco that led me back to promix for a while longer. I had so much trouble with it, it seemed to have more bugs(gnats) and maybe wasn't buffered correctly? I did come across it when they first came into business a couple years ago. A local hydro store was selling their stuff in white unlabeled bags and later was introduced as the sanctuary brand. I never went back to it. Another hydro store in town started carrying canna so I gave it a shot and have never used any other coco since. It performed the way most said coco should. I guess sanctuary fixed things and it worked out because I met some others that use it and swear by it now. $20 a bag is about the same I pay for the canna. Maybe a buck or two less when I buy in bulk.
Hand watering 5 gallon pots every 2-3 days was very manageable. Right now coco is getting more and more hydro for me which is starting to be a PITA, I'm getting nice results, better than promix if anything but I would like to still have a life 
Would you go larger pots and water less or would you keep it the same way as you're doing with the coco? I think in general the coco would be drying out faster in the same size pots.
Would you go larger pots and water less or would you keep it the same way as you're doing with the coco? I think in general the coco would be drying out faster in the same size pots.
Hand watering 5 gallon pots every 2-3 days was very manageable. Right now coco is getting more and more hydro for me which is starting to be a PITA, I'm getting nice results, better than promix if anything but I would like to still have a life
Blumats
Not only say bye bye to handwatering but save on nute$$$ because there is no runoff waste.
All coco coir is essentially the same thing.
maybe cause the bagged stuff being moist already sorta seems that way
But yeah those 5kg bricks from GH for only 8$ is a killer savings over the sanctuary dutchman.
promix is expensive
im surprised you want to get it.
Hulk - I feel you on the handwatering - I'm staying awake jsut ot do that...
Have you considered automating or you just can't?
maybe cause the bagged stuff being moist already sorta seems that way
But yeah those 5kg bricks from GH for only 8$ is a killer savings over the sanctuary dutchman.
promix is expensive
im surprised you want to get it.Hulk - I feel you on the handwatering - I'm staying awake jsut ot do that...
Have you considered automating or you just can't?
Theres a major drought going on right now and saving some water would be good.
Ive never used it, but it seems like 2 bricks of coco is about the same volume as a block of promix.
Costs a little more for the promix upfront, but if you use 1/2 the nutes per feeding, and water 50% less, you make it up on the backend with nutrient costs and time spent changing the res and other maintenance issues.
Ive never used it, but it seems like 2 bricks of coco is about the same volume as a block of promix.
Costs a little more for the promix upfront, but if you use 1/2 the nutes per feeding, and water 50% less, you make it up on the backend with nutrient costs and time spent changing the res and other maintenance issues.
All my run off is reused for my ornamental garden - my trees - my bonsai trees - and my succulents/cacti on the rare. When I was first using A/N I used to flush it all down the toilet wasn't gardening back then like I am now.
I want to eliminate run off all together and potentially incorporate passive hydro or bluemats.
I don't think automated will do good for me since I need to stick to specific container sizes and yada yada.
Its just figuring out where the hell I can put the res so that its not in the way because it can't fit in the room unless I grow the plants on the ground
lol
wasn't gardening back then like I am now.I want to eliminate run off all together and potentially incorporate passive hydro or bluemats.
I don't think automated will do good for me since I need to stick to specific container sizes and yada yada.
Its just figuring out where the hell I can put the res so that its not in the way because it can't fit in the room unless I grow the plants on the ground
lol
No more bushy bubba...
Got a lot of clones.
Hope the feds don't come anytime soon!
I swear bubba would die out if she was left to make it in the wild without human intervention.
Keepin her shaved from now on or she ends up with skinny legs and smaller buds down there.
Need to get a few more like this in flower asap, but Im going to be topping them twice from now on and putting them in at 2ft. She doesn't reach out much and shades herself.
We just want big tops baybay!
Got a lot of clones.
Hope the feds don't come anytime soon!
I swear bubba would die out if she was left to make it in the wild without human intervention.
Keepin her shaved from now on or she ends up with skinny legs and smaller buds down there.
Need to get a few more like this in flower asap, but Im going to be topping them twice from now on and putting them in at 2ft. She doesn't reach out much and shades herself.
We just want big tops baybay!
i think they are holding off on that sort of thing for now.
