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Canna Coco Bricks
- Thread starter Mikell
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I've been using them for a year. Cheaper here than bags for sure. Great stuff, I'll never change up from these blocks. 4 blocks in a pack, don't believe the package directions, it takes 1 gal to hydrate 1 block to the correct moisture content. 4 gal for the pack.
Tell him to add only 4 gal and he won't have to waste time wringing it out mate
4 gal is the perfect moisture content for transplants, clones and seeds
4 gal is the perfect moisture content for transplants, clones and seeds
DONAJTHEIII
Member
switched to ready-gro and wont be going back to canna anytime soon. im not seeing living creatures in my coco anymore wether it be springtails or aphids and its way cheaper.
just my 2 cents
CoCoSativas
Active member
Agreed 100% it's about a 4 litres of water per quarter of the pack, 10 litres apròx. I love the brick
Bwanabud
Active member
switched to ready-gro and wont be going back to canna anytime soon. im not seeing living creatures in my coco anymore wether it be springtails or aphids and its way cheaper.
just my 2 cents
I've never heard of any problems with bugs & Canna ?
DONAJTHEIII
Member
I did sadly
like i said ready gro is what im using again and the only thing i changed. Even springtails are gone now.Im not the only one who experienced this on here but if its not broken dont fix it.
No, Canna makes the best blocks, just hydrate and it's ready for use. No crap in it like other blocks, just beautiful, processed coco coir as good as the stuff in the bags or better.
CoCoSativas
Active member
No, Canna makes the best blocks, just hydrate and it's ready for use. No crap in it like other blocks, just beautiful, processed coco coir as good as the stuff in the bags or better.
True there's no crappy. There's actually about ppm of buffer in it their coco is pre bufeed. Idk what theu use bit it's like 125 ppm my buddy tod me
Weeded1s
Member
Anything ..and i mean anything i get from a hydro store i always make sure its clean.
If its bottle i rinse it off good..if its coco i spray spinosad and pyrethrin in and around my coco storage bin.
Lastly if you go into the bug section at your hydro store you should automatically just assume that you probably just picked up the last growers mites,thrips,broads etc etc..so always shower off everytime before you enter your grow.
1 oz of prevention etc etc ..you guys know the saying.
Cheers
If its bottle i rinse it off good..if its coco i spray spinosad and pyrethrin in and around my coco storage bin.
Lastly if you go into the bug section at your hydro store you should automatically just assume that you probably just picked up the last growers mites,thrips,broads etc etc..so always shower off everytime before you enter your grow.
1 oz of prevention etc etc ..you guys know the saying.
Cheers
CoCoSativas
Active member
I'm going to start using predator nematodes right from the start I'm thinking similar to you
Ben Ripped
Member
throw those bricks away should never see those on store shelves.
PoweredByLove
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i've used the cocotek, botanicare, and prolly some other brand too. nice and convenient and cheap. add water, fluff, mix with perlite and whatever else you use. i use worm castings and lime and some other rock dusts. then use it. never had to rinse it or any of that. i decided to try and rinse it and measure the ppms and shit one day. what a nightmare. runoff said 2000+ppms no matter how much i washed it...then i was like...wtf why am i going though all this worry. i've never rinsed these and it worked great.
so yeah. love bricks of coco, all i've ever used, never had any issues.
also how are you guys finding bugs in bricks of material that have been compressed 20:1 and dried and sitting on a store shelf for who knows how many months? magical invincible superbugs that don't need water and food to live lol?
the things i read on these forums...
so yeah. love bricks of coco, all i've ever used, never had any issues.
also how are you guys finding bugs in bricks of material that have been compressed 20:1 and dried and sitting on a store shelf for who knows how many months? magical invincible superbugs that don't need water and food to live lol?
the things i read on these forums...
Among some insect species, diapause lasts only until favourable
environmental conditions return, after which the insect resumes
its normal activities. The eggs of the mosquito Aedes vexans,
for example, remain in diapause until the damp soil on which the eggs
are laid is flooded to form a pool suitable for the larvae.
This period can last months, even years.
Dormancy is a real, observable thing, absence of evidence is not
evidence of absence.
environmental conditions return, after which the insect resumes
its normal activities. The eggs of the mosquito Aedes vexans,
for example, remain in diapause until the damp soil on which the eggs
are laid is flooded to form a pool suitable for the larvae.
This period can last months, even years.
Dormancy is a real, observable thing, absence of evidence is not
evidence of absence.
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Yeah. Key word in your statement is moist as in water. Coco brick is completely dry, as in 0 moisture. Nothing survives 0 moisture. I suggest you guys figure out how the bugs are really getting in your grow, i assure you they didn't come with a brick of coco. I have found 0 bugs to date in coco. They go from the environment to the moistened inviting coco, not the other way around. #cookiedoh
I been using Canna Bricks for 2 years now. Most consistent and ive used every damn brand of coir out there. For loose bag...Readygro was my go to...for years. Then i tried the Canna Bricks...never looked back. Its cheaper. One gallon of warm tap per quarter (10 liter brick). And its good to go. So cheap compared to loose bag that i dont even reuse. Its like the Canna loose bag. Same.quality. My tap is 0.2 EC. I bump it up to 0.4 EC with a calmag product. Warm 5 gallon buckets filled.to 4 gallons will do the whole package. Plant and feed in with a mild.base....your off to the races.
