How to grow in coco loco?!

[ItzSticky]

If you need to bump the nutrients down a little strength wise, your starting water should be fine. Just recheck the EC and pH.

Also, I've just started a new plant in the Mother Earth Coco. I know you had asked about it weeks ago. So far I've only run seedling strength nutrients through it and transplanted the seedling.

I can say that it does not have any excess nutrients in it. I was putting in 320ppm/6.0pH solution and the runoff was barely 340ppm/ 6.4pH. It was a bit dusty and the runoff had a murky tinge to it. No bit deal but just means a good rinse is in order. I like to rinse the entire pot and wet the whole thing down before I start anyways. Something I noticed. Not a lot of visible bits just cloudy runoff.

Have you decided on a nutrient line?

Hey, I appreciate you getting back to me about the Mother Earth Coco. So you just used it straight out of the bag, No rinse and buffer? I planned on diluting with distilled water.

Yes, I went with GH FloraNova grow/bloom.

 

[DCLXVI]

Yes, just straight out of the bag. It says that it is prebuffered so it should be good on the ca/mg off the bat. I rinse mine with low strength nutrients just to get the dust out and to check the runoff. Lets me know if the coco is too hot. The Cyco Pearl I had used before had nearly 500ppm of "something" in it. The MotherEarth appears to be just about ready to seed. EC and pH of the runoff were pretty favorable.


Oh, what kind of water are you going to be using?

 

[ItzSticky]

Yes, just straight out of the bag. It says that it is prebuffered so it should be good on the ca/mg off the bat. I rinse mine with low strength nutrients just to get the dust out and to check the runoff. Lets me know if the coco is too hot. The Cyco Pearl I had used before had nearly 500ppm of "something" in it. The MotherEarth appears to be just about ready to seed. EC and pH of the runoff were pretty favorable.


Oh, what kind of water are you going to be using?

Awesome that's good to know. I think I'll just go through the hassle of rinsing and buffering, it'll be good practice lol.

I'll be hand watering rainwater.

 

[Olderfart]

Hey @Olderfart revisiting this post.

I'm doing my fair share of research before I start my coco grow.. I've always wondered if you should add cal-mag to the water you are using to dilute or is it okay to dilute coco with plain water?

Depends on the coco. If you know for certain that it is properly buffered, you can use plain water. If it is not buffered, you need to buffer it, and that means giving it a soak with a strong dose of cal mag before continuing with your setup. Bottom line, gotta be buffered. And I'll add, must be fertilized from the get go, unlike soil. Coco is hydroponics with root support.

 

[ItzSticky]

Depends on the coco. If you know for certain that it is properly buffered, you can use plain water. If it is not buffered, you need to buffer it, and that means giving it a soak with a strong dose of cal mag before continuing with your setup. Bottom line, gotta be buffered. And I'll add, must be fertilized from the get go, unlike soil. Coco is hydroponics with root support.

got it! So if i take it upon myself to make sure it is buffered properly then when I wont have to add cal-mag to the water i use to dilute. I heard it was ratio thing - Dr. MJCoco/CocForCannabis.

 

[JAB]

got it! So if i take it upon myself to make sure it is buffered properly then when I wont have to add cal-mag to the water i use to dilute. I heard it was ratio thing - Dr. MJCoco/CocForCannabis.

Fox farm cultivation nation 70/30 is straight buffered coco/perlite mix. No added nutes or anything. Idk what kind of coco your looking for but therea an option for you!

 

[Olderfart]

got it! So if i take it upon myself to make sure it is buffered properly then when I wont have to add cal-mag to the water i use to dilute. I heard it was ratio thing - Dr. MJCoco/CocForCannabis.

cocoforcannabis.com is likely the best source there is for growing in coco, other, perhaps than AFN that is. If you are learning about coco, you should definitely spend time going through the information on there.

 

[ItzSticky]

Fox farm cultivation nation 70/30 is straight buffered coco/perlite mix. No added nutes or anything. Idk what kind of coco your looking for but therea an option for you!

Hey Root! Thanks for letting me jump into your thread. I lost interest in after having back to back gnats in soil. I’m going to run Mother Earth Coco + Perlite.

cocoforcannabis.com is likely the best source there is for growing in coco, other, perhaps than AFN that is. If you are learning about coco, you should definitely spend time going through the information on there.

Ive read through majority of their sections, and written a nice plan for this grow reflecting their information. The whole adding cal-mag to the diluted water had be questioning it, since adding calmag would raise the EC/PPM and youre trying to avoid that when diluting.. i’ll be diluting with distilled though so even if i did add cal-mag im sure the EC/PPM would still be lower than what i need.

 

[JAB]

Hey Root! Thanks for letting me jump into your thread. I lost interest in after having back to back gnats in soil. I’m going to run Mother Earth Coco + Perlite.



Ive read through majority of their sections, and written a nice plan for this grow reflecting their information. The whole adding cal-mag to the diluted water had be questioning it, since adding calmag would raise the EC/PPM and youre trying to avoid that when diluting.. i’ll be diluting with distilled though so even if i did add cal-mag im sure the EC/PPM would still be lower than what i need.

Thats a better choice. Lol I am shying away from also ended up moving to pro mix for now since its easier to get but when i do start running coco my next run im going with mother earth as well. Best of luck my friend and whenever you get rolling with the coco tag me ill follow along!

 

[throxic]

gnats

If you ever plan on going soil/organic again, I've had great results using Mosquito Bits to make the gnats disappear. Anything with BTI will do the trick though. Those little buggers can infiltrate your coco too, so keep a look out.