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pico · 05-14-2007, 02:33 PM

Ok, I am going to give coco a big spot in my garden. I usually use pots on top of ebb/flow tables to collect runoff. This time I just filled the botanicare 4x4 trays with coconut and perlite mix. This is in my room that is dedicated for flowering, so they are straight to flower in these beds.

bottom of the tray got a splash of hydroton to help with drainage.

Then I threw 23 blue skunk plants in the 4x8 space and covered with coco/perlite mix. I buy it bagged with a mychorrizal innoculant all mixed in for $15 a 1.5 cu. ft. bag. Prewashed and everything so it should be the good stuff.

I would normally veg my plants out a lot more than this, but I think these things might explode like my other ebb flow tables. I trimmed about 2/3 of the plant material off these. We will see what happens.

Floranova nutes with liquid karma. 1000w per table. sealed room with CO2.

I have 2 more beds that I will plant sometime this week. couple different strains.

Rosy Cheeks · 05-14-2007, 02:44 PM

A new pico-thread, keep it coming boy. What's the percentage of perlite in the coco? I would think that with the hydrotones, the perlite isn't necessary, but that's just me. I'll keep an eye on this.

sackoweed · 05-14-2007, 02:51 PM

pico
howzit? looking crazy good over there ill bbl to peep some updates cool.. peace.

sack

pico · 05-14-2007, 02:52 PM

Not sure on the perlite percentage. I will ask.I buy it bagged and don't do anything to it. I was tired of flocking up and rinsing out bricks. This is by far the best coco option in my area.

Will be picking up a 50 gallon food grade drum and using a sump pump with hose and wand.

pico · 05-14-2007, 03:04 PM

And in case you didn't see last grow with the blue skunk. Here are a few budshots.

Grat3fulh3ad · 05-14-2007, 03:04 PM

nice... this will be interesting to watch

THC4SIM · 05-14-2007, 04:01 PM

Pulling up a seat for this one!!!,
it will be interesting to see how the coco compares to your usual method...

-VT- · 05-14-2007, 07:09 PM

That Blue Skunk looks good....with all that light, this should be a good one

05-14-2007, 09:29 PM

Best of luck pico

AbaZabba · 05-14-2007, 09:30 PM

Hey Pico

good to see another experiment coming from ya, love how you always are switching things up and trying new ideas. A coco bed is something I have seriously been contemplating, so this will be a good show to watch.

Got my bowl and a brew, think we're good to gro

05-14-2007, 02:33 PM	#1
pico Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,388	Coco/perlite bed grow Ok, I am going to give coco a big spot in my garden. I usually use pots on top of ebb/flow tables to collect runoff. This time I just filled the botanicare 4x4 trays with coconut and perlite mix. This is in my room that is dedicated for flowering, so they are straight to flower in these beds. bottom of the tray got a splash of hydroton to help with drainage. Then I threw 23 blue skunk plants in the 4x8 space and covered with coco/perlite mix. I buy it bagged with a mychorrizal innoculant all mixed in for $15 a 1.5 cu. ft. bag. Prewashed and everything so it should be the good stuff. I would normally veg my plants out a lot more than this, but I think these things might explode like my other ebb flow tables. I trimmed about 2/3 of the plant material off these. We will see what happens. Floranova nutes with liquid karma. 1000w per table. sealed room with CO2. I have 2 more beds that I will plant sometime this week. couple different strains. __________________ 6400w Polystyrene Dream Round 1 .. Round 2 2000w soil grow Finished 4000w soil growFinished 2400w hydroton ebb flowFinished 4000w Coco/Perlite bedsFinished 2400w Coco/Perlite top dripFinished DIY Waterproof Floor DIY PVC SCROG Trellis DIY PVC Dripper Manifold Aircooled Reflector Reviews "Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less materials you need." –Charles F. Kettering
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05-14-2007, 02:44 PM	#2
Rosy Cheeks dancin' cheek to cheek Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Back, and to the left... back, and to the left... Posts: 2,560	A new pico-thread, keep it coming boy. What's the percentage of perlite in the coco? I would think that with the hydrotones, the perlite isn't necessary, but that's just me. I'll keep an eye on this. __________________ . "The time has come" the walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes-and ships-and sealing wax Of cabbages-and kings- And why the sea is boiling hot And whether pigs have wings." Lewis Carroll Rosy's Mugshots and stuff... looking for the Ogre Blueberry Buds and some Wild Thoughts Overgrow! -Anything said by Rosy Cheeks is made up by a person trying to make himself seem important on the internet. The pictures in the gallery are photoshopped fakes.
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05-14-2007, 02:51 PM	#3
sackoweed I took anger management already!!!! FUCK!!! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: malmac the upper right corner of the globe Posts: 9,282	pico howzit? looking crazy good over there ill bbl to peep some updates cool.. peace. sack __________________ Jack & Jill went up the hill both with a buck and a quarter. Jill came down with 650 bucks. Can't never did anything click the link! sackO goes toe 2 toe with!?
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05-14-2007, 02:52 PM	#4
pico Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,388	Not sure on the perlite percentage. I will ask.I buy it bagged and don't do anything to it. I was tired of flocking up and rinsing out bricks. This is by far the best coco option in my area. Will be picking up a 50 gallon food grade drum and using a sump pump with hose and wand. __________________ 6400w Polystyrene Dream Round 1 .. Round 2 2000w soil grow Finished 4000w soil growFinished 2400w hydroton ebb flowFinished 4000w Coco/Perlite bedsFinished 2400w Coco/Perlite top dripFinished DIY Waterproof Floor DIY PVC SCROG Trellis DIY PVC Dripper Manifold Aircooled Reflector Reviews "Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less materials you need." –Charles F. Kettering
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05-14-2007, 03:04 PM	#5
pico Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,388	And in case you didn't see last grow with the blue skunk. Here are a few budshots. __________________ 6400w Polystyrene Dream Round 1 .. Round 2 2000w soil grow Finished 4000w soil growFinished 2400w hydroton ebb flowFinished 4000w Coco/Perlite bedsFinished 2400w Coco/Perlite top dripFinished DIY Waterproof Floor DIY PVC SCROG Trellis DIY PVC Dripper Manifold Aircooled Reflector Reviews "Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less materials you need." –Charles F. Kettering
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05-14-2007, 03:04 PM	#6
Grat3fulh3ad The Voice of Reason Join Date: May 2006 Location: Shambhala Posts: 8,461	nice... this will be interesting to watch __________________ Plant Nutrition Understanding Inorganic Salts "In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. ... It happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." – Carl Sagan "There is rebirth of character, but no transmigration of a self. Thy thought-forms reappear, but there is no egoentity transferred. The stanza uttered by a teacher is reborn in the scholar who repeats the words. Only through ignorance and delusion do men indulge in the dream that their souls are separate and self-existent entities.""Our thinking is gone, but our thoughts continue. Reasoning ceases, but knowledge remains." – Buddha
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05-14-2007, 04:01 PM	#7
THC4SIM It's all good Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: in my own little world Posts: 898	Pulling up a seat for this one!!!, it will be interesting to see how the coco compares to your usual method... __________________ 1st Place Indica IC420 Growers cup 2014 with Karma's OG
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05-14-2007, 07:09 PM	#8
-VT- Voluptuous Trichomes Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Posts: 2,773	Thanks for the show That Blue Skunk looks good....with all that light, this should be a good one __________________ -VT-
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05-14-2007, 09:29 PM	#9
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Best of luck pico
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05-14-2007, 09:30 PM	#10
AbaZabba Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 291	Hey Pico good to see another experiment coming from ya, love how you always are switching things up and trying new ideas. A coco bed is something I have seriously been contemplating, so this will be a good show to watch. Got my bowl and a brew, think we're good to gro
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