Trying out coco coir with organic nutes. I wasn’t sure, at all, how it would go.
A few hiccups aside, it worked.
I just added coco mixed with hydroton, with an equal amount of worm castings. Then I amended with Dr Earth. In a five gallon fabric pot I add 6 tablespoons of the General Purpose formula, with 4 tablespoons of the Bloom.
Every watering, I added a half tsp of gypsum to one gallon of filtered water.
Every third watering ( watering every day) I added a half dose of fish emulsion per gallon of water.
Once per week I’ll freshen up to top layer with fresh worm castings.
Basically, I winged it.
But with some more experience, I think that this may yield some interesting results.
The shorter gal is Lemon Cherry Cookies from FastBuds. And the taller gal is Double Grape x Toof Decay from Mephisto.
These were freebies and I can’t help but try something a lil sus with them.
Just for s and g’s, I decided NOT to ph the water. The next run I will.
No apparent issues from not ph’ing, but you do have to keep an eye out for def’s.
Don’t wait longer than three weeks to re amend. I think, maybe, that coco coir needs a little more feeding than soil does.
But then again, it’s all conjecture at this point.
The more I think about it.. the only real difference in the “ soil” mix I use, is you’re basically just swapping peat moss for coco.
Being an old hydro guy, this is all new to me. But I’m finding it all pretty fascinating.
A few hiccups aside, it worked.
I just added coco mixed with hydroton, with an equal amount of worm castings. Then I amended with Dr Earth. In a five gallon fabric pot I add 6 tablespoons of the General Purpose formula, with 4 tablespoons of the Bloom.
Every watering, I added a half tsp of gypsum to one gallon of filtered water.
Every third watering ( watering every day) I added a half dose of fish emulsion per gallon of water.
Once per week I’ll freshen up to top layer with fresh worm castings.
Basically, I winged it.
But with some more experience, I think that this may yield some interesting results.
The shorter gal is Lemon Cherry Cookies from FastBuds. And the taller gal is Double Grape x Toof Decay from Mephisto.
These were freebies and I can’t help but try something a lil sus with them.
Just for s and g’s, I decided NOT to ph the water. The next run I will.
No apparent issues from not ph’ing, but you do have to keep an eye out for def’s.
Don’t wait longer than three weeks to re amend. I think, maybe, that coco coir needs a little more feeding than soil does.
But then again, it’s all conjecture at this point.
The more I think about it.. the only real difference in the “ soil” mix I use, is you’re basically just swapping peat moss for coco.
Being an old hydro guy, this is all new to me. But I’m finding it all pretty fascinating.
