[SpanglyBoovus]

In the organic coco coir thread it was requested that I post some pictures up of my results of using 100% coco coir mixed with worm castings, perlite, and other organic ammendments like bat guano, greensand, sheep manure, Fox Farms POM 5-5-5, FF Marine Cuisine)

EDIT: Keep in mind, all of my plants are under a single 430W HPS light that is about a year old.. Im planning on adding a lumatek 600W digital to my flowering room sometime soon so my buds might be a whole lot bigger soon.

Well, here you go. Enjoy... I know I did

[SpanglyBoovus]

Theres a C99 x Eucalyptus F2 smoke report in the smoke reports section of the forums. Its a neat one for sure.

BR1947 is one of my favorite strains ever, and its a pleasure to grow.. and smoke!! here's what was in her pot:

2 1/2 gallon pots

bottom 1 inch consisted of the following:

base+
1/2 part sheep manure
1/2 part worm casting
1tsp high P guano
1/2tsp POM 5-5-5
2tsp blood & bone mixture
1tsp greensand
1tsp lime

then there was 4 inches of just base. i set root ball on that, with 1tsp mycorhizae powder and filled in sides with base.

I put two small spikes about pinky sized holes with about a half tsp of marine cuisine. Near sides of pot and fairly low, so that the roots dont hit it right away.

the base I am referring to is as follows:

15 litres of coco coir puffed with seaweed water
2 cups sheep manure
2 cups worm castings
1 tsp marine cuisine
6L cactus potting mix (sandy)
3L bark chips
8L perlite

[The Slickster]

Sounds like a well tuned blend of various amendments to help the coco out, like perlite, bark chips, and greensand. The greensand will likely help the coco by providing a good stable source of potassium, and it is alkaline like lime but softer and more bioavailable over the long run. The coco ratio you've made is at 44% coco.

15 Liters coco,
8 Liters Perlite,
6 Liters Cactus Mix (Sandy),
3 Liters bark chips,
2 Liters organic fertilizer ammendments.

44% coco,
22% perlite,
20% cactus mix,
10% bark chips,
4% organic fertilizers.

The true challenge is growing in 100% coco, 100% organically. As hot animal feeds cannot be dumped into the soil blend at once, a stable veggy and flowers tea blend may prove more stablility and flexibility. And then it holds alot of water, so the water has to be perfect and not cause damping off. It would only be easier if using a pre-bottled nutrient line like Bio Canna. Whichever feed it is is would have to be diluted and continuous feeding at a light water level not too saturated. And with the high cationic exchange capacity of the coco, we don't want to throw all or any of the elements in and then off at any one time so various amendments are added to help.

[SpanglyBoovus]

it does not really taste or smell like eucalyptus no.. very unique and elusive taste and smell.. hard to describe, really.

[SpanglyBoovus]

Originally Posted by The Slickster

Kind of like 37% coco, 20% perlite, 18% cactus mix, and 7% organic fertilizers/ammendments or so. But you tell me, I am just interested in your mix is all.

Umm, sounds close I guess? hehehe my mix is constantly changing though, i recently added about 15 litres of organic peat/humus/compost/perlite potting soils to my tote of mix, and I have been recycling my coir. Each time I grow I end up doing it different, most stuff is just eyeballed now, no specific measurements.. learning all the time.. but I really like coir, its great stuff.

[gaiusmarius]

good one Spangly Boovus, it's great that these different ways of using coco are starting to be documented. in time we will have full proof solutions for any coco growing method,

real nice looking cola you got there, thanks for sharing.

gm

so where's the 100% coco plants at? The mix you are using is about 50/50 coco and other soilless components. With the addition of 15 litres of organic peat/humus/compost/perlite potting soils you're not even 50/50.To make a blanket statement saying you can use 100% coco with organic additives is false and misleading. You are not using 100% coco.

[nandro]

How about some ammended organic coco DWC Purple Urkle? Cannabis Cowboy's Toe Jam is tha other plant in that jungle.





Container shots next.
Peace,
Nandro

[gaiusmarius]

that's exactly what i was trying to explain on the other thread. there seems some confusion between using coco as a supplement to your organic earth mix, or using pure coco with 100% organics. the earth mix using coco is old news, many organic dirt growers are adding coco to their mix. what would be interesting is to see a pure coco grow fed with pure liquid organics. but there is definitely more ways then one of achieving success with coco. so it's all good info really, as long as people are talking from experience, lol. we must keep the info reliable.

[nandro]

Multi-brand Coco trial/Ammended/Half non-ammended



Here's what happened after 3 weeks



Able to keep moms in 5"ers w/ease



Bullrider





Sweet Dirty Widow



Arcata Trainwreck





More 100% ORGANIC coco containers grows commin' soon... I have so many pix, bear with me.

I say it now, because I've done it before, that coco should be left alone 100% pure. Not because I have ANYTHING against plants like these above ^. They look great, don't they? They just didn't have that full-on kick and taste you get leaving coco pure, fed with liquid organics/teas/etc. Ammended coco runs are great, no problem. You won't find me discouraging anyone from doing so. I just find it tastier, stinkier, fatter and dankier [all personal tastes] when I'm able to control tha feeds via fed to waste. Or especially in my coco DWCs.

Peace,
Nandro