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HashCat · 03-16-2007, 02:01 PM

Im getting preped. for my 1st outdoor gro.I want to use coco coir blocks because these seem easy to transport out to my site.Im going to dig 5gal holes to gro in.What should i add to amend the coco?I would like to go organic but i need low maintance to be top prioraty.Guano would be my 1st choice.Please any input would help me greatly!Remember its my first outdoor gro,but i have 10years exp.indoors to work with :wink:

peace,HC

Ono Nadagin · 03-16-2007, 07:14 PM

Unless you can water it daily or at least every other day I would use the coco as more of an amendment and a normal organic potting soul or your own mix of organics and soil...... just mix in the coco at 30-40 % max... mixed in well....

A full coco outdoor will have to be watered daily if not several times daily when large

If you have not yet give the outdoor growers thread and the organic thread a read

And good luck man outdoor plants just shine in a way indoor plants never do...

03-16-2007, 11:16 PM

good advice, unless you plan on living with them, even then it would be tough. ono i am thinkin of tryin the same mix you described, except in a baby pool with gravity fed drippers or a soaker hose from a rez....

HashCat · 03-17-2007, 01:08 PM

so a mix of 70% ocean forest and 30% coco is idea..would it be wise to add 10%-20%of the dirt i dig up from my holes in the mix? im not looking forward to hauling 20+bags of soil to my plot,expec.at 15$ a bag!

Ono Nadagin · 03-17-2007, 05:00 PM

if you want to use bagged soil you can... if you have that many holes/plants you might just want to all the dirt you dig up if it isnt clay soil... just admend it

HashCat · 03-19-2007, 11:17 AM

is it best to put guano in the soil or on top?..ill just use guano ant the dirt i dig up..

thanks for all the help!

gaiusmarius · 03-22-2007, 03:26 AM

mix it in, add some 20% coco too, to help with air retention. as you can't really mix perlit in to soil outdoors, lol.

03-16-2007, 02:01 PM	#1
HashCat the Hash Cat Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 289	I need help with coco coir outdoors? Im getting preped. for my 1st outdoor gro.I want to use coco coir blocks because these seem easy to transport out to my site.Im going to dig 5gal holes to gro in.What should i add to amend the coco?I would like to go organic but i need low maintance to be top prioraty.Guano would be my 1st choice.Please any input would help me greatly!Remember its my first outdoor gro,but i have 10years exp.indoors to work with :wink: peace,HC
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03-16-2007, 07:14 PM	#2
Ono Nadagin Murphy's InLaw Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In over my head Posts: 583	Unless you can water it daily or at least every other day I would use the coco as more of an amendment and a normal organic potting soul or your own mix of organics and soil...... just mix in the coco at 30-40 % max... mixed in well.... A full coco outdoor will have to be watered daily if not several times daily when large If you have not yet give the outdoor growers thread and the organic thread a read And good luck man outdoor plants just shine in a way indoor plants never do... __________________ Grow Grow Grow your dope, gently by a stream.... merrily merrily merrily merrily, your results will make you beam! Roll Roll Roll it up, twist it at the end, light it up and take a puff...then pass it to a friend! Online Unit Conversion Tool......Sunrise Sunset Calculator
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03-16-2007, 11:16 PM	#3
gdawg Guest Posts: n/a	good advice, unless you plan on living with them, even then it would be tough. ono i am thinkin of tryin the same mix you described, except in a baby pool with gravity fed drippers or a soaker hose from a rez....
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03-17-2007, 01:08 PM	#4
HashCat the Hash Cat Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 289	so a mix of 70% ocean forest and 30% coco is idea..would it be wise to add 10%-20%of the dirt i dig up from my holes in the mix? im not looking forward to hauling 20+bags of soil to my plot,expec.at 15$ a bag!
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03-17-2007, 05:00 PM	#5
Ono Nadagin Murphy's InLaw Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In over my head Posts: 583	if you want to use bagged soil you can... if you have that many holes/plants you might just want to all the dirt you dig up if it isnt clay soil... just admend it __________________ Grow Grow Grow your dope, gently by a stream.... merrily merrily merrily merrily, your results will make you beam! Roll Roll Roll it up, twist it at the end, light it up and take a puff...then pass it to a friend! Online Unit Conversion Tool......Sunrise Sunset Calculator
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03-19-2007, 11:17 AM	#6
HashCat the Hash Cat Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 289	is it best to put guano in the soil or on top?..ill just use guano ant the dirt i dig up.. thanks for all the help!
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03-22-2007, 03:26 AM	#7
gaiusmarius Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 16,619	mix it in, add some 20% coco too, to help with air retention. as you can't really mix perlit in to soil outdoors, lol. __________________ Making BubbleHash with Bubbleator Searching for SourPoison, AfghanDieselHaze and CheeseHaze keeper making canna butter
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