First Time Auto Grow , any advice welcome :)

[Olderfart]

This is what I planted it in , I think it’s got nutrients added

I don't know the coco product you are using, but you had best assume that nutes will be needed. If you want to keep it really simple, just get yourself some one part Megacrop. You can probably finish the grow with nothing else if you want to, but having some cal mag on hand could help if you run into issues there. There is another website with specific information on growing cannabis in coco - Cocoforcannabis.com - you should have a look at it, there is lots of good information there.

The seaweed fertilizer may or may not get you started until you get the Megacrop, but I doubt that it will support an entire grow successfully, especially in coco. Coco is pretty much a hydroponic medium, not soil, and treating it like soil is a recipe for trouble - lots of examples here if you dig for them. In order to make coco work, you have to feed a balanced and complete diet of soluble nutrients - slow acting organic nutes intended to feed microbes will not do the job in coco.

As @Garage_Grower says, pH is important. If you can't afford a decent pH meter, you should at the very least use the pH strips or drops as best you can. Don't bother with a cheap pH meter, they are a waste of money. They do not usually last very long - mine died in a week. Apera is good bang for the buck, and that is what I am using now after learning my lesson.

Good luck with the grow, and welcome to AFN.

 

[nard420]

I don't know the coco product you are using, but you had best assume that nutes will be needed. If you want to keep it really simple, just get yourself some one part Megacrop. You can probably finish the grow with nothing else if you want to, but having some cal mag on hand could help if you run into issues there. There is another website with specific information on growing cannabis in coco - Cocoforcannabis.com - you should have a look at it, there is lots of good information there.

The seaweed fertilizer may or may not get you started until you get the Megacrop, but I doubt that it will support an entire grow successfully, especially in coco. Coco is pretty much a hydroponic medium, not soil, and treating it like soil is a recipe for trouble - lots of examples here if you dig for them. In order to make coco work, you have to feed a balanced and complete diet of soluble nutrients - slow acting organic nutes intended to feed microbes will not do the job in coco.

As @Garage_Grower says, pH is important. If you can't afford a decent pH meter, you should at the very least use the pH strips or drops as best you can. Don't bother with a cheap pH meter, they are a waste of money. They do not usually last very long - mine died in a week. Apera is good bang for the buck, and that is what I am using now after learning my lesson.

Good luck with the grow, and welcome to AFN.

Awesome ! Thank you so much , lots of useful information to take in and to research !

I’m in Australia so Megacrop not really an option , could you recommend any other options ? Thanks in advance

 

[NorthernLights_420]

Awesome ! Thank you so much , lots of useful information to take in and to research !

I’m in Australia so Megacrop not really an option , could you recommend any other options ? Thanks in advance

Any nutrients will work. Just don't get miracle grow. Lol. General Hydroponics flora trio and calmag if its available to you.

 

[Olderfart]

Awesome ! Thank you so much , lots of useful information to take in and to research !

I’m in Australia so Megacrop not really an option , could you recommend any other options ? Thanks in advance

Any nute package that is intended for hydoponics is what you want, and the simpler the better. As in no more than three bottles of nutes, and one of CalMag. Have a look at the CocoforCannabis website, as I recall, they recommend the General Hydroponics line:

I have seen these in a local garden shop, so you may be able to get at them locally.

There is also a very similar line put out by someone else, but I can't recall the name. NPK raw also makes some dry nutrient mixes that would likely do the job if you can get them there. Amazon might have them down there for you. If you live where you can get to a hydroponics shop, that might be the quickest way to get sorted, but any garden shop might be able to help. You want to get your mitts on something asap, autos are on a fixed clock, and days lost can't be recovered.

Keep in mind here that you want soluble salt nutes, not organic ones, and not delayed release nutes like Miracle Gro. The nutes must be soluble and ready to absorb, not ready for microbes to digest and make available. Think hydroponics, not garden soil.

Good luck with it, give me a shout if I can help further.

 

[Olderfart]

Any nutrients will work. Just don't get miracle grow. Lol. General Hydroponics flora trio and calmag if its available to you.

beat me to it!

 

[nard420]

Any nute package that is intended for hydoponics is what you want, and the simpler the better. As in no more than three bottles of nutes, and one of CalMag. Have a look at the CocoforCannabis website, as I recall, they recommend the General Hydroponics line:
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I have seen these in a local garden shop, so you may be able to get at them locally.

There is also a very similar line put out by someone else, but I can't recall the name. NPK raw also makes some dry nutrient mixes that would likely do the job if you can get them there. Amazon might have them down there for you. If you live where you can get to a hydroponics shop, that might be the quickest way to get sorted, but any garden shop might be able to help. You want to get your mitts on something asap, autos are on a fixed clock, and days lost can't be recovered.

Keep in mind here that you want soluble salt nutes, not organic ones, and not delayed release nutes like Miracle Gro. The nutes must be soluble and ready to absorb, not ready for microbes to digest and make available. Think hydroponics, not garden soil.

Good luck with it, give me a shout if I can help further.

Thank you so much ! You are a knowledge of wealth!
I found some online I can purchase ( in stage 4 lockdown so online shopping only lol ) .
So would I need this set of 3 along with another bottle of CalMag ? I could possibly get it delivered within 5 days (
I had a look on the packet of coco that I purchased and it says “that has been washed and buffered with Ca and Mg and Trichoderma to the highest quality.” so I’m hoping that might get me through the week ??
I’ll order right away lol thank you !

 

[nard420]

Thank you so much ! You are a knowledge of wealth!
I found some online I can purchase ( in stage 4 lockdown so online shopping only lol ) .
So would I need this set of 3 along with another bottle of CalMag ? I could possibly get it delivered within 5 days (
I had a look on the packet of coco that I purchased and it says “that has been washed and buffered with Ca and Mg and Trichoderma to the highest quality.” so I’m hoping that might get me through the week ??
I’ll order right away lol thank you !

Omg I’m quite high atm - I meant “Wealth of Knowledge” haha

 

[Olderfart]

Omg I’m quite high atm - I meant “Wealth of Knowledge” haha

ha ha

The nutes look fine. You should pick up a bottle of calmag as well. If you can’t get out to shop, and have no alternative, you could use a dilute dose of your kelp nute until the good stuff gets in. I suggest mixing it up at a third to half of what the bottle suggests. Perhaps the bennies in your coco mix will help get it to the plants. If you can expedite the shipping of the new nutes, do it. the sooner the plants get on it the better.

Once you get things sorted, you should have a good grow. The coco being buffered is good, if it was not, you would have had to do it yourself, and that gets done before planting. Buffering is not optional with coco. Buffering fixes the tendency for coco to chemically lock up calcium and magnesium.

Good luck with getting the nutes, and stay safe.

 

[Trichome farmer]

This is what I planted it in , I think it’s got nutrients added

Make sure you feed with each watering, not just plain water. Try and shoot for 10-15% runoff each time once the plants are 3 weeks old or so. Keep the ph between 5.7-5.9 to keep the nutrient uptake in the sweet spot. Other then that, I stopped growing in coco because it grows too big of plants! It’s a great medium to master! :smoking:

I don't know the coco product you are using, but you had best assume that nutes will be needed. If you want to keep it really simple, just get yourself some one part Megacrop. You can probably finish the grow with nothing else if you want to, but having some cal mag on hand could help if you run into issues there. There is another website with specific information on growing cannabis in coco - Cocoforcannabis.com - you should have a look at it, there is lots of good information there.

The seaweed fertilizer may or may not get you started until you get the Megacrop, but I doubt that it will support an entire grow successfully, especially in coco. Coco is pretty much a hydroponic medium, not soil, and treating it like soil is a recipe for trouble - lots of examples here if you dig for them. In order to make coco work, you have to feed a balanced and complete diet of soluble nutrients - slow acting organic nutes intended to feed microbes will not do the job in coco.

As @Garage_Grower says, pH is important. If you can't afford a decent pH meter, you should at the very least use the pH strips or drops as best you can. Don't bother with a cheap pH meter, they are a waste of money. They do not usually last very long - mine died in a week. Apera is good bang for the buck, and that is what I am using now after learning my lesson.

Good luck with the grow, and welcome to AFN.

great info from garage grower and olderfart you follow what these guys say you wont go to far wrong buddy have you got a ph and ec pen to measure the ph and nutrient strength

 

[Olderfart]

Thanks for the rep @420Forever. Dunno about the wealth bit though.