Grow Mediums The Coco Home Thread -- Calling ALL Coco Growers!!!

[GCase]

Great info. on this thread. Rebel--I had PM'ed you prematurely. I failed to read all the threads.

I think our European and UK members (and you too Stunted--out on the big continent with the sharks and gator and spiders and jumping critters etc.) have loads of coco growing skills.

So, many methods. It can become overwhelming.

I would like to transition as if going to soilless. In addition, I only grow a few plants.

Hand watering in pots. Open for suggestions--but--it appears 2 gallon is about right.

All of the contributors have great methods and ideas.

Dex--seems to be growing close to what I am anticipating. Sort of a turn key process. The same cooc and related nutes.

Canna Coco for this purpose looks like a true agricultural based co. The link is below. They do not sell direct. However, the site is very informative. So, many nutes that advice as to some supps is warranted.

http://www.cannagardening.com/


I also found Rebel's link and below is the Canna specific nutes. Some go with the Canna Coco and some with the Canna Coco blocks which are for advanced users per the Canna site. A bit confusing and no intent to confuse readers (see Canna site--above)

http://www.thehydrosource.com/nutrients/shopby/manufacturer-canna.html


Any feedback is appreciated for those planning on hand watering coco pots. Coco, nutes, pot size, etc. And, lastly, do you plant directly to pots after germ or germ directly.

 

[dex]

Hi Alan hows you mate , as you know i use canna professional plus coco but theres other ones out there as long as its been cleaned and treated its all good mate , as for nutes its just down to the individule which one you fancy all you need is an A + B plus cal/mg thats it or you can add your bits and bobs as we do at the appropriate time just like soil

when i done the soil grows i thought coco was to complicated and i dont like change but tryed it in one pot just to see and that was that no more soil , lol , its just simpler and cleaner to use as well you can feed every day or leave them a few days depending on pot size

Im growing in 20lt pots ( 5gal US ) but dropping down to 15lts as there just getting to big for a 1.8m tall tent but only for certain strains like most of DPs seeds as they get big on you the main thing is you must pH and measure your EC and thats it realy im getting nice results with the coco , just wish i had a bigger tent to let them realy grow out with a bit of space

Once you try it Alan you wont go back to soil and the taste difference betweem soil and coco is neglegable , hope this helps Al all the best buddie :hug::smokebuds:

 

[GCase]

Sounds great dex. Thanks for your advise. Will be gearing up. New LED and supplies.

 

[omnious]

Hello. Six Betty Boo seeds in 4dl cups germinating in coco now. I treat them same as last time, Canna AB only, but this time on balcony facing south. It has glass so its more like a greenhouse.

All six surfaced; fastest shows tiny leaves and slowest still wears a helmet. I soaked the coco until hempy hole bled, then remembered that last time I carefully made sure that medium was not too moist. No need to worry it seems. Also, rain clouds have replaced sun so I just set up two 1500lm/2700K inner suns for them to grow.

 

[dex]

Omnious , start a diary here in the coco section and all the coco heads will follow your progress and share hints and tips bro , good luck with your grow buddie :smokebuds:

 

[Groff]

God!! I bought biobizz to try organic, and I severely regret it. While the nutes are great, the medium does not play well at all with airpots. Regular pots maybe...

I know this sounds horrible, but I almost feel like chopping then and starting over with coco. At least 50% of watering runs off... It's a royal pain in the butt to feed them!!

On another note, so far biobizz nutes seem to work just fine in coco. Biobizz themselves advise against it, but its going spot in and flowering fine! Especially my AutoXtreme

 

[dex]

Note to new coco growers try and use coco specific nutes :roflcry: sorry Groff :tip: a wee tip if your finding watering your soil is a pain add some wetter i found it worked a treat for me later on in a grow

 

[Truu]

All six surfaced; fastest shows tiny leaves and slowest still wears a helmet. I soaked the coco until hempy hole bled, then remembered that last time I carefully made sure that medium was not too moist. No need to worry it seems. Also, rain clouds have replaced sun so I just set up two 1500lm/2700K inner suns for them to grow.

Post it in the coco section!! We need some more live action in the coco section!!

Groff maybe try putting a layer of hydroton at the bottom to prevent medium from falling out. I'm not certain it would work as I don't use air pots but it just might.

I use dyna-gro nutrients. They are amazing in soil, hydro, and soiless!

 

[GCase]

Truu and dex et al.

What are your thoughts on using lets say, eg. - 2 gallon smart bags or dirt bags.

If fine. Would you line bottom with a good inch or two of hydrotron.

When damp, the outside bottom portion of the bags tend to form mold, if not, laying on a flat surface.

Wonder if adding the hydrotrons in the closed fabric would promote root problems.

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Take a look at this inexpensive timer drip system.

http://www.amazon.com/Claber-8053-4...r=1-1&keywords=Automatic+Drip+Watering+System

 

[Justinsane]

Right now i have some coco hempys going on. I use cocostar-coco and "Greenhouse powder feeding mostly indica".... and i can tell you guys right now that i never had plants look this awesome after 20days that i have right now.

This Powder feeding stuff is just great, so easy to work with and all my plants(8 autos and 2 photos)just love it and so do i!!!

Will try to upload some pictures today if i can stop smoking and find my camera...lol

Justin