The power of coco multifeed

[stevewinthrop]

I was skeptical reading some posts on multifeed dtw coco, I don't know why, I always assumed that most hydro methods don't have a huge variation in how fast they grow. Well, I was inspired to do a multifeed coco grow and I have to say, I am impressed!

First pic is September 17, I bought 4 blue dream clones from the dispensary, and repotted them to 5 gallon smart pots that day.

Second pic is from this morning, 3 weeks later.

I flipped them on Sunday (5 days ago)

Thank you, icmag! I found a winning routine.

 

[Hundred Gram Oz]

Nice work, Stevie! How often are ya feeding?

HGO

 

[stevewinthrop]

Every two hours, brother. I just upgraded my pump tonight and I get 10 percent runoff each feed. I feed 15 seconds at lights on, then every two hours I feed for 10 seconds til lights off.

It's not pure coco, there is an inch or two of hydroton at the bottom and it's a 80/20 mix of coco/perlite. If I was in smaller containers and feeding less I would be full coco but I already had these smart pots.

 

[Weeded1s]

Good work dewd.

 

[stoned40yrs]

Nice show. What nutes and ec are you running?

 

[stevewinthrop]

Not sure on EC, but running maxibloom and maxicrop. Per 5 gallons I use 4 tsp of maxibloom and 1 tsp of maxicrop. Also using fulvic acid and silica. I pH to 5.8 when I fill my reservoir and it drifts up to 6.5 by the time the reservoir is half empty.

 

[DONAJTHEIII]

Not sure on EC, but running maxibloom and maxicrop. Per 5 gallons I use 4 tsp of maxibloom and 1 tsp of maxicrop. Also using fulvic acid and silica. I pH to 5.8 when I fill my reservoir and it drifts up to 6.5 by the time the reservoir is half empty.

reasoning for using the maxicrop steve ? just curious

I heard maxibloom is solid on its own and isnt 4tsp a little low ? t least by itself I feel it is. IDk if maxicrop makes up for the rest

Thought people were using between 6-7 grams per gal. of water. Also 6.5 is a little high isnt it steve my man. My ph goes down to 5.6-and the highest I let it go is 6.2

Ladies look good nevertheless ! keep up the good work my man

AJAE

 

[stevewinthrop]

reasoning for using the maxicrop steve ? just curious

I heard maxibloom is solid on its own and isnt 4tsp a little low ? t least by itself I feel it is. IDk if maxicrop makes up for the rest

Thought people were using between 6-7 grams per gal. of water. Also 6.5 is a little high isnt it steve my man. My ph goes down to 5.6-and the highest I let it go is 6.2

Ladies look good nevertheless ! keep up the good work my man

AJAE

Trying to use kelp to help with smell and flavor. The last time I used coco and Chem ferts my bud just weren't as smelly and tasty as they usually are. I'm using maxicrop at a low dose, but it does have NPK so that's why I'm not running maxibloom at full blast. Plus I think 35 grams per 5 gallon bucket seems excessive. 6.5 is a little high, but the plants don't mind. It starts low and goes up, so I don't care if it gets a little high. After all I have to refill the rez every week anyway and the pH starts low again.

 

[Ganjaganjakush]

I have been running maxibloom at 1-1.1 ec on all plants and they all seem to be doing great I have noticed less is more in coco

 

[stevewinthrop]

That's right man, I haven't run them at full strength yet and they're looking great! They start getting liquid Kool bloom in a few days, and with koolbloom going I don't think I'll even try feeding them full strength. Seems like that would be overkill. It's the multiple feeds that really get these ladies growing quick. I'm hoping that later on in flower I can keep feeding 6 times a day, but I have a feeling humidity will get out of hand. But who knows, by that time my home should be dry as a bone due to our furnace running.

 

[stoned40yrs]

That's right man, I haven't run them at full strength yet and they're looking great! They start getting liquid Kool bloom in a few days, and with koolbloom going I don't think I'll even try feeding them full strength. Seems like that would be overkill. It's the multiple feeds that really get these ladies growing quick. I'm hoping that later on in flower I can keep feeding 6 times a day, but I have a feeling humidity will get out of hand. But who knows, by that time my home should be dry as a bone due to our furnace running.

Act now. There is a preventive measure that is cheap and easy to prevent bud rot from humidity. It's called Actinovate and you spray it right on the buds every 2 weeks while in bloom. Works frikken great!

 

[stevewinthrop]

Hey stoned, thanks for the tip, I actually have a couple bacterial antifungals that I use on my outdoor food crops (damn swiss chard, always has some kind of fungus). Actinovate is one of them, it's for lawns but I think it's fine for plants too (no other additives that I know of). The other is a lactobaccilus based spray that stinks to holy hell and I'll never get that close to my flowers

That said, I haven't ever had problems with bud rot before, but if the humidity goes out of control, I'll be sure to spray them down.

Thanks guys!

 

[stevewinthrop]

I did spray with actinovate recently. The humidity been going between 50 and 60 percent. I'm not overly worried about the buds, but things are starting to get stinky in there and I don't want my carbon filter rendered ineffective from the moisture so I may back off to 3 larger feeds a day.

Here they are 5 weeks from clone

 

[GreeeeN GRassss]

how are you dealing with the run off ?

 

[stevewinthrop]

The 5 gallon smart pots are sitting on milk crates inside of an under-the-bed style storage bin. I use a shop vac to suck out the runoff when it gets too much.

 

[stoned40yrs]

You could have gone with 1 or 2 gal smarties and got the same growth/everything and less h2o evaporating out of the 5 gal coco as well as less nutes/water needed to saturate the container. I also find I have to vacuum up the water in the trays asap or they are the major humidity buster. That said no need to change anything if it works for you

 

[stevewinthrop]

You could have gone with 1 or 2 gal smarties and got the same growth/everything and less h2o evaporating out of the 5 gal coco as well as less nutes/water needed to saturate the container. I also find I have to vacuum up the water in the trays asap or they are the major humidity buster. That said no need to change anything if it works for you

Yep, I already had the 5 gallon smart pots, otherwise I would have bought smaller ones. Maybe next time, or when these ones fall apart.

I'm surprised how full of roots they are though, completely solid side to side bottom to top and have been that way since week 2 of veg. Pretty neat!

 

[stickyuser]

Damn, this is lookin to damn good.

Ive just recently started my first coco grow, and up to now i havent been to happy with it. But im sure that is all about lack of knowledge.

Been handwatering them ladies for 7 weeks now,
just flipped them over.

But they are no where close to what u have
but i quess, you live n learn!

 

[stevewinthrop]

Damn, this is lookin to damn good.

Ive just recently started my first coco grow, and up to now i havent been to happy with it. But im sure that is all about lack of knowledge.

Been handwatering them ladies for 7 weeks now,
just flipped them over.

But they are no where close to what u have
but i quess, you live n learn!

Exactly. And really yoy have to start somewhere. Every time you grow you will learn new things. And every time you learn new things, you'll be able to apply that knowledge to your next grow. It only gets better from here, always remember that.

 

[stickyuser]

True dat Steve!
Like always tend to say when something didnt work out perfect, Knowledge is the key!

With that said, Is there any way i can adapt the multi feed to my current grow but still handwatering?
With minimal runoff?
Since ive pretty much broken the first cardinal rule to not treat coco as soil..
Didnt have suffient money to buy a pump system, or to build one.