Like a 50lb bag will fill 8 of them if that helps. It should usually tell on the bag. I switched to coco for the same reason but learn from my mistake and don't over feedThis may be a bit weird of a question but how many 3 gallon pots would 200g of coco fiber fill? Im a soil user but im not liking i cant control the nutes with soil. So how much coco would i need?
A word of advice with coco...
After a month it will charge up and you need to FLUSH MONTHLY no exceptions. Otherwise you run the high risk of burning the shit out of your ladies! I love the coco though perfection!
p.s. Don't forget to add sweetlime (I usually do a 1tbs per gallon of medium) and perlite to the mix! Good luck!
If you are feeding properly you do not need to flush. Flushing coco (I take this to mean running a bunch of plain water through the coco) will stress your plants. If you must flush, give it low nutes. Coco is inert, just another form of hydroponics.. If you do not give it any nutes, the plant can not live.
If you are over feeding, then a flush wouldn't hurt, I guess.
I water to waste most of the time with much less nutes than people think they need.
In flower I have been feeding my blue Moonshine at about 500 ppm and it is loving it.
Check the ppm before you water and then check the ppm of the run off. (The ph of the run off is irrelevant)
If the run off is lower, the plant is eating. If it is higher, then the plant isn't eating as much as you are feeding.
The most common issue I see people have (soil or hydro) is over feeding. The recs on the bottle would not kill my plants, but would cause a lock out and most likely the plant would throw bananas.
I could easily grow great yielding plants with less than 50% of what GH recommends.
I run Lucas formula for coco and almost never feed full strength.
I keep the ph about 5.8 during veg and about 6.0 during flower.
If you are feeding properly you do not need to flush. Flushing coco (I take this to mean running a bunch of plain water through the coco) will stress your plants. If you must flush, give it low nutes. Coco is inert, just another form of hydroponics.. If you do not give it any nutes, the plant can not live.
I keep the ph about 5.8 during veg and about 6.0 during flower.
Do you feed with nutes every time you water? Ive been feeding every other time I water with half what GH recommends, I use distilled water btw. The times I water with just distilled water I add 1/2-1 tsp of Cal mag plus so they are still getting a little something and to prevent the deficiencies Coco is known for.
Ive heard mixed thoughts about the flushing of coco with plain water stressing the plant so I have been hesitant to do any type of flush as of yet but Im at the point recommended to do it (about a month)....what to do what to do.
Good I'll stop flushing it then, it's a hassle but half say do half say don't. I feed half or a quarter of Canna A-B and a little Cal/Mag. Canna says feed A-B every watering through out the whole life of the plant.If you are feeding properly you do not need to flush. Flushing coco (I take this to mean running a bunch of plain water through the coco) will stress your plants. If you must flush, give it low nutes. Coco is inert, just another form of hydroponics.. If you do not give it any nutes, the plant can not live.
If you are over feeding, then a flush wouldn't hurt, I guess.
I water to waste most of the time with much less nutes than people think they need.
In flower I have been feeding my blue Moonshine at about 500 ppm and it is loving it.
Check the ppm before you water and then check the ppm of the run off. (The ph of the run off is irrelevant)
If the run off is lower, the plant is eating. If it is higher, then the plant isn't eating as much as you are feeding.
The most common issue I see people have (soil or hydro) is over feeding. The recs on the bottle would not kill my plants, but would cause a lock out and most likely the plant would throw bananas.
I could easily grow great yielding plants with less than 50% of what GH recommends.
I run Lucas formula for coco and almost never feed full strength.
I keep the ph about 5.8 during veg and about 6.0 during flower.
Do you feed with nutes every time you water? Ive been feeding every other time I water with half what GH recommends, I use distilled water btw. The times I water with just distilled water I add 1/2-1 tsp of Cal mag plus so they are still getting a little something and to prevent the deficiencies Coco is known for.
Ive heard mixed thoughts about the flushing of coco with plain water stressing the plant so I have been hesitant to do any type of flush as of yet but Im at the point recommended to do it (about a month)....what to do what to do.
This may be a bit weird of a question but how many 3 gallon pots would 200g of coco fiber fill? Im a soil user but im not liking i cant control the nutes with soil. So how much coco would i need?
Will growing in a medium like fox farms or diff like soil make a huge yield difference for the cost. A huge bag of soil is lika $10 or so give or take as compared to coco
well allright. I guess my 2nd grow will be with coco and not soil. Is it much harder than with soil ? I read that with coco using low nutes are key but also essential as the coco has no "built in" nutes as far as I know.
well allright. I guess my 2nd grow will be with coco and not soil. Is it much harder than with soil ? I read that with coco using low nutes are key but also essential as the coco has no "built in" nutes as far as I know.
Flushing stresses your plants, so of course I feed every time. Coco is inert. It holds nutes pretty well. If you are feeding properly, then flushing is not needed and will stress your plants.
Plain water in coco does not make sense at all. Coco is hydroponic. Hydroponic require nutes, period.
I have been feeding with GH Lucas Formula for coco, but at between 25 and 50% strength.
It depends on the plant. Measure you check ppm before you water and then check the runoff. If the ppm is lower, the plant is eating. If it is higher, you are setting your self up for lock out.
I have heard of people that do not have any runoff with coco and do fine.
Some use blumats with no run off.