First 3 Weeks

[AutoWonders]

Someone from this site said the first 3 weeks are the most important weeks. And, I agree in that if they don't grow, there's nothing to harvest. Seems like young plants are more likely to die versus older, more established plants.

What are your tips and tricks to successfully get through the first 3 weeks? I'm referring to everything involved from the very start; even whether or not to use gloves when handling your seeds.

Us newbies need some veteran help! If there's information you can provide or even small tips and tricks, please share them.

I'll share my thoughts and ideas as well. I've learned a lot already and plan on doing things a lot differently my second time around for the first 3 weeks.

Perhaps this should be broken down to soil, coco and hydro.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

I don't feel that way about Coco Loco. I've been using it successfully for several years. It contains some additives, but I still super charge my pots with a little Rhiz and calmag. Coco Loco should be treated more like soil. Let it dry before watering again and ph at 6.3-6.8. That info was from a Fox Farms email to a grower. I was running much lower ph, but not anymore.

@AutoWonders I am just going by the number of peeps I have seen with problems with it in the infirmary. Perhaps they do not have the knowledge to do that for it and just use it straight out of the bag? If there is something you need to do to make a product usable but you don't know about it because it is not on the bag or the website, well that is a problem for them. Then they end up in the infirmary.

Conversations like this are a part of learning how to grow our medical plant and I thank you for enlightening me on how to fix Coco Loco.
As part of my learning experience I went out to dutifully look up the contents of coco loco; I cannot seem to find it? Would you snap a picture of the "Analysis Label for me and post it here please. Thanks

 

[Anybudworks]

I use it right out of the bag along with the 13 nutrients from on their Soil Schedule. It's soil, with perlite, and a little coco. Here's a pic of the ingredients from the bag. Not sure if that's what you're asking for.

 

[Anybudworks]

ingredients say: "Composted forest humus, coco coir, perlite, earthworm castings, fossilized bat guano, Norwegian kelp meal, oyster shell and dolomite lime (for ph adjustment)."

I check soil PH to check whether or not I need to water using a ph soil/water tester. Control Wizard Accurate PH8 model. It shows around 6.5 to 6.8 ph soil readings between waterings for me. And I
use the Bluelab Guardian monitor to keep my PH to 6.2 water and whatever whatever EC and ppm700 reading I choose depending on schedule and nutrients added. If it get too high, I just add more RO water to bring it down when feeding.

Ain't cheap equipment, but sure takes the guess work outta it when trying to dial in.

 

[Mañ'O'Green]

With the exception of the coco coir and perlite I have used all of those amendments and many more in my outdoor organic garden. All of that is good stuff but without a guaranteed analysis you don't know what is in it. It is a testament to your skills as a grower to make the needed additions during a grow.