Coco - How much water per day per 3 gal fabric pot

Rurumo

Rurumo

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4 3.5 gal air pots with 100% coco, I water twice per day (during flower) with 20% runoff-5 gallons of nutes is plenty for me. I usually stick right around 600 ppm at 5.8. Such an easy and awesome grow method, I loves me coco. I suck the runoff out with a manual liquid transfer pump-my battery ones kept dying but the $12 manual one is going strong.
 
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1212ham

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Rurumo said:
I suck the runoff out with a manual liquid transfer pump-my battery ones kept dying but the $12 manual one is going strong.
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Not sure what triggered it, but I had a brainwave when I read this last night.... :lol:

There's a heat register by the tent, I'll just run a hose down the duct to the basement. Gravity rules!
 
gr865

gr865

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flipwon said:
Wow, very nice. Unfortunately I'm in an apartment so I'm too chicken to run water. I was back and forth on rdwc/drip for a while but ended up on hand watering just for peace of mind. Gunna be a lot of work but I'm going to have to suck it up while I'm here.

You mention 8 and 24 plant runs. How often are you filling the res running 8 at what size pots?
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8 plants, SCrog, two gallon fabric pots, 6 to 7 days, when down to my last two gallons, add two to three gallons of RO with Cal/Mag, Epsom, pH and do a flush since I run lite runoff.
24 plant SOG, one gallon fabric pots. 3 to 4 days, and do a flush like above.
 
ASMALLVOICE

ASMALLVOICE

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When establishing a watering/feeding regimen, keep in mind that this will change as the plant grows. Even more so when flowering. The wet/dry cycle is where a lot of folks make issues for themselves. Allow the plant to dry to the point where the pot is super light, but also before leaf droop starts. By allowing the pot to dry nearly completely before the next watering will promote excellent root growth as the roots will fill the pot in search of water. ( better roots, happier harvest )
Keep in mind, they will use more as time goes on, so be diligent in keeping up with the time it takes for the plant to "dry" the pot and you will be ahead of the game.

Peace and Great Grows :bigjoint:
 
MickFoster

MickFoster

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ASMALLVOICE said:
The wet/dry cycle is where a lot of folks make issues for themselves. Allow the plant to dry to the point where the pot is super light, but also before leaf droop starts. By allowing the pot to dry nearly completely before the next watering will promote excellent root growth as the roots will fill the pot in search of water. ( better roots, happier harvest )
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Apparently you don't grow in coco.........you're giving great advice if the OP were growing in soil....... :wall:
Coco should never get dry.........EVER.
 
ASMALLVOICE

ASMALLVOICE

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MickFoster said:
Apparently you don't grow in coco.........you're giving great advice if the OP were growing in soil....... :wall:
Coco should never get dry.........EVER.
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might want to check my grows, before you react so negatively. I have fantastic root growth and the pics to back it up, have a look :weed:
 
MickFoster

MickFoster

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ASMALLVOICE said:
might want to check my grows, before you react so negatively. I have fantastic root growth and the pics to back it up, have a look :weed:
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How about a link to your fantastic grows with the fantastic root growth?
All I could find were 2 grows 7 and 8 years ago.
 
ASMALLVOICE

ASMALLVOICE

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Asmallvoice's Grow 2.0

Good Evening All, I would like to start by dedicating this grow to raiderman. This gentlemen was a huge help to me in the early days. I picked his brain from start to finish and he was always willing to help. raiderman, this buds for you. Until we toke in the hereafter.....RIP The first...
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Star Dog

Star Dog

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myke said:
Whats the deal with that material hanging over into the cup?
Nice old school light hood,use to rock those back in the day.
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It’s a strip of capillary mating, instead of drilling holes in the tray for the run off capillary reliably empties it so long as the jug side is lower... Loosely like siphoning but doesn't require priming.

Without a hole drilled the catch tray can hold my reservoir volume so it rules out any flood risk from that end.
 
Three Berries

Three Berries

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After sucking up the run off liquid, I keep old towels in the tray to suck up any remaining liquid. Helps with the evaporation for more humidity. Hard on towels though.
 
myke

myke

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Star Dog said:
It’s a strip of capillary mating, instead of drilling holes in the tray for the run off capillary reliably empties it so long as the jug side is lower... Loosely like siphoning but doesn't require priming.

Without a hole drilled the catch tray can hold my reservoir volume so it rules out any flood risk from that end.
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Ha,just didn't understand your first post,Great idea.
 
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