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

[Bum]

I only say flush to fix the pH. If you have bubble experience, the exact same basic principle apply in coco. Just fine tuning is a bit different and coco is a fair bit more tolerant. Didn't you measure pH when you mixed the nutes?
Also, heater, not hot air heater pointing to the plant!! that will dry it out. I mean heat up the environment

Ofcourse I did, I think thats what I said, I mixed up small flush with very very light nutrient solution and corrected pH to 5.8 and runoff came out at 7.2.
I did this after seeing the pH soil probe was at about pH 7 then came here asking for advice.

 

[Bum]

@Groff

Ok fam, I have now flushed until the runoff came out at pH 6.1.
In ICMAG I read many saying they had pH 5.8 in pH 6.1-6.2 out so thats what I was going for.

Gona put her back under the CXBs now and give her a few days to recover.
Anything else you can think of that I can do for her?
Today is day 5 for her, you think she still can recover?

 

[Groff]

@Groff

Ok fam, I have now flushed until the runoff came out at pH 6.1.
In ICMAG I read many saying they had pH 5.8 in pH 6.1-6.2 out so thats what I was going for.

Gona put her back under the CXBs now and give her a few days to recover.
Anything else you can think of that I can do for her?
Today is day 5 for her, you think she still can recover?

I've had worse. It is critical, but pump up the heat and it all should be ok, finger's crossed. CXB's dont put out much radiated heat, so think of that coco as a massive temperature insulator to the tiny little tap root. Good light, good airflow and heat, good pH… there is not reason not to perk up! Good luck, keep us posted

 

[Hero]

I really suck at growing in soil lmao.

< Plagron light + AN
$5 IKEA Coco + Canna >

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The difference! I'm still looking around gathering more info on auto's, but I love coco so much! Just did a transplant with a photo strain the other day. Coco roots are awesome.

 

[Groff]

The difference! I'm still looking around gathering more info on auto's, but I love coco so much! Just did a transplant with a photo strain the other day. Coco roots are awesome.
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Oh come one now! It's quite evident you boiled some spaghetti and wrapped it round roots!

Seriously now, please tell us what's going on there? Seeds, clones, how old, nutes, additives, the works! That is just …

 

[Hero]

Oh come one now! It's quite evident you boiled some spaghetti and wrapped it round roots!

Seriously now, please tell us what's going on there? Seeds, clones, how old, nutes, additives, the works! That is just …

No prob here it is. Photoperiod DeadHead OG from seed, 7 weeks(long time in that solo cup. I was trying to hold her back for my other ones), 100% coco, Veg+Bloom RO/Soft formula(base nutrient) and +Life(microbial Inoculant). PH 5.8(I let it drift up to 6.0 in my mini rez before I adjust again), Started at .4EC(200ppm) now currently at .9EC(450ppm). Frequent hand feeding. I never let the coco dry out and always feed nutrient. If I don't that's a deal breaker.

Here's what the top of the DeadHead OG looks like

This is a Chocolate Hashberry that I received as a clone. These roots are from day 13 in the solo cup(already put her in a 2gal fabric pot)

 

[Groff]

@Hero - well, 7 weeks, damn! That kind of explains it. Those bottom suckers are ginormous!!

Indeed, I myself am a huge coco fan.

 

[Hero]

Ya she had a rough start :smoking:. I noticed weird things happening when I planted in Roots Organics Coco Palms with a few different seedlings(never buying that again) so I did a small run off test at the time with ro water and coco fresh from the bag. After that I hydrated a brick of botanicare coco and tested that as well.

Here is what I found.

Roots Organics Coco Palms

Botanicare Coco Brick

Needless to say I was not happy to see how much salt that "pre rinsed" coco had in it. I immediately went to the extreme and did a complete transplant. As In I washed all that crappy coco and put it and a few others in botanicare coco. It really cool to see that this actually worked.

 

[BigD1128]

Good morning everyone! I have a question about my PH and was wondering if it should be of any concern. I have been checking my run off levels and I noticed my run off PH is dangerously low. I was originally feeding at 5.8 until I noticed my run off was dropping down to 5.0. I have since raised my ph to feed at 6.4 and my run off is now 5.3-5.0 If the run off is out of the "hydro range" should I be concerned? Or should I only focus on feeding at 5.8 and not worry about runoff?

 

[Hero]

Good morning everyone! I have a question about my PH and was wondering if it should be of any concern. I have been checking my run off levels and I noticed my run off PH is dangerously low. I was originally feeding at 5.8 until I noticed my run off was dropping down to 5.0. I have since raised my ph to feed at 6.4 and my run off is now 5.3-5.0 If the run off is out of the "hydro range" should I be concerned? Or should I only focus on feeding at 5.8 and not worry about runoff?

Runoff can be very inconsistent especially if hand watering. Depending on where the water hits, how fast it goes through, how much comes out vs how much was put in, and the temperature of the water will all play a role in how much salt it grabs on the way out, which will affect the pH as well. I would only be worrying if the plants don't look good. If they look fine then it is of no importance in my experience so far.

If they don't look good then my first thought would be possibly salt build up, and my second thought would be a root pathogen. That's my 2 cents without any pictures.