Coco ph problems!

My water going in is ph 5.8 but the water coming out as runoff is at 7.4 what should I do? Can I keep watering till it's closer to 6.5? I'm using Gaia green 4-4-4 with perlite and earthworm castings and my babies are not looking soo happy starting to think they locking out

I've never grown in Coco but I'm going to after I harvest my last plants in soil. I've done so much research here and in cocoforcannabis.com and I believe I still haven't seen a successful grow when mixing Coco and Organics. Post some pictures of your plants and I believe someone will help buddy!

That's what I got Soo far I haven't read about giving my coco a rinse before using it soo that's on me but everything's out of wack maybe next time I'll make a super mix instead with promix or something idk I just need advice for now haha

Your plants look fine to me but I also see some minor discolourization. Coco looks a little dry in the pics and that's a big NO. Keep it moist.

@MickFoster knows his stuff about Coco. Maybe he can help you when he sees this.

Happy growing and God Bless!

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That's what I got Soo far I haven't read about giving my coco a rinse before using it soo that's on me but everything's out of wack maybe next time I'll make a super mix instead with promix or something idk I just need advice for now haha

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Im just a beginner but out of all the research I've been doing i read that you should rinse your coco multiple times. Gonna have hella salt built Ecup if im not mistaken

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That's what I got Soo far I haven't read about giving my coco a rinse before using it soo that's on me but everything's out of wack maybe next time I'll make a super mix instead with promix or something idk I just need advice for now haha

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Im just a beginner but out of all the research I've been doing i read that you should rinse your coco multiple times. Gonna have salt built up if im not mistaken.

Yeah I also read about the whole rinsing the coco before use, I definitely skipped that part sadly but apart from that I'm using perlite with coco and I put my 4-4-4 dry amendments and worm castings they started to show sexe tho idk why I've been keeping them under 18/6 and the top soil looks dry but the pots are heavy soo I'm staying withing my water schedule which so far is every second day about

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Yeah I also read about the whole rinsing the coco before use, I definitely skipped that part sadly but apart from that I'm using perlite with coco and I put my 4-4-4 dry amendments and worm castings they started to show sexe tho idk why I've been keeping them under 18/6 and the top soil looks dry but the pots are heavy soo I'm staying withing my water schedule which so far is every second day about

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Look into royal gold tupar bro

Started to look deeply into it and so I'm having an array of issues now that I'm researching, you need to rinse and strain the coco and then buffer it for 8 hours and that's because your removing the dust that sorta traps your air and that's why my coco takes too long to dry up and the buffer to add cal/mag to the medium now that I have this covered... How do I get myself out of it?

Most quality coco nowadays is already rinsed and buffered and can be used right out of the bag without issue.

I have no experience using dry amendments and I have yet to see a successful grow using them in coco..........so I can't comment or help with your problem. There is a thread on RIU in the organics section called Official Gaia Green Thread and the people in the thread use dry amendments with soil or peat moss...........not coco.

I wish mr. canuck would take a hike.

lol well I'll go to my traditional soil mixed but as organically as possible I'll just ride this out I guess.. something that would help is transplanting it into a soil mix and rub off coco that's not hot rooted

I think transplanting them might save me if I wanna stick to growing organically like Mike said peat or soil I think I can ride this out but maybe have to early Transplant into 5gal?

1gal but very recently transplanted I might buy some organic soil and make some type of super soil I'll have to look into it before jumping into it I don't wanna fool myself again

Well I shall prove my own thread wrong 1. My plants were only thirsty and hungry for a top dress due to the fact that I didn't amend properly the first time as for the coco it's pre-buffered so if there was cal/mag in well my babies prob used it all up without me adding any because the recommended time to amend is 1 month