Grow Mediums How often do you usually need to water in coco?

HazyTrichomes · May 6, 2020

When I first started growing in coco I had a misconception to treat it like soil and let it dry before watering. Its just not soil. Shouldn't treat it as such either. It has an abundance of oxygen embedded in it to put it plainly. Needs to stay wet like a sponge that is saturated fully but not dripping. It needs runoff also or the nutrients build up and push the EC to high. I check the EC and PH of my runoff and adjust accordingly.

AutoWonders · May 7, 2020

HazyTrichomes said:
When I first started growing in coco I had a misconception to treat it like soil and let it dry before watering. Its just not soil. Shouldn't treat it as such either.

For straight coco yes, but for other coco with amendments such as Coco Loco, which is what I use, the ph and drying is closer to soil like treatment.

Sqwirlman · May 9, 2020

oldnewbdude said:
I'm new at this but I'm running damn close to 100% coco. A couple cups in 3 gal mostly at the bottom. I water really often but pretty low strength nutrients. Its easier to get good even saturation with each water if it stays good and wet. If it gets dry enough on top to change color at all I get bad tunneling. If I keep it wet, nice little poolage on top and slow even drain through. I am absolutely wasting solution but it's my first go and I'd rather that than upset the poor lassies. So far so good, I'm about 11 weeks in.

I am doing the same thing and this is also my first coco grow. Mother Earth Coco Perlite 70/30. I am a week from harvest and I am watering 7 times a day. I run 20/4 and start watering lights on and every three hours after that. All 4 plants are Mephisto beans in my 4x4 tent.

Cringer · Jun 27, 2020

Coco Watering every Day 1-3 times per Day!

Bantersaurus · Jun 27, 2020

I forgot I even started this thread, haha!

I'm watering 1/day in coco. Here's a recent pic.

Overboard · Jul 6, 2020

Well, before reading this thread I WAS watering once per day, varying the amount based on how dry the medium got. Now? Lots more water, and serious work on automatic watering or special pots.

Also thinking about changing to solid-walled pots, or at a minimum wrapping mine. I'm using cloth now, and thinking maybe the self-pruning may not be helping me.

Olderfart · Jul 6, 2020

Overboard said:
Well, before reading this thread I WAS watering once per day, varying the amount based on how dry the medium got. Now? Lots more water, and serious work on automatic watering or special pots.

Also thinking about changing to solid-walled pots, or at a minimum wrapping mine. I'm using cloth now, and thinking maybe the self-pruning may not be helping me.

Autopots with coco/perlite work a treat, and cut the work to a tiny fraction of fussing with every plant every day. But not for organic, at least not in small pots.

I may try a soil grow with an autopot setup this winter, but it will likely be with 20 gallon fabric pots with living soil, and water only until/if Megacrop is needed. Will likely bomb to some degree, but I have lots of really nice weed from last winter's grow with MC, autopots, and coco. And in any case, I will learn, maybe even more from screwing up than getting it right. :biggrin:

briefbriefs · Jul 14, 2020

Sqwirlman said:
I am doing the same thing and this is also my first coco grow. Mother Earth Coco Perlite 70/30. I am a week from harvest and I am watering 7 times a day. I run 20/4 and start watering lights on and every three hours after that. All 4 plants are Mephisto beans in my 4x4 tent. View attachment 1188742

Hi! i have a bag of Mother Earth Coco and the bag says its pre-buffered/pH adjusted but im unsure whether to trust them. Did you wash/pre-charge your Mother Earth coco?

Arthur · Jul 14, 2020

How often do you feed in coco? As often as you can afford too.
Monsters can be grown in coco, but will require the feed inputs to get there. Nice plants can be grown in coco with feeding every 18-24 hrs.

Sqwirlman · Jul 25, 2020

briefbriefs said:
Hi! i have a bag of Mother Earth Coco and the bag says its pre-buffered/pH adjusted but im unsure whether to trust them. Did you wash/pre-charge your Mother Earth coco?

I add extra cal mag to maintain the buffer. Coco continually breaks down as you grow and you need to add cal mag to maintain the buffer

Grow Mediums How often do you usually need to water in coco?

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