[ColaforniaKid]

Coco Ebb & Flow
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Enough Lurking - time to post ~ I recently stumbled across this site after being introduced to Coco by a close friend. This forum & specifically this category has been a great help along with advice of some close friends. I am by no means a pro & have learned tons from this forum already so I wanted to share my experiances & learn from others along the way.

Background:
I recently got into the grow scene myself about 2 years back. I have read some books over the years but IMO word of mouth / experience is the best advise any grower can have. One of my best bro's has been in the scene for 5/6 years now & continues to astound me with the quality & quantity of his crops - I guess you would call him my mentor.

I followed my partners setup & was originally running 4x4 cubes on top of 3 foot slabs & stuffing about 36 plant per tray, a little tight but worked out OK & ended up with about a 1LB dry weight of goods. A general rule of thumb I like to follow is 1# per 1000 watts. ( He however is pulling in the 1.5 - 2.0 range ). This is his second grow in Coco & the one who recommended I move to it ASAP.

I started this thread to let people know that Ebb & Flow works with Coco. What my bro's have done works & I am simply following his lead. I am running virtually the SAME exact routine & chemicals as I did with Rockwood ( as is my mentor ) & the only thing changing appears to be the quality / yield of the overall grow. I can say my stocks are WAY bigger than they have ever been in rock wool, ( still in Veg & many are bigger than cutting time on my last crop).

I took his advice & just setup my first grow with Coco. I started with about 40 clones from my bros Granddaddy Purple Mother & placed them in the Hydro dome. We placed a heating pad under the dome & the flouro's right on top of it. In about 10 days most all of them had some healthy amount of roots poking out the bottom.

Coming from cubes I made a lil bit more of a mess with the transplanting & Coco setup. It was however very easy & overall I spent less on supplies than with Rock wool. I am 2 weeks into my Veg stage & the roots are poking through in force into the coco mat. Things are looking good & I plan to move them into bloom & the end of next week. OK, enough BS'n here's the details.

*btw both of my local shops were out of 8" pots so you will notice some 6" lurking, most I have plastic underneath to prevent them from penetrating as I
stealing / transplanting them & turing them to my moms.


SETUP & SUPPLIES:
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ROOM = 9 x 8 feet
LIGHT = SS 1000 HPS & mover
TRAY = 4 x 8 feet
4x8 Coco Matt
8" Coco pots
2 Bags BCUZZ Coco
30 Granddaddy Purps
6" Inline fan in
8" Inline + Charcol Out



WATERING & NUTES:
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60 GAL RES
GH F-Gro
GH F-Micro
GH F-Bloom
* Cal Mag
* Super Thrive
PH 6.0 avg
FLOOD = 2X a day @ 15 mins.



General View:



Tray / Room


Another Tray / Room


Tray / Room


Tray / Room



I will keep everyone posted on any new developments but wanted to share this setup with others who have been thinking about it... I need to make a trip to the local hydro store this afternoon but will keep everyone posted on the grow / room / progression.

I guess since ya beat me to it, I guess I will be following in your footsteps from now on Awesome setup homeboy... cannot wait to see those babies bloomin'

Quick question.. whats your feeding regime with the 3 part?

[-VT-]

Awesome....been wanting to try coco pots in flood/drain....gonna tag, lurk, and learn....
How far up the pot does the flood rise?
Thanks for the show....and good luck with the grow.

peace

[WeedTime]

ncie setup, keep my eye on thread, good luck

[ColaforniaKid]

Thanks All,


IS - I just follow the bottles directions, maybe a lil less than what they recomend & so far so good for me. So in the V I run 3-Gro/2-Mic/1-Blm per gallon of water, maybe a tad less.

VT - For most of the first 2 weeks, I had the light stationary & watered them by hand, also hitting them about 2x a day. Once the roots started bustin through I then spread em out on the mat. The water comes up about 2/3"'s on the pot & seems to be working great. My mentor is in his 5th week of flower right now ( w/ simillar setup ) & the roots are plentifull under the mat. He has had no problems with mold, mildew, rot, etc.

WT - Much appreciated.


* I also keep a heater in the room as of late - been a lil chilly stretch in Cali, the room stays at a minimum 60 & warms up to 70 + with the light on.
* I also use Diamond Nectar same qty as Micro; forgot bout that one, ST memory loss


??? I haven't had much if any experiance with trimming other than yellow leaves & underbrush. I am hoping for a better yield in Coco so I am willing to risk experimenting a lil more on some plants ( another benifit of Coco ). I was always to nervous about damaging my crop / yield but with Coco it appears everyone is increasing yield & therofore I feel more willing to experiment a lil.



So from a Joe to you Pro's, any advice on trimming , I am thinking about slicing & dicing some of the 6" pots I have circled below. The ones w/ X's started a week later & are being moved out to another cabinet for mothers.






Thx N Adv.

[UNREGISTRD]

fucking awesome setup!!! this is exactly what i need to influence me to do the swap as well!!! Im in the same boat as you calikid been rocking the wool for a bit know but I want to do the swap to coco/organic etc..
I still cant figure out how to use coco with ebb/flow cuasae ive seen it make the res really muckky and clog the pumps!! do your res get dirty as soon as u water??
how do u prevent it?? can u give us a breakdown on how u put your pots together?
i see u got a lonely rockwool cube on the tray as well! lol.. i like to see u can intermix still..and how soon do the roots explode into the lower mat? can u take them from tray to tray?? like veg in one tray and pick it up and put in the flower tray?? or will there be roots coming out the coco pot??

lookin pretty sweet bro

I have never seen those coco matts. I like it.

Those GDP's are looking good. I love the big ass fan leaves they seem to produce, it makes them look so healthy and happy.I got one lone GDP left, that I am making a mom. I was wondering how you keep the res clean too. Does the matts just garb all the loose particulate before entering the drain or do have an inline filter in your tubing.

you could make those 6" mothers, but I think you would actually be better off using one of the 8" pots and just leaving the 6" to catch up (trim the lower nodes and keep it less bushy and it will shoot up to ther others) bc it has more room for roots and are more established so that means you can take that many more clones and sooner.

good luck bro. peace-highst

[northcoastmed]

Damn that looks good. I will have to try the pots next time. I'm using cubes right now and getting nowhere near the results.

[gaiusmarius]

Hi ColaforniaKid

cool thread, i look forward to following this grow. they are looking real happy in there. where are the slabs you were talking about, or is that another setup? please keep us posted on things like watering schedule, ph and ec. also how high up those pots are you flooding them?

Originally Posted by gaiusmarius

Hi ColaforniaKid

cool thread, i look forward to following this grow. they are looking real happy in there. where are the slabs you were talking about, or is that another setup? please keep us posted on things like watering schedule, ph and ec. also how high up those pots are you flooding them?

the slabs are under the pots look at near the drain holes, you can see where he cut the matts to make it fit.