[slownickel]

Originally Posted by Ratzilla

I have been reading some of your posts, interesting for sure.
I see no deficiencies in my plants most times.
I use rainwater its has 0.0 EC and 6.2 pH
I am a old dog so new ways are hard when I am so comfortable.
I will continue to a better understanding of what you are saying after reading your posts over a few more times.
Ratz
On another note it is my understanding that to much P mixed in globally retards the mycorrhizae growth

Without a high P, you won't get the yields you want. I would argue as well that quality would be a bit hurting. If you have 300 ppm of K or so, 40 ppm of P won't do anything.... but you will have myco's!

[Gry]

Old coco finds an after life in the veggie garden outside. The sight of hydroton balls always brings a mental smile when I see them in the soil.

[slownickel]

Oh the little things that bring back fond memories...

[Phases]

Gry I know what you mean about the clay balls in the garden outside. I mix all my coco and promix and hydroton into my garden soil all the perlite and hydroton help with the soil drainage, my cucumbers and tomatoes never looked so good. I also use my runoff nutrient solution to feed my outdoor garden.

[Burt]

I love coco and thank ic mag for turning me
on to it.
I feel my recycled coco get better every round
I always use an myco innoculant upon final transplant and
lastly, HPK is the secret for monster organic buds
Btw-a light sprinkling of dolomite never hurt anything but the place
us heads really get our micros is from the weekly
organic molasses supplementation during flowering

[slownickel]

Originally Posted by Burt

I love coco and thank ic mag for turning me
on to it.
I feel my recycled coco get better every round
I always use an myco innoculant upon final transplant and
lastly, HPK is the secret for monster organic buds
Btw-a light sprinkling of dolomite never hurt anything but the place
us heads really get our micros is from the weekly
organic molasses supplementation during flowering

What is HPK?

[cocktail frank]

I think he is talking about aurora innovations, same company that makes big swell.

[Burt]

https://www.aurorainnovations.org/hpk.html
It's great and be sure to get them fulvic and humic counts up yo

[mittensmitten]

Cyco coco is more of a dust as opposed to a fiber. it is the cheaper stuff. I use it (cause in my area choices are limited, if I do not wanna drive for 2 hrs total). I mix it with Promix HPCC. But, I do not use it in flower at all.

Still. odds are that the problem is in the water. Cause Coco is supposed to be wet,. If it dries out, and the roots are subjected to drying out, the plant can permanently die. I have seen it.

Coco is not supposed to ever dry out.

[delta9nxs]

there is formed in every container by every watering event a layer of water with no air space that is called the "perched water table".

the size or volume of the pwt is dictated by the particle size of the medium. the smaller or finer the medium the greater the volume of the pwt.

in a normal plant container this layer of water can only be removed by the combined forces of transpiration and evaporation.

it takes time to do this. what is happening in your container is that the finer medium is holding a larger volume of water than you are used to. you can compensate by watering less frequently.

but ultimately the solution is to find a medium that has a greater air filled porosity as watering less frequently grows a lower yielding plant simply because of less frequent gas exchange.

i have been making my own coco/perlite mix to create an approximate 35% afp.

but i recently discovered a coco based product that comes out of the bag ready to use.

go to royalgoldcoco.com and check out their "tupur" product.

it is approx 35% right out of the bag and contains perlite, azomite, basalt, and humics.

personally i would yank those plants out of that stuff your using and put them in something better.

i hope this helps