[Da-realness]

Hi,

This is my first coco grow.
I hope you guys could help me with my questions!
I have 8 plants, Im going to Veg them for 8 weeks under 400w.

My setup:

Lighting = 3 x 600 Watt in cooltubes (See picture)
Plant Nutrition = HESI COCO
Growing media = Coco in 11 liters pot, with drippers.




This is my first coco grow, I got some questions..

1, How many Top-colas should I have? Im thinking of 4 for each plant.
2, What is a good ph-value for coco?
3, What is a good ec-value for coco?
4, Any tips would be nice!

Thanks alot!

[Hundred Gram Oz]

Hey man why 1800w with 8 plants? How about you split that up into 3, have 8 plants around 600w x 3? your plant count will go up to 24 but worth it IMO. And why you veggin with a 400? Using all your lights would speed things up a lot.

HGO

[simple green]

I'll go in order from easiest to hardest....

2. Keep ph between 5.5-6.1 ish
3. Dependant on the plant but as a whole somewhere between 1.5-2.0+ ...check out stickys by REs and Head in the coco forum for great easy nute ideas with simple gen hydro ferts or do a search for lucas formula in the coco forum...

1. Your pic looks like a vert setup with lights in the middle of the plants? 3 x 600 in a vert setup I'd be expecting layers on top of layers of plants..If I were doing a vert setup with a single 600 I'd be doing about 8 plants, so with 3-600's I wonder how all those bulbs would be used......If you were to do 3 x 600 w/ 8 plants in a normal (light above plants) lighting setup, you'd want a lot of tops and well vegged plants, with tops spread apart (like scrogg'ish) before flipping to 12/12.

4. Welcome to ICMAG...the forum is GREAT. A lot of common questions have been answered, and there's a lot of incredible grows/setups to check out. This forum has a great search function...especially when you go to "advanced search" and search for words you want in titles (and can do that search specific to one forum...) Spend some time searching for basic answers, checking out what the big dogs are doing, and enjoy!

[Hundred Gram Oz]

Also with my way you wont need a cooltube, just place a floor fan under the bulb.

[Da-realness]

Originally Posted by Hundred Gram Oz

Hey man why 1800w with 8 plants? How about you split that up into 3, have 8 plants around 600w x 3? your plant count will go up to 24 but worth it IMO. And why you veggin with a 400? Using all your lights would speed things up a lot.

HGO

Yeah you right...

But I cant use the flowering room for the next 8 weeks...
I only have a 400 Watt in my veg-room..
There will be no time for taking clones.. I think..

Dont you think the plants will be enough big to use 1800w?

Thanks for the comments

[Da-realness]

Originally Posted by simple green

1. Your pic looks like a vert setup with lights in the middle of the plants? 3 x 600 in a vert setup I'd be expecting layers on top of layers of plants..If I were doing a vert setup with a single 600 I'd be doing about 8 plants, so with 3-600's I wonder how all those bulbs would be used......If you were to do 3 x 600 w/ 8 plants in a normal (light above plants) lighting setup, you'd want a lot of tops and well vegged plants, with tops spread apart (like scrogg'ish) before flipping to 12/12.

Yes I have 3x600 in a raw... Im going to try make my plants 1,5 meters high before I flip to 12/12.
I know its a little bit over kill with light for 8 plants.

Thanks for the comments!

[Hazy Lady]

You veg them for the next 8 weeks you will need a silo to finish them, they will be tall as he££, why not top them, use the tops as clones, by the time your flower rooms ready your clones will be 3ft tall plants, perfect for your lights.

Edit, it took me so long to post I didn't see you want huge plant's, ignore me
PH for coco - 5.2 to 6.2, Most coco nuts find 5.8 ideal, I do. - don't ignore this bit.

Da Realness, your set-up is perfect but you only need 1 600 Vertical light, the plants can be as large as 5'-6' tall, your plants will give you 95% usable buds from top to bottom, without pruning, but that's another subject, use the other 2 600's for the same thing, then you can expand your growing.

If you really want to be smart, use 2 600's to flower and use 1 of your 600's as a veg. light and have you plants on a 30 day rotation (if your plants flower for 60 days). This will keep a perpetial cycle going. I hope I'm not over your head with this...

[Da-realness]

Originally Posted by Hazy Lady

You veg them for the next 8 weeks you will need a silo to finish them, they will be tall as he££, why not top them, use the tops as clones, by the time your flower rooms ready your clones will be 3ft tall plants, perfect for your lights.

Edit, it took me so long to post I didn't see you want huge plant's, ignore me
PH for coco - 5.2 to 6.2, Most coco nuts find 5.8 ideal, I do. - don't ignore this bit.

Thanks alot for the input!

I have never grown monster plants before.

[Da-realness]

Originally Posted by Aerokush101

Da Realness, your set-up is perfect but you only need 1 600 Vertical light, the plants can be as large as 5'-6' tall, your plants will give you 95% usable buds from top to bottom, without pruning, but that's another subject, use the other 2 600's for the same thing, then you can exand your growing.

If you really want to be smart, use 2 600's to flower and use 1 of your 600's as a veg. light and have you plants on a 30 day rotation (if your plants flower for 60 days). This will keep a perpetial cycle going. I hope I'm not over your head with this...

Thanks alot for the input, this time I will try with 8 plants.